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The Bahamas to Northern Mariana Islands

Visa-freeNo visa required before travel

This page separates the current comparison status from the official evidence collected for it. Rules shown here concern ordinary short visits unless a source states otherwise.

Official evidence collectedAccess data checked August 24, 2026Sources reviewed August 21, 2026
Evidence timeline

How this access rule is documented

  1. Current official routeVisa-free

    Guam and CNMI: qualifying Bahamian preclearance no-visa route

    Current 8 CFR 212.1 provides a narrow no-visa exception for a qualifying Bahamian traveller examined by U.S. immigration officers in the Bahamas before direct travel. The project normalizes that conditional ordinary-passport route as visa_free, consistently with its existing U.S. destination evidence.

    • The exception is not general visa-free travel: it depends on Bahamian residence/citizenship documentation, prior U.S. immigration examination in the Bahamas and travel on the qualifying inspected route.
    • A traveller outside those conditions can require a U.S. visitor visa. Residence, work, study, transit, crew, diplomatic, official, special-document and final-admission cases remain separate.
    Official sourceU.S. Office of the Federal Register / Department of Homeland Security: 8 CFR 212.1: Documentary requirements for nonimmigrants
  2. Current official routeVisa-free

    Federal territories: Bahamian preclearance visitor no-visa route

    The federal regulation creates a route-conditioned visitor no-visa exception for Bahamian nationals inspected by a U.S. immigration officer in the Bahamas before or at embarkation.

    • A passport is required. Before or at embarkation on a vessel or aircraft, the traveller must satisfy the examining U.S. immigration officer in the Bahamas that they are clearly and beyond doubt otherwise admissible.
    • This is not an unqualified waiver: other origins, travel modes, work, residence, transit and final admission remain outside the policy.
    Official sourceeCFR, Office of the Federal Register / Department of Homeland Security: 8 CFR 212.1: Documentary requirements for nonimmigrants
Provenance

Official source register

Only destination governments, official immigration services, official diplomatic missions, and primary legal instruments qualify as published evidence.