Visa on arrival

Cape Verde visa for citizens of Barbados

Citizens of Barbados 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 Barbados: the passport opens 105 countries visa-free; Bridgetown — Praia: ≈ 3,900 km, about 5.5 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 Barbados passport?

You don’t need to apply in advance: citizens of Barbados 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 Barbados passport you can visit 105 countries visa-free, 29 with a visa on arrival and 42 with an e-visa; 22 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Barbados passport ranks 46th of 199.
Barbados passport: visa-free access to 105 countries; Cape Verde passport: 39.
Citizens of Barbados and Cape Verde can travel together visa-free to 21 countries, for example: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Dominica, Haiti, Bahamas, Ecuador, Gambia, Ghana, Tunisia, Angola, Palestine, Rwanda, Zambia, South Africa, Kenya, and Seychelles.
Citizens of Cape Verde, in turn, don’t need a visa for Barbados. Barbados visa for citizens of Cape Verde

Travelling to Cape Verde: good to know

Bridgetown — Praia: about 3,900 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 5.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +3 hours.
Local time: Bridgetown 12:00 — Praia 15:00.
Local currency: Cape Verdean Escudo.
Languages: Portuguese.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ CVE 97.
Cape Verde is the 29th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Barbados.