No visa needed

Do citizens of Suriname need a visa for Guyana?

Citizens of Suriname don’t need a visa for Guyana 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 — Georgetown: ≈ 350 km, about 1 hour 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 Guyana without a visa on a Suriname passport?

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

Guyana 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; Guyana passport: 51.
Citizens of Suriname and Guyana can travel together visa-free to 30 countries, for example: Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, Grenada, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Lucia, Dominica, Antigua and Barbuda, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Brazil, Ecuador, Jamaica, Peru, and Bahamas.
Suriname and Guyana share a border, so you can also travel overland.
Citizens of Guyana, in turn, don’t need a visa for Suriname. Suriname visa for citizens of Guyana

Travelling to Guyana: good to know

Paramaribo — Georgetown: about 350 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 1 hour.
Time difference with your country’s capital: −1 hour.
Local time: Paramaribo 12:00 — Georgetown 11:00.
Local currency: Guyanaese Dollar.
Languages: English.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ GYD 209.
Guyana is the 1st closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Suriname.