Cayman Islands Visa Policy

There are different types of visas available for the Cayman Islands. You will be required a visa even if you are transiting through the Cayman Islands unless you are from a visa-exempt group.

You can realize your planned trip to the Cayman Islands by obtaining a Cayman Islands visa. Foreign nationals can apply to Cayman Islands short-term visas via embassy for temporary reasons (tourism, business, cultural, and other short-term purposes). Persons requiring a visa to enter or transit through the Cayman Islands must apply to the nearest British Embassy or Consulate with a Visa Section, exempt Jamaica, and Honduras.

If you are a Jamaican or Honduran national and wish to visit Cayman, you must apply for a visa via the Cayman Islands Visa Office.

For detailed information about UK visas, you can check UK Visa Policy.

Nationals that do not require a visa:

A person who is not a prohibited immigrant* who satisfies the immigration officer that he is:

• Permitted to work in the Cayman Islands or
• A person named in a work permit as a licensee's dependent
• A person who is exempt from the requirement to hold a work permit or
• A person who has permission to reside permanently in the Cayman Islands
• The holder of a valid re-entry authorization

No visa is required when entering the Cayman Islands, even if he is a national of a country that would otherwise be required to have a visa. (In above-mentioned cases)

Exemption

Even if you are a national of one of the countries listed below, you will NOT need a visa to enter the Cayman Islands if you are not a prohibited immigrant** and you can satisfy the immigration officer when you arrive in the Cayman Islands that you are not a prohibited immigrant**.

• If you are resident in the United States of America; and you arrive directly from that country, and you make the valid United States Alien Registration Card upon arrival, and you make a return or round-trip ticket to the United States upon arrival.
• If you are resident in Canada; and you arrive directly from Canada or the United States, and you provide proof on arrival that you are a permanent resident or landed immigrant of Canada, and you make a return or round-trip ticket to Canada or the United States upon arrival.
• If you are a resident of the United Kingdom; and you arrive directly from the United Kingdom, and you provide proof on arrival that you are a permanent resident or landed immigrant of the United Kingdom, and you make a return or round-trip ticket to the United Kingdom upon arrival.
• Nationals of Jamaica, India, and China (People's Republic of) which:
  • Have a valid visa from the United States of America, Canada, or the United Kingdom and,
  • Arrivals in the Cayman Islands directly from the country for which the visa was issued
• Nationals of Jamaica who are 14 years of age or younger, 71 years of age or older

Note: Please note that the persons taking advantage of the visa waiver referred to above may only be allowed to enter and stay in the Islands for a period not exceeding thirty days.

*Prohibited immigrants are fully defined in the Immigration Act, but include destitute persons, mentally ill persons, health hazards to the community, anyone reasonably believed to be a prostitute or to be a prostitute, anyone previously deported, anyone convicted in any country of an offense for which a prison sentence of twelve months or more has been imposed, and others.

Immigrants banned from Cayman include:

• Declared destitute, mentally disturbed, or previously deported.
• Creating health hazards for the community.
• Those reasonably believed to be prostitutes or to be prostitutes,
• Those who have been sentenced to 12+ months in prison in another country.
• Declared to be undesirable for economic or moral reasons.