Antigua and Barbuda Passport: Updated 2026

Antigua and Barbuda citizens can visit 165 countries without arranging for a visa in advance. To visit 100 of these countries, you don’t need a visa at all; for other 24 countries, it is issued upon arrival, and electronic travel authorisation (eTA) is required before travelling to 5 countries.

The list of visa-free countries and entry conditions are constantly changing, depending on the geopolitical situation in the world. We advise you to check the current entry conditions for the country of your destination on the site of its representative office before travelling.

Antigua and Barbuda passport holders can travel throughout the world with ease. However, the most popular destinations are the United Kingdom, the Schengen Area, Singapore and China.

United Kingdom

Antigua and Barbuda citizens can spend up to 180 consecutive days in the UK, as Antigua and Barbuda is part of the Commonwealth of Nations. For citizens of Commonwealth countries, visa-free travel is one of the privileges the UK government offers.

However, Antigua and Barbuda citizens need an Electronic Travel Authorisation, ETA, to enter the UK. An ETA is not a visa; it is a digital pre-authorisation linked to the traveller's passport. It allows multiple stays of up to 6 months at a time, and remains valid for 2 years or until the passport expires, whichever comes first^{[1]Source: The ETA terms and application is available on the UK government website.}. 

Schengen Area

Antigua and Barbuda passport holders can visit the Schengen Area for up to 90 days in any 180 days or up to 3 months in any 180-day period.

Although a Schengen visa also allows the holder to stay up to 3 out of 6 months in the Schengen Area, it is issued for a maximum of 5 years. After the expiration of the term, the visa process has to be restarted from scratch, including re-collecting the required documents, filling out forms and submitting them at the consulate. 

The Antigua and Barbuda passport needs to be renewed less often, and the procedure is much simpler.

China

Antigua and Barbuda citizens can travel to China visa-free under a mutual visa exemption agreement between the two countries. The agreement came into force on May 11th, 2024, allowing citizens of each country to visit the other without a visa for stays of up to 30 days within any 90-day period, but a maximum of not more than 90 days within any 180-day period is allowed.

The arrangement covers tourism and short business trips; longer stays, study, or work still require an appropriate Chinese visa obtained in advance. 

Singapore

Antigua and Barbuda citizens can travel to Singapore visa-free for short stays of up to 30 days, which is convenient for tourists and investors with business interests in Asia. The waiver covers tourism, social visits, and short business trips such as meetings or conferences. Immigrant Invest

For stays beyond 30 days, or for work, study, or longer-term business activity, an appropriate Singapore visa or pass must be arranged in advance.

Antigua and Barbuda is not part of the US Visa Waiver Program^{[2]Source: The list of countries under the Visa Waiver Program is published on the US Homeland Security Website.}, so its citizens need a nonimmigrant visa — typically a B-1/B-2 visitor visa — for tourism or business. 

However, Antiguan citizens can no longer obtain 10-year US visitor visas. Updated State Department reciprocity schedules now cap B-1/B-2 visas at 3 months' validity and a single entry, down from 120 months with unlimited entries. The downgrade extends well beyond tourist and business travel: several work and dependent categories (including H-1B, H-2R, H-3 and H-4 ), as well as student (F), exchange (J), intracompany (L), and religious-worker (R) visas now carry the same 3-month, single-entry limit^{[3]Source: US visa terms for Antiguan citizens are published on the US Department of State website.}. 

Approved B-1/B-2 applicants from Antigua and Barbuda may be required to post a bond of up to $15,000, with the amount set by the consular officer at the interview. The bond is refundable only if the traveller departs on time, does not travel, or is denied entry, and applicants must enter and exit through one of a limited set of designated airports. 

For a traveller who previously held a decade-long visa on a single application fee, the math has changed: every trip now means a fresh application, a possible bond, and another in-person appearance at the US Embassy in Bridgetown, which processes applications for the Eastern Caribbean. 

These changes follow President Trump's December 2025 proclamation imposing partial entry restrictions on a group of countries that includes Antigua and Barbuda^{[4]Source: The full text of Presidential Proclamation 10998 is available on the US Department of State website.}.

Foreigners can get Antigua and Barbuda passports by investing at least $230,000. There are four options: contributions to a state or university fund, real estate purchase or business investments. 

The Antigua and Barbuda Citizenship by Investment Programme is open to the spouse, children, parents, grandparents, and siblings of investors. The cost of obtaining citizenship depends on the family composition.

The Antigua and Barbuda passport by investment is issued initially for 5 years, and all subsequent passports are valid for 10 years.

To renew your passport, you can contact Immigrant Invest as a licensed agent of the citizenship by investment programme. Immigrant Invest lawyers will help you collect all the necessary documents, submit them, get a new passport and deliver it to you in person or by courier. The procedure usually takes around 1.5 months to complete.

1. The Antigua and Barbuda passport gives visa-free, visa-on-arrival, or eTA access to 165 countries.
2. As a Commonwealth member, Antigua allows visa-free UK stays of up to 180 days, though an Electronic Travel Authorisation is now required — valid for 2 years and allowing repeated 6-month visits.
3. The passport opens 90 days per 180 in the Schengen Area, plus rare visa-free access to China and Singapore, both for 30 days.
4. The US requires a visa: B-1/B-2 visas are capped at 3 months and a single entry, with a refundable bond of up to $15,000 possible and entry limited to designated airports.
5. Obtaining Antigua and Barbuda citizenship requires investing at least $230,000 through one of four options: a state or university fund contribution, real estate, or business.