No visa needed

Do citizens of Suriname need a visa for the Seychelles?

Citizens of Suriname don’t need a visa for the Seychelles 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 — Victoria: ≈ 12,340 km, about 16 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 the Seychelles without a visa on a Suriname passport?

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

Seychelles 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; Seychelles passport: 99.
Citizens of Suriname and the Seychelles can travel together visa-free to 28 countries, for example: Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, Grenada, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Lucia, Dominica, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Brazil, Ecuador, Jamaica, Bahamas, Costa Rica, and Belize.
Citizens of the Seychelles, in turn, need an e-visa to travel to Suriname. Suriname visa for citizens of the Seychelles

Travelling to the Seychelles: good to know

Paramaribo — Victoria: about 12,340 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 16 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +7 hours.
Local time: Paramaribo 12:00 — Victoria 19:00.
Local currency: Seychellois Rupee.
Languages: Seselwa Creole French, English, and French.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ SCR 15.
Seychelles is the 154th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Suriname.