No visa needed

Do citizens of Suriname need a visa for the Bahamas?

Citizens of Suriname 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 Suriname: the passport opens 35 countries visa-free; Paramaribo — Nassau: ≈ 3,180 km, about 4.5 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 Suriname passport?

Yes, citizens of Suriname 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 Suriname passport you can visit 35 countries visa-free, 30 with a visa on arrival and 49 with an e-visa; 84 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Suriname passport ranks 132nd of 199.
Suriname passport: visa-free access to 35 countries; Bahamas passport: 101.
Citizens of Suriname and the Bahamas can travel together visa-free to 31 countries, for example: Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, Grenada, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Lucia, Dominica, Antigua and Barbuda, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Brazil, Ecuador, Jamaica, and Peru.
Citizens of the Bahamas, in turn, don’t need a visa for Suriname. Suriname visa for citizens of the Bahamas

Travelling to the Bahamas: good to know

Paramaribo — Nassau: about 3,180 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 4.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: −1 hour.
Local time: Paramaribo 12:00 — Nassau 11:00.
Local currency: Bahamian Dollar and US Dollar.
Languages: English.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ BSD 1.00.
Bahamas is the 20th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Suriname.