Saint Kitts and Nevis entry requirements, by passport
Saint Kitts and Nevis visa requirements at a glance: 121 of the 198 passports VisaRadar tracks can enter Saint Kitts and Nevis without arranging a visa beforehand: visa-free, with a visa on arrival, or with an electronic travel authorisation. The other 77 must obtain a visa before they travel.
Which passport do you hold?
We'll take you straight to the entry requirements for Saint Kitts and Nevis for your nationality.
What we've verified for Saint Kitts and Nevis
Beyond the yes/no matrix, we've checked these against an official primary source (last checked 2 October 2026). The specifics depend on your nationality: open your passport's row in the table for the detail that applies to you.
- Authorisation fee: 17 USD
- Required documents (4)
- Required vaccinations
- Overstay penalties
- Stay and transit rules
Sources: knatravelform.kn (official portal of the Saint Kitts and Nevis electronic border management system: mandatory eTA, OECS exemptions, ED form, 17-dollar fee); exteriores.gob.es (travel advice of Spain's Ministry of Foreign Affairs for Saint Kitts and Nevis, updated 8 June 2026: passport, 90 days and ticket for Spanish citizens, yellow fever, risk areas); gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/st-kitts-and-nevis (UK Government, updated 5 January 2026: six months for British citizens, extension, arrival by sea, taxes); data.unesco.org (World Heritage List). All checked on 2 October 2026.
This table summarises the exact entry mechanism for every passport we track. The difference between entering visa-free, with an electronic authorisation, with an e-Visa, or with a traditional visa is explained in visa, e-Visa, and electronic authorisation: what's the difference. How we verify every row before publishing it is on methodology.
Base entry rules refreshed 12 October 2026. Published: 2 October 2026.
| Passport | Requirement | Max. stay |
|---|---|---|
| Visa-free | ||
| Antigua and Barbuda | Visa-free | — |
| Argentina | Electronic authorisation (ETA) | 90 days |
| Australia | Electronic authorisation (ETA) | 90 days |
| Austria | Electronic authorisation (ETA) | 90 days |
| Bahamas | Electronic authorisation (ETA) | 180 days |
| Bahrain | Electronic authorisation (ETA) | 90 days |
| Bangladesh | Electronic authorisation (ETA) | 90 days |
| Barbados | Electronic authorisation (ETA) | 180 days |
| Belarus | Electronic authorisation (ETA) | — |
| Belgium | Electronic authorisation (ETA) | 90 days |
| Belize | Electronic authorisation (ETA) | 180 days |
| Bolivia | Electronic authorisation (ETA) | 90 days |
| Botswana | Electronic authorisation (ETA) | 90 days |
| Brazil | Electronic authorisation (ETA) | 90 days |
| Brunei | Electronic authorisation (ETA) | 90 days |
| Bulgaria | Electronic authorisation (ETA) | 90 days |
| Canada | Electronic authorisation (ETA) | 180 days |
| Chile | Electronic authorisation (ETA) | 90 days |
| China | Electronic authorisation (ETA) | 90 days |
| Colombia | Electronic authorisation (ETA) | 90 days |
| Costa Rica | Electronic authorisation (ETA) | 90 days |
| Croatia | Electronic authorisation (ETA) | 90 days |
| Cuba | Electronic authorisation (ETA) | — |
| Cyprus | Electronic authorisation (ETA) | 90 days |
| Czech Republic | Electronic authorisation (ETA) | 90 days |
| Denmark | Electronic authorisation (ETA) | 90 days |
| Dominica | Visa-free | — |
| Ecuador | Electronic authorisation (ETA) | 90 days |
| Egypt | Electronic authorisation (ETA) | 90 days |
| El Salvador | Electronic authorisation (ETA) | 90 days |
| Estonia | Electronic authorisation (ETA) | 90 days |
| Eswatini | Electronic authorisation (ETA) | — |
| Fiji | Electronic authorisation (ETA) | 90 days |
| Finland | Electronic authorisation (ETA) | 90 days |
| France | Electronic authorisation (ETA) | 90 days |
| Gambia | Electronic authorisation (ETA) | 90 days |
| Germany | Electronic authorisation (ETA) | 90 days |
| Ghana | Electronic authorisation (ETA) | 90 days |
| Greece | Electronic authorisation (ETA) | 90 days |
| Grenada | Visa-free | — |
| Guatemala | Electronic authorisation (ETA) | 90 days |
| Guyana | Electronic authorisation (ETA) | 180 days |
| Honduras | Electronic authorisation (ETA) | 90 days |
| Hong Kong | Electronic authorisation (ETA) | 90 days |
| Hungary | Electronic authorisation (ETA) | 90 days |
| Iceland | Electronic authorisation (ETA) | 90 days |
| India | Electronic authorisation (ETA) | 90 days |
| Indonesia | Electronic authorisation (ETA) | 90 days |
| Ireland | Electronic authorisation (ETA) | 90 days |
| Israel | Electronic authorisation (ETA) | 90 days |
| Italy | Electronic authorisation (ETA) | 90 days |
| Jamaica | Electronic authorisation (ETA) | 180 days |
| Japan | Electronic authorisation (ETA) | 90 days |
| Jordan | Electronic authorisation (ETA) | 90 days |
| Kazakhstan | Electronic authorisation (ETA) | 90 days |
| Kenya | Electronic authorisation (ETA) | 90 days |
| Kiribati | Electronic authorisation (ETA) | — |
| Kuwait | Electronic authorisation (ETA) | 90 days |
| Latvia | Electronic authorisation (ETA) | 90 days |
| Lesotho | Electronic authorisation (ETA) | — |
| Liechtenstein | Electronic authorisation (ETA) | 90 days |
| Lithuania | Electronic authorisation (ETA) | 90 days |
| Luxembourg | Electronic authorisation (ETA) | 90 days |
| Macao | Electronic authorisation (ETA) | 31 days |
| Malawi | Electronic authorisation (ETA) | — |
| Malaysia | Electronic authorisation (ETA) | 90 days |
| Maldives | Electronic authorisation (ETA) | 90 days |
| Malta | Electronic authorisation (ETA) | 90 days |
| Mauritius | Electronic authorisation (ETA) | 90 days |
| Mexico | Electronic authorisation (ETA) | 90 days |
| Moldova | Electronic authorisation (ETA) | 90 days |
| Monaco | Electronic authorisation (ETA) | 90 days |
| Nauru | Electronic authorisation (ETA) | — |
| Netherlands | Electronic authorisation (ETA) | 90 days |
| New Zealand | Electronic authorisation (ETA) | 90 days |
| Nicaragua | Electronic authorisation (ETA) | 90 days |
| Nigeria | Electronic authorisation (ETA) | 90 days |
| North Macedonia | Electronic authorisation (ETA) | 90 days |
| Norway | Electronic authorisation (ETA) | 90 days |
| Panama | Electronic authorisation (ETA) | 90 days |
| Papua New Guinea | Electronic authorisation (ETA) | 90 days |
| Paraguay | Electronic authorisation (ETA) | 90 days |
| Peru | Electronic authorisation (ETA) | 90 days |
| Poland | Electronic authorisation (ETA) | 90 days |
| Portugal | Electronic authorisation (ETA) | 90 days |
| Qatar | Electronic authorisation (ETA) | 90 days |
| Romania | Electronic authorisation (ETA) | 90 days |
| Russia | Electronic authorisation (ETA) | 90 days |
| Saint Lucia | Visa-free | — |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Visa-free | — |
| Saudi Arabia | Electronic authorisation (ETA) | 90 days |
| Seychelles | Electronic authorisation (ETA) | 90 days |
| Sierra Leone | Electronic authorisation (ETA) | 90 days |
| Singapore | Electronic authorisation (ETA) | 90 days |
| Slovakia | Electronic authorisation (ETA) | 90 days |
| Slovenia | Electronic authorisation (ETA) | 90 days |
| Solomon Islands | Electronic authorisation (ETA) | — |
| South Africa | Electronic authorisation (ETA) | 90 days |
| South Korea | Electronic authorisation (ETA) | 90 days |
| Spain | Electronic authorisation (ETA) | 90 days |
| Sri Lanka | Electronic authorisation (ETA) | 90 days |
| Suriname | Electronic authorisation (ETA) | 180 days |
| Sweden | Electronic authorisation (ETA) | 90 days |
| Switzerland | Electronic authorisation (ETA) | 90 days |
| Taiwan | Electronic authorisation (ETA) | 90 days |
| Tanzania | Electronic authorisation (ETA) | 90 days |
| Tonga | Electronic authorisation (ETA) | 90 days |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Electronic authorisation (ETA) | 180 days |
| Turkey | Electronic authorisation (ETA) | 90 days |
| Tuvalu | Electronic authorisation (ETA) | — |
| Uganda | Electronic authorisation (ETA) | 90 days |
| Ukraine | Electronic authorisation (ETA) | 90 days |
| United Arab Emirates | Electronic authorisation (ETA) | 90 days |
| United Kingdom | Electronic authorisation (ETA) | 180 days |
| United States | Electronic authorisation (ETA) | 180 days |
| Uruguay | Electronic authorisation (ETA) | 90 days |
| Vanuatu | Electronic authorisation (ETA) | — |
| Vatican | Electronic authorisation (ETA) | — |
| Venezuela | Electronic authorisation (ETA) | 90 days |
| Zambia | Electronic authorisation (ETA) | 90 days |
| Zimbabwe | Electronic authorisation (ETA) | 90 days |
| Visa required | ||
| Afghanistan | e-Visa | — |
| Albania | e-Visa | — |
| Algeria | e-Visa | — |
| Andorra | e-Visa | — |
| Angola | e-Visa | — |
| Armenia | e-Visa | — |
| Azerbaijan | e-Visa | — |
| Benin | e-Visa | — |
| Bhutan | e-Visa | — |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | e-Visa | — |
| Burkina Faso | e-Visa | — |
| Burundi | e-Visa | — |
| Cambodia | e-Visa | — |
| Cameroon | e-Visa | — |
| Cape Verde | e-Visa | — |
| Central African Republic | e-Visa | — |
| Chad | e-Visa | — |
| Comoros | e-Visa | — |
| Djibouti | e-Visa | — |
| Dominican Republic | e-Visa | — |
| DR Congo | e-Visa | — |
| Equatorial Guinea | e-Visa | — |
| Eritrea | e-Visa | — |
| Ethiopia | e-Visa | — |
| Gabon | e-Visa | — |
| Georgia | e-Visa | — |
| Guinea | e-Visa | — |
| Guinea-Bissau | e-Visa | — |
| Haiti | e-Visa | — |
| Iran | e-Visa | — |
| Iraq | e-Visa | — |
| Ivory Coast | e-Visa | — |
| Kosovo | e-Visa | — |
| Kyrgyzstan | e-Visa | — |
| Laos | e-Visa | — |
| Lebanon | e-Visa | — |
| Liberia | e-Visa | — |
| Libya | e-Visa | — |
| Madagascar | e-Visa | — |
| Mali | e-Visa | — |
| Marshall Islands | e-Visa | — |
| Mauritania | e-Visa | — |
| Micronesia | e-Visa | — |
| Mongolia | e-Visa | — |
| Montenegro | e-Visa | — |
| Morocco | e-Visa | — |
| Mozambique | e-Visa | — |
| Myanmar | e-Visa | — |
| Namibia | e-Visa | — |
| Nepal | e-Visa | — |
| Niger | e-Visa | — |
| North Korea | e-Visa | — |
| Oman | e-Visa | — |
| Pakistan | e-Visa | — |
| Palau | e-Visa | — |
| Palestine | e-Visa | — |
| Philippines | e-Visa | — |
| Republic of the Congo | e-Visa | — |
| Rwanda | e-Visa | — |
| Samoa | e-Visa | — |
| San Marino | e-Visa | — |
| Sao Tome and Principe | e-Visa | — |
| Senegal | e-Visa | — |
| Serbia | e-Visa | — |
| Somalia | e-Visa | — |
| South Sudan | e-Visa | — |
| Sudan | e-Visa | — |
| Syria | e-Visa | — |
| Tajikistan | e-Visa | — |
| Thailand | e-Visa | — |
| Timor-Leste | e-Visa | — |
| Togo | e-Visa | — |
| Tunisia | e-Visa | — |
| Turkmenistan | e-Visa | — |
| Uzbekistan | e-Visa | — |
| Vietnam | e-Visa | — |
| Yemen | e-Visa | — |
Saint Kitts and Nevis rules for every passport
Vaccinations, customs limits and penalties are the same for every traveller.
Vaccinations
- Yellow fever: a certificate is required from travellers over one year of age arriving from a country with risk of transmission.
Overstay penalties
Overstaying or working without a work permit is illegal, according to the UK Government. The amount of the penalties could not be confirmed against national law.
Grounds for refusal
- Travelling without an approved eTA.
- No return ticket.
- A passport with less than six months' validity.
- Arriving from a yellow fever risk country without the certificate.
Travel insurance
Each destination decides whether to require insurance, and some check it at the border. If yours does, make sure the policy covers the whole trip.
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Do you need a different visa for Basseterre, Charlestown, or Sandy Point?
No. Saint Kitts and Nevis sets the requirements, so entering through Basseterre asks for the same as entering through Charlestown or Sandy Point. If you're arriving overland or through a small border post, check that separately: some countries apply their own rules to specific crossings.
What does change is where you file the application when a visa is needed, and that depends on the country you live in rather than the city you're travelling to.
What draws travellers to Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Kitts and Nevis has one property on the World Heritage List: Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park, inscribed in 1999, a very well preserved fortress designed by the British and built by enslaved Africans, which applies 17th and 18th-century military architecture to the Caribbean. The country is two islands, Saint Kitts and quieter Nevis, and trips are usually split between that colonial history and the beaches. Spain's Ministry of Foreign Affairs flags no risk areas. Roads are not always well kept and traffic drives on the left.
Sources for this section: data.unesco.org (World Heritage List: Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park, 1999); Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs travel advice for Saint Kitts and Nevis. Accessed 2 October 2026.
Things to see and do in Saint Kitts and Nevis
Tours, skip-the-line tickets and day trips, most with free cancellation up to 24 hours before.
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Where can Saint Kitts and Nevis passport holders travel visa-free? →
Informational only. Always verify requirements with the official embassy or consulate before you travel.