{"schemaVersion":1,"source":"live","checkedAt":"2026-10-08T03:06:05.901Z","passport":{"code":"CF","name":"Central African Republic","slug":"central-african-republic"},"destination":{"code":"GY","name":"Guyana"},"status":"visa_required","evidenceLevel":"exact","supportsCurrentStatus":true,"reviewedAt":"2026-08-22","allowedStays":[],"policies":[{"id":"guyana-foreign-ordinary-passport-advance-visa-complement","title":"Guyana: foreign ordinary-passport advance-visa complement","summary":"The Immigration (Passports) Order establishes this foreign ordinary-passport visa-required baseline. A situational ISS alternative is available where a visa-required-country national cannot apply at a Guyanese mission: approval is obtained before travel and the visa is issued at the port of entry, which is visa_on_arrival rather than eVisa.","status":"visa_required","conditions":["This is the ordinary-passport nationality baseline. It does not guarantee admission or remove immigration-officer discretion.","The official ISS visa-on-arrival alternative is situational, not a nationality-wide baseline: the traveller must be unable to apply at any Guyanese diplomatic mission. Those able to use a mission obtain a consular visa before travel.","The statutory residual group excludes a scheduled passport country, a reciprocal visa-free Commonwealth route, an individual ministerial exemption, or a visa-abolition agreement in force. No unverified exception is assumed.","Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico have published U.S.-permanent-resident or valid U.S., Canadian or Schengen-visa alternatives. Those document- or residence-conditioned exceptions are preserved and do not make their ordinary nationality passports visa-free.","Diplomatic, official, service, special, crew, work, study, business, landing-permit, transit and existing-visa routes are outside this short-visitor ordinary-passport baseline.","For a qualifying ISS applicant, the approval letter is required before boarding and the visa is stamped and issued at arrival. Preapproval does not make the border-issued route an eVisa."],"sourceIds":["guyana-immigration-passports-order","guyana-mfa-current-inbound-visa-schedule","guyana-iss-current-exemption-and-voa-schedule","guyana-iss-visitor-visa-voa-application","guyana-london-mission-voa-issuance-timing","guyana-new-delhi-mission-residual-voa-eligibility"],"application":{"url":"https://eservices.iss.gov.gy/visitor-visa","label":"ISS conditional visa-on-arrival approval application","steps":["Use this alternative only if unable to apply at a Guyanese diplomatic mission; submit the ISS visitor-visa application and required visa-on-arrival materials.","Carry the successful ISS approval letter for boarding; the visa is stamped and issued at the Guyanese port of entry."]}}],"conditional":[],"sources":[{"id":"guyana-immigration-passports-order","title":"Laws of Guyana: Immigration Act and Immigration (Passports) Order","url":"https://mola.gov.gy/laws/Volume%205%20Cap.%2012.22%20-%2017.021696969977.pdf","publisher":"Ministry of Legal Affairs","jurisdiction":"Guyana","kind":"law","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-22"},{"id":"guyana-mfa-current-inbound-visa-schedule","title":"Ministry of Foreign Affairs: current inbound visa-exemption schedule","url":"https://www.minfor.gov.gy/node/173","publisher":"Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation","jurisdiction":"Guyana","kind":"government-guidance","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-22"},{"id":"guyana-iss-current-exemption-and-voa-schedule","title":"Immigration Support Services: current exemption and landing-visa schedule","url":"https://eservices.iss.gov.gy/eligible-countries-landing-permit","publisher":"Immigration Support Services, Ministry of Home Affairs","jurisdiction":"Guyana","kind":"official-portal","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-22"},{"id":"guyana-iss-visitor-visa-voa-application","title":"Immigration Support Services: visitor-visa application requirements","url":"https://eservices.iss.gov.gy/visitor-visa","publisher":"Immigration Support Services, Ministry of Home Affairs","jurisdiction":"Guyana","kind":"official-portal","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-22"},{"id":"guyana-london-mission-voa-issuance-timing","title":"Guyana High Commission London: visa-on-arrival approval and issuance timing","url":"https://londonhc.mission.gov.gy/ministry/frequently-asked-questionsfaqs","publisher":"Guyana High Commission, London","jurisdiction":"Guyana","kind":"government-guidance","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-22"},{"id":"guyana-new-delhi-mission-residual-voa-eligibility","title":"Guyana High Commission New Delhi: visa-required-country visa-on-arrival eligibility","url":"https://newdelhihc.mission.gov.gy/consular-services/visas-arrival","publisher":"High Commission of Guyana, New Delhi","jurisdiction":"Guyana","kind":"government-guidance","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-22"}]}