No visa needed

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

Citizens of Saint Kitts and Nevis don’t need a visa for Suriname 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 Saint Kitts and Nevis: the passport opens 103 countries visa-free; Basseterre — Paramaribo: ≈ 1,510 km, about 2.5 hours 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 Suriname without a visa on a Saint Kitts and Nevis passport?

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

Suriname 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; Suriname passport: 35.
Citizens of Saint Kitts and Nevis and Suriname can travel together visa-free to 32 countries, for example: Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Barbados, Grenada, Trinidad and Tobago, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Guyana, Jamaica, Bahamas, Colombia, Costa Rica, and Ecuador.
Citizens of Suriname, in turn, need an e-visa to travel to Saint Kitts and Nevis. Saint Kitts and Nevis visa for citizens of Suriname

Travelling to Suriname: good to know

Basseterre — Paramaribo: about 1,510 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 2.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +1 hour.
Local time: Basseterre 12:00 — Paramaribo 13:00.
Local currency: Surinamese Dollar.
Languages: Dutch.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ SRD 38.
Suriname is the 13th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Saint Kitts and Nevis.