Visa policy of Barbados

Currently most visitors to Barbados are visa exempt. However, certain nationals must obtain a visa from one of the Barbadian diplomatic missions before being allowed to enter the country.

Entry stamp of Barbados

Visa policy map

Visa policy of Barbados

  Barbados

  Visa not required (6 months)

  Visa not required (90 days)

  Visa not required (30 days)

  Visa not required (28 days)

  Visa required

Visa exemption

Ordinary passports

Holders of ordinary passports of the following countries and territories may enter Barbados without a visa for the following period:^[1][2][3]

6 months Antigua and Barbuda Australia Bahamas Bangladesh Belize Botswana Brazil Brunei Canada Dominica Eswatini Fiji Gambia Ghana Grenada Guyana Ireland Israel Jamaica Kenya Kiribati Lesotho Liechtenstein Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Mauritania Mauritius New Zealand Samoa San Marino Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Solomon Islands South Africa Sri Lanka Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Suriname Tanzania Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Tuvalu United Kingdom United States Uganda Vanuatu Zambia Zimbabwe 90 days All European Union member states (except Ireland)1 Algeria Andorra Angola Argentina Bahrain Benin Bhutan Bolivia Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Chile Colombia Comoros Congo-Brazzaville Congo-Kinshasa Cook Islands Djibouti Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Ethiopia Gabon Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Honduras Hong Kong Iceland India Indonesia Ivory Coast Japan Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Liberia Madagascar Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Marshall Islands Micronesia Mozambique Namibia Nauru   Nepal Niger Nigeria North Macedonia Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Panama Paraguay Philippines Qatar Russia Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia South Korea South Sudan Sudan  Switzerland Thailand Togo United Arab Emirates[4] Uruguay Vietnam 30 days China[5] Costa Rica Macao Mexico 28 days Albania Armenia Azerbaijan Belarus Cuba Georgia Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Moldova Nicaragua Peru Tajikistan Timor-Leste Turkmenistan Ukraine Uzbekistan Venezuela

_{1 - 3 months within any 6-month period.}

Date of visa changes
Citizens of Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Botswana, Brunei, Canada, Dominica, Eswatini, Fiji, Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Ireland, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Kiribati, Lesotho, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritius, New Zealand, Nigeria, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, Uganda, United Kingdom, United States, Vanuatu, Zambia and Zimbabwe have never required a visa to enter Barbados. 18 September 1969: Israel 1 May 1970: Tunisia 9 November 1970: Turkey 6 January 1971: Switzerland and Liechtenstein 1 July 1971: Belgium, Luxembourg and Netherlands[6] 5 July 1971: Colombia 28 September 1984: Argentina[7][8] 19 July 1987: Venezuela 19 February 1993: Costa Rica 15 February 1996: Chile 19 February 1996: Cuba 25 April 1997: Uruguay 2 April 2003: Panama 1 December 2008: Mexico 1 June 2017: China[9] 26 October 2017: Hong Kong[10] May 2019: Bahrain, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guatemala, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Liberia, Macao, Monaco, Morocco, Nigeria, Oman, Philippines, Qatar, Russia, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Thailand, Vietnam August 2022: Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Benin, Bolivia, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Central Africa Republic, Chad, Comoros, Republic of Congo, Cook Islands, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Ecuador, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Honduras, Kuwait, Lebanon, Madagascar, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Montenegro, Mongolia, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Niger, North Macedonia, Pakistan, Palau, Paraguay, São Tomé and Príncipe, Sudan, South Sudan and Togo[11] Cancelled: Brazil: 26 July 2021[12] (was resumed 3 January 2022) [13] India: 26 July 2021[12] (was resumed 3 January 2022) [13] Norway: March 2001[14] (was resumed) Haiti: 13 July 2019[15] South Africa: 26 July 2021[12] (was resumed 3 January 2022) [13]

In addition, citizens of Somalia holding a Titre de Voyage issued by the United Kingdom may enter Barbados without a visa for up to 28 days.

Non-ordinary passports

Holders of diplomatic, official and service passports issued by Albania (28 days), Armenia (28 days), Argentina, Belize (180 days), Brunei (180 days), Cambodia, Cuba (28 days), China (30 days), Costa Rica (30 days), Georgia (28 days), Haiti, Hong Kong, Macao (30 days), Malaysia (180 days), Mexico (30 days), Moldova (28 days), Nicaragua (28 days), Indonesia, Ireland (180 days), Japan, Senegal, Peru (28 days), Philippines, Singapore (180 days), Thailand, United Kingdom (180 days), Vietnam and Venezuela (28 days) may enter Barbados without a visa for up to 90 days (unless otherwise noted).^[2]

Holders of diplomatic, official and service passports issued by Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan require a valid diplomatic visa in advance.^{[citation needed]}

Visa required in advance

Nationals of the following countries must obtain a visa in advance prior to entering Barbados:

• Afghanistan
• Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Dominican Republic
• Eritrea
• Haiti
• Iran
• Iraq
• Kosovo
• Laos
• Libya
• Myanmar
• North Korea
• Palestine
• Papua New Guinea
• Somalia
• Syria
• Taiwan
• Vatican City
• Yemen

Transit

Holders of passports issued by any country can transit visa-free for 24 hours (except Afghanistan)^[2]

See also

• Caribbean portal

• Visa requirements for Barbadian citizens