Caribbean
CaribbeanJamaica visa requirements
Travellers from 122 of 198 countries can visit Jamaica easily: no visa, a visa at the airport, or a short online form.
What 198 passports need to visit Jamaica
Find your own passport in the list below for the exact rule.
- No visa needed102 of 198 passportsJust show your passport at the border.
- Visa on arrival20 of 198 passportsGet it at the airport or border.
- Visa needed76 of 198 passportsApply at the embassy or consulate.
Types of Jamaica visa
- Tourist visa and visa-free visits8 optionsMany travellers can visit without a visa. Others need a visa from a Jamaican diplomatic mission or may qualify for a visa on arrival.
- Transit visa and transit without a visa2 optionsPassengers can generally transit without a visa for up to 72 hours. Citizens of Cuba need a visa for transit.
- Business visits6 optionsCitizens of the listed countries and territories can make visa-free business visits for the stated length of stay.
- Visa on arrival2 optionsCitizens of the listed countries and territories can obtain a visa on arrival for USD 100. A separate option covers tourists from Taiwan with an Affidavit of Identity.
Find your passport
198 of 198 passports
- AndorraVisa not requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- Antigua and BarbudaVisa not requiredCaribbean180 days
- ArgentinaVisa not requiredSouth America30 days
- AustraliaVisa not requiredAustralia and New Zealand30 days
- AustriaVisa not requiredCentral Europe30 days
- BahamasVisa not requiredCaribbean30 days
- BangladeshVisa not requiredSouthern Asia180 days
- BarbadosVisa not requiredCaribbean180 days
- BelgiumVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- BelizeVisa not requiredCentral America180 days
- BoliviaVisa not requiredSouth America30 days
- BotswanaVisa not requiredSouthern Africa
- BrazilVisa not requiredSouth America180 days
- BruneiVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia180 days
- CanadaVisa not requiredNorth America90 days
- ChileVisa not requiredSouth America30 days
- ChinaVisa not requiredEastern Asia30 days
- ColombiaVisa not requiredSouth America30 days
- Costa RicaVisa not requiredCentral America30 days
- CyprusVisa not requiredSouthern Europe
- Czech RepublicVisa not requiredCentral Europe30 days
- DenmarkVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- DominicaVisa not requiredCaribbean180 days
- Dominican RepublicVisa not requiredCaribbean180 days
- EcuadorVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- El SalvadorVisa not requiredCentral America30 days
- EswatiniVisa not requiredSouthern Africa
- FijiVisa not requiredMelanesia180 days
- FinlandVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- FranceVisa not requiredWestern Europe30 days
- GambiaVisa not requiredWestern Africa
- GermanyVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- GhanaVisa not requiredWestern Africa
- GreeceVisa not requiredSouthern Europe30 days
- GrenadaVisa not requiredCaribbean180 days
- GuatemalaVisa not requiredCentral America30 days
- GuyanaVisa not requiredSouth America180 days
- Hong KongVisa not requiredEastern Asia30 days
- HungaryVisa not requiredCentral Europe30 days
- IcelandVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- IndiaVisa not requiredSouthern Asia
- IrelandVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- IsraelVisa not requiredWestern Asia90 days
- ItalyVisa not requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- JapanVisa not requiredEastern Asia30 days
- KenyaVisa not requiredEastern Africa180 days
- KiribatiVisa not requiredMicronesia
- LesothoVisa not requiredSouthern Africa180 days
- LiechtensteinVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- LithuaniaVisa not requiredNorthern Europe30 days
- LuxembourgVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- MacauVisa not requiredEastern Asia30 days
- MalawiVisa not requiredEastern Africa180 days
- MalaysiaVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia180 days
- MaldivesVisa not requiredSouthern Asia90 days
- MaltaVisa not requiredSouthern Europe
- MauritiusVisa not requiredEastern Africa
- MexicoVisa not requiredNorth America90 days
- MonacoVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- MozambiqueVisa not requiredEastern Africa180 days
- NamibiaVisa not requiredSouthern Africa180 days
- NauruVisa not requiredMicronesia
- NetherlandsVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- New ZealandVisa not requiredAustralia and New Zealand
- NorwayVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- PanamaVisa not requiredCentral America30 days
- Papua New GuineaVisa not requiredMelanesia
- ParaguayVisa not requiredSouth America30 days
- PeruVisa not requiredSouth America30 days
- PolandVisa not requiredCentral Europe30 days
- PortugalVisa not requiredSouthern Europe30 days
- RussiaVisa not requiredEastern Europe90 days
- Saint Kitts and NevisVisa not requiredCaribbean180 days
- Saint LuciaVisa not requiredCaribbean
- Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVisa not requiredCaribbean
- SamoaVisa not requiredPolynesia
- San MarinoVisa not requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- SeychellesVisa not requiredEastern Africa
- Sierra LeoneVisa not requiredWestern Africa
- SingaporeVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia180 days
- SlovakiaVisa not requiredCentral Europe30 days
- SloveniaVisa not requiredCentral Europe30 days
- Solomon IslandsVisa not requiredMelanesia
- South AfricaVisa not requiredSouthern Africa
- South KoreaVisa not requiredEastern Asia90 days
- SpainVisa not requiredSouthern Europe30 days
- SurinameVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- SwedenVisa not requiredNorthern Europe30 days
- SwitzerlandVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- TanzaniaVisa not requiredEastern Africa
- TongaVisa not requiredPolynesia
- Trinidad and TobagoVisa not requiredCaribbean
- TürkiyeVisa not requiredWestern Asia90 days
- TuvaluVisa not requiredPolynesia
- UgandaVisa not requiredEastern Africa180 days
- UkraineVisa not requiredEastern Europe30 days
- United KingdomVisa not requiredNorthern Europe180 days
- United StatesVisa not requiredNorth America180 days
- UruguayVisa not requiredSouth America30 days
- VanuatuVisa not requiredMelanesia
- VenezuelaVisa not requiredSouth America30 days
- ZambiaVisa not requiredEastern Africa
- AlbaniaVisa on arrivalSoutheast Europe90 days
- ArmeniaVisa on arrivalWestern Asia
- AzerbaijanVisa on arrivalWestern Asia
- BelarusVisa on arrivalEastern Europe30 days
- Bosnia and HerzegovinaVisa on arrivalSoutheast Europe90 days
- BulgariaVisa on arrivalSoutheast Europe
- CroatiaVisa on arrivalSoutheast Europe30 days
- EstoniaVisa on arrivalNorthern Europe30 days
- GeorgiaVisa on arrivalWestern Asia
- KazakhstanVisa on arrivalCentral Asia
- KyrgyzstanVisa on arrivalCentral Asia30 days
- LatviaVisa on arrivalNorthern Europe
- MoldovaVisa on arrivalEastern Europe
- North MacedoniaVisa on arrivalSoutheast Europe30 days
- RomaniaVisa on arrivalSoutheast Europe
- SerbiaVisa on arrivalSoutheast Europe30 days
- TajikistanVisa on arrivalCentral Asia30 days
- TurkmenistanVisa on arrivalCentral Asia30 days
- United Arab EmiratesVisa on arrivalWestern Asia30 days
- UzbekistanVisa on arrivalCentral Asia
- AfghanistanVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- AlgeriaVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- AngolaVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- BahrainVisa requiredWestern Asia
- BeninVisa requiredWestern Africa
- BhutanVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- Burkina FasoVisa requiredWestern Africa
- BurundiVisa requiredEastern Africa
- CambodiaVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- CameroonVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- Cape VerdeVisa requiredWestern Africa
- Central African RepublicVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- ChadVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- ComorosVisa requiredEastern Africa
- CongoVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- CubaVisa requiredCaribbean
- DjiboutiVisa requiredEastern Africa
- DR CongoVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- EgyptVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- Equatorial GuineaVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- EritreaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- EthiopiaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- GabonVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- GuineaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- Guinea-BissauVisa requiredWestern Africa
- HaitiVisa requiredCaribbean
- HondurasVisa requiredCentral America
- IndonesiaVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- IranVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- IraqVisa requiredWestern Asia
- Ivory CoastVisa requiredWestern Africa
- JordanVisa requiredWestern Asia
- KosovoVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- KuwaitVisa requiredWestern Asia
- LaosVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- LebanonVisa requiredWestern Asia
- LiberiaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- LibyaVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- MadagascarVisa requiredEastern Africa
- MaliVisa requiredWestern Africa
- Marshall IslandsVisa requiredMicronesia
- MauritaniaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- MicronesiaVisa requiredMicronesia
- MongoliaVisa requiredEastern Asia
- MontenegroVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- MoroccoVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- MyanmarVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- NepalVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- NicaraguaVisa requiredCentral America
- NigerVisa requiredWestern Africa
- NigeriaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- North KoreaVisa requiredEastern Asia
- OmanVisa requiredWestern Asia
- PakistanVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- PalauVisa requiredMicronesia
- PalestineVisa requiredWestern Asia
- PhilippinesVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- QatarVisa requiredWestern Asia
- RwandaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- São Tomé and PríncipeVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- Saudi ArabiaVisa requiredWestern Asia
- SenegalVisa requiredWestern Africa
- SomaliaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- South SudanVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- Sri LankaVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- SudanVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- SyriaVisa requiredWestern Asia
- TaiwanVisa requiredEastern Asia
- ThailandVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- Timor-LesteVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- TogoVisa requiredWestern Africa
- TunisiaVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- Vatican CityVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- VietnamVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- YemenVisa requiredWestern Asia
- ZimbabweVisa requiredSouthern Africa
Who can visit easily, by part of the world
For each part of the world: how many countries' travellers can come easily. Easy means no visa, a visa at the airport, or a short online form.
- Europe43 of 46 countries
- Americas30 of 34 countries
- Oceania11 of 14 countries
- Asia22 of 50 countries
- Africa16 of 54 countries
Questions
How many passports can enter Jamaica without a visa?
122 of 198 passports can enter without applying before travel.
What is the most common entry rule for Jamaica?
No visa needed: it applies to 102 passports.
Which passports need an embassy visa for Jamaica?
76 passports, including Indonesia, Pakistan, Nigeria, DR Congo Philippines, and 71 more.
Do India passport holders need a visa for Jamaica?
No visa needed.
Do China passport holders need a visa for Jamaica?
No visa needed, for up to 30 days.
Do United States passport holders need a visa for Jamaica?
No visa needed, for up to 180 days.
Do Nigeria passport holders need a visa for Jamaica?
Visa needed.
Do Pakistan passport holders need a visa for Jamaica?
Visa needed.
Do Brazil passport holders need a visa for Jamaica?
No visa needed, for up to 180 days.
Which region's passports have the easiest access to Jamaica?
Europe: 43 of 46 passports enter without applying first.
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