No visa needed

Do citizens of Barbados need a visa for the Vatican City?

Citizens of Barbados don’t need a visa for the Vatican City 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 Barbados: the passport opens 105 countries visa-free; Bridgetown — Vatican City: ≈ 7,560 km, about 10 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 Vatican City without a visa on a Barbados passport?

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

Vatican City 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; Vatican City passport: 92.
Citizens of Barbados and the Vatican City can travel together visa-free to 82 countries, for example: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Grenada, Dominica, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Colombia, Panama, Bahamas, Ecuador, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, Belize, and El Salvador.
Citizens of the Vatican City, in turn, need an embassy visa to travel to Barbados. Barbados visa for citizens of the Vatican City

Travelling to the Vatican City: good to know

Bridgetown — Vatican City: about 7,560 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 10 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +6 hours.
Local time: Bridgetown 12:00 — Vatican City 18:00.
Local currency: Euro.
Languages: Italian and Latin.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ €0.88.
Vatican City is the 68th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Barbados.