No visa needed

Do citizens of Suriname need a visa for Barbados?

Citizens of Suriname don’t need a visa for Barbados and can stay up to 180 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 — Bridgetown: ≈ 940 km, about 1.5 hours of flying.

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

At a glance

No visa needed

Stay: 180 days

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

Yes, citizens of Suriname don’t need a visa for Barbados for up to 180 days. A valid passport is enough.

Barbados 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; Barbados passport: 105.
Citizens of Suriname and Barbados can travel together visa-free to 32 countries, for example: Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, Grenada, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Lucia, Dominica, Antigua and Barbuda, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Brazil, Ecuador, Jamaica, Peru, and Bahamas.
Citizens of Barbados, in turn, don’t need a visa for Suriname. Suriname visa for citizens of Barbados

Travelling to Barbados: good to know

Paramaribo — Bridgetown: about 940 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 1.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: −1 hour.
Local time: Paramaribo 12:00 — Bridgetown 11:00.
Local currency: Barbadian Dollar.
Languages: English.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ BBD 2.00.
Barbados is the 3rd closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Suriname.