GREAT NEWS… UPDATE
CURRENTLY… AS OF NOVEMBER 2022
COVID-19 testing requirement for entering The Bahamas has been eliminated.
All travellers, regardless of vaccination status, are no longer required to submit to pre-travel COVID-19 testing to enter the country.
To return to the US no testing is required.
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Please read the carefully the directions below for all COVID requirements for both fully vaccinated (at least 14 days from 2nd shot) and non-vaccinated people.
We strongly suggest that at the very least you go ahead and register and have everything in place ahead of time so that you will just need to ADD TRIP at the appropriate time. If you do try to add the trip more than 14 days ahead of travel it will not be approved until closer to the trip.
The charge for the health visa is $40.00 per person.
If you are traveling with children under 2 you will still need to fill out a health visa for each child, but no payment is required. Children 10 and over will also be charged $40-60.00 each.
Go to: travel.gov.bs
Health Visa Application, International
Create An account
Fill in ALL the necessary Information
No more than 14 days before travel go back into your account and login
On the right side of the page click “ADD TRIP”, International
Fill in all information
Accommodations will be “rental property”
Address is “Catch A Wave Elbow Cay”
Destination Island is “Abaco”
Neighborhood or Subdivision is “White Sound”
COVID File type is COVID-19 Vaccine
VACCINE TYPE- Drop down menu to fill in
Make sure to fill in the date of your last shot and all information required of where you received your vaccine.
Once you fill in all required fields you will get a PENDING status. This can stay up for several days as they process visas closest to the travel date
You will get a second email saying your visa is processed and requires attention
And to PAY NOW ($60.00 per person). Once payment has gone through you will receive a final email and then you can go into your account and either screen shot or print out your health visa (with the bar code)
Remember, failure to miss one filled in item on the form can result is slowing down your approval process.
Be patient as they are inundated with requests now. It’s not a perfect system but it’s a small price to pay to be able to travel to paradise!!
If for some reason your visa is PENDING for more than 3 days, you can contact the health visa department at:
Tel. +1 (242) 604-7200 | +1 (242) 502-0829
Tel. +1 (786) 471-5898
Email: healthvisa@bahamas.com
We find that email is the best.
While in the Bahamas unvaccinated travelers will get a email reminder each day to fill out a health survey. Failure to do so can result in a fine. It’s a simply 5- question survey each day.