No visa needed

Do citizens of Suriname need a visa for Jamaica?

Citizens of Suriname don’t need a visa for Jamaica and can stay up to 90 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 — Kingston: ≈ 2,710 km, about 4 hours of flying.

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

At a glance

No visa needed

Stay: 90 days

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

Yes, citizens of Suriname don’t need a visa for Jamaica for up to 90 days. A valid passport is enough.

Jamaica 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; Jamaica passport: 55.
Citizens of Suriname and Jamaica can travel together visa-free to 30 countries, for example: Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, Grenada, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Lucia, Dominica, Antigua and Barbuda, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, and Bahamas.
Citizens of Jamaica, in turn, don’t need a visa for Suriname. Suriname visa for citizens of Jamaica

Travelling to Jamaica: good to know

Paramaribo — Kingston: about 2,710 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 4 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: −2 hours.
Local time: Paramaribo 12:00 — Kingston 10:00.
Local currency: Jamaican Dollar.
Languages: English and Jamaican Creole English.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ JMD 158.
Jamaica is the 16th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Suriname.