Haiti visa requirements · checked 26 September 2026

Visa & Entry Requirements for Haiti

Q: What documents do I need to enter Haiti?

Passport validity: The Embassy of Haiti in Washington says tourists' passports must be valid for at least 6 months, and the UK government says your passport must have an expiry date at least 6 months after the date you arrive. Travel insurance: No official source we could read states a travel-insurance requirement for Haiti. Return or onward ticket: The Embassy of Haiti in Washington says nationals who need a visa must provide, among the supporting documents, a photocopy of an airline reservation confirmation or round-trip ticket. Proof of funds: No official source we could read states a proof-of-funds requirement for Haiti.

Most travellers can visit Haiti without a visa: 181 of 198 passports enter visa-free, usually for 90 days.

The Embassy of Haiti in Washington says nationals of the Dominican Republic, Panama, Colombia, Cuba, Syria, Libya, Iran, Vietnam and Yemen require a visa to enter Haiti, and that tourists' passports must be valid for at least 6 months and they pay a US$10.00 fee on arrival at the airport. The UK government tells British nationals they do not need a visa to visit for up to 90 days. The UK and Canada advise against all travel to Haiti, and Canada says there are no regular international flights to or from Port-au-Prince until further notice.

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Destination

181

Passports visa-free

Visa on arrival

Embassy visa required

Do I need a visa for Haiti? Quick answers

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Visa for Haiti — requirements summary

Visa-free: 181 (91%)
Visa on arrival: 3 (2%)
Visa required: 14 (7%)

All travellers must meet the entry rules set by Haiti, and they depend on your nationality. Find your passport below — you may be able to enter visa-free, or need an eVisa, a visa on arrival or a visa from an embassy.

Passport	Requirement	Max stay	Details
Afghanistan	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Albania	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Algeria	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Andorra	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Angola	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Antigua and Barbuda	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Argentina	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Armenia	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Australia	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Austria	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Azerbaijan	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Bahamas	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Bahrain	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Bangladesh	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Barbados	Visa-free	—	Details →
Belarus	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Belgium	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Belize	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Benin	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Bhutan	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Bolivia	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Botswana	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Brazil	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Brunei	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Bulgaria	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Burkina Faso	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Burundi	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Cambodia	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Cameroon	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Canada	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Cape Verde	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Central African Republic	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Chad	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Chile	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
China	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Colombia	Visa required	—	Details →
Comoros	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Costa Rica	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Côte d'Ivoire	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Croatia	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Cuba	Visa required	—	Details →
Cyprus	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Czechia	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Denmark	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Djibouti	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Dominica	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Dominican Republic	Visa required	—	Details →
DR Congo	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Ecuador	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Egypt	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
El Salvador	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Equatorial Guinea	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Eritrea	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Estonia	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Eswatini	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Ethiopia	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Fiji	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Finland	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
France	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Gabon	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Gambia	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Georgia	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Germany	Visa-free	—	Details →
Ghana	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Greece	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Grenada	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Guatemala	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Guinea	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Guinea-Bissau	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Guyana	Visa-free	—	Details →
Honduras	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Hong Kong	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Hungary	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Iceland	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
India	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Indonesia	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Iran	Visa required	—	Details →
Iraq	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Ireland	Visa-free	—	Details →
Israel	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Italy	Visa required	—	Details →
Jamaica	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Japan	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Jordan	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Kazakhstan	Visa required	—	Details →
Kenya	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Kiribati	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Kosovo	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Kuwait	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Kyrgyzstan	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Laos	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Latvia	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Lebanon	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Lesotho	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Liberia	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Libya	Visa required	—	Details →
Liechtenstein	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Lithuania	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Luxembourg	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Macau	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Madagascar	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Malawi	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Malaysia	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Maldives	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Mali	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Malta	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Marshall Islands	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Mauritania	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Mauritius	Visa on arrival	60 days	Details →
Mexico	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Micronesia	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Moldova	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Monaco	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Mongolia	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Montenegro	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Morocco	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Mozambique	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Myanmar	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Namibia	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Nauru	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Nepal	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Netherlands	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
New Zealand	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Nicaragua	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Niger	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Nigeria	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
North Korea	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
North Macedonia	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Norway	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Oman	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Pakistan	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Palau	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Palestine	Visa required	—	Details →
Panama	Visa required	—	Details →
Papua New Guinea	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Paraguay	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Peru	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Philippines	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Poland	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Portugal	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Qatar	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Republic of the Congo	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Romania	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Russia	Visa on arrival	—	Details →
Rwanda	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Saint Lucia	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Samoa	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
San Marino	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Sao Tome and Principe	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Saudi Arabia	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Senegal	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Serbia	Visa required	—	Details →
Seychelles	Visa required	—	Details →
Sierra Leone	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Singapore	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Slovakia	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Slovenia	Visa-free	—	Details →
Solomon Islands	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Somalia	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
South Africa	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
South Korea	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
South Sudan	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Spain	Visa-free	—	Details →
Sri Lanka	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Sudan	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Suriname	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Sweden	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Switzerland	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Syria	Visa required	—	Details →
Taiwan	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Tajikistan	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Tanzania	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Thailand	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Timor-Leste	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Togo	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Tonga	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Trinidad and Tobago	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Tunisia	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Türkiye	Visa on arrival	90 days	Details →
Turkmenistan	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Tuvalu	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Uganda	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Ukraine	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
United Arab Emirates	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
United Kingdom	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
United States	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Uruguay	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Uzbekistan	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Vanuatu	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Vatican City	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Venezuela	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Vietnam	Visa required	—	Details →
Yemen	Visa required	—	Details →
Zambia	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Zimbabwe	Visa-free	90 days	Details →

Haiti visa types, fees and processing times

Tourist visa

Embassy

Fee: 100 USD

Charged by the Embassy of Haiti in Washington for a 3-month tourist visa; a 6-month multiple-entry tourist visa is $200.00. Fees must be paid by money order, certified check or cashier's check payable to "Embassy of Haiti in Washington".

Long-stay permit (permis long séjour), Direction de l'Immigration et de l'Émigration

Extension

Extension: Possible

Fee and processing time not published — confirm with the embassy or consulate before you apply.

Entry requirements for Haiti

Passport validity

6 months

The Embassy of Haiti in Washington says tourists' passports must be valid for at least 6 months, and the UK government says your passport must have an expiry date at least 6 months after the date you arrive.

Embassy of Haiti in Washington — Tourist visa✓ Checked 6 Oct 2026

Vaccinations: Yellow fever

1 year

WHO's country list says proof of yellow fever vaccination is required for travellers aged 1 year or over arriving from countries at risk for yellow fever transmission.

WHO — International Travel and Health, country list (2022)✓ Checked 6 Oct 2026

Vaccinations: Hepatitis A, typhoid and routine vaccines

Not an entry condition. The US CDC recommends hepatitis A vaccination for unvaccinated travelers one year old or older, typhoid vaccination for most travelers and up-to-date routine vaccines; it says active cholera transmission is widespread in Haiti and recommends that travelers take prescription medicine to prevent malaria.

US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — Haiti traveler health✓ Checked 2 Oct 2026

Travel insurance

No official source we could read states a travel-insurance requirement for Haiti. Canada's travel advice says physicians and hospitals generally expect immediate cash payment for care even if you have proof of valid travel health insurance.

Government of Canada — Haiti travel advice (health)✓ Checked 3 Oct 2026

Return or onward ticket

The Embassy of Haiti in Washington says nationals who need a visa must provide, among the supporting documents, a photocopy of an airline reservation confirmation or round-trip ticket. Canada’s travel advice says customs officials may ask to see a return or onward ticket.

Embassy of the Republic of Haiti in Washington — Tourist Visa✓ Checked 10 Oct 2026

Proof of funds

No official source we could read states a proof-of-funds requirement for Haiti. Canada's travel advice says customs officials may ask you to show them a return or onward ticket and proof of sufficient funds to cover your stay.

Government of Canada — Haiti travel advice (entry and exit requirements)✓ Checked 3 Oct 2026

Arrival cards and declarations: Tourist fee

US$10.00

The Embassy of Haiti in Washington says tourists must pay a fee of US$10.00 on arrival at the airport, and the UK government says the entry fee is paid in cash.

Embassy of the Republic of Haiti in Washington — Tourist Visa✓ Checked 2 Oct 2026

Customs allowances

No official source we could read states a cash-declaration threshold for Haiti.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China, consular service — Haiti destination guide✓ Checked 2 Oct 2026

Haiti visa requirements statistics

198

Passports covered

181

Most common: Visa-free

Least common: Visa on arrival

91%

Visa-free access

Visa-free stays by length

90 days · 175 passports

Understanding Haiti visa requirements

We track the entry rules of Haiti for 198 passports. The most common situation is visa-free, which applies to 181 passports (91%). 91% of passports can enter without a visa. The least common is visa on arrival (3 passports).

Entry categories for Haiti

Visa-free entry: 181 passports can enter without a visa, for up to 90 days.
Visa on arrival: 3 passports get their visa at the airport or border.
Visa required: 14 passports must apply at an embassy or consulate.

What else you need to enter Haiti

Passport validity: The Embassy of Haiti in Washington says tourists' passports must be valid for at least 6 months, and the UK government says your passport must have an expiry date at least 6 months after the date you arrive.
Travel insurance: No official source we could read states a travel-insurance requirement for Haiti.
Return or onward ticket: The Embassy of Haiti in Washington says nationals who need a visa must provide, among the supporting documents, a photocopy of an airline reservation confirmation or round-trip ticket.
Proof of funds: No official source we could read states a proof-of-funds requirement for Haiti.

Open your passport in the table for the exact rules — maximum stay, fees, how to apply and the official source. Entry rules change at short notice: confirm with the embassy of Haiti or its official immigration website before you travel.

Frequently asked questions about Haiti visas

Do I need a visa for Haiti?

The Embassy of Haiti in Washington says nationals of the Dominican Republic, Panama, Colombia, Cuba, Syria, Libya, Iran, Vietnam and Yemen require a visa and must apply at least one month before departure, and that tourists pay a US$10.00 fee on arrival at the airport. For other nationalities, check your own government's advice: the UK government tells British nationals they do not need a visa for visits of up to 90 days, and the Embassy of Haiti in Canada says no prior visa is required of Canadian citizens staying less than 90 days.

Is it safe to travel to Haiti in 2026?

The UK advises against all travel to Haiti due to the volatile security situation, and Canada advises avoiding all travel due to the threat posed by kidnappings, gang violence and the potential for civil unrest throughout the country.

How much is Haiti's tourist fee?

US$10.00, paid on arrival at the airport, according to the Embassy of Haiti in Washington; the UK government says it is paid in cash. The UK government also says tourists pay a departure tax of 55 US dollars, which for most international flights is included in the price of the ticket.

How long can I stay in Haiti without a visa?

The Embassy of Haiti in Canada says foreign citizens who will stay longer than 90 days, other than those of Haitian descent, must contact the Direction de l'Immigration et de l'Émigration before the 90-day courtesy stay ends to obtain a long-stay permit, under the Decree-Law of 26 December 1978 on Immigration and Emigration. The UK government tells British nationals they do not need a visa for visits of up to 90 days.

Are flights to Haiti operating?

The Government of Canada says there are no regular international flights arriving in or departing from Port-au-Prince until further notice, that the international airport in Cap-Haïtien is the best option to leave the country, and advises confirming the status of your flight with your airline before you go to the airport.

Do I need a yellow fever certificate for Haiti?

WHO's country list says proof of yellow fever vaccination is required for travellers aged 1 year or over arriving from countries at risk for yellow fever transmission. Australia's Smartraveller says cholera is an ongoing risk in parts of Haiti and advises drinking boiled or bottled water with intact seals.

Do US citizens need a visa for Haiti?

US citizens can visit Haiti visa-free for 90 days. Full rules for United States passport holders.

Do UK citizens need a visa for Haiti?

UK citizens can visit Haiti visa-free for 90 days. Full rules for United Kingdom passport holders.

Do German citizens need a visa for Haiti?

German citizens can visit Haiti visa-free. Full rules for Germany passport holders.

What documents do I need to enter Haiti?

Passport validity: The Embassy of Haiti in Washington says tourists' passports must be valid for at least 6 months, and the UK government says your passport must have an expiry date at least 6 months after the date you arrive. Travel insurance: No official source we could read states a travel-insurance requirement for Haiti. Return or onward ticket: The Embassy of Haiti in Washington says nationals who need a visa must provide, among the supporting documents, a photocopy of an airline reservation confirmation or round-trip ticket. Proof of funds: No official source we could read states a proof-of-funds requirement for Haiti.

How many countries can visit Haiti without a visa?

181 of 198 passports can enter Haiti visa-free (91%). 3 more get a visa on arrival, and 14 need a visa from an embassy.

Data: TravelRequirements.info — Entry Requirements Dataset, AXG Sp. z o.o. (CC BY 4.0) — official sources are linked on each passport page. Gaps filled from the Passport Index dataset (MIT).

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Where can Haiti citizens travel visa-free?

Haiti passport holders can visit 15 countries without a visa. Open a country for the exact rules.

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