No visa needed

Do citizens of Panama need a visa for Barbados?

Citizens of Panama don’t need a visa for Barbados and can stay up to 28 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 — Bridgetown: ≈ 2,220 km, about 3.5 hours of flying.

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

At a glance

No visa needed

Stay: 28 days

Can I travel to Barbados without a visa on a Panama passport?

Yes, citizens of Panama don’t need a visa for Barbados for up to 28 days. A valid passport is enough.

Barbados 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; Barbados passport: 105.
Citizens of Panama and Barbados can travel together visa-free to 80 countries, for example: Costa Rica, Colombia, Nicaragua, Honduras, Ecuador, Jamaica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Belize, Dominican Republic, Bahamas, Trinidad and Tobago, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Dominica, and Saint Lucia.
Citizens of Barbados, in turn, don’t need a visa for Panama. Panama visa for citizens of Barbados

Travelling to Barbados: good to know

Panama City — Bridgetown: about 2,220 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 3.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +1 hour.
Local time: Panama City 12:00 — Bridgetown 13:00.
Local currency: Barbadian Dollar.
Languages: English.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ BBD 2.00.
Barbados is the 22nd closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Panama.