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VISA REQUIREMENTS FOR BAHAMIANS TRAVELING OVERSEAS

  Caution: Although this list is thought to be up to date, Bahamians ought to check with the embassy or consulate of the country to which they are travelling, or with the airline concerned, to confirm the information given on this page, as changes are sometimes made to visa requirements without notice.

Country Name

Document Requirement

Visa requirement

AFGHANISTAN REPUBLIC OF

PASSPORT

YES

ALBANIA, REPUBLIC OF

PASSPORT

YES

ALGERIA, DEM. & POP REPUBLIC OF

PASSPORT

YES

ANDORRA, PRINCIPALITY OF

PASSPORT

NO

ANGOLA, REPUBLIC OF

PASSPORT

YES

ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA

PASSPORT

NO

ARGENTINA (ARGENTINE REPUBLIC)

PASSPORT

YES

ARMENIA, REPUBLIC

PASSPORT

YES

ARUBA (DUTCH AUTONOMOUS STATE)

PASSPORT

NO

AUSTRALIA, COMMONWEALTH OF

PASSPORT

YES

AUSTRIA, REPUBLIC OF

PASSPORT

NO (90 days)

AZERBAIJAN, REPUBLIC OF

PASSPORT

YES

AZORES (PORTUGUESE)

PASSPORT

YES

BAHRAIN, STATE OF

PASSPORT

YES

BANGLADESH, PEOPLE'S REP. OF

PASSPORT

YES

BARBADOS

PASSPORT

NO

BELARUS, REPUBLIC

PASSPORT

YES

BELGIUM, KINGDOM OF

PASSPORT

NO (90 days)

BELIZE

PASSPORT

NO

BENIN, REPUBLIC OF

PASSPORT

YES

BERMUDA (UK DEPENDENCY )

PASSPORT

NO

BHUTAN, KINGDOM

PASSPORT

CALL FOR INFO

BOLIVIA, REPUBLIC OF

PASSPORT

YES

BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA, REP. OF

PASSPORT

YES

Country Name

Document Requirement

Visa requirement

BOTSWANA, REPUBLIC OF

PASSPORT

NO

BRAZIL, FEDERATIVE REPUBLIC OF

PASSPORT

NO^^^^^

BRUNEI DARUSSALAM, STATE OF

PASSPORT

YES

BULGARIA, REPUBLIC OF

PASSPORT

NO (90 days)

BURKINA FASO

PASSPORT

YES

BURUNDI, REPUBLIC OF

PASSPORT

YES

CAMBODIA

PASSPORT

YES

CAMEROON. REPUBLIC OF

PASSPORT

YES

CANADA

PASSPORT

NO

CAPE VERDE, REPUBLIC OF

PASSPORT

YES

CAYMAN ISLANDS (UK DEPENDENCY)

PASSPORT

NO

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

PASSPORT

YES

CHAD, REPUBLIC OF

PASSPORT

YES

CHILE, REPUBLIC OF

PASSPORT

NO

CHINA, PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF

PASSPORT

YES

COLOMBIA, REPUBLIC OF

PASSPORT

NO

COMOROS, FED. & ISLAMIC REP. OF

PASSPORT

CALL FOR INFO

CONGO, DEM. POP. REP. OF (ZAIRE)

PASSPORT

YES

CONGO, REPUBLIC OF

PASSPORT

YES

COOK ISLANDS, THE

PASSPORT

NO (for less than 31 days)

COSTA RICA, REPUBLIC OF

PASSPORT

NO (for less than 30 days)

COTE D’IVOIRE REPUBLIC OF

PASSPORT

YES

 

 

 

 

Country Name

Document Requirement

Visa Requirement

CROATIA

PASSPORT

YES

CUBA

PASSPORT

YES

CURACAO (NETHERLANDS ANTILLES)

PASSPORT

NO

CYPRUS, REPUBLIC OF

PASSPORT

NO (90 days)

CZECH REPUBLIC

PASSPORT

NO (90 days)

DENMARK, KINGDOM OF

PASSPORT

NO (90 days)

DJIBOUTI, REPUBLIC OF

PASSPORT

YES

DOMINICA, COMMONWEALTH OF

PASSPORT

NO

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

PASSPORT

NO (tourist card upon arrival)

ECUADOR, REPUBLIC OF

PASSPORT

NO (for less than 90 days)

EGYPT, ARAB REPUBLIC OF

PASSPORT

YES

EL SALVADOR, REPUBLIC OF

PASSPORT

YES

EQUATORIAL GUINEA, REPUBLIC OF

PASSPORT

YES

ERITREA, STATE OF

PASSPORT

YES

ESTONIA, REPUBLIC OF

PASSPORT

NO (90 days)

ETHIOPIA

PASSPORT

YES

FIJI, REPUBLIC OF

PASSPORT

NO

FINLAND, REPUBLIC

PASSPORT

NO (90 days)

FRANCE (FRENCH REPUBLIC)

PASSPORT

NO ( 90 days)

FRENCH GUIANA (D.O.M.)

PASSPORT

YES (FRENCH)

GABON (GABONESE REPUBLIC)

PASSPORT

YES

GALAPAGOS ISLANDS

PASSPORT

NO (for less than 90 days )

GAMBIA, REPUBLIC OF THE

PASSPORT

YES

GEORGIA, REPUBLIC OF

PASSPORT

YES

GERMANY, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF

PASSPORT

NO (90 days)

GHANA, REPUBLIC OF

PASSPORT

YES

Country Name

Document Requirement

Visa requirement

GIBRALTAR (UK DEPENDENCY)

PASSPORT

NO

GREECE (HELLENIC REPUBLIC)

PASSPORT

NO ( 90 days)

GREENLAND (DENMARK TERRITORY)

PASSPORT

NO

GRENADA, STATE OF

PASSPORT

NO

GUADELOUPE (FRENCH .O. M.)

PASSPORT

YES (FRENCH)

GUATEMALA, REPUBLIC OF

PASSPORT

YES*****

GUINEA, REPUBLIC OF

PASSPORT

YES

GUINEA-BISSAU, REPUBLIC OF

PASSPORT

YES

GUYANA, CO-OPERATIVE REPUBLIC OF

PASSPORT

NO

HAITI, REPUBLIC OF

PASSPORT

YES

 HOLY SEE (SEE VATICAN CITY)

PASSPORT

NO

HONDURAS, REPUBLIC OF

PASSPORT

NO (for less than 2 weeks)

HONG KONG (CHINA)

PASSPORT

NO

HUNGARY, REPUBLIC OF

PASSPORT

NO (90 days)

ICELAND, REPUBLIC

PASSPORT

YES

INDIA, REPUBLIC

PASSPORT

YES

INDONESIA, REPUBLIC OF

PASSPORT

YES

IRAN, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF

UNAVAILABLE

UNAVAILABLE

IRAQ, REPUBLIC OF

UNAVAILABLE

 

UNAVAILABLE

IRELAND

PASSPORT

NO

  

Country Name

Document requirement

Visa Requirement

 

 

 

ISRAEL, STATE OF

PASSPORT

NO

ITALY, REPUBLIC OF

PASSPORT

NO (90 days)

IVORY COAST-SEE COTE D’IVOIRE

PASSPORT

YES

JAMAICA

PASSPORT

NO

JAPAN

PASSPORT

NO

JORDAN, HASHEMITE KINGDOM OF

PASSPORT

YES

KAZAKHSTAN, REPUBLIC OF

PASSPORT

YES

KENYA, REPUBLIC OF

PASSPORT

NO

KIRBATI, REPUBLIC OF

PASSPORT

NO

KOREA-NORTH, DEM. PEO. REP. OF

PASSPORT

UNAVAILABLE

KOREA-SOUTH, REPUBLIC OF

PASSPORT

NO (for less than 90 days)

KUWAIT, STATE OF

PASSPORT

YES

KYRGYSTAN (THE KYRGYZ REPUBLIC)

PASSPORT

YES

LAOS (LAO PEOPLE'S DEM. REPUBLIC)

PASSPORT

YES

LATVIA, REPUBLIC OF

PASSPORT

NO (90 DAYS)

LEBANON, REPUBLIC OF

PASSPORT

YES

LESOTHO, KINGDOM OF

PASSPORT

NO

LIBERIA, REPUBLIC OF

PASSPORT

YES

LIBYA

PASSPORT

UNAVAILABLE

LIECHTENSTEIN, PRINCIPALITY OF

PASSPORT

NO

LITHUANIA, REPUBLIC OF

PASSPORT

NO (90 days)

LUXEMBOURG, GRAND DUCHY OF

PASSPORT

NO (90 days)

MACAU (PORTUGUESE OVERSEAS TERRITORY)

PASSPORT

YES

MACEDONIA

PASSPORT

YES

MADAGASCAR, REPUBLIC OF

PASSPORT

YES

MALAWI, REPUBLIC OF

PASSPORT

NO

MALAYSIA

PASSPORT

NO

MALDIVES, REPUBLIC OF

PASSPORT

NO

MALI, REPUBLIC OF

PASSPORT

YES

MALTA

PASSPORT

NO ( 90 days)

MARSHALL ISLAND, Republic

PASSPORT

YES

     

Country

Document Requirement

Visa Requirement

MARTINIQUE (FRENCH D.O.M.)

PASSPORT

YES (FRENCH)

MAURITANIA, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF

PASSPORT

YES 

MAURITIUS, REPUBLIC OF

PASSPORT

NO

MEXICO UNITED MEXICAN REPUBLIC

 

PASSPORT

^^^^^^NO ( travel card upon arrival)

MICRONESIA, FEDERATED STATES OF

PASSPORT

NO (for less than 30 days)

MOLDOVA, REPUBLIC OF

PASSPORT

YES

MONACO, PRINCIPALITY OF

PASSPORT

YES (FRENCH)

MONGOLIA

PASSPORT

YES

MOROCCO, KINGDOM OF

PASSPORT

YES

MOZAMBIQUE, REPUBLIC

PASSPORT

YES

MYANMAR

PASSPORT

YES

NAMIBIA, REPUBLIC OF

PASSPORT

YES

NAURU, REPUBLIC

UNAVAILABLE

UNAVAILABLE

NEPAL, KINGDOM OF

PASSPORT

YES

NETHERLANDS, KINGDOM OF THE

PASSPORT

NO ( 90 days)

  NETHERLANDS, ANTILLES

PASSPORT

NO

NEW ZEALAND

PASSPORT

YES

NICARAGUA, REPUBLIC OF

PASSPORT

YES

NIGER, REPUBLIC OF

PASSPORT

YES

NIGERIA, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF

PASSPORT

YES

NORFOLK ISLANDS

PASSPORT

NO

NORWAY, KINGDOM OF

PASSPORT

NO (for less than 90 days) YES (for more than 90 days)

OMAN, SULTANATE OF

PASSPORT

YES

PAKISTAN, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF

PASSPORT

YES

PALAU, REPUBLIC OF

PASSPORT

YES (ISSUED UPON ARRIVAL)

PALESTINE

PASSPORT

YES

PANAMA, REPUBLIC OF

PASSPORT

YES

PAPUA NEW GUINEA

PASSPORT

YES

PARAGUAY, REPUBLIC OF

PASSPORT

YES

 

 

   

Country

Document Requirement

Visa Requirement

PERU, REPUBLIC OF

PASSPORT

NO (for less than 90 days)

PHILIPPINES, REPUBLIC OF

PASSPORT

YES

POLAND, REPUBLIC OF

PASSPORT

NO (90 days)

PORTUGAL, REPUBLIC OF

PASSPORT

NO (90 days)

QATAR, STATE OF

PASSPORT

YES

REUNION (FRENCH D.O.M.)

PASSPORT

YES (FRENCH)

ROMANIA, REPUBLIC

PASSPORT

NO ( 90 days)

RUSSIA (RUSSIAN FEDERATION)

PASSPORT

YES

RWANDA, REPUBLIC OF

PASSPORT

YES

SAINT KITTS &NEVIS, FEDERATION OF

PASSPORT

NO

SAINT LUCIA

PASSPORT

NO

SAINT MARTIN (FRENCH D.O. M.)

PASSPORT

YES (FRENCH)

SINT MAARTEN (DUTCH)

PASSPORT

NO

SAINT VINCENT & GRENADINES

PASSPORT

NO

SAN MARINO, MOST SERENE REP. OF

PASSPORT

NO

SAO TOME &PRINCIPE, DEM REP. OF

PASSPORT

CALL FOR INFO

SAUDI ARABIA, KINGDOM OF

PASSPORT

YES

SCOTLAND (UK)

PASSPORT

NO

SENEGAL, REPUBLIC OF

PASSPORT

YES

SEYCHELLES, REPUBLIC OF

PASSPORT

NO

SIERRA LEONE, REPUBLIC OF

PASSPORT

YES

SINGAPORE, REPUBLIC OF

PASSPORT

NO (for less than 2 weeks) YES

SLOVAKIA (SLOVAK REPUBLIC)

PASSPORT

NO (90 days)

SLOVENIA, REPUBLIC OF

PASSPORT

NO (90 days)

SOLOMON ISLANDS

PASSPORT

NO

SOMALIA (SOMALI DEMOCRATIC REP.

UNAVAILABLE

UNAVAILABLE

SOUTH AFRICA, REPUBLIC

PASSPORT

YES

SPAIN, KINGDOM OF

PASSPORT

NO (90 days)

SRI LANKA, DEM. SOC. REP. OF

PASSPORT

YES

SUDAN, REPUBLIC OF THE

PASSPORT

YES

Country

Document Requirement

Visa Requirement

SURINAME, REPUBLIC OF

PASSPORT

NO

SWAZILAND, KINGDOM OF

PASSPORT

NO

SWEDEN, KINGDOM OF

PASSPORT

NO (for less than 90 days)

   SWITZERLAND

PASSPORT

NO

SYRIA (SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC)

PASSPORT

YES

TAIWAN (THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA)

PASSPORT

YES

TANZANIA, UNITED REPUBLIC OF

PASSPORT

NO

THAILAND, KINGDOM OF

PASSPORT

YES

TOGO, REPUBLIC OF

PASSPORT

YES

TONGA, KINGDOM OF

PASSPORT

NO

TRINIDAD &TOBAGO, REPUBLIC OF

PASSPORT

NO

TUNISIA, REPUBLIC OF

PASSPORT

YES

TURKEY, REPUBLIC OF

PASSPORT

YES

TURKMENISTAN, REPUBLIC OF

PASSPORT

YES

TURKS & CAICOS *UK DEPENDENCY)

PASSPORT

NO

TUVALU

PASSPORT

NO

UGANDA, REPUBLIC

PASSPORT

YES

UKRAINE

PASSPORT

YES

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

PASSPORT

YES

UNITED KINGDOM

PASSPORT

NO

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

PASSPORT

NO( POLICE RECORD)

YES (FOR CRUISES AND TRANSITING)

URUGUAY, ORIENTAL REPUBLIC OF

PASSPORT

NO

UZBEKISTAN, REPUBLIC OF

PASSPORT

YES

VANUATU, REPUBLIC OF

PASSPORT

NO

VATICAN CITY STATE

PASSPORT

NO

VENEZUELA, REPUBLIC

PASSPORT

YES

VIETNAM, SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF

PASSPORT

YES

WESTERN SAMOA, IND. STATE OF

PASSPORT

YES

WEST INDIES- BRITISH

PASSPORT

NO

WEST INDIES-FRENCH

PASSPORT

YES (FRENCH)

YEMEN, REPUBLIC OF

PASSPORT

YES

Country Name

Document Requirement

Visa requirement

YUGOSLAVIA

PASSPORT

YES

ZAIRE (SEE CONGO, DEM REP. OF)

PASSPORT

YES

ZAMBIA, REPUBLIC OF

PASSPORT

NO

ZIMBABWE, REPUBLIC OF

PASSPORT

NO

 **** Except Dip/Off passport
^^^^ Yes for Dip Passport

Amended 28th May 2009