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SESELWA UNITED STATES · New York and beyond

Seychellois in the United States

UN Mission + Embassy in NYSeychelles' only resident mission in the Americas
New York and beyondmain centres

The American Seselwa community is scattered across a continent, smaller than the UK or Australian communities but present in the east coast cities, in Florida, in Texas and in California. It grew through study, marriage, professional work and the US visa lottery, family by family rather than in waves.

Official presence

New York hosts the Seychelles Permanent Mission to the United Nations together with the Embassy to the United States, the country's only resident mission in the Americas. It is the consular contact for the whole US community. Details in the consulates guide.

The skills corridor

What the US community lacks in numbers it holds in reach. Seselwa in America work in medicine, finance, aviation, academia and tech, exactly the skills the islands say they are short of. The registry asks what you would lend home, because a diaspora this capable should be findable when Seychelles needs it.

Distance and the culture

America is the hardest place to keep Kreol alive, far from any critical mass of speakers. Our Kreol corner exists for exactly this, and for the kids growing up between two flags.

Know this community better than we do? Corrections, active clubs, contacts, events. Email hello@seychellesabroad.org and make this page truer.

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