Health and Vaccinations
Tetanus: Yes
Typhoid: Sometimes
Diptheria: Sometimes
Malaria: No
Rabies: No
Hepatitis-A: Yes
Yellow Fever: No. Yellow Fever Vaccination Certificate required by travellers aged over one year travelling from an infected area
Health Care
Medical facilities in Barbados are good for both general and private ward patients. Barbados and UK have reciprocal health agreement and accordingly, the UK nationals (on production of UK passport or NHS medical card, and temporary entry permit) are entitled to free hospital and polyclinic treatment, ambulance travel and prescribed medicines for children and elderly patients. However, prescribed medicines for those other than children or the elderly and all dental treatment must be paid for.
The authorities in Barbados strongly advise full travel insurance for all travellers to the country.
Travel Advice
From time to time, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in the UK issues Travel Advisories for visits to the United States of America. Accordingly, most visits to the USA are trouble-free but the global threat from international terrorism can never be ruled out. Therefore, the travellers should take adequate precautions while visiting the places of tourists’ interest in USA
At the time of publishing, this information is correct. However, the travel advice is periodically and rapidly updated. Therefore, all the visitors are advised to contact at the following addresses for the latest travel advice:
British Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Tel - 0845 850 2829
Website - www.fco.gov.uk
US Department of State
Website - www.travel.state.gov/travel
Passport and Visa Info
| Nationality | Passport Required | Visa Required | Return Ticket Required |
| British | Yes | No/Note 1 | Yes |
| Australian | Yes | No/Note 2 | Yes |
| Canadian | Yes | No/Note 2 | Yes |
| USA | Yes | No/Note 3 | Yes |
| Other EU | Yes | No/Note 1 | Yes |
Passport
(Passport must be valid for the duration of the stay at Barbados by countries of all nationals referred in the chart above.
Visa
Visa is not required by nationals of the abovementioned countries for the following durations:
Note 1: those from EU – 6 months; and those from Czech Republic, Hungary, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, the Slovak Republic, and Slovenia – up to 28 days;
Note 2: those from Australia and Canada - for stays up to six months;
Note 3: those from USA – for stays up to 6 months.
Visa Fee for UK travellers: Tourist (single entry) - £18; Tourist (multiple entry) - £22
Visa Duration – 3 months from the date of issue.
Nationals of the countries not referred in the above chart must contact their local high commission for visa requirements.