{"schemaVersion":1,"source":"live","checkedAt":"2026-10-08T03:06:05.901Z","passport":{"code":"ZM","name":"Zambia","slug":"zambia"},"destination":{"code":"SR","name":"Suriname"},"status":"visa_required","evidenceLevel":"exact","supportsCurrentStatus":true,"reviewedAt":"2026-08-21","allowedStays":[],"policies":[{"id":"suriname-2023-named-ordinary-passports-visa-required","title":"Suriname: 21 named ordinary-passport nationalities subject to visa requirement","summary":"Government guidance identifies these 21 nationalities as outside the unilateral visa abolition from 1 May 2023, and BIBIS confirms that a visa requirement was reinstated for the 21 countries. This records a visa-required baseline, not an eVisa or visa-on-arrival route.","status":"visa_required","effectiveFrom":"2023-05-01","conditions":["The Government directly names this closed 21-nationality cohort as excluded from the unilateral visa abolition from 1 May 2023; BIBIS confirms the visa requirement was reinstated for the 21 countries.","This is normalized as visa_required, not evisa: the official explanation calls the system a digital visa application system but does not establish electronically issued ordinary-tourism visas for this entire cohort. BIBIS separately says visa-required travellers may not travel without a valid visa. No visa-on-arrival route is stated.","The Entry Fee is a separate fee/voucher mechanism. It is not treated as a visa, ETA, eVisa or visa-on-arrival status, and it does not displace the stated visa requirement.","For Cuba, Dominican Republic and Venezuela, BIBIS says a tourist card was reintroduced alongside the visa for tourist, business and short-stay travel. The card is recorded only as an additional condition, not a separate normalized status.","The Government separately states an Entry Fee of USD 50 or EUR 50 plus a VFS Global service fee of USD 8 or EUR 8, payable at each entry; it is not a visa fee or visa category. No visa duration, entries, extension, port, admission result, health, funds or onward-travel condition is inferred. Residence, PSA, transit, CARICOM, diplomatic, service, special, official, international-organization, business, work and third-country-document exceptions are outside this ordinary visitor baseline."],"sourceIds":["suriname-government-current-travel-entry-rule","suriname-bibis-2025-visa-tourist-card-explanation","suriname-bibis-digital-visa-application-entry-rule"]},{"id":"suriname-complete-2023-named-ordinary-passports-visa-required","title":"Suriname: 21 named ordinary-passport nationalities subject to visa requirement","summary":"Current Government guidance identifies these 21 nationalities as excluded from unilateral visa abolition from 1 May 2023, and BIBIS confirms their visa requirement was reinstated. This is a visa-required baseline, not a visa-on-arrival policy or a finding of electronically issued visas.","status":"visa_required","effectiveFrom":"2023-05-01","conditions":["The Government directly names this closed 21-nationality cohort as excluded from unilateral visa abolition from 1 May 2023; BIBIS confirms the visa requirement was reinstated for the 21 countries.","The Government’s E-Visa directory and BIBIS explanation establish an authorized online application service, but the opened official workflow does not state that a final ordinary visitor visa for this whole cohort is issued electronically. It is consequently normalized as visa_required, not evisa.","No visa-on-arrival route is stated. The separate Government Entry Fee voucher is not treated as a visa, ETA, eVisa or visa-on-arrival status, and does not displace the visa requirement.","For Cuba, Dominican Republic and Venezuela, BIBIS says a tourist card was reintroduced alongside the visa for tourist, business and short-stay travel. This alternate document is retained as a condition, not a separate normalized status.","No visa duration, entries, extension, port, admission result, health, funds or onward-travel condition is inferred. Residence, PSA, transit, CARICOM, diplomatic, service, special, official, international-organization, business, work and third-country-document exceptions are outside this ordinary visitor baseline."],"sourceIds":["suriname-government-current-travel-entry-rule","suriname-bibis-2025-visa-tourist-card-explanation","suriname-government-evisa-service-directory"]}],"conditional":[],"sources":[{"id":"suriname-government-current-travel-entry-rule","title":"Government: travel to Suriname and named visa-abrogation exceptions","url":"https://gov.sr/ministeries/ministerie-van-buitenlandse-zaken-internationale-handel-samenwerking/reizen-naar-suriname/","publisher":"Government of the Republic of Suriname / Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Business and International Cooperation","jurisdiction":"Suriname","kind":"government-guidance","language":"Dutch","reviewedAt":"2026-08-21"},{"id":"suriname-bibis-2025-visa-tourist-card-explanation","title":"BIBIS: explanation of the visa and tourist-card procedure","url":"https://gov.sr/toelichting-op-de-visum-en-toeristenkaartprocedure/","publisher":"Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Business and International Cooperation (BIBIS)","jurisdiction":"Suriname","kind":"government-guidance","language":"Dutch","reviewedAt":"2026-08-21"},{"id":"suriname-bibis-digital-visa-application-entry-rule","title":"BIBIS: Entry Fee procedure and valid-visa requirement","url":"https://gov.sr/ministerie-van-bibis-benadrukt-procedure-entry-fee/","publisher":"Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Business and International Cooperation (BIBIS)","jurisdiction":"Suriname","kind":"government-guidance","language":"Dutch","reviewedAt":"2026-08-21"},{"id":"suriname-government-evisa-service-directory","title":"Government e-services directory: E-Visa","url":"https://gov.sr/e-services/","publisher":"Government of the Republic of Suriname","jurisdiction":"Suriname","kind":"official-portal","language":"Dutch","reviewedAt":"2026-08-21"}]}