Visa requirements for Jamaican citizens

Jamaican citizens need a Schengen visa, which covers all member states for up to 90 days in any 180-day period.

Of the 198 countries whose entry rules are known in both directions, Jamaica and 58 of them let each other’s citizens in without a visa obtained in advance (visa-free, on arrival or with an ETA; an e-visa counts as a visa).

66 countries ask holders of the Jamaican passport for a visa beforehand, although their own citizens enter Jamaica without one: Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Australia, Austria and 61 others.

The reverse holds for 26 countries: holders of the Jamaican passport get in without a visa obtained in advance, but their citizens need one for Jamaica (Angola, Burundi, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Comoros and 21 others).

71 countries ask holders of the Jamaican passport for a visa obtained before travel from an embassy, a consulate or a visa centre. 13 of them have an embassy or consulate on record in Jamaica.

58 countries have no embassy or career consulate on record in Jamaica, so the application usually goes to one of their posts in another country. Counting the post an official diplomatic list names for Jamaica, or else the nearest one within 2,000 km, those posts are most often in Cuba (9), the Dominican Republic (3) and the United States (2).

The United States refused 44% of visitor-visa (B1/B2) applications from citizens of Jamaica in fiscal year 2025, by the State Department’s adjusted refusal rate. 128 of the 197 nationalities with a published rate had a lower one and 68 a higher one; the middle value was 32%.

Visa-free travel with the Jamaican passport

By continent, the Jamaican passport is visa-free in 23 countries in the Americas, 17 countries in Africa, 9 countries in Asia, 4 countries in Oceania and 2 countries in Europe. The longest visa-free stays for Jamaican citizens are allowed in Antigua and Barbuda (180 days), Barbados (180 days), Dominica (180 days), Guyana (180 days), Mexico (180 days) and Peru (180 days).

Visa on arrival

Jamaican citizens can get a visa at the airport or land border of Burundi, Cambodia, Cape Verde, the Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Guinea-Bissau and 18 others.

E-Visa and electronic travel authorisation

An e-Visa, applied for online before the trip, is how Jamaican citizens enter Albania, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Benin, Bhutan and 36 others. Israel, Ivory Coast, Papua New Guinea, Saint Kitts and Nevis and South Korea ask instead for an electronic travel authorisation (ETA), a lighter online check than a visa.

How the passport compares

Of the 198 passports in the data, 103 can enter visa-free, 21 get a visa on arrival and 74 need a visa from an embassy or consulate for Jamaica.