visa information
All persons require visas to enter Trinidad and Tobago. However, due to historical ties and bilateral
agreements, citizens of several countries are not required to have visas for entry as stated hereunder:
i.Commonwealth Countries except Australia, India, New Zealand, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea,
Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Uganda.
ii.European Union (EU) Countries:-
England
Spain
Italy
Netherlands
Sweden
Greece
France
Germany
Denmark
Ireland
Portugal
Belgium
Luxembourg
iii.Countries having visa abolition agreements with Trinidad and Tobago.
iv.Citizens of USA on Vacation for three (3) months or less
v.Citizens of Venezuela arriving from Venezuela on vacation for fourteen (14) days or less.
Holders of Venezuelan Official and Diplomatic Passports accredited to Trinidad and Tobago
are exempted from the Visa requirements for the period of their assignment. Holders of
Venezuelan Official and Diplomatic passports not accredited to Trinidad and Tobago on
Official Missions are exempted from visa requirements for one (1) month or less.
vi.Citizens of Surinam, Martinique, Guadeloupe, French Guyana, Netherlands Antilles(Curacao,
Aruba, Bonaire, St. Eustatius, St. Maarten and Saba)
vii.All holders of OAS passports do not require visas for entry into Trinidad and Tobago.
viii.Holders of UN passports require visas (if necessary as a result of their nationality). If on
arrival at the Port of Entry, the person has no visas, the passport may be lifted and forwarded
to the Chief Immigration Officer for a visa exemption to be requested. If there is not enough
time, the passport may be held, a receipt given and returned to the holder on departure.
Enough time could be seven (7) days.
ix.Holders of Diplomatic Passports are not automatically exempted from visas.
x.Citizens of South Africa are allowed entry into Trinidad and Tobago for religious, cultural,
sporting, educational activities with visas issued without reference. For any other purpose
applications for visas must be referred.
xi.Visa Waivers may be issued to persons not listed in the Second Schedule. However, persons
from the Far East or Middle East would only be given this facility after consultation.
List of the Second Schedule Countries:
Albania
Bulgaria
Cuba
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
North Korea
People's Republic of
China
Poland
Romania
Yugoslavia
South Vietnam
USSR
North Vietnam
Dominican Republic, Haiti, India, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Nigeria,
Papua New Guinea, Saudia Arabia, Sri Lanka, Syria, Tanzania, Uganda.
Included in this list are the former U.S.S.R., Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia. These
countries have been divided into:-
U.S.S.R.:
Armenia, Azerbaizhan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kirghizia, Latvia,
Lithuania, Moldavia, Russia, Tadzhikistan, Turkmenia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan.
YUGOSLAVIA:
Bosnia-Herzogovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia, the Former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia.
CZECHOSLOVAKIA:
The Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic.
PASSPORTS:-
Passports valid for the length of stay are required for all arrivals.
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