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Cape Verde visa for citizens of the Bahamas

Citizens of the Bahamas get a Cape Verde 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 the Bahamas: the passport opens 101 countries visa-free; Nassau — Praia: ≈ 5,700 km, about 7.5 hours of flying.

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

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Can I travel to Cape Verde without a visa on a Bahamas passport?

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

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Cape Verde visa rules at a glance

With a Bahamas passport you can visit 101 countries visa-free, 31 with a visa on arrival and 39 with an e-visa; 27 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Bahamas passport ranks 52nd of 199.
Bahamas passport: visa-free access to 101 countries; Cape Verde passport: 39.
Citizens of the Bahamas and Cape Verde can travel together visa-free to 21 countries, for example: Haiti, Dominica, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Barbados, Ecuador, Gambia, Ghana, Benin, Palestine, Angola, Rwanda, Zambia, Kenya, South Africa, and Micronesia.
Citizens of Cape Verde, in turn, don’t need a visa for the Bahamas. Bahamas visa for citizens of Cape Verde

Travelling to Cape Verde: good to know

Nassau — Praia: about 5,700 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 7.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +3 hours.
Local time: Nassau 12:00 — Praia 15:00.
Local currency: Cape Verdean Escudo.
Languages: Portuguese.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ CVE 97.
Cape Verde is the 31st closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of the Bahamas.