No visa needed

Do citizens of Saint Kitts and Nevis need a visa for Panama?

Citizens of Saint Kitts and Nevis don’t need a visa for Panama 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 Saint Kitts and Nevis: the passport opens 103 countries visa-free; Basseterre — Panama City: ≈ 2,040 km, about 3 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 Panama without a visa on a Saint Kitts and Nevis passport?

Yes, citizens of Saint Kitts and Nevis don’t need a visa for Panama for up to 90 days. A valid passport is enough.

Panama visa rules at a glance

With a Saint Kitts and Nevis passport you can visit 103 countries visa-free, 28 with a visa on arrival and 37 with an e-visa; 30 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Saint Kitts and Nevis passport ranks 49th of 199.
Saint Kitts and Nevis passport: visa-free access to 103 countries; Panama passport: 88.
Citizens of Saint Kitts and Nevis and Panama can travel together visa-free to 80 countries, for example: Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, Dominican Republic, Guyana, Jamaica, Bahamas, Colombia, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Ecuador, and Honduras.
Citizens of Panama, in turn, need an e-visa to travel to Saint Kitts and Nevis. Saint Kitts and Nevis visa for citizens of Panama

Travelling to Panama: good to know

Basseterre — Panama City: about 2,040 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 3 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: −1 hour.
Local time: Basseterre 12:00 — Panama City 11:00.
Local currency: Panamanian Balboa and US Dollar.
Languages: Spanish.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ PAB 1.00.
Panama is the 16th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Saint Kitts and Nevis.