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Burundi visa for citizens of Jamaica

Citizens of Jamaica get a Burundi visa on arrival at passport control. You don’t apply in advance, but border officers check your passport, return ticket and accommodation. Visago checks your documents before you travel. It costs $19.

For citizens of Jamaica: the passport opens 55 countries visa-free; Kingston — Gitega: ≈ 11,890 km, about 15.5 hours of flying.

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

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Can I travel to Burundi without a visa on a Jamaica passport?

You don’t need to apply in advance: citizens of Jamaica get the visa on arrival. To avoid problems at the border, we check your documents for $19.

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Burundi visa rules at a glance

With a Jamaica passport you can visit 55 countries visa-free, 24 with a visa on arrival and 46 with an e-visa; 73 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Jamaica passport ranks 99th of 199.
Jamaica passport: visa-free access to 55 countries; Burundi passport: 18.
Citizens of Jamaica and Burundi can travel together visa-free to 15 countries, for example: Haiti, Dominica, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Barbados, Ecuador, Gambia, Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Micronesia, Seychelles, Mauritius, Philippines, and Singapore.
Citizens of Burundi, in turn, need an embassy visa to travel to Jamaica. Jamaica visa for citizens of Burundi

Travelling to Burundi: good to know

Kingston — Gitega: about 11,890 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 15.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +7 hours.
Local time: Kingston 12:00 — Gitega 19:00.
Local currency: Burundian Franc.
Languages: French and Rundi.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ BIF 3,009.
Burundi is the 129th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Jamaica.