No visa needed

Do citizens of Saint Lucia need a visa for the Bahamas?

Citizens of Saint Lucia 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 Saint Lucia: the passport opens 93 countries visa-free; Castries — Nassau: ≈ 2,110 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 Saint Lucia passport?

Yes, citizens of Saint Lucia 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 Saint Lucia passport you can visit 93 countries visa-free, 27 with a visa on arrival and 43 with an e-visa; 35 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Saint Lucia passport ranks 63rd of 199.
Saint Lucia passport: visa-free access to 93 countries; Bahamas passport: 101.
Citizens of Saint Lucia and the Bahamas can travel together visa-free to 86 countries, for example: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Dominica, Barbados, Grenada, Antigua and Barbuda, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Dominican Republic, Suriname, Haiti, Jamaica, Colombia, Panama, Ecuador, and Costa Rica.
A language both countries share: English.
Citizens of the Bahamas, in turn, don’t need a visa for Saint Lucia. Saint Lucia visa for citizens of the Bahamas

Travelling to the Bahamas: good to know

Castries — Nassau: about 2,110 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 16th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Saint Lucia.