Barbados Travel requirements, advice , Coronavirus status and Visa Policy

2023-07-17 20:19:01

Barbados is located in Latin America and the Caribbean. It is a developing country. Current Travel Advice to visitors travelling to Barbados is Exercise Normal Precautions. Check Barbados Travel Advisory, visa Requirements below.



Travel advice and advisories

Published 04.03.2022
1. Passengers must present an "Immigration/Customs Form" upon arrival. The form can be found at www.travelform.gov.bb or completed upon arrival at the available kiosks.
2. Passengers must have:
- a negative COVID-19 rapid antigen or rapid PCR test taken at most 1 day before arrival; or
- a negative COVID-19 PCR or RT-PCR test taken at most 3 days before arrival.
The test certificate must be in English, based on nasopharyngeal, oropharyngeal, nasal, anterior nares or mid-turbinate swab, and taken by a healthcare provider.
- This does not apply to:
- passengers younger than 5 years who are accompanied by a legal guardian;
- passengers with a COVID-19 recovery certificate issued at most 3 months before arrival.
3. Passengers are subject to a COVID-19 PCR test upon arrival.
- This does not apply to passengers with a COVID-19 vaccination certificate showing that they were fully vaccinated at least 14 days before arrival. Vaccines accepted are AstraZeneca (Vaxzevria), Janssen, Moderna (Spikevax), Pfizer-BioNTech (Comirnaty), Sinopharm, Sinovac and Sputnik V. A combination of vaccines is accepted.
4. Passengers with a COVID-19 vaccination certificate showing that they were fully vaccinated at least 14 days before arrival could be subject to a COVID-19 antigen test upon arrival.
5. Passengers could be subject to quarantine. More details can be found at https://www.visitbarbados.org/covid-19-travel-guidelines-2021
- This does not apply to passengers with a COVID-19 vaccination certificate showing that they were fully vaccinated at least 14 days before arrival. Vaccines accepted are AstraZeneca (Vaxzevria), Janssen, Moderna (Spikevax), Pfizer-BioNTech (Comirnaty), Sinopharm, Sinovac and Sputnik V. A combination of vaccines is accepted.


Travel Advisory By USA

Mon, 17 Jul 2023

Reissued with obsolete COVID-19 page links removed.

Exercise normal precautions in Barbados.  

Read the country information page for additional information on travel to Barbados.

If you decide to travel to Barbados:


Visa Policy for Visitors travelling to Barbados

Visa required

  • Afghanistan
  • Algeria
  • Andorra
  • Angola
  • Benin
  • Bhutan
  • Bolivia
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Cambodia
  • Cape Verde
  • Central African Republic
  • Chad
  • Comoros
  • Congo [DRC]
  • Congo [Republic]
  • Côte d'Ivoire
  • Djibouti
  • Dominican Republic
  • Ecuador
  • Egypt
  • Equatorial Guinea
  • Eritrea
  • Gabon
  • Guinea
  • Guinea-Bissau
  • Haiti
  • Honduras
  • Iraq
  • Kuwait
  • Laos
  • Lebanon
  • Libya
  • Macedonia [FYROM]
  • Madagascar
  • Marshall Islands
  • Micronesia
  • Mongolia
  • Montenegro
  • Myanmar [Burma]
  • Namibia
  • Nepal
  • Niger
  • North Korea
  • Pakistan
  • Palau
  • Papua New Guinea
  • Paraguay
  • São Tomé and Príncipe
  • Somalia
  • Sudan
  • Syria
  • Togo
  • Vatican City
  • Yemen

Visa not required

  • Albania (28 days)
  • Argentina (6 months)
  • Armenia (28 days)
  • Australia (6 months)
  • Austria (3 months)
  • Azerbaijan (28 days)
  • Bahamas (6 months)
  • Bahrain (90 days)
  • Bangladesh (6 months)
  • Belarus (28 days)
  • Belgium (90 days)
  • Belize (6 months)
  • Botswana (6 months)
  • Brazil (6 months)
  • Brunei (6 months)
  • Bulgaria (3 months)
  • Burkina Faso (90 days)
  • Burundi (90 days)
  • Cameroon (90 days)
  • Canada (6 months)
  • Chile (6 months)
  • China (30 days)
  • Colombia (90 days)
  • Costa Rica (90 days)
  • Cuba (28 days)
  • Cyprus (3 months)
  • Czech Republic (3 months)
  • Denmark (6 months)
  • Dominica (180 days)
  • El Salvador (90 days)
  • Estonia (3 months)
  • Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) (6 months)
  • Ethiopia (90 days)
  • Fiji
  • Finland (3 months)
  • France (90 days)
  • Gambia (6 months)
  • Georgia (28 days)
  • Germany (3 months)
  • Ghana (6 months)
  • Greece (3 months)
  • Grenada (180 days)
  • Guatemala (90 days)
  • Guyana (6 months)
  • Hong Kong (90 days)
  • Hungary (3 months)
  • Iceland (3 months)
  • India (90 days)
  • Indonesia (90 days)
  • Ireland (6 months)
  • Israel (6 months)
  • Italy (3 months)
  • Jamaica (6 months)
  • Japan (6 months)
  • Jordan (90 days)
  • Kazakhstan (28 days)
  • Kenya
  • Kiribati
  • Kyrgyzstan (28 days)
  • Latvia (3 months)
  • Lesotho (6 months)
  • Liberia (90 days)
  • Liechtenstein (3 months)
  • Lithuania (3 months)
  • Luxembourg (6 months)
  • Macau (30 days)
  • Malawi (6 month)
  • Malaysia (6 months)
  • Maldives (6 months)
  • Mali (6 months)
  • Malta (3 months)
  • Mauritania (6 months)
  • Mauritius (6 months)
  • Mexico (28 days)
  • Moldova (28 days)
  • Monaco (90 days)
  • Morocco (90 days)
  • Nauru
  • Netherlands (3 months)
  • New Zealand (6 months)
  • Nicaragua (90 days)
  • Nigeria (6 months)
  • Norway (3 months)
  • Oman (90 days)
  • Panama (90 days)
  • Peru (28 days)
  • Philippines (90 days)
  • Poland (90 days)
  • Portugal (3 months)
  • Qatar (90 days)
  • Romania (3 months)
  • Russia (28 days)
  • Rwanda (90 days)
  • Saint Kitts and Nevis (6 months)
  • Saint Lucia (6 months)
  • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (6 months)
  • Samoa
  • San Marino (6 months)
  • Saudi Arabia (90 days)
  • Senegal (90 days)
  • Serbia (90 days)
  • Seychelles (6 months)
  • Sierra Leone (6 months)
  • Singapore (6 months)
  • Slovakia (3 months)
  • Slovenia (3 months)
  • Solomon Islands
  • South Africa (6 months)
  • South Korea (90 days)
  • Spain (3 months)
  • Sri Lanka (6 months)
  • Suriname (6 months)
  • Sweden (3 months)
  • Switzerland (3 months)
  • Tajikistan (28 days)
  • Tanzania (6 months)
  • Thailand (90 days)
  • Timor-Leste (28 days)
  • Tonga
  • Trinidad and Tobago (6 months)
  • Tunisia (6 months)
  • Turkey (6 months)
  • Turkmenistan (28 days)
  • Tuvalu
  • Uganda (6 months)
  • Ukraine (28 days)
  • United Arab Emirates (90 days)
  • United Kingdom (6 months)
  • Uruguay (90 days)
  • Uzbekistan (28 days)
  • Vanuatu
  • Venezuela (28 days)
  • Vietnam (90 days)
  • Zambia (6 months)
  • Zimbabwe (6 months)

Visa free access

  • Croatia

Visa on arrival

  • Mozambique

Visa Requirements for Barbados Citizens

References