11/07/2020
1. All travellers to Barbados must complete a Pre-Arrival on-line Embarkation/Disembarkation (ED) form. It is urged that this be done at least 24hrs before arrival. This online form will include ED information, including intended address and health information, and effective from the 15th of July 2020, will allow for the uploading of COVID 19 PCR test results.
2. Travellers can go to www.travelform.gov.bb to complete the form.
3. Persons travelling to Barbados are strongly encouraged to take a COVID-19 PCR Test from an accredited or certified facility/laboratory. Relevant accrediting bodies and standards include: ISO:15189, CAP, UKAS or equivalent. Tests should be done within 72 hours prior to travel to Barbados. Test results should be submitted electronically and travellers should also bring a copy of test results with them. Submitted tests must be validated by the Ministry of Health and Wellness in Barbados. Test results will not be validated unless they bear the name of the traveller.
4. Persons without a negative PCR test result from an accredited or recognized laboratory will be required to take a test upon arrival.
5. For persons requiring a COVID-19 PCR test; tests will be available at the airport free of charge or for a fee of USD $150.00, at certain satellite/hotel sites.
6. The Ministry of Health and Wellness reserves the right to require the testing of any person regardless of documentation presented.
7. Persons travelling from the Low Risk countries within the “travel bubble”, who have not visited a High Risk Country within 21 day prior to arrival, will be exempted from the pretesting requirement. The “travel bubble” refers to Low risk CARICOM and Caribbean countries currently including: Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Anguilla, Bahamas, Belize Bermuda, Bonaire, British Virgin Islands, Curaçao Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Montserrat, Saint Barthelemy, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Martin, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago and Turks and Caicos).
Effective July 12, 2020, requirements for entry into Barbados are: 1. All travellers to Barbados must complete a Pre-Arrival on-line Embarkation/Disembarkation (ED) form. It is urged that this be done at least 24hrs before arrival. This online form will include ED information, including intended add...
