Tourist visa
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08 Jul 2019
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Tourist Visa from Nigeria to Jamaica
- A visitor’s visa is required for tourist visits to Jamaica.
- The first step to securing your tourist visa is preparing your visa application and submitting to the Jamaican embassy nearest to you.
- Your visa application will take roughly one to two weeks to be processed.
- While no vaccinations may be required to enter the country, you should still check with the CDC on their recommended vaccinations for travel to Jamaica.
- Your departure tax is regularly included in the airfare. You won’t be charged an exit tax on your way out.
- A letter of invitation from your host in Jamaica is required. The letter must state the relationship between the applicant and the host and contain the valid contact information of the host.
- You can attend festivals and events during your time in the country.
- If you are under the age of 18 years, you are expected to be in possession of the original copy of your birth certificate. A notarized consent signed by both your parents should also be provided.
- Holders of this visa are not allowed to be gainfully employed during their time in the country.
- All applicants are required to provide proof of the incentive of returning to their home country at the expiry of this visa.
- Proof of payment of visa application fee must be shown.
- Foreigners are advised to be vaccinated against yellow fever before traveling to the country.
- Any person planning of visiting Jamaica:
- Should be in possession of a valid visa unless exempted from this requirement under any of the prescribed regulations.
- Must be in a position to support himself/herself and accompanying dependents for the duration of stay;
- Should not be of unsound mind;
- Should not be the subject of a certificate submitted to the Immigration Officer by a health officer indicating that for medical reasons, permission to land is not desirable;
- Should not have been sentenced in a foreign country for any extraditable crime within the meaning of the Extradition Acts 1870 and 1906;
- Should not be the subject of a deportation order in force under the Aliens Law, Chapter 9;
- Should not be the subject of a landing prohibition order from the Minister of National Security.
