No visa needed

Do citizens of Barbados need a visa for Vanuatu?

Citizens of Barbados don’t need a visa for Vanuatu and can stay up to 120 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 Barbados: the passport opens 105 countries visa-free; Bridgetown — Port Vila: ≈ 14,860 km, about 19 hours of flying.

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

At a glance

No visa needed

Stay: 120 days

Can I travel to Vanuatu without a visa on a Barbados passport?

Yes, citizens of Barbados don’t need a visa for Vanuatu for up to 120 days. A valid passport is enough.

Vanuatu visa rules at a glance

With a Barbados passport you can visit 105 countries visa-free, 29 with a visa on arrival and 42 with an e-visa; 22 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Barbados passport ranks 46th of 199.
Barbados passport: visa-free access to 105 countries; Vanuatu passport: 46.
Citizens of Barbados and Vanuatu can travel together visa-free to 44 countries, for example: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Lucia, Grenada, Dominica, Trinidad and Tobago, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Panama, Bahamas, Ecuador, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Honduras.
A language both countries share: English.
Citizens of Vanuatu, in turn, don’t need a visa for Barbados. Barbados visa for citizens of Vanuatu

Travelling to Vanuatu: good to know

Bridgetown — Port Vila: about 14,860 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 19 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +15 hours.
Local time: Bridgetown 12:00 — Port Vila 03:00.
Local currency: Vanuatu Vatu.
Languages: Bislama, English, and French.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ VUV 118.
Vanuatu is the 178th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Barbados.