Government has abolished visa requirements for passport holders of several countries. The countries benefiting from this immediate Visa Waiver Agreement are listed below.
In Africa, they are: Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Ghana, Liberia, Morocco, Nigeria, Rwanda and Senegal.
Those from the Gulf States Region are: Bahrain, Jordan, Oman, Qatar and Saudi Arabia
The countries in Asia are: India, Indonesia, Special Administrative Region of Macao (People’s Republic of China), Thailand, The Philippines and Vietnam. The lone country from Central America is Guatemala.
In Europe, the countries are: Russian Federation, Serbia and The Principality of Monaco.
During a post-Cabinet media briefing on Thursday, May 16, 2019, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator Dr. Jerome Walcott, indicated that Barbados was seeking to strengthen relations with countries within the global sphere; make new friends and attract more opportunities to the island, particularly in the areas of tourism, business and foreign investment.
“We recognize in terms of travel that the stipulations for visas are sometimes a deterrent for tourists and those seeking to establish business with the country; they find it fairly complicated.
In this regard, the Cabinet of Barbados agreed to remove the visa requirements for several countries in different parts of the world,” Minister Walcott said.