Visa policy of Dominica

{{short description|Policy on permits required to enter Dominica}}

{{Distinguish|Visa policy of the Dominican Republic}}

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Visitors to Dominica normally do not require a visa, unless they are nationals of the Dominican Republic or Haiti.{{cite web |url=http://dominica.gov.dm/services/passports-and-travel-documents-non-nationals/124-do-i-need-a-visa-to-enter-into-dominica |title=Do I Need a Visa to Enter into Dominica? |website=Government of the Commonwealth of Dominica |access-date=2020-02-02 |archive-date=2020-02-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200202180315/http://dominica.gov.dm/services/passports-and-travel-documents-non-nationals/124-do-i-need-a-visa-to-enter-into-dominica |url-status=live }}

Visa policy map

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{{legend|#ed1c24|Dominica}}

{{legend|#00247d|Freedom of movement}}

{{legend|#22b14c|Visa-free entry for 6 months}}

{{legend|#b5e61d|Visa-free entry for 3 months or 90 days}}

{{legend|#edf77d|Visa-free entry for 21 days, for Cuba 28 days}}

{{legend|#9e9e9e|Visa required}}]]

Visa exemption

Holders of the following passports do not require a visa for 6 months (unless otherwise noted) to visit Dominica:{{Timatic Visa Policy|country=DM|access-date=1 April 2017}}{{cite web |url=http://www.dominica.gov.dm/laws/2016/Aliens%20(Visa%20Exemption)%20(Amendment)%20Regulations,%202016.pdf |title=ALIENS (VISA EXEMPTION) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 2016 |date=February 18, 2016 |website=Government of the Commonwealth of Dominica |access-date=July 10, 2017 |archive-date=March 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220306133410/http://www.dominica.gov.dm/laws/2016/Aliens%20%28Visa%20Exemption%29%20%28Amendment%29%20Regulations,%202016.pdf |url-status=live }}

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Freedom of movement{{Cite web|url=http://www.refworld.org/docid/5a840de54.html|title=Refworld | Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Lucia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: The rights of citizens in countries belonging to the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Economic Union to residence, employment and education in other OECS Economic Union countries (2013-December 2017)|access-date=2018-11-15|archive-date=2019-11-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191111191130/https://www.refworld.org/docid/5a840de54.html|url-status=live}}

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  • {{flag|Grenada}}
  • {{flag|Saint Kitts and Nevis}}
  • {{flag|Saint Lucia}}
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6 months

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  • {{flag|Argentina}}
  • {{flag|Australia}}
  • {{flag|Bahamas}}
  • {{flag|Bangladesh}}
  • {{flag|Barbados}}
  • {{flag|Belize}}
  • {{flag|Benin}} (90 days)
  • {{flag|Botswana}}
  • {{flag|Brazil}} (3 months)
  • {{flag|Brunei}}
  • {{flag|Cameroon}}
  • {{flag|Canada}}
  • {{flag|Costa Rica}}
  • {{flag|Cuba}} (28 days)
  • {{flag|Eswatini}}
  • {{flag|Gambia}}
  • {{flag|Ghana}}

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  • {{flag|Guyana}}
  • {{flag|Hong Kong}}
  • {{flag|Iceland}}
  • {{flag|India}}
  • {{flag|Israel}}
  • {{flag|Jamaica}}
  • {{flag|Japan}}
  • {{flag|Kenya}}
  • {{flag|Kiribati}}
  • {{flag|Lesotho}}
  • {{flag|Liechtenstein}}
  • {{flag|Macao}}
  • {{flag|Malawi}}
  • {{flag|Malaysia}}
  • {{flag|Maldives}}
  • {{flag|Mauritius}}
  • {{flag|Mexico}}

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  • {{flag|Mozambique}}
  • {{flag|Namibia}}
  • {{flag|Nauru}}
  • {{flag|New Zealand}}
  • {{flag|Nigeria}}
  • {{flag|Norway}}
  • {{flag|Pakistan}}
  • {{flag|Papua New Guinea}}
  • {{flag|Russia}} (90 days)
  • {{flag|Rwanda}}
  • {{flag|Samoa}}
  • {{flag|Seychelles}}
  • {{flag|Sierra Leone}}
  • {{flag|Singapore}}
  • {{flag|Solomon Islands}}
  • {{flag|South Africa}}
  • {{flag|South Korea}}

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  • {{flag|Sri Lanka}}
  • {{flag|Suriname}}
  • {{flag|Switzerland}}
  • {{flag|Taiwan}}
  • {{flag|Tanzania}}
  • {{flag|Tonga}}
  • {{flag|Trinidad and Tobago}}
  • {{flag|Tuvalu}}
  • {{flag|Uganda}}
  • {{flag|Ukraine}} (90 days)
  • {{flag|United Kingdom}}
  • {{flag|United States}}
  • {{flag|Uruguay}} (90 days)
  • {{flag|Vanuatu}}
  • {{flag|Venezuela}}
  • {{flag|Zambia}}

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21 days

Nationals of any other country except nationals of the Dominican Republic and Haiti can visit visa free for 21 days.


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!style="width:100%;";"|Date of visa abolition

*21 December 1987: Israel{{cite web |url=https://treaties.un.org/doc/Publication/Monthly%20Statement/1988/01/monstate.pdf |title=Statement Of Treaties And International Agreements Registered or filed and recorded with the Secretariat during the month of January 1988 |date=1989 |page=9 |website=United Nations |access-date=2018-10-06 |archive-date=2021-02-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210228154149/https://treaties.un.org/doc/Publication/Monthly%20Statement/1988/01/monstate.pdf |url-status=live }}

  • 11 March 1993: for 21 days: citizens of any countries.{{cite web |url=http://www.dominica.gov.dm/laws/1993/sro10-1993.pdf |title=Aliens (Visa Exemption) (Amendment) Regulations 1993, SRO 10 of 1993 |format=PDF |website=www.dominica.gov.dm |access-date=2017-07-10 |archive-date=2019-11-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191111201323/http://www.dominica.gov.dm/laws/1993/sro10-1993.pdf |url-status=live }}
  • 11 March 1993: for 6 months: Argentina, Belgium, Costa Rica, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malta, Mexico, Netherlands (including Netherlands Antilles), Norway, Portugal, South Korea, Spain, Suriname, Sweden, Taiwan, United Kingdom, United States and Venezuela.{{cite web |url=http://www.dominica.gov.dm/laws/1993/sro10-1993.pdf |title=Aliens (Visa Exemption) (Amendment) Regulations 1993, SRO 10 of 1993 |format=PDF |website=Government of Dominica |access-date=2017-07-10 |archive-date=2019-11-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191111201323/http://www.dominica.gov.dm/laws/1993/sro10-1993.pdf |url-status=live }}
  • 25 July 2013: for 6 months: Austria, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia.{{cite web |url=http://www.dominica.gov.dm/laws/2013/Aliens%20(Visa%20Exemption)(Amd)%20Reg.pdf |title=Aliens (Visa Exemption)(Amendment) Regulations, 2013, SRO 21 of 2013. |format=PDF |website=Government of Dominica |access-date=2017-07-10 |archive-date=2022-03-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220306133400/http://www.dominica.gov.dm/laws/2013/Aliens%20%28Visa%20Exemption%29%28Amd%29%20Reg.pdf |url-status=live }}
  • 20 November 2014: for 3 months: Brazil{{cite web |url=http://www.dominica.gov.dm/laws/2014/Aliens%20(Visa%20Exemption)%20(Amendment)%20Regulations%20SRO%20No.40.pdf |title=Aliens (VISA Exemption) (Amendment) Regulations, 2014, SRO 40 of 2014 |format=PDF |website=Government of Dominica |access-date=2017-07-10 |archive-date=2022-03-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220306133354/http://www.dominica.gov.dm/laws/2014/Aliens%20%28Visa%20Exemption%29%20%28Amendment%29%20Regulations%20SRO%20No.40.pdf |url-status=live }}
  • 19 March 2015: for 28 days: Cuba{{cite web |url=http://www.dominica.gov.dm/laws/2015/Aliens%20(Visa%20Exemption)%20Regulations,%202015.pdf |title=Aliens (Visa Exemption) Regulations, 2015, SRO 7 of 2015. |format=PDF |website=Government of Dominica |access-date=2017-07-10 |archive-date=2022-03-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220306133410/http://www.dominica.gov.dm/laws/2015/Aliens%20%28Visa%20Exemption%29%20Regulations,%202015.pdf |url-status=live }}
  • 21 May 2015: for 90 days: Uruguay{{cite web |url=http://www.dominica.gov.dm/laws/2015/Aliens%20(Visa%20Exemption)%20(Amendment)%20Regulations,%202015.pdf |title=Aliens (Visa Exemption) (Amendment) Regulations, 2015, SRO 10 of 2015 |format=PDF |website=Government of Dominica |access-date=2017-07-10 |archive-date=2022-03-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220306133342/http://www.dominica.gov.dm/laws/2015/Aliens%20%28Visa%20Exemption%29%20%28Amendment%29%20Regulations,%202015.pdf |url-status=live }}
  • 13 August 2015: for 6 months: Croatia and Switzerland{{cite web |url=http://www.dominica.gov.dm/laws/2015/Aliens%20(Visa%20Exemption)%20(Amendment)%20(No.%202)%20Regulations,%202015.pdf |title=Aliens (Visa Exemption) (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations, 2015, SRO 18 of 2015 |format=PDF |website=Government of Dominica |access-date=2017-07-10 |archive-date=2022-03-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220306133413/http://www.dominica.gov.dm/laws/2015/Aliens%20%28Visa%20Exemption%29%20%28Amendment%29%20%28No.%202%29%20Regulations,%202015.pdf |url-status=live }}
  • 18 February 2016: for 6 months: Iceland and Liechtenstein{{cite web |url=http://www.dominica.gov.dm/laws/2016/Aliens%20(Visa%20Exemption)%20(Amendment)%20Regulations,%202016.pdf |title=Aliens (Visa Exemption) (Amendment) Regulations, 2016, SRO 5 of 2016 |format=PDF |website=Government of Dominica |access-date=2017-07-10 |archive-date=2022-03-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220306133406/http://www.dominica.gov.dm/laws/2016/Aliens%20%28Visa%20Exemption%29%20%28Amendment%29%20Regulations,%202016.pdf |url-status=live }}
  • 14 January 2019: for 90 days: Russia{{cite web|url=http://www.mid.ru/ru/foreign_policy/international_contracts/2_contract/-/storage-viewer/bilateral/page-1/53386|title=Соглашение между Правительством Российской Федерации и Правительством Содружества Доминики об условиях отказа от визовых формальностей при взаимных поездках граждан Российской Федерации и граждан Содружества Доминики|language=ru|website=mid.ru|access-date=10 October 2018|archive-date=11 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191111201323/http://www.mid.ru/ru/foreign_policy/international_contracts/2_contract/-/storage-viewer/bilateral/page-1/53386|url-status=live}}
  • 13 November 2019: for 90 days: Ukraine{{Cite web|url=https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-society/2805726-visafree-regime-between-ukraine-and-dominica-to-be-launched-on-november-13.html|title=Visa-free regime between Ukraine and Dominica to be launched on November 13|access-date=2019-10-26|archive-date=2020-10-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001234923/https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-society/2805726-visafree-regime-between-ukraine-and-dominica-to-be-launched-on-november-13.html|url-status=live}}

Cancelled:

  • 1 December 2005: Dominican Republic{{cite web |url=http://www.dominica.gov.dm/laws/2005/sro32-2005.pdf |title=Aliens (Visa Exemption) Regulations, 2015, SRO 7 of 2015 |format=PDF |website=Government of Dominica |access-date=2017-07-10 |archive-date=2019-11-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191111201322/http://www.dominica.gov.dm/laws/2005/sro32-2005.pdf |url-status=live }}
  • 7 October 2019: Haiti{{Cite web |url=https://www.stabroeknews.com/2019/10/07/news/guyana/dominica-joins-barbados-in-reinstating-visa-requirement-for-haitians/ |title=Dominica joins Barbados in reinstating visa requirement for Haitians |date=7 October 2019 |access-date=22 May 2020 |archive-date=6 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220306133444/https://www.stabroeknews.com/2019/10/07/news/guyana/dominica-joins-barbados-in-reinstating-visa-requirement-for-haitians/ |url-status=live }}

Nationals of France with ID card can visit visa free for a maximum stay of 2 weeks.

Nationals of Germany and United Kingdom with ID Card can visit visa-free for a maximum stay of 1 week.

Visitor statistics

Most visitors arriving to Dominica were from the following countries of nationality:{{cite web |url=http://tourism.gov.dm/images/documents/dominica_2015_visitor_report.pdf |title=2015 Visitors Statistics Report |website=tourism.gov.dm |access-date=2016-12-10 |archive-date=2018-10-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181005202659/http://tourism.gov.dm/images/documents/dominica_2015_visitor_report.pdf |url-status=live }}

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! Country/Territory

20152014
{{flagicon|France}} French West Indies19,96121,355
{{flag|United States}}17,77319,595
{{flag|United Kingdom}}4,9514,873
{{flag|France}}4,0215,018
{{flag|US Virgin Islands}}3,1453,205
{{flag|Canada}}2,9983,002
{{flag|Antigua and Barbuda}}2,6342,910
{{flagicon|Netherlands}} Dutch Caribbean and
Caribbean Netherlands
2,5991,969
{{flag|Barbados}}1,7231,877
{{flag|Saint Lucia}}1,7121,962
Total74,47481,511

See also

References

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Dominica

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