List of Countries

Exemptions

Even if you are a national of one of the countries listed above, you will NOT require a visa to enter the Cayman Islands if you are not a prohibited immigrant** and you can satisfy an Immigration Officer on arrival in the Cayman Islands that you are:

• authorised by a work permit to work in the Cayman Islands; or
• named in a work permit as a dependant of the licensee; or
• exempted from the requirement to possess a work permit or a dependant of such a person under section 40 of the Immigration Law (2015 Revision); or
• a person who has permission to reside permanently in the Cayman Islands; or
• the holder of a valid re-entry permit

OR

you are resident in the United States of America; and you arrive directly from that country; and you produce on arrival a valid United States Alien Registration Card; and you produce on arrival a return or round trip ticket to the United States.

OR

you are resident in Canada; and you arrive directly from Canada or the USA; and you produce on arrival proof that you are a permanent resident or landed immigrant of Canada; and you produce on arrival a return or round trip ticket to Canada or the United States.

OR

you are resident in the United Kingdom; and you arrive directly from the United Kingdom; and you provide proof on arrival that you are a permanent resident or landed immigrant of the United Kingdom; and you produce on arrival a return or round trip ticket to the United Kingdom.

OR

Nationals of Jamaica and China (People's Republic of) who:

• possess a valid visa from the United States of America, Canada, or the United Kingdom and,
• arrives in the Cayman Islands directly from the country for which that visa was issued.
 

Note: Please note that persons taking advantage of the waiver of the visa requirement above may only be permitted to enter and remain in the Islands for a period not exceeding thirty days.

** Prohibited immigrants are defined in full in the Immigration Law but include the destitute, the mentally disordered, persons creating health hazards to the community, anyone reasonably believed to be a prostitute or living on prostitution, anyone previously deported, anyone convicted in any country of an offence for which a prison sentence of twelve months or more was imposed, and others declared to be undesirable immigrants for economic or moral reasons.