Antigua and Barbuda Travel requirements, advice , Coronavirus status and Visa Policy
2023-07-17 16:19:05
Antigua and Barbuda is located in Latin America and the Caribbean. It is a developing country. Current Travel Advice to visitors travelling to Antigua and Barbuda is Exercise Normal Precautions. Check Antigua and Barbuda Travel Advisory, visa Requirements below.
Travel advice and advisories
Published 19.04.2022
1. Passengers entering or transiting through Antigua and Barbuda must have:
- a negative COVID-19 rapid antigen test taken at most 24 hours before arrival. The list of approved antigen tests can be found at https://tinyurl.com/4e9rm76t ; or
- a negative COVID-19 RT-PCR test taken at most 3 days before arrival. The test must be based on nasopharyngeal or oropharyngeal swab.
- This does not apply to:
- passengers younger than 5 years;
- passengers with a COVID-19 vaccination certificate showing that they were fully vaccinated at least 2 weeks before arrival. Vaccines accepted are: AstraZeneca (SK Bioscience), AstraZeneca (Vaxzevria), Covaxin, Covishield, Covovax, Janssen, Moderna (Spikevax), Nuvaxovid (Novavax), Pfizer-BioNTech (Comirnaty), Sinopharm, Sinovac and Sputnik V.
2. Passengers could be subject to quarantine for up to 14 days at their own expense.
- This does not apply to passengers with a COVID-19 vaccination certificate showing that they were fully vaccinated at least two weeks before arrival. Vaccines accepted are: AstraZeneca (SK Bioscience), AstraZeneca (Vaxzevria), Covaxin, Covishield, Covovax, Janssen, Moderna (Spikevax), Nuvaxovid (Novavax), Pfizer-BioNTech (Comirnaty), Sinopharm, Sinovac and Sputnik V.
3. Passengers could be subject to a COVID-19 test upon arrival at their own expense.
4. Passengers and airline crew staying overnight in transit must stay at a hotel or at a designated facility until their next flight.
Travel Advisory By USA
Mon, 17 Jul 2023
Reissued with obsolete COVID-19 page links removed.
Exercise normal precautions in Antigua and Barbuda.
Read the country information page for additional information on travel to Antigua and Barbuda.
If you decide to travel to Antigua and Barbuda:
- Enroll in the Smart Traveler Enrollment Program (STEP) to receive Alerts and make it easier to locate you in an emergency.
- Follow the Department of State on Facebook and Twitter.
- Review the Country Security Report for Barbados, which covers Antigua and Barbuda.
- Prepare a contingency plan for emergency situations. Review the Traveler’s Checklist.
- Visit the CDC page for the latest Travel Health Information related to your travel.
Visa Policy for Visitors travelling to Antigua and Barbuda
eVisa[needs update?]
- Afghanistan
Visa not required
- Albania (180 days)
- Andorra
- Argentina (1 month)
- Armenia (1 month)
- Australia (1 month)
- Austria (3 months)
- Azerbaijan (1 month)
- Bahamas (1 month)
- Barbados (6 months)
- Belarus (180 days)
- Belgium (6 months)
- Belize (6 months)
- Botswana (3 months)
- Brazil (6 months)
- Brunei (30 days)
- Bulgaria (3 months)
- Canada (6 months)
- Chile (1 month)
- China (30 days)
- Colombia (90 days)
- Cuba (1 month)
- Cyprus (3 months)
- Czech Republic (180 days)
- Denmark (6 months)
- Dominica (Freedom of movement for OECS states; ID card valid)
- Estonia (3 months)
- Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) (1 month)
- Fiji (1 month)
- Finland (3 months)
- France (180 days)
- Georgia (180 days)
- Germany (6 months)
- Greece (3 months)
- Grenada (Freedom of movement for OECS states; ID card valid)
- Guyana (6 months)
- Hong Kong (30 days)
- Hungary (3 months)
- Iceland (3 months)
- Indonesia (30 days)
- Ireland (1 month)
- Italy (3 months)
- Jamaica (6 months)
- Japan (1 month)
- Kazakhstan (1 month)
- Kenya (1 month)
- Kiribati (1 month)
- Kyrgyzstan (1 month)
- Latvia (3 months)
- Lesotho (1 month)
- Liechtenstein (3 months)
- Lithuania (3 months)
- Luxembourg (6 months)
- Macau (30 days)
- Malawi (30 days)
- Malaysia (180 days)
- Maldives
- Malta (3 months)
- Marshall Islands (30 days)
- Mauritius (3 months)
- Mexico (1 month)
- Moldova (1 month)
- Monaco (1 month)
- Namibia (1 month)
- Nauru (1 month)
- Netherlands (6 months)
- New Zealand (6 months)
- Norway (3 months)
- Panama (90 days)
- Papua New Guinea (1 month)
- Peru
- Poland (180 days)
- Portugal (6 months)
- Romania (3 months)
- Russia (180 days)
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia (Freedom of movement for OECS states; ID card valid)
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (Freedom of movement for OECS states; ID card valid)
- Samoa (1 month)
- San Marino (1 month)
- Seychelles (3 months)
- Singapore (1 month)
- Slovakia (3 months)
- Slovenia (3 months)
- Solomon Islands (1 month)
- South Africa (1 month)
- South Korea (6 months)
- Spain (6 months)
- Suriname (6 months)
- Sweden (3 months)
- Switzerland (3 months)
- Tajikistan (1 month)
- Tanzania
- Trinidad and Tobago (6 months)
- Turkey (180 days)
- Turkmenistan (30 days)
- Tuvalu (1 month)
- Uganda
- Ukraine (180 days)
- United Arab Emirates (30 days)
- United Kingdom (6 months)
- Uzbekistan (1 month)
- Vanuatu (1 month)
- Vatican City (6 months)
- Venezuela (180 days)
- Zambia (1 month)
Electronic Entry Visa
- Algeria
- Angola
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh (30 days)
- Benin
- Bhutan
- Bolivia
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Cape Verde
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Comoros
- Congo [DRC]
- Congo [Republic]
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Djibouti
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- Egypt (1 month)
- El Salvador
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Ethiopia
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Guatemala
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Iraq (30 days)
- Jordan
- Kuwait
- Laos
- Liberia
- Libya
- Macedonia [FYROM]
- Madagascar
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Micronesia
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Morocco (30 days)
- Mozambique
- Myanmar [Burma]
- Nepal
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- North Korea
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Palau
- Paraguay
- Philippines
- Qatar
- São Tomé and Príncipe
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Syria
- Timor-Leste
- Togo
- Tonga
- Uruguay
- Vietnam
- Zimbabwe
eVisa
- Costa Rica
- India
- Israel
- Rwanda
- Thailand
- Tunisia
Visa free access
- Croatia
Electronic Visa
- Lebanon
Visa required
- Yemen (30 days)
Visa Requirements for Antigua and Barbuda Citizens
References
- U.S Department of State - Bureau of Consular Affairs
- Systematic dataset of Covid-19 policy, from Oxford University
- International Air Transport Association (IATA)