VISA REQUIREMENTS FOREIGNERS COMING TO JAMAICA
Key: PTA – visa issued Prior to Arrival POE – visa issued at Port of entry (airport)
Dip. Pp. - Diplomatic Passport & Off. Pp. – Official Passport
COUNTRY
ENTRY VISA
Foreigners coming to Jamaica
Afghanistan
Yes- prior to arrival (pta)
Albania
Yes- port of entry (poe)
Algeria
Yes- pta
Andorra
Yes- poe
Angola
Yes- poe (pta)
Anguilla
Yes
Antigua & Barbuda
None
Argentina
None- 30 days
Armenia
Yes- poe
Aruba
Tbc
Australia
None
Austria
None- 30 days
Azerbaijan
Yes- poe
Bahamas
None
Bahrain
Yes-pta
Bangladesh
None
Barbados
None
Belarus
Yes- poe
Belgium
None - 90 days
Obtained thru embassy Belgium
Belize
None
Benin
Yes- pta
Bermuda
Yes (none)
Bhutan
Yes- pta
Bolivia
Yes – pta
Bonaire
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
British Virgin Islands
Yes – poe
None
None- 30 days
Yes
Brunei Darussalam
None
Bulgaria
Yes – poe
Protocol Department
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade
Revised: as at 18th February 2014
VISA REQUIREMENTS FOREIGNERS COMING TO JAMAICA
Key: PTA – visa issued Prior to Arrival POE – visa issued at Port of entry (airport)
Dip. Pp. - Diplomatic Passport & Off. Pp. – Official Passport
COUNTRY
ENTRY VISA
Foreigners coming to Jamaica
Burkina Faso
Yes- pta
Burundi
Yes – pta
Cambodia
Yes- pta
Cameroon
Yes – pta
Canada
None
Cape Verde
Yes
Cayman Islands
Yes
Central African rep.
Yes – pta
Chad
Yes – pta
Chile
None- 90 days as a visitor
Yes- dip & off. Pp
China
Yes – pta
No- dip & off. Pp.
Colombia
Yes – pta
(waiver in effect)
No – dip & off pp
Comoros
Yes – pta
Congo (formerly Zaire)
Yes – pta
Costa Rica
Yes
(none – 30days as a visitor)
Cote D’Ivoire
Yes
Croatia
Yes - poe
Cuba
Curaçao
Yes – pta
No - dip & off.pp
Tbd
Cyprus
None
Czech & Slovak
Yes – poe
Dem. Peoples Republic of Korea
(North Korea)
Yes – pta
Denmark
None - 30 days
Djibouti
Yes - pta
Dominica
None
Protocol Department
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade
Revised: as at 18th February 2014
VISA REQUIREMENTS FOREIGNERS COMING TO JAMAICA
Key: PTA – visa issued Prior to Arrival POE – visa issued at Port of entry (airport)
Dip. Pp. - Diplomatic Passport & Off. Pp. – Official Passport
COUNTRY
ENTRY VISA
Foreigners coming to Jamaica
Dominican Republic
Yes – pta
Ecuador
None - 30 days
Egypt
Yes -pta
El Salvador
Yes – pta
No - dip & off pp
Equatorial Guinea
Yes – pta
Eritrea
Yes – pta
Estonia
Yes – poe
Ethiopia
Yes – pta
Fiji
None
Finland
None - 90 days
France
Visa fee JMD$8,571.40
As at 1 Feb 2014
(subject to change)
None - 30 days
Gabon
Yes – pta
Gambia
None
Georgia
Yes – poe
Germany
Visa fee USD$82.00
As at Feb.,2013
(subject to change due to rates)
None - 90 days
Ghana
None
Greece
None - 30 days
Grenada
None
Guadeloupe
Guatemala
Yes – pta
Guinea
Yes – pta
Guinea- Bissau
Yes – pta
Guyana
None
Haiti
Yes – pta
Dip & off - no
Request are sent to MFA for
transmission to PICA for approval of
poe visas
Honduras
Obtainable thru honduran consulate, miami
Protocol Department
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade
Revised: as at 18th February 2014
Yes – pta
VISA REQUIREMENTS FOREIGNERS COMING TO JAMAICA
Key: PTA – visa issued Prior to Arrival POE – visa issued at Port of entry (airport)
Dip. Pp. - Diplomatic Passport & Off. Pp. – Official Passport
COUNTRY
ENTRY VISA
Foreigners coming to Jamaica
Contact: 305-269-3131
Hong Kong
None - 30 days
Hungary
Yes – poe
Obtainable to the emb. of France Ja.
Iceland
None - 90 days
India
None
Indonesia
Yes – pta
Islamic Rep. of Iran
Yes – pta
Iraq
Yes - pta
Ireland
None - 90 days
Israel
None - 90 days
Italy
None - 90 days
Japan
None - 30 days
Jordan
Yes – pta
Kazakhstan
Yes – poe
Kenya
None
Kiribati
None
South Korea
None - 90 days
Kuwait
Yes – pta
Kyrgyzstan
Yes – poe
Lao People’s Dem. Rep
Yes – pta
Latvia
Yes – poe
Lebanon
Yes – pta
Lesotho
None
Liberia
Yes – pta
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Yes – pta
Liechtenstein
None - 90 days
Lithuania
Yes – poe
Luxembourg
None - 90 days
Macedonia
Yes – poe
Yes
Macau
Protocol Department
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade
Revised: as at 18th February 2014
VISA REQUIREMENTS FOREIGNERS COMING TO JAMAICA
Key: PTA – visa issued Prior to Arrival POE – visa issued at Port of entry (airport)
Dip. Pp. - Diplomatic Passport & Off. Pp. – Official Passport
COUNTRY
ENTRY VISA
Foreigners coming to Jamaica
Madagascar
Yes – pta
Malawi
None
Malaysia
None
Maldives
Yes
Mali
Yes – pta
Malta
None
Marshall islands
Yes – pta
Martinique
Mauritania
Yes – pta
Mexico
None: general waiver
Ref. To visa suspension agreement
of 1968 for Mexicans entering
Jamaica
Mauritius
None
Micronesia
Yes – pta
Moldova
Yes – poe
Monaco
None- 30days
Mongolia
Yes – pta
Morocco
Yes – pta
Obtainable through Moroccan emb. Washington.
Mozambique
None
Myanmar
Yes – pta
Namibia
None
Nauru
None
Nepal
Yes – pta
Netherlands
Netherlands Antilles
Curacao
None - 90 days
*conditions apply:
Aruba, Bonaire, Saba, Sint Eustatius, Sint
Maarten
New Zealand
None
Nicaragua
Yes – pta
Protocol Department
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade
Revised: as at 18th February 2014
VISA REQUIREMENTS FOREIGNERS COMING TO JAMAICA
Key: PTA – visa issued Prior to Arrival POE – visa issued at Port of entry (airport)
Dip. Pp. - Diplomatic Passport & Off. Pp. – Official Passport
COUNTRY
ENTRY VISA
Foreigners coming to Jamaica
Niger
Yes – pta
Nigeria
Yes – p.t.a.
Norway
None - 90 days
Oman
Yes – pta
Pakistan
Yes – pta
Palau
Yes – pta
Panama
No
(waiver in force: March 14th, 2014)
Papua new guinea
None
Paraguay
Yes – pta
Peru
Yes – pta
No- dip & off pp
Philippines
Yes – pta
Poland
Yes – poe
Portugal
None - 30 days
Qatar
Yes – pta
Romania
Yes - poe
Russian Federation
None – tourism or cultural
exchange up to30 days
march,2013
No - dip & off pp
Rwanda
Yes – pta
St. Kitts and Nevis
None
St. Lucia
None
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
None
Samoa (American)
Yes – pta
Samoa (western) or independent
None
San Marino
None - 90 days
Sao Tome & Principe
Yes – pta
Saudi Arabia
Yes – pta
Senegal
Yes – pta
Serbia & Montenegro
(formerly Yugoslavia)
Yes- poe
Protocol Department
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade
Revised: as at 18th February 2014
as at 7th
VISA REQUIREMENTS FOREIGNERS COMING TO JAMAICA
Key: PTA – visa issued Prior to Arrival POE – visa issued at Port of entry (airport)
Dip. Pp. - Diplomatic Passport & Off. Pp. – Official Passport
COUNTRY
ENTRY VISA
Foreigners coming to Jamaica
Seychelles
None
Sierra Leone
None
Singapore
None
Slovenia
Yes – poe
Dip – none 90 days
Solomon islands
None
Somalia
Yes – pta
South Africa
None
Spain
None - 30 days
th
Jmd$7,095.00 as at 19 Feb,2013
(subject to change)
Sri Lanka
Yes – pta
Sudan
Yes – pta
Suriname
None - 90 days
Swaziland
None
Sweden
None - 90 days
Switzerland
None - 90 days
Syrian Arab Republic
Yes – pta
Taiwan
Yes – poe
Tajikstan
Yes – poe
Thailand
Yes - pta
Togo
Yes – pta
Tonga
None
Trinidad & Tobago
None
Tunisia
Yes – pta
Turkey
None - 90 days
Turkmenistan
Yes - poe
Tuvalu
None
Uganda
None
Ukraine
Yes – poe
United Arab Emirates
Yes – pta
U.K of Great Britain & Northern
None
Protocol Department
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade
Revised: as at 18th February 2014
VISA REQUIREMENTS FOREIGNERS COMING TO JAMAICA
Key: PTA – visa issued Prior to Arrival POE – visa issued at Port of entry (airport)
Dip. Pp. - Diplomatic Passport & Off. Pp. – Official Passport
COUNTRY
ENTRY VISA
Foreigners coming to Jamaica
Ireland
United Republic of Tanzania
None
United States of America
None - 6 months
Uruguay
None - 90 days
Uzbekistan
Yes – poe
Vanuatu
None
Venezuela
None
Vietnam
Yes – pta
Yemen
Yes – pta
Yugoslavia
Yes – poe
Zambia
None
Zimbabwe
Yes - pta
Processing of Schengen Visas for respective countries:
Spanish Embassy:
Austria, Greece, Portugal, Spain, Czech Republic
German Embassy:
Germany, Italy
Belgian Embassy:
Luxembourg, Belgium
French Embassy:
Burkina-Faso, Central African Republic, Ivory Coast, Djibouti, France,
Gabon, Guadeloupe, Geneva(Switzerland), Hungary, Martinique,
Mauritania, Monaco, Norway, Poland, Senegal, St. Barthelemy, St. Martin,
Togo, Netherlands
Protocol Department
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade
Revised: as at 18th February 2014
VISA REQUIREMENTS FOREIGNERS COMING TO JAMAICA
Key: PTA – visa issued Prior to Arrival POE – visa issued at Port of entry (airport)
Dip. Pp. - Diplomatic Passport & Off. Pp. – Official Passport
British High Commission:
Anguilla, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Montserrat, Turks &
Caicos Islands, other dependent territories.
Netherlands Consulate:
Aruba, Bonaire, Saba, St. Eustatius, St. Maarten – Dip and Official
passport holders do not require visas to enter these territories – Visa
Fee ($5,036.00 JMD)
Web-link to Visa Free Countries for Jamaicans:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visa_requirements_for_Jamaican_citizens
Protocol Department
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade
Revised: as at 18th February 2014