Trinidad and Tobago Travel Visa

Trinidad and Tobago Visa on Arrival (VoA)

If you’re a national of one of the 3 countries below, you’re eligible to request a waiver upon arrival at the airport:

• Australia
• New Zealand
• The Philippines

This document costs approximately 60 USD and is Single-Entry. Once issued, you will be free to explore Trinidad’s white-sand beaches for up to 30 days. To ensure quick and easy passage through immigration, it will be helpful to have ready:

• A passport that’s valid at least 6 months past your travel dates and has at least 2 blank pages.
• Your proof of return travel (or a ticket and valid entry permit to a 3rd country, if applicable).
• Proof of accommodation.
• Proof of financial means to support your stay (this could be credit cards or bank account statements).

It’s possible that the immigration officer will ask you about the purpose of your visit. If you’re travelling on holiday, then ‘tourism’ is a perfectly acceptable answer.

Trinidad and Tobago Visa Application Process

Citizens from countries that are not included on either list above will need to travel to Trinidad and Tobago with a tourist visa. This should be requested through an embassy or diplomatic mission’s consular section. To find the embassy closest to you, check out our quick and easy Embassy Finder page.

Once you’ve located your embassy, you should send an email to the consular section listing your full name, proposed dates of travel and the reason for your visit. The consular section will then inform you of your appointment time or the walk-in hours available.

There are some steps that are reserved for specific nationalities, and your embassy will be able to provide further details about this. However, the basic process is straightforward and includes gathering the following documents, plus 2 copies of each:

• Your national passport, valid at least 6 months past your travel dates and with at least 2 blank pages.
• 2 completed and signed application forms (this can be downloaded from the embassy website or will be provided by the embassy directly).
• 2 passport-size photos, in colour, and taken in front of a white background.
• A notarised colour copy of your national ID (e.g. a driver’s license).
• The non-refundable Trinidad and Tobago visa fee (for most travellers this will be approximately 10 USD).
• A financial statement from the last 3 months.
• Other information, depending on your nationality.

Trinidad Visa Form and Documents

All applicants are expected to submit their applications in person. If you’re unable to visit your particular Trinidad and Tobago embassy, it would be a good idea to contact them to see how to proceed.

To successfully fill in the application, you’ll need to have this information:

• Your full name and any former names (i.e. a maiden name).
• Your nationality at birth and present nationality.
• Your present address.
• Your marital status.
• Your passport number along with the dates of issue and expiry.
• Your occupation and employer details.
• Your annual income in Trinidadian dollars.
• Information on previous applications (if you’ve been issued a permit previously, you’ll need to include the authorisation number here).
• Information on state offenses for which you have been convicted (this excludes traffic offenses – if you have incidents to report, you may need to include a background check with your application).
• Your proposed entry and departure dates.
• The purpose of your visit (in detail).
• The name, nationality and contact details of 2 references in the country.
• Information on your financial means.
• If travelling with children, you’ll need to include their names, ages and places of birth.

The application should be printed legibly in blue or black ink. Embassies will require 2 copies of the application form, meaning that you’ll need to fill in the information and sign the form twice.

Trinidad and Tobago Refundable Security Bond Deposit

Please note that some countries will have additional steps, such as the payment of a refundable security bond deposit. This fee of approximately 1,360 USD will be reimbursed in full once the traveller has left Trinidad and returned to their home country.

Your particular embassy or mission will provide you with a letter of authorisation and the details on where and how to make this payment. Only the applicant can request a refund for this amount. Once the request is processed, the refund should be made available in 1 week.

How Much is a Trinidad and Tobago Visa?

Visa-exempt nationalities pay no fee.

For most other nationalities, this fee is approximately 10 USD for a Single-Entry authorisation. Your particular embassy will provide you with the final payment amount and details when you contact them to make your appointment.

Trinidad Visa Status Check

If you wish to check the status of your application, you can contact the embassy’s consular section. If you are given an application number at your appointment, be sure to save it for ease of reference.

We suggest double-checking the email address you put on your application as this will be the mission’s main way of contacting you.

More Trinidad and Tobago Visa Questions and Information

Our sections above were intended to give an overview of the entry and application process. If you have more questions, please check out our FAQs below.