Visa on arrival

Saint Lucia visa for citizens of Cape Verde

Citizens of Cape Verde get a Saint Lucia 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 Cape Verde: the passport opens 39 countries visa-free; Praia — Castries: ≈ 4,030 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 Saint Lucia without a visa on a Cape Verde passport?

You don’t need to apply in advance: citizens of Cape Verde get the visa on arrival. To avoid problems at the border, we check your documents for $19.

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Saint Lucia visa rules at a glance

With a Cape Verde passport you can visit 39 countries visa-free, 24 with a visa on arrival and 43 with an e-visa; 92 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Cape Verde passport ranks 125th of 199.
Cape Verde passport: visa-free access to 39 countries; Saint Lucia passport: 93.
Citizens of Cape Verde and Saint Lucia can travel together visa-free to 20 countries, for example: Gambia, Barbados, Dominica, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Tunisia, Angola, Haiti, Bahamas, Rwanda, Palestine, Ecuador, Zambia, Kenya, Seychelles, and Mauritius.
Citizens of Saint Lucia, in turn, get a visa on arrival in Cape Verde. Cape Verde visa for citizens of Saint Lucia

Travelling to Saint Lucia: good to know

Praia — Castries: about 4,030 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 5.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: −3 hours.
Local time: Praia 12:00 — Castries 09:00.
Local currency: East Caribbean Dollar.
Languages: English.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ EC$2.70.
Saint Lucia is the 27th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Cape Verde.