Visa Requirements Bahamas
Q: WHAT ARE THE ENTRY REQUIREMENTS FOR US/CANADIAN CITIZENS TO GO TO THE BAHAMAS?
A: Proof of citizenship is as follows:
US/CANADIAN CITIZENS need one of the following documents, along with a return or onward journey ticket (if using an electronic ticket, please show Immigration a copy of the travel itinerary & ticket number) and proof of funds to support visit (Stays not to exceed 8 months):
However, a copy of the cruising permit will be permitted for crew members, who may be arriving by plane and returning by boat as their names will appear on the manifest. A letter will not suffice!
Q: WHAT ARE THE ENTRY REQUIREMENTS FOR US/CANADIAN RESIDENTSTO GO TO THE BAHAMAS?
A: US RESIDENTS (not citizens) need the following: ALIEN REGISTRATION CARD (also referred to as a GREEN CARD), without a Bahamas Visa for visits not exceeding 30 days.
Though not required, a national passport (passport from country of origin) is additionally recommended to facilitate processing. US/Alien Residents wishing to stay longer than 30 days will require a valid national passport along with a Bahamas Visa.
A: CANADIAN RESIDENTS/LANDED CANADIAN IMMIGRANTS(not citizens) need the following: VALID NATIONAL PASSPORT + CANADIAN IMMIGRATION RECORD FORM 1000, without a visa, for visits not exceeding 30 days.
Note: Persons are advised to purchase return tickets (and seek reimbursement upon returning home for the unused ticket), even though they are certain to return via a private boat ? the chance of an airline/cruise line ticket agent allowing travel on a single ticket is very slim.
If, however, the person gets to the point of Bahamas Immigration on a single ticket, the Captain of the boat would have to present himself and the cruising permit. However, a copy of the cruising permit will be permitted for crew members, who may be arriving by plane and returning by boat as their names will appear on the manifest. A letter will not suffice!
Q: WHAT ARE THE ENTRY REQUIREMENTS FOR NON-US/CANADIAN CITIZENS/RESIDENTS TO GO TO THE BAHAMAS?
A: CITIZENS FROM OTHER COUNTRIES (other than US or Canada) require the following, along with a return or onward journey ticket (if using an electronic ticket, please show Immigration a copy of the travel itinerary & ticket number) and proof of funds to support visit.
(Note: Unless otherwise stated (US & Canada only), passports need to be current/valid).
NOTE: PASSPORT refers to a valid passport from the individual's country of birth; VISA refers to a Bahamas Visa only. If a person is born in one country and resident in another (other than US or Canada), the documentation required is based upon the country of birth.
- Afghanistan Passport & Visa
- Albania Passport & Visa
- Algeria Passport & Visa
- Andorra Passport & Visa
- Angola Passport & Visa
- Antigua & Barbuda Passport/No Visa
- Argentina Passport/No Visa for 14-day stay
- Armenia Passport & Visa
- Aruba Passport/No Visa
- Australia Passport/No Visa
- Austria Passport/No Visa for 3-month stay
- Azerbaijan Passport & Visa
- Azores Passport/No Visa
- Baharain Passport & Visa
- Bangladesh Passport/No Visa
- Barbados Passport/No Visa
- Belarus Passport & Visa
- Belgium Passport/No Visa for 8-month stay
- Belize Passport/No Visa
- Benin Passport & Visa
- Bermuda Passport/No Visa
- Bhutan Passport & Visa
- Bolivia Passport/No Visa for 14-day stay
- Bonaire Passport/No Visa
- Borneo Passport & Visa
- Bosnia & Herzegovina Passport & Visa
- Botswana Passport/No Visa
- Brazil Passport/No Visa for 14-day stay
- Brunei Darussalam Passport/No Visa
- Bulgaria Passport & Visa
- Burundi Passport & Visa
- Burkina Faso (Upper Volta) Passport & Visa
- Cambodia Passport & Visa
- Cameroon Passport & Visa
- Canada Passport (current or expired up to 5 years maximum)
- Cape Verde Islands Passport & Visa
- Cayman Islands Passport/No Visa
- Central African Republic Passport & Visa
- Chad Passport & Visa
- Channel Island Passport/No Visa
- Chile Passport/No Visa for 3-month stay
- China (People's Republic) Passport & Visa
- Colombia Passport & Visa
- Comoros (Fed. & Islamic) Passport & Visa
- Congo Republic Of Passport & Visa
- Cook Islands Passport/No Visa
- Costa Rica Passport/No Visa for 14-day stay
- Croatia Passport & Visa
- Cuba Passport & Visa
- Curacao Passport/No Visa
- Cyprus - BC Passport/No Visa
- Czechoslovakia - Republic Passport & Visa
- Denmark Passport/No Visa for 3-month stay
- Djibouti Passport & Visa
- Dominica Passport/No Visa
- Dominican Republic Passport & Visa
- Ecuador Passport/No Visa for 14-day stay
- Egypt Passport & Visa
- El Salvador Passport/No Visa for 14-day stay
- Ethiopia Passport & Visa
- Eritrea Passport & Visa
- Estonia Passport & Visa
- Fiji Passport/No Visa
- Finland Passport/No Visa
- France Passport/No Visa for 3-month stay
- Gabon Passport & Visa
- Galapagos Islands Passport/No Visa
- Gambia Passport/No Visa for 3-month stay
- Georgia Passport & Visa
- Germany Passport/No Visa for 3-month stay
- Rep. of Ghana (BC) Passport & Visa
- Gibraltar Passport /No Visa
- Greece Passport/No Visa for 8-month stay
- Greenland Passport/No Visa for 8-month stay
- Grenada Passport/No Visa
- Guadeloupe Passport/No Visa
- Guatemala Passport & Visa
- Guinea Passport & Visa
- Guinea Bissau Passport & Visa
- Guyana, SA Passport/No Visa
- Haiti Passport & Visa
- Hawaii (USA) Original/official (govt-issued only) Birth Certificate plus Photo ID or Passport (current or expired up to 5 years maximum) for visits up to 8 months.
- Honduras Passport/No Visa for 14-day stay
- Hong Kong (China) HKSAR (Special Administrative Region Certificate - Passport/No Visa) or HKCOFI (Certificate of Foreign Identity - Passport & Visa)
- Hungary (Republic of) Passport & Visa
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Iceland Passport/No Visa for 8-month stay
- India (Republic of) Passport & Visa
- Indonesia Passport & Visa
- Iran Passport & Visa
- Iraq Passport & Visa
- Ireland Passport/No Visa for 3-month stay
- Israel Passport/No Visa for 3-month stay
- Italy Passport/No Visa for 8-month stay
- Ivory Coast (Cote D'Ivoire) Passport & Visa
- Jamaica Passport/No Visa
- Japan Passport/No Visa for 3-month stay
- Jordan Passport & Visa
- Kazakhstan Passport & Visa
- Kenya Passport/No Visa
- Kirabati Passport/No Visa
- Korea South Passport/No Visa for 3-month stay
- Korea North Passport & Visa
- Kuwait Passport & Visa
- Kyrgystan Passport & Visa
- Laos Passport & Visa
- Latvia Passport & Visa
- Lebanon Passport & Visa
- Lesotho Passport/No Visa
- Liberia Passport & Visa
- Libya Passport & Visa
- Liechtenstein Passport/No Visa for 8-month stay
- Lithuania Passport & Visa
- Luxembourg Passport/No Visa for 8-month stay
- Macau (Chinese) Chinese Passport & Visa
- Madgascar (Republic of Malagascar) Passport & Visa
- Malawi Passport/No Visa
- Malaysia Passport/No Visa
- Maldives Passport & Visa
- Mali Passport & Visa
- Malta Passport/No Visa
- Marshall Islands Passport & Visa
- Martinique Passport/No Visa for 3-month stay
- Mauritania Passport & Visa
- Mauritius Passport/No Visa
- Mexico Passport/No Visa for 3-month stay
- Micronesia Passport & Visa
- Moldova Passport & Visa
- Monaco Passport/No Visa
- Mongolia Passport & Visa
- Montserrat Passport/No Visa
- Morocco Passport & Visa
- Mozambique Passport & Visa
- Myanmar Passport & Visa
- Namibia Passport/No Visa
- Nauru Passport/No Visa
- Nepal Passport & Visa
- Netherlands (Antilles) Passport/No Visa
- Netherlands (Kingdom of) Passport/No Visa for 8-month stay
- New Zealand Passport/No Visa
- Nicaragua Passport/No Visa for 14-day stay
- Niger Passport & Visa
- Nigeria (Fed. Republic of) Passport & Visa
- Norfolk Islands Passport/No Visa for 3-month stay
- Norway Passport/No Visa for 8-month stay
- Oman Passport & Visa
- Pakistan Passport & Visa
- Palau Passport & Visa
- Palestine Passport & Visa
- Panama Passport/No Visa for 14-day stay
- Papua New Guinea Passport/No Visa
- Paraguay Passport/No Visa for 14-day stay
- Peru Passport/No Visa for 14-day stay
- Philippines Passport & Visa
- Poland (Republic of) Passport & Visa
- Polynesia (French) Passport/No Visa
- Portugal Passport/No visa for three-month stay
- Puerto Rico (USA) Original/official (govt-issued only) Birth Certificate plus Photo ID or Passport (current or expired up to 5 years maximum) for visits up to 8 months.
- Qatar Passport & Visa
- Reunion (French D.O.M.) Passport/No Visa
- Romania Passport & Visa
- Russia Passport & Visa
- Rvand Passport & Visa
- Rwanda Passport & Visa
- Saint Croix Passport/No Visa
- Saint Kitts & Nevis Passport/No Visa
- Saint Lucia Passport/No Visa
- Saint Martin (French) Passport/No Visa
- Saint Maarten (Dutch) Passport/No Visa
- Saint Thomas Passport/No Visa
- Saint Vincent & Grenadines Passport/No Visa
- Samoa Passport & Visa
- Western Samoa Passport/No Visa
- San Marino Passport/No Visa for 8-month stay
- Sao Tome & Principe Passport & Visa
- Saudi Arabia Passport & Visa
- Scotland Passport/No Visa
- Senegal Passport & Visa
- Seychelles Passport/No Visa
- Sierre Leone Passport/No Visa
- Singapore Passport/No Visa
- Slovakia/Slovak Republic Passport & Visa
- Slovenia Passport & Visa
- Solomon Islands Passport/No Visa
- Somalia Passport & Visa
- South Africa Passport/No Visa
- Spain Passport/No Visa for 3-month stay
- Sri Lanka Passport/No Visa
- Sudan Passport & Visa
- Surinam Passport & Visa
- Syria Passport & Visa
- Swaziland Passport/No Visa
- Sweden Passport/No Visa for 3-month stay
- Switzerland Passport/No Visa for 8-month stay
- Tahiti Passport/No Visa
- Taiwan Passport & Visa
- Tanzania Passport/No Visa
- Thailand Passport & Visa
- Togo Passport & Visa
- Tonga Passport/No Visa
- Trinidad & Tobago Passport/No Visa
- Tunisia Passport & Visa
- Turkey Passport/No Visa for 8-month stay
- Turkmenistan Passport & Visa
- Turks & Caicos Passport/No Visa
- Tuvalu Passport/No Visa
- Uganda Passport/No Visa
- Ukrain Passport & Visa
- United Arab Emirates Passport & Visa
- United Kingdom / Passport/No Visa for 8-month stay
- Urganda Passport/No Visa
- Uruguay Passport/No Visa for 3-month stay
- Uzbekistan Passport & Visa
- Vanuatu Passport/No Visa
- Vatican City Passport/No Visa
- Venezuela Passport/No Visa for 14-day stay
- Vietnam (Socialist Rep.) Passport & Visa
- West Indies (British/French) Passport/No Visa
- Western Somoa Passport/No Visa
- Yemen Passport & Visa
- Yugoslavia Passport & Visa
- Zambia Passport/No Visa
- Zimbabwe Passport/No Visa
Upon your arrival to The Islands Of The Bahamas, you will be asked to fill out an Immigration Arrival/Departure Card, which you will keep part of until your departure.
All visitors are required to be in possession of a return ticket.
U.S. visitors staying for eight months or less need a return ticket plus a passport (passports expired up to five years may also be used) or a certified birth certificate with an official photo identification.
Naturalized citizens require naturalization papers (photo identification is not required).
Alien residents in possession of a U.S. Alien Registration Card may enter The Islands Of The Bahamas without a visa for visits not exceeding thirty days. Presentation of a current national passport, or one that has been expired for five years or less, facilitates processing.
Permanent residents (green card holders) require their green card and a valid passport from their place of birth.
Canadian visitors staying less than three weeks need the same identification as those from the U.S. and do not require a visa.
Landed immigrants in possession of the Canadian Immigration Record Form 1000 should follow the same requirements as Alien residents.
All others need a valid passport.
British subjects from the United Kingdom and colonies may enter The Islands Of The Bahamas as visitors without passports or visas for periods not exceeding three weeks. For longer stays they must present a passport.
A Yellow Fever vaccination certificate is required from travellers over one year of age coming from the following countries: Angola, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Colombia, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ecuador, French Guiana, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Peru and Sudan.
Travellers are required to be vaccinated 10 days prior to entering The Islands Of The Bahamas and must have a valid certificate of vaccination against Yellow Fever.
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