Passport & Visa Info
The following details relate to holders of adult normal passports (requirements for children may be different), if any other type of passport or travel document is held, entry requirements should be checked with the relevant embassy or consulate.
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Passports
Required, but NOT by the following: 1) Citizens of Canada & United States holding: a) An expired (up to 5 years max) passport b) Official birth certificate (original/official (government issued only), or court-certificed copy (raised or ink seal) & offical photo ID c) Original naturalization/citizenship certificate (original only) & recent photo.
Passport Validity: Passports must be valid for 6 months from date of entry (except nationals of Canada).
Visas
The following DO NOT require a visa: 1) Nationals of Bahamas 2) Citizens of Canada & United States, holding: a) A passport (current or expired up to 5 years max) b) Official birth certificate (original/official (government issued only), or court-certificed copy (raised or ink seal) & offical photo ID c) Original naturalization/citizenship certificate (original only) & recent photo 3) Citizens of Antigua & Barbuda, Aruba, Australia, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Botswana, Cayman Islands, Cook Islands, Cyprus, Dominica, Fiji, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Hong Kong (S.A.R. passport holders only), Jamaica, Kenya, Kiribati, Lesotho, Macao (Portuguese passport holders only), Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Malta, Mauritius, Monaco, Namibia, Nauru, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Reunion, St. Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & Grenadines, Samoa, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Tanzania, Tonga, Trinidad & Tobago, Turks & Caicos Islands, Tuvalu, Uganda, Vanuatu, Vatican City, Zambia & Zimbabwe 4) For stays up to 8 months by nationals of: a) United Kingdom b) Anguilla, Belgium, British Virgin Islands, Greece, Greenland, Iceland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Montserrat, Netherlands, Norway, San Marino, Switzerland & Turkey 5) For stays up to 3 months by nationals of Austria, Chile, Denmark, Finland, France, Gambia, Germany, Ireland Rep, Israel, Japan, Korea (South), Martinique, Mexico, Norfolk Island, Portugal, Spain, Sweden & Uruguay 6) For stays up to 30 days by: a) United States residents holding an Alien Registration card b) Canadian residents/Landed Canadian Immigrants holding a valid national passport & Canadian Immigration Record Form 1000 7) For stays up to 14 days by nationals of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru & Venezuela.
Air Transit
Required by all except: 1) Persons continuing their journey to a third country within 3 days, provided holding valid documents & tickets for onward destination (except nationals of Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, China, Cuba, Czech Rep, Dominican Rep, Georgia, Ghana, Guatemala, Haiti, Hungary, India, Kazakhstan, Korea (North), Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco, Nigeria, Pakistan, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia & Montenegro, Slovakia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan & Vietnam) 2) Persons continuing their journey on the same day without leaving the airport, provided holding confirmed onward/return tickets & documentation (except nationals of Haiti & Morocco).
Re-entry Permits
Required by all alien residents.
Special Notes
All visitors must hold onward/return tickets, documents required for next destination & sufficient fundsfor length of stay.
U.S. Embassy or Consulate in Bahamas
Embassy Office
3370 Nassau Place
PO Box N-8197
Nassau, Nassau
Bahamas
Tel: (+242) 3221181, (242) 328-2206.
Email: embnas@state.gov
Website: www.nassau.usembassy.gov/
Office Hours: 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Monday-Thursday, and
9:00 a.m. -11:00 a.m. on Fridays. The Embassy is closed on local and U.S. holidays.
Washington DC Office
925 Fifteenth Street N.W.
Suite 300
Washington, D.C. 20005
Voice: 1-800-874-5100
Local: 202-638-3800
Fax: 202-638-4674
Email: support@traveldocs.com
New York Office
641 Lexington Avenue
Suite 1435
New York, NY 10022
Voice: 1- 877-874-5104
Local: 212-223-1735
Fax: 212-634-6361
Email: ny@traveldocs.com
San Francisco Office
3 Embarcadero Center
Lobby Level, Suite 2
San Francisco, CA 94111
Voice: 1-888-874-5100
Local: 415-399-1515
Fax: 415-399-1001
Email: sfo@traveldocs.com
UK Embassy or Consulate in Bahamas
High Comission
3rd Floor, Ansbacher House, East Street
PO Box N 7516, Nassau
Nassau, Bahamas
Tel: (+1-242) 3257471
Fax: (+1-242) 3233871
Email: bhcnassau@fco.gov.uk
Website: www.britishhighcommission.gov.uk/bahamas
Bahamas Embassy or Consulate in UK
High Comission
10 Chesterfield Street
W1XS 8AH, London
London, United Kingdom
Tel: (+44-20) 74084488
Fax: (+44-20) 74999937
Email: info@bahamashclondon.net, bobrien@mfabahamas.org
Bahamas Embassy or Consulate Office in France
Bahamas Ministry of Tourism
60 Rue Saint Lazare
75009 Paris
Telephone: +33 1 45-26-62-62
Fax: +33 1 48-74-06-05
Bahamas Embassy or Consulate Office in Germany
Bahamas Ministry of Tourism
Leipziger Strasse 67d
60487 Frankfurt/Main
Telephone: +49 69 970-834-0
Fax: +49 69 970-834-34
Email: btofrank@bahamas.com
Bahamas Embassy or Consulate Office in Italy
Bahamas Ministry of Tourism
Corso Magenta 54
20123 Milano
Telephone: +39 2 4819 4390
Fax: +39 2 72023123
Email: vertexmv@tin.it
Bahamas official tourism board office
The Bahamas
Ministry of Tourism
P.O. Box N-3701
Nassau, Bahamas
Tel: 242-302-2000
Fax: 242-302-2098
E-mail: tourism@bahamas.com
Web: http://www.bahamas.com/
Source:
Web: http://travel.state.gov/
Web: http://www.fco.gov.uk/
Web: http://www.bahamas.com/