{"schemaVersion":1,"source":"live","checkedAt":"2026-10-08T03:06:05.901Z","passport":{"code":"GB","name":"United Kingdom","slug":"united-kingdom"},"destination":{"code":"BM","name":"Bermuda"},"status":"visa_free","evidenceLevel":"exact","supportsCurrentStatus":true,"reviewedAt":"2026-09-28","allowedStays":[{"label":"Six months or 180 days, whichever is greater, within any 12-month period","basis":"rolling_period","notes":["Section 28 counts consecutive or cumulative stay from first landing; the Minister may shorten or terminate it by written notice.","Immigration's operational advisory describes a cumulative 180-day allowance. No conversion of months to days or fresh allowance after each arrival is implied."]},{"label":"Up to 180 days in any 12-month period","maxDays":180,"basis":"rolling_period"}],"policies":[{"id":"pass415-bm-2026-bona-fide-visitor-visa-free","title":"Bermuda: ordinary visitor exemptions under the September 2026 Order","summary":"The Act permits bona fide visits subject to its conditions. These ordinary-passport nationalities fall outside the 2026 Order's controlled Schedule; Indonesia and Taiwan are expressly removed in the ministerial announcement.","status":"visa_free","announcedOn":"2026-09-03","effectiveFrom":"2026-09-17","conditions":["Ordinary bona fide visitors only; work, residence, special documents, school-party and individual-permission routes are outside this baseline.","Visitors must remain bona fide, avoid statutory exclusion grounds, and hold a departure ticket to a country they may enter. Admission remains subject to border assessment.","Section 28 permits six months or 180 days, whichever is greater, within 12 months, but Immigration describes its operational allowance as cumulative 180 days. Confirm the individual permitted stay with Immigration; months are not converted to days here.","The Schedule's Northern Cyprus entry is not the Republic of Cyprus passport represented by CY. Indonesian and Taiwanese ordinary passports are no longer controlled by this Order."],"sourceIds":["pass415-bm-prohibition-entry-order-2026","pass415-bm-immigration-protection-act","pass415-bm-september-immigration-announcement","pass415-bm-visitor-stay-operational-advisory"]},{"id":"bermuda-full-british-citizen-passports-visa-free-visits","title":"Bermuda: full British-citizen passports visa-free for a short visit","summary":"Current UK government Bermuda guidance states that a holder of a full British citizen passport travelling from the UK may visit without a visa for up to 180 days in any 12-month period. This is visa-free, not an ETA, eVisa or visa-on-arrival route.","status":"visa_free","conditions":["The UK source expressly limits this statement to people travelling on a full British citizen passport from the UK; it does not establish treatment for other British-national statuses or special British documents.","The stated limit is up to 180 days in any 12-month period and requires a return or onward ticket.","Work, study, business, residence, crew, transit, diplomatic, official, special-document, territory-belonger and individual-admission arrangements are excluded."],"sourceIds":["uk-government-current-bermuda-british-citizen-entry-requirements"]},{"id":"bermuda-unlisted-nationals-visa-free-bona-fide-visits","title":"Bermuda: unlisted nationals visa-free for bona fide short visits (historical)","summary":"Section 28 of the Bermuda Immigration and Protection Act removes the need for specific permission for a bona fide visitor who fulfils its conditions. Order No. 2 of 2025 supplies the exhaustive nationality exception by prohibiting only the named Schedule nationals. The resulting unlisted ordinary-passport baseline is visa-free, not an ETA, eVisa or visa-on-arrival route.","status":"visa_free","effectiveTo":"2026-09-16","conditions":["This is limited to a bona fide ordinary-passport short visitor whose nationality is not in the current Order No. 2 Schedule; it does not cover special passports, residence, work, study, crew, transit, or individual permission routes.","Hong Kong SAR and Macao SAR passport rows follow the Order's express asterisk incorporation: the current UK Immigration Rules exempt PRC nationals holding those specific passports from the visa-national rule.","At landing and throughout the visit, the visitor must not be an exceptionable person and must hold a passenger ticket for departure to a country where the visitor has a right of entry.","The unrestricted period is six months or 180 days, whichever is greater, within a 12-month period, but the Minister may shorten or end it by written notice.","This statutory exemption from specific permission does not guarantee admission; other Immigration Act requirements and final border assessment remain applicable."],"sourceIds":["bermuda-immigration-protection-act-1956-consolidated","bermuda-prohibition-entry-no2-order-2025","uk-home-office-current-visitor-visa-national-exceptions"]}],"conditional":[],"sources":[{"id":"pass415-bm-prohibition-entry-order-2026","title":"Bermuda Immigration and Protection (Prohibition of Entry) Order 2026, BR 99/2026","url":"https://www.bermudalaws.bm/Laws/Consolidated%20Law/2026/Bermuda%20Immigration%20and%20Protection%20(Prohibition%20of%20Entry)%20Order%202026","publisher":"Bermuda Laws Online / Minister of Economy and Labour","jurisdiction":"Bermuda","kind":"law","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-09-28"},{"id":"pass415-bm-immigration-protection-act","title":"Bermuda Immigration and Protection Act 1956: sections 25-28","url":"https://www.bermudalaws.bm/Laws/Consolidated%20Law/1956/Bermuda%20Immigration%20and%20Protection%20Act%201956","publisher":"Bermuda Laws Online","jurisdiction":"Bermuda","kind":"law","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-09-28"},{"id":"pass415-bm-september-immigration-announcement","title":"Immigration Updates: new visa-controlled-national Order announced","url":"https://www.gov.bm/news/immigration-updates","publisher":"Government of Bermuda Ministry of Economy and Labour","jurisdiction":"Bermuda","kind":"government-guidance","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-09-28"},{"id":"pass415-bm-visitor-stay-operational-advisory","title":"Public Advisory Re: Visitor Allowed Length of Stay in Bermuda","url":"https://www.gov.bm/news/public-advisory-re-visitor-allowed-length-stay-bermuda","publisher":"Government of Bermuda Department of Immigration","jurisdiction":"Bermuda","kind":"government-guidance","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-09-28"},{"id":"uk-government-current-bermuda-british-citizen-entry-requirements","title":"GOV.UK travel advice: Bermuda entry requirements","url":"https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/bermuda/entry-requirements","publisher":"UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office","jurisdiction":"United Kingdom / Bermuda","kind":"government-guidance","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-21"},{"id":"bermuda-immigration-protection-act-1956-consolidated","title":"Bermuda Immigration and Protection Act 1956 (current consolidated law)","url":"https://www.bermudalaws.bm/Laws/Consolidated%20Law/1956/Bermuda%20Immigration%20and%20Protection%20Act%201956","publisher":"Bermuda Laws Online","jurisdiction":"Bermuda","kind":"law","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-21"},{"id":"bermuda-prohibition-entry-no2-order-2025","title":"Bermuda Immigration and Protection (Prohibition of Entry) (No. 2) Order 2025, BR 59/2025","url":"https://www.bermudalaws.bm/Laws/Consolidated%20Law/2025/Bermuda%20Immigration%20and%20Protection%20%28Prohibition%20of%20Entry%29%20%28No.%202%29%20Order%202025","publisher":"Bermuda Laws Online / Minister of Economy and Labour","jurisdiction":"Bermuda","kind":"law","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-21"},{"id":"uk-home-office-current-visitor-visa-national-exceptions","title":"Immigration Rules Appendix Visitor: current visa-national exceptions","url":"https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-appendix-visitor-visa-national-list","publisher":"UK Home Office","jurisdiction":"United Kingdom","kind":"law","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-21"}]}