WHO NEEDS A VISA TO ENTER THE BAHAMAS?

  • Equatorial Guinea

  • Eritrea

  • Ethiopia

  • Gabon

  • Ghana

  • Guinea

  • Guinea-Bissau

  • Haiti

  • India * (If you have a valid Schengen, United Kingdom, Canada or United States of America Visa, you do not need a BAHAMAS VISA to enter The Bahamas. You must present the aforementioned visa together with your valid passport to Immigration at time of entry into The Bahamas. If you are a Permanent Resident of the Schengen Countries, United Kingdom, Canada or United States of America you do not need a BAHAMAS VISA to enter the country. You must present proof of Permanent Residency status for the aforementioned countries together with your valid passport to Immigration at time of entry into The Bahamas. All other Indian Nationals need a BAHAMAS VISA to enter the country.) 

  • Afghanistan

  • Albania

  • Algeria

  • Angola

  • Belarus

  • Benin

  • Bhutan

  • Bosnia

  • Burkina Faso

  • Burundi

  • Cambodia

  • Cameroon

  • Central African Republic

  • Chad

  • Comoros

  • Congo

  • Cote d’Ivoire

  • Cuba

  • Djibouti

  • Dominican Republic

  • Egypt

  • Indonesia

  • Iran

  • Iraq

  • Jordan

  • Kazakhstan

  • Kosovo

  • Kyrgyzstan

  • Laos

  • Lebanon

  • Liberia

  • Libya

  • Macau

  • Madagascar

  • Mauritania

  • Micronesia

  • Mongolia

  • Montenegro

  • Morocco

  • Mozambique

  • Myanmar

  • Nepal

  • Niger

  • Nigeria

  • North Korea

  • Pakistan

  • Palau

  • Palestine

  • Philippines

  • Rwanda

  • Saudi Arabia

  • Senegal

  • Serbia

  • Somalia

  • Sudan

  • Syria

  • Taiwan

  • Tajikistan

  • Thailand

  • Timor-Leste

  • Togo

  • Tunisia

  • Turkmenistan

  • Ukraine

  • Uzbekistan

  • Vietnam, Yemen

PLEASE NOTE:

  • Those citizens of countries that require a visa to enter The Bahamas will need a visa when entering The Bahamas via cruise ship from the United States of America.

  • All visa applicants must be in possession of a valid passport with more than 6 months remaining.

  • An Electronic Entry Visa (EEV) does not guarantee entry into The Bahamas. Bahamas Border Management Officers have the right to deny entry into The Bahamas.

Please visit https://mofa.gov.bs/evisa-online-services/ for additional information and to access the online VISA application.