No visa needed

Do citizens of Panama need a visa for the Bahamas?

Citizens of Panama don’t need a visa for the Bahamas and can stay up to 90 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 Panama: the passport opens 88 countries visa-free; Panama City — Nassau: ≈ 1,810 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: 90 days

Can I travel to the Bahamas without a visa on a Panama passport?

Yes, citizens of Panama don’t need a visa for the Bahamas for up to 90 days. A valid passport is enough.

Bahamas visa rules at a glance

With a Panama passport you can visit 88 countries visa-free, 31 with a visa on arrival and 46 with an e-visa; 33 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Panama passport ranks 69th of 199.
Panama passport: visa-free access to 88 countries; Bahamas passport: 101.
Citizens of Panama and the Bahamas can travel together visa-free to 79 countries, for example: Costa Rica, Colombia, Nicaragua, Honduras, Ecuador, Jamaica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Belize, Dominican Republic, Trinidad and Tobago, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Dominica, Saint Lucia, and Antigua and Barbuda.
Both countries use the same currency — US Dollar — so there is no need to exchange money.
Citizens of the Bahamas, in turn, don’t need a visa for Panama. Panama visa for citizens of the Bahamas

Travelling to the Bahamas: good to know

Panama City — Nassau: about 1,810 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 3 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +1 hour.
Local time: Panama City 12:00 — Nassau 13:00.
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 Panama.