No visa needed

Do citizens of Antigua and Barbuda need a visa for the Bahamas?

Citizens of Antigua and Barbuda don’t need a visa for the Bahamas and can stay up to 240 days. You need a valid passport; border officers may ask for a return ticket and accommodation. For a longer stay you need a visa or an extension.

For citizens of Antigua and Barbuda: the passport opens 99 countries visa-free; null — Nassau: ≈ 1,830 km, about 3 hours of flying.

Checked by visa analyst Albert Brown, 13 years of experience · September 26, 2026

At a glance

No visa needed

Stay: 240 days

Can I travel to the Bahamas without a visa on a Antigua and Barbuda passport?

Yes, citizens of Antigua and Barbuda don’t need a visa for the Bahamas for up to 240 days. A valid passport is enough.

Bahamas visa rules at a glance

With a Antigua and Barbuda passport you can visit 99 countries visa-free, 28 with a visa on arrival and 39 with an e-visa; 32 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Antigua and Barbuda passport ranks 55th of 199.
Antigua and Barbuda passport: visa-free access to 99 countries; Bahamas passport: 101.
Citizens of Antigua and Barbuda and the Bahamas can travel together visa-free to 91 countries, for example: Dominica, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Barbados, Grenada, Trinidad and Tobago, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Guyana, Suriname, Jamaica, Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica, and Ecuador.
A language both countries share: English.
Citizens of the Bahamas, in turn, don’t need a visa for Antigua and Barbuda. Antigua and Barbuda visa for citizens of the Bahamas

Travelling to the Bahamas: good to know

null — Nassau: about 1,830 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 3 hours.
No time difference with your country’s capital.
Local currency: Bahamian Dollar and US Dollar.
Languages: English.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ BSD 1.00.
Bahamas is the 14th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Antigua and Barbuda.