Visa policy of Belize explained

Visitors to Belize require a visa unless they are citizens of one of the visa-exempt countries.
All visitors are required to have sufficient funds, 75 USD per day and documents required for their next destination.

Visa exemption

Ordinary passports

Holders of ordinary passports and refugee travel documents of the following countries and territories may enter Belize without a visa for an indefinite period (unless otherwise noted):^{[1] [2]}

Andorra^2 Antigua and Barbuda Argentina^2 Australia Bahamas Barbados^3 ^1 Botswana Brazil^2 Canada Chile^2 Colombia^1 Costa Rica^1 Dominica^3 Ecuador^2 El Salvador^1 Fiji Gambia Ghana Grenada Guatemala^1 Guyana Honduras^1 Hong Kong Iceland Israel^2 Jamaica Japan^2 Kiribati Lesotho Liechtenstein Malawi Malaysia Maldives Marshall Islands Mauritius Mexico^1 Monaco^2 Morocco^1 Namibia New Zealand Nicaragua^1 Norway Palau Panama^1 Papua New Guinea Paraguay^1 Peru^1 Samoa Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines San Marino^2 Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Solomon Islands South Africa Suriname Switzerland^3 ^1 Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey^2 Tuvalu Uganda United Kingdom^4 United States^3 Uruguay Vanuatu ^2 Zambia Zimbabwe

_{1 - 30 days
2 - 90 days
3 - 180 days
4 - including all classes of British nationality.}

Non-ordinary passports

Holders of diplomatic or official/service passports may enter Belize without a visa for the following period:^[2]

180 days (5) Barbados Dominica Malaysia valign=top Singapore United Kingdom 90 days (14) Andorra Argentina Austria Bulgaria Estonia France Hungary India Israel Japan Malta Monaco San Marino 30 days (14) Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Dominican Republic Ecuador Haiti Mexico Paraguay South Africa Vanuatu Zambia Zimbabwe

• A visa exemption agreement for holders of all passports with Russia entered into force on 12 January 2022, but it is currently unclear whether Russia is included in the list of visa-free countries or not.^[3]

Clearance required

In addition to a visa, citizens of the following countries require a clearance:^{[1] [4]}

Afghanistan Algeria Bangladesh Eritrea Iraq Kenya

Libya Pakistan Somalia Sudan

Repatriation fee

Citizens of the following countries must pay a repatriation fee of (unless otherwise noted) 1200 BZD (equivalent of 600 USD) upon arrival:

Bangladesh China^1 India Pakistan Sri Lanka

_{1 - 3,000 BZD}

Visa alternatives

Visa not required for visits not exceeding 30 days for those holding a valid multiple entry visa or Permanent Residence Card of US, Canada or holding a valid multiple entry Schengen visa.^{[2] [5]}

Visitor statistics

Most visitors arriving to Belize were from the following countries of nationality:^[6]

Country	2013	2012
	730,542	694,936
	160,479	162,954
	71,312	71,494
	35,888	38,348
	16,827	17,016
	6,991	6,349
	6,918	6,237
	2,920	3,027
	1,548	1,412
	1,241	1,325
Total	1,131,082	1,119,670

See also

• Visa requirements for Belizean citizens

Notes and References

1. Web site: Visa Application Requirements.
2. Web site: Exempted Countries.
3. Web site: Dual government agreement].
4. Web site: Belize Visa Requirements Web Version. Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Belize). Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 13 February 2015. PDF. January 2015.
5. Web site: Visa Application and Instructions.
6. Web site: Abstract of Statistics. page 248 . 2016-12-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170510184229/http://www.sib.org.bz/Portals/0/docs/publications/abstract/AbstractofStatistics_2013.pdf . 2017-05-10 . dead.