VISA REQUIREMENTS FOR JAMAICANS TRAVELLING OVERSEAS AND
FOREIGNERS 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
Protocol Department
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade
Revised: as at April 2016
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 Passports do
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:
a. Overseas diplomats and dignitaries;
b. Heads of State and Heads of Government;
c. Consultants engaged by the Government and Statutory bodies of the
Territory;
d. Persons employed on contract by the Government;
e. delegates for Government-sponsored conferences or other events;
f. Regional or International group invited by Government agencies for
tourism cultural or educational purposes and;
g. 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