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Aruba visa requirements

Current entry categories for 199 passport nationalities, paired with official evidence as it is reviewed.

Access data checked August 24, 20264 official sources collected
Visa-free86Visa required113
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199 passports

Visa-free

86

Visa required

113
Policy history

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  1. Current official routeVisa-free

    Aruba: named ordinary-passport nationalities visa-free

    The current Dutch Government list expressly exempts these nationalities for Aruba. Jamaica is separately stated to require a visa for Aruba.

    • The policy is a short visitor baseline; passport validity, onward travel, purpose, funds, insurance, health, security and border-admission requirements continue to apply.
    • Hong Kong entries require either a British National (Overseas) or SAR passport; Macao entries require an SAR passport; Taiwan requires a passport bearing its identity-card number; Ukraine requires a biometric passport.
    • No residence, work, transit, crew, cruise, diplomatic, official/service, refugee, laissez-passer, third-country visa/residence-permit or other special-document rule is normalized.
    • For Aruba, general visa-free stay is up to 90 days in 180; Dutch, US and non-Dutch Schengen nationals may have stated 180-day allowances.
    86 passport nationalities covered

    Albania, Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Australia, Austria, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Dominica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Hong Kong (SAR China), Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macao (SAR China), Malaysia, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, North Macedonia, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Serbia, Seychelles, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan (Chinese Taipei), Trinidad and Tobago, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Vatican City

    Official sourcesNetherlandsWorldwide, Government of the Netherlands: NetherlandsWorldwide: visa requirement for Caribbean Kingdom partsNetherlandsWorldwide, Government of the Netherlands: NetherlandsWorldwide: requirements for visa-free Caribbean travel
  2. Current official routeVisa required

    Aruba: residual ordinary passports require a Caribbean visa

    The current Dutch Government page supplies an explicit residual visa requirement after the named nationality and conditional exceptions; this is advance Caribbean-visa treatment, not eVisa or visa on arrival.

    • The current official portal explicitly makes a Caribbean visa required if no listed visa-free situation applies; an application channel does not establish eVisa or visa-on-arrival access.
    • Valid multiple-entry Schengen/UK/Ireland/US/Canada documents and specified residence permits may waive the visa for particular travellers; these conditional routes are not nationality-wide passport classifications.
    • The Caribbean short-stay visa is not valid for the European Netherlands or another Schengen country, is normally at most 90 days in 180, and does not authorize paid work.
    • Aruba's maximum stay on a visa can be up to 180 consecutive days within 365, subject to the issued visa.
    113 passport nationalities covered

    Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, China, Comoro Islands, Congo (Rep.), Congo (Dem. Rep.), Côte d'Ivoire, Cuba, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, The Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Maldives, Mali, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Micronesia, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Palau Islands, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Qatar, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Samoa, São Tomé and Príncipe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, eSwatini, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, Tunisia, Türkiye, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Palestinian Territory

    Official sourcesNetherlandsWorldwide, Government of the Netherlands: NetherlandsWorldwide: visa requirement for Caribbean Kingdom partsNetherlandsWorldwide, Government of the Netherlands: NetherlandsWorldwide: short-stay Caribbean visaGovernment of Curaçao: Curaçao Official Gazette: Kingdom Visa Act