🇧🇸Bahamas Visa for Kazakh Citizens2026 Requirements, Fees & Documents

Visitor's Visa (eVisa, single entry)

USD 160

Multiple entry visa (3 months / 6 months / 1 year)

USD 250

Multiple entry visa (3 years)

USD 500

Sponsored Visitor Visa facilitation fee

USD 20

Visitor Visa

Allows foreign nationals not exempt from visa requirements to enter the Bahamas for tourism, leisure, or visiting family. Nationals of approximately 80+ countries must obtain this visa in advance through a Bahamas embassy, consulate, or the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Business Visitor Visa / BH-1B Visa

Allows foreign nationals to enter the Bahamas for short-term business activities such as meetings, negotiations, audits, or inspections without engaging in gainful employment.

Work Permit (Work Visa)

Authorizes non-Bahamian nationals to engage in gainful employment with a specific employer in the Bahamas. Issued annually in nine fee scales based on occupation level.

Short Term Work Permit

Authorizes non-Bahamian nationals to perform work in the Bahamas for a period of 1 to 90 days, typically for emergency or one-time professional assignments.

Government Contract Worker Permit

Authorizes foreign nationals employed under government contracts to reside and work in the Bahamas for the duration of their contract.

Permit to Reside (Student)

Authorizes non-Bahamian nationals to reside in the Bahamas for the purpose of attending school, college, or university, or as dependents of persons legally authorized to reside in the country.

Resident Spouse Permit

Allows non-Bahamian nationals married to Bahamian citizens to legally reside and work in the Bahamas.

Permit to Reside (Dependent)

Authorizes dependent children (under 18) of persons legally authorized to reside in the Bahamas to reside in the country.

Permit to Reside (Retired Person)

Allows retired foreign nationals with at least 20 years of work history to reside in the Bahamas without engaging in gainful employment.

Economic Permanent Residence Certificate

Grants lifelong permanent resident status to foreign nationals making a qualifying investment of at least USD $1 million in Bahamian real estate or Zero Coupon Bonds, allowing the holder to reside and work.

General Permanent Residence Certificate

Grants lifelong permanent resident status to foreign nationals with long-term qualifying residence or professional service in the Bahamas, allowing the holder to reside and work.

Home Owner Identification Card

Provides a residence identification card for foreign nationals who own a habitable residence in the Bahamas and maintain a primary residence in their home country, issued under the International Persons Land Holding Act.

Resident Belonger Permit

Authorizes persons born in the Bahamas to non-Bahamian parents, or persons born abroad to a Bahamian mother or father, who have not automatically acquired Bahamian citizenship to reside in the Bahamas.

Diplomat Identification Card

Provides identification and status documentation for accredited diplomatic personnel and their recognized dependents residing in the Bahamas.

Special Permit

Allows foreign nationals whose names appear on the Bahamas Restricted List (previously deported or removed) to enter the Bahamas for a limited period, subject to approval by the Director of Immigration.

Re-Entry Permit

Allows non-Bahamian permanent residents or authorized residents to re-enter the Bahamas after travel abroad.

Bahamas Extended Access Travel Stay (BEATS)

Annual residence permit allowing remote-working professionals employed or contracted by companies/clients outside the Bahamas, and students enrolled at overseas institutions, to live in the Bahamas while working or studying remotely.

Seaman's Visa

Entry visa for merchant seafarers and vessel crew members who need to enter the Bahamas to join, sign off, or otherwise attend a vessel.

Trusted Traveller Programme

Allows senior management and professional personnel of companies operating in the Bahamas (or their affiliates) to visit for business meetings, research, audits, trade shows, conferences and seminars for under 14 days without obtaining a Work Permit.