VISA REQUIREMENTS FOR JAMAICANS TRAVELLING OVERSEASANDFOREIGNERS ENTERING TO JAMAICA
Key: PTA – Visa issued Prior to Arrival POE – Visa issued at Port of Entry
Dip. Pp. - Diplomatic Passport & Off. Pp. – Official Passport
COUNTRY / ENTRY VISAForeigners coming to Jamaica / REQUIREMENTS
Jamaicans going overseas
AFGHANISTAN / YES - PTA / YES
ALBANIA / NO – 30 days or less as tourists with valid US, UK, Canadian or Schengen visa & presents proof of vaccination against Measles, Rubella & Polio / YES
ALGERIA / YES - PTA / YES
ANDORRA / YES - POE / YES
ANGOLA / YES - PTA / YES
ANGUILLA / NO / YES – see under BHC
NO – Dip. Pp. holders
ANTIGUA & BARBUDA / NO / NO
ARGENTINA / NO - 30 days
NO – Dip. & Off. Pp. holders / NO – 30 days
NO – Dip. & Off. Pp. Holders
ARMENIA / YES - POE / YES - POE
ARUBA / NO – 90 days / NO – If in possession of US, Canadian or Schengen visa
NO - Dip & Off. Pp. Holders
AUSTRALIA / NO / YES – visitor visa(subclass 600)
AUSTRIA / NO - 30 days / YES - Schengen Visa (Embassy of Spain)
AZERBAIJAN / YES - POE / YES – PTA
Obtainable from the Embassy of Azerbaijan in Washington DC
BAHAMAS / NO / NO
BAHRAIN / YES - PTA / YES – E-visa (
BANGLADESH / NO / NO
BARBADOS / NO / NO
BELARUS / NO – 30 days or less as tourists with valid US, UK, Canadian or Schengen visa and presents proof of vaccination against Measles, Rubella & Polio / YES - PTA
BELGIUM / NO - 90 days / YES - Schengen visa (Embassy of Belgium)
NO – Dip. & Off. Pp. holders
BELIZE / NO / NO
BENIN / YES - PTA / YES
BERMUDA / NO / YES – See under BHC
NO - if in possession of valid US, Canadian or UK visa
BHUTAN / YES - PTA / YES
BOLIVIA / NO – 30 days or less as tourists and presents proof of vaccination against Yellow Fever / YES
BONAIRE / NO – 90 days / NO – If in possession of US, Canadian or Schengen visa
NO - Dip & Off. pp. holders
BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA / NO – 30 days or less as tourists with valid US, UK, Canadian or Schengen visa & presents proof of vaccination against Measles, Rubella & Polio / YES
BOTSWANA / NO / NO
BRAZIL / NO- 90 days tourism or business / NO – 90 days tourism or business
NO - Dip. & Off. Pp. holders
BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS
/YES - POE
/ YES(See under BHC)
BRUNEI DARUSSALAM / NO / YES
BULGARIA / NO – 30 days or less as tourists with valid US, UK, Canadian or Schengen visa & presents proof of vaccination against Measles, Rubella & Polio / YES
BURKINA FASO / YES - PTA / YES
BURUNDI / YES - PTA / YES
CAMBODIA / YES - PTA / YES - PTA
CAMEROON / YES - PTA / YES
CANADA / NO / YES - PTA
CAPE VERDE / YES - PTA / YES
CAYMAN ISLANDS / YES - PTA / YES
NO – Dip. & Off. Pp holders
CENTRAL AFRICAN REP. / YES - PTA / YES
CHAD / YES - PTA / YES
CHILE / NO - 90 days
NO - Dip & Off. Pp. holders / NO – 90 days
NO – Dip. & Off. Pp. holders
CHINA / NO – 30 days for tourism, cultural exchanges or business
NO- Dip & Off. Pp. holders / YES - PTA
NO – Dip. & Off. Pp. holders
COLOMBIA / NO – 30 days for tourism, cultural exchanges or business
NO – Dip & Off Pp. holders / NO - 30 days
NO – Dip & Off Pp. holders
COMOROS / YES - PTA / YES
CONGO (formerly Zaire) / YES - PTA / YES
COSTA RICA / NO – 30 days
NO – Dip. & Off. Pp. holders / NO – if in possession of a multiple entry US, Canadian, Schengen or Japanese visa that has been used and valid at least 6 months
COTE D’IVOIRE (IVORY COAST) / YES - PTA / YES
CROATIA / NO – 30 days or less as tourists with valid US, UK, Canadian or Schengen visa & presents proof of vaccination against Measles, Rubella & Polio / YES – If not in possession of multiple or double entry uniform (C) visa, valid for all Schengen Member States
Obtainable through the Consulate General of Croatia in New York
CUBA / YES - PTA
NO - Dip & Off. Pp. holders / YES
NO - Dip & Off. Pp. holders
CURAÇAO / NO – 90 days / NO
CYPRUS / NO / YES
NO – If in possession of valid multiple entry Schengen visa
CZECH REPUBLIC / NO – 30 days for tourism or cultural exchanges / YES – Schengen visa (Embassy of Spain)
DEM. PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF KOREA (NORTH KOREA) / YES - PTA / YES
DENMARK / NO - 90 days / YES – PTA
Obtainable through the Consulate General of Denmark in New York
DJIBOUTI / YES - PTA / YES
DOMINICA / NO / NO
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC / NO – 30 days or less as tourists with valid US, Canadian, UK or Schengen visa / NO – purchase tourist card upon arrival at airport
YES – Dip & Off Pp. holders
ECUADOR / NO - 30 days / NO – 90 days
EGYPT / YES - PTA / YES - POE
EL SALVADOR / NO – 30 days or less as tourists
NO - Dip & Off. Pp. holders / NO – If in possession of U.S. multiple entry visa
NO - Dip & Off Pp. holders
EQUATORIAL GUINEA / YES - PTA / YES
ERITREA / YES - PTA / YES
ESTONIA / NO – 30 days or less as tourists and presents proof of vaccination against Measles, Rubella & Polio / YES – Schengen visa (Embassy of Germany)
ETHIOPIA / YES - PTA / YES
Obtainable through the Embassy of Ethiopia in Washington DC
FIJI / NO / NO
FINLAND / NO - 90 days / YES – Schengen visa (Embassy of Germany)
FRANCE / NO - 30 days / YES – Schengen visa (Embassy of Spain)
GABON / YES - PTA / YES
GAMBIA / NO / NO
GEORGIA / YES – POE / YES
GERMANY / NO - 90 days / YES – Schengen visa (Embassy of Germany)
NO – Dip.Pp. holders
GHANA / NO / YES - PTA
GREECE / NO - 30 days / YES - Schengen visa (Embassy of Spain)
GRENADA / NO / NO
GUADELOUPE / NO – 30 days / YES – PTA
Embassy of France in Panama
GUATEMALA / NO – 30 days or less as tourists / NO - if in possession US, Canadian or UK visa
NO - Dip. & Off. Pp. holders
GUINEA / YES - PTA / YES
GUINEA- BISSAU / YES - PTA / YES
GUYANA / NO / NO
HAITI / YES - PTA
NO - Dip. & Off. Pp. holders / NO – 90 days
NO – Dip Pp. & Off Pp. holders
YES – with work permit
HONDURAS / NO – 30 days or less as tourists with valid US, Canadian, UK or Schengen visa / NO- if in possession of valid US Visa
HONG KONG / NO - 30 days / NO - 30 days
HUNGARY / NO – 30 days for tourism or cultural exchanges / YES
ICELAND / NO - 90 days / YES – PTA
Obtainable through the Consulate General of Denmark in New York
INDIA / NO / YES
INDONESIA / YES - PTA / YES
ISLAMIC REP. OF IRAN / YES - PTA / YES
IRAQ / YES - PTA / YES
IRELAND / NO - 90 days / YES
ISRAEL / NO - 90 days / NO - 90 days
ITALY / NO - 90 days / YES – Schengen visa (Embassy of Germany)
JAPAN / NO - 30 days / YES
JORDAN / YES - PTA / YES - POE
KAZAKHSTAN / NO – 30 days or less as tourists with valid US, Canadian, UK or Schengen visa & presents
Proof of vaccination against Measles, Rubella ,Polio / YES - PTA
KENYA / NO / NO
KIRIBATI / NO / NO
KOREA / NO - 90 days / NO - 90 days
KUWAIT / YES - PTA / YES
KYRGYZSTAN / YES – POE / YES - POE
LAO PEOPLE@S DEM. REP / YES – PTA / YES
LATVIA / NO – 30 days or less as tourists and presents proof of vaccination against Measles, Rubella & Polio / YES – Schengen visa (Embassy of Spain)
LEBANON / YES - PTA / YES
LESOTHO / NO / NO
LIBERIA / YES - PTA / YES
LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA / YES / YES
LIECHTENSTEIN / NO - 90 days / YES – Schengen visa
LITHUANIA / NO – 30 days or less as tourists and presents proof of vaccination against Measles, Rubella & Polio / YES
LUXEMBOURG / NO - 90 days / YES - Schengen visa (Embassy of Belgium)
MACEDONIA / NO – 30 days or less as tourists with valid US, Canadian, UK or Schengen visa & presents proof of vaccination against Measles, Rubella & Polio / YES
NO – if in possession of a multiple entry Schengen visa type C
MACAU / YES / YES
MADAGASCAR / YES - PTA / YES
MALAWI / NO / NO
MALAYSIA / NO / NO
MALDIVES / NO / YES - POE
MALI / YES - PTA / YES
MALTA / NO / YES
Obtainable through the Embassy of Malta in Washington DC
NO – Dip. Pp & Off. Pp. holders
MARSHALL ISLANDS / YES - PTA / YES
MARTINIQUE / NO – 30 days / YES
MAURITANIA / YES - PTA / YES
MEXICO / NO – 90 days / NO – stays for up to 6 months
NO – Dip. Pp. & Off Pp. holders
MAURITIUS / NO / NO
MICRONESIA / YES - PTA / YES
MOLDOVA / NO – 30 days or less as tourists with valid US, UK, Canadian or Schengen visa & presents proof of vaccination against Measles, Rubella & Polio / YES - POE
MONACO / NO- 30days / YES
MONGOLIA / YES - PTA / YES
MONTENEGRO / NO – 30 days or less as tourists with valid US, Canadian, UK or Schengen visa & possess
proof of vaccination against Measles, Rubella & Polio
/ YESMOROCCO / YES – PTA / YES
Obtainable through the Embassy of the Kingdom of Morocco in Washington DC or Consulate General of the Kingdom of Morocco in New York
MOZAMBIQUE / NO / YES
MYANMAR / YES - PTA / YES
NAMIBIA / NO / YES
Obtainable through the Embassy of Namibia in Washington DC
NAURU / NO / NO
NEPAL / YES - PTA / YES
NETHERLANDS
*Conditions apply: (Dutch Territory)
ARUBA, BONAIRE, SABA, SINT EUSTATIUS, SINT MAARTEN / NO - 90 days / YES – Schengen visa (Embassy of Belgium)
NO – Dip. & Off. Pp. holders
Dutch Territories
NO – Dip. & Off. Pp Holders
NO - CURACAO
NO - SINT EUSTATIUS, SINT MAARTEN, SABA – If in possession of multiple entry US, Canadian or Schengen visa
NEW ZEALAND / NO / YES – See website below for visa application instructions
NICARAGUA / YES - PTA / YES – POE (visa cost US$50.00)
NO – Dip. & Off. Pp. Holders
NIGER / YES - PTA / YES
Obtainable through the Embassy of Niger in Washington DC
NIGERIA / YES - PTA / YES
NORWAY / NO - 90 days / YES – Schengen visa (Embassy of Belgium)
OMAN / YES - PTA / YES
PAKISTAN / YES - PTA / YES
PALAU / YES - PTA / YES
PANAMA / NO – 30 days tourism, cultural exchanges or short business / NO
PAPUA NEW GUINEA / NO / YES
PARAGUAY / NO – 30 days or less as tourists and presents proof of vaccination against Yellow Fever / YES
Obtainable through the Consulate General of Paraguay in Miami
PERU / NO – 30 days or less as tourists and presents proof of vaccination against Yellow Fever
NO- Dip. & Off. Pp. holders
Presents proof of vaccination Against Yellow Fever / NO – 90 days
NO – Dip. & Off. Pp. holders
PHILIPPINES / YES - PTA / NO – from 21 - 30 days
POLAND / NO – 30 days or less for tourism, cultural exchanges or short business / YES
Obtainable through the Embassy of Poland in Venezuela
PORTUGAL / NO - 30 days / Yes - Schengen Visa (Embassy of Spain)
QATAR / YES - PTA / YES
ROMANIA / NO – 30 days or less as tourists with valid US, UK, Canadian or Schengen visa & presents proof of vaccination against Measles, Rubella & Polio / YES
Obtainable through the Consulate of Romania in New York or the Embassy of Romania in Venezuela
RUSSIAN FEDERATION / NO – 90 days for tourism, business or cultural exchanges
NO - Dip & Off Pp. holders / YES - PTA
NO – Dip. Pp. & Off. Pp holders
RWANDA / YES - PTA / YES
ST. KITTS AND NEVIS / NO / NO
ST. LUCIA / NO / NO
ST. VINCENT AND THE
GRENADINES / NO / NO
SAMOA (American) / YES / YES
Independent States of SAMOA / NO / NO
SAN MARINO / NO - 90 days / NO – 90 days
SAO TOME & PRINCIPE / YES - PTA / YES
SAUDI ARABIA / YES - PTA / YES
SENEGAL / YES - PTA / YES
SERBIA / NO – 30 days or less as tourists with valid US,UK , Canadian or Schengen visa & presents proof of vaccination against Measles, Rubella & Polio / YES – if not in possession of valid Schengen, UK, US visa or residents permits in the countries of the Schengen area, EU or the US
For stays up to 90 days during a 6 month period
SEYCHELLES / NO / NO
SIERRA LEONE / NO / YES
NO – Dip & Off. Pp. holders
SINGAPORE / NO / NO
SLOVENIA / NO – 30 days or less for touristsand presents presents proof of vaccination against Measles, Rubella & Polio
NO – Dip. Pp. holders / YES – Schengen visa (Embassy of Spain)
SLOVAK REPUBLIC
/ NO – 30 days for tourism or cultural exchanges /YES
SOLOMON ISLANDS / NO / YESSOMALIA / YES - PTA / YES
SOUTH AFRICA / NO / NO - 90 days
SPAIN / NO - 30 days / YES – Schengen Visa (Embassy of Spain)
NO – if in-transit
ST. MARTIN
/ NO – 30 days / YESEmbassy of France in Panama
SRI LANKA / YES - PTA / YES– can obtain electronic travel authorization (
REPUBLIC OF SUDAN (NORTH SUDAN) / YES - PTA / YES
REPUBLIC OF SOUTH SUDAN
/YES - PTA
/YES
SURINAME / NO - 90 days / NOSWAZILAND / NO / NO
SWEDEN / NO - 90 days / YES - PTA
SWITZERLAND / NO - 90 days
NO – Dip. Off. & Service Pp. holders / YES – Schengen visa (Embassy of Spain)
NO – Dip. & Off. Pp. holders – if not transiting another Schengen State
SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC / YES - PTA / YES
TAIWAN / YES – POE
Affidavit of Identity required / YES – PTA
Obtainable through the Embassy of Taiwan in Washington DC
NO – if in-transit
TAJIKSTAN / YES – POE / YES - PTA
THAILAND / YES - PTA / YES - PTA
TOGO / YES - PTA / YES - PTA
TONGA / NO / YES
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO / NO / NO
TUNISIA / YES / YES
TURKEY / NO - 90 days / YES – E-visa –
NO - Dip & Off Pp. holders
TURKMENISTAN / YES - POE / YES – PTA
TURKS AND CAICOS /
NO
/ YES – See under BHCNO - if in possession of valid US visa
NO – Dip & Official Pp. holders
TUVALU / NO / NO
UGANDA / NO / NO
UKRAINE / NO – 30 days for tourism or cultural exchanges / YES - PTA
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES / YES - PTA / YES
UNITED KINGDOM, SCOTLAND & NORTHERN IRELAND / NO / YES
UK - Transit Visa Waiverin effect (Conditions apply) please see website link:
UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA / NO / NO
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / NO – 6 months / YES - PTA
URUGUAY / NO - 30 days / NO - 90 days
UZBEKISTAN / YES – POE / YES - PTA
VANUATU / NO / NO
VENEZUELA / NO - 30 days for tourism, cultural exchanges or short business
NO – Dip. & Off. Pp. holders / NO – 90 days
NO – Dip. & Off. Pp. holders
VIETNAM / YES - PTA / YES
YEMEN / YES - PTA / YES
ZAMBIA / NO / NO
ZIMBABWE / YES - PTA / NO
PROCESSING OF SCHENGEN VISAS:
Spanish Embassy:Austria, Greece, Portugal, Spain, Czech Republic, Latvia, Slovenia, Switzerland, France
German Embassy:Germany, Italy, Estonia, Finland
Belgian Embassy:Luxembourg, Belgium, Netherlands, Norway
French Embassy:Consular Activities transferred to the Embassy of France in Panama as at 22nd
August 2015.
Visas for the following French territories can be obtained at the Embassy of France in Panama:(French Guyana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Barthelemy, Saint Martin, La Réunion, French Guyane, French Polynesie, New Caledonia, Mayotte, Saint Pierre & Miquelon, Wallis and Futuna, Clipperton, Iles Eparses, Islands Crozet, Saint Paul-et-Amsterdam, Plateau of Kerguelen)and in the Terre Adelie.
British High Commission:Anguilla, Bermuda, *British Virgin Islands, Montserrat, *Turks & Caicos Islands, South Georgia Islands, Saint Helena, South Sandwich Islands, Pitcairn Island, British Antarctic Territory, British Indian Ocean Territory, Falkland Islands, Montserrat and Gibraltar, Scotland
*Turks & Caicos–Officials traveling on Official/Diplomatic Passportsdo not require a VISA for entry to the Turks and Caicos Islands, nor do a member of the official delegation, if they hold a valid US, Canadian or UK VISA or identified as a member of the traveling delegation via a Diplomatic Note.
*British Virgin Islands – The following categories of persons are visa exempt without payment of a visa exemption fee:
- Overseas diplomats and dignitaries;
- Heads of State and Heads of Government;
- Consultants engaged by the Government and Statutory bodies of the Territory;
- Persons employed on contract by the Government;
- delegates for Government-sponsored conferences or other events;
- Regional or International group invited by Government agencies for tourism cultural or educational purposes and;
- Dependent children of not more than 18 years old and enrolled in schools in their home country, whose parents reside in the Territory and are nationals of Guyana, Jamaica, Haiti or the Dominican Republic.
NOTE:
NATIONALS OF COUNTRIES NOT HEREBY LISTED ARE ASKED TO CONSULT THE NEAREST JAMAICAN EMBASSY, HIGH COMMISSION OR CONSULATE PRIOR TO ARRIVAL
Protocol Department
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade
Revised: as at 24th January 2017