Those traveling to Aruba for one of the
following purposes are considered a tourist:
- vacation and relaxation
- sport: to participate in a sport
event
- health reasons: i.e. the state of
health of family members or acquaintances in Aruba and not that of
the tourist himself (medical treatment)
- family matters: for example to visit
family and / or acquaintances or to attend a wedding or a funeral
- study: to attend a course, seminar
or training in Aruba with a duration of a month or less
- religious purposes: to attend a
religious meeting or event
- business.
Persons who enter Aruba as a tourist are not
allowed to work during their stay for an employer established in Aruba.
You can only work in Aruba for an Aruban employer if you apply for and
are granted a temporary residence and work permit.
Upon arrival in Aruba a tourist is admitted if he has:
- A passport that is valid upon entry
and for the duration of stay in Aruba. If the tourist holds a
passport from a country mentioned in
list B (visa required), he must
have a valid visa sticker in his passport.
- A completely filled-in and signed
embarkation and disembarkation card (ED-card).
- A valid return- or onward ticket.
- The necessary documents for
returning to the country of origin or to a country that he has the
right to enter, for example a valid residence permit (temporary or
permanent), a re-entry permit or a (entry) visa.
- If so requested, the tourist has to
be able to prove to the satisfaction of the migration officer that
he has a valid reservation for an accommodation in Aruba (e.g. hotel
or apartment) or that he owns property in Aruba (a residence,
condominium, apartment, timeshare apartment or a pleasure yacht
moored in Aruba with a length of at least 14 meters measured on the
water line).
- If so requested, the tourist has to
be able to prove to the satisfaction of the migration officer to
dispose of adequate financial means to provide for hotel expenses
(if applicable) and living expenses during his stay.
Whether or not national of a foreign
country, who wishes to enter Aruba as a tourist will first need to
obtain a visa, depends on the country of citizenship or of residence.
Both visa-required and visa-exempt tourists should take note that there
is no legal right to entry or admission to Aruba. The final
authorization for admission to Aruba remains with the competent
authorities at the border-crossing/port of entry, i.e. the Aruba
migration officer. Entry can be refused if not all admission
requirements are fulfilled by the time of entering Aruba.
VISITORS WITHOUT A
VISA REQUIREMENT FOR ARUBA
The following persons do
not need a visa to travel to Aruba:
- Nationals of the following countries:
|
List A |
|
|
| Andorra |
Czech Rep. |
Israel |
Cyprus |
South Africa |
| Antigua and
Barbuda |
Denmark |
Italy |
Namibia |
Spain |
| Argentina |
Dominica |
Japan |
Nauru |
St.
Kitts-Nevis |
| Armenia |
Ecuador |
Kiribati |
New Zealand |
St. Lucia |
| Australia |
El Salvador |
Korea (Rep.) |
Nicaragua |
St. Vincent
and the Grenadines |
| Austria |
Estonia |
Latvia |
Northern
Mariana Isl. |
Suriname |
| Bahamas |
Fiji |
Lesotho |
Norway |
Sweden |
| Barbados |
Finland |
Liechtenstein |
Palau |
Switzerland |
| Belgium |
France
|
Lithuania |
Panama |
Thailand |
| Belize |
Georgia
|
Luxembourg |
Paraguay |
Tonga |
|
Bosnia-Herzegovina |
Germany
|
Macedonia |
Poland |
Trinidad &
Tobago |
| Brazil |
Greece |
Madagascar
|
Portugal |
Tuvalu |
| Brunei |
Grenada |
Malaysia |
Romania |
U.S.A. |
| Bulgaria |
Guatemala |
Maldives |
Russian
Federation |
United
Kingdom |
| Canada |
Guinea-Bissau |
Malta |
Samoa |
Ukraine |
| Cape Verde
Isl. |
Guyana |
Marshall
Isl. |
San Marino |
Uruguay |
| Chile |
Honduras |
Mexico |
Serbia |
Vanuatu |
| Costa Rica |
Hungary |
Micronesia |
Singapore |
Vatican City |
| Croatia |
Iceland |
Monaco |
Slovak
(Rep.) |
Venezuela |
| Solomon Isl. |
Ireland
(Rep. of) |
Montenegro |
Slovenia |
|
- Holders of Hong Kong (SAR China) and
Macao (SAR China) passports.
- Holders of British passports
endorsed:
» British Citizen; or
» British Subject and imprinted on page 5 "Holder has the right
of abode in the United Kingdom"; or
» British Overseas Territories Citizen (previously referred to
as British Dependent Territories Citizen) with the annotation
"Citizen of Gibraltar" and imprinted on page 5 "Holder has the right
of abode in the United Kingdom"; or
» European Community" (except if endorsed Jersey, Guernsey, Isle
of Man and imprinted on page 6 "Holder is not entitled to benefit
from EC-provisions relating to employment or establishment"); and
» All other British passports.
- Nationals of the Kingdom of the
Netherlands.
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NATIONALS WHO NEED A VISA TO TRAVEL TO ARUBA
Nationals of the following countries must
hold a visa prior to arrival in Aruba.
|
List B |
|
|
Afghanistan |
Comoros Isl. |
Jamaica |
Myanmar |
Tanzania |
|
Albania |
Congo (Brazzaville) |
Jordan |
Nepal |
Togo |
|
Algeria |
Congo (Kinshasa) |
Kazakhstan |
Niger |
Turkmenistan |
|
Angola |
Cote
d'Ivoire |
Kenya |
Nigeria |
Tunisia |
|
Azerbaijan |
Cuba |
Korea (Dem. People's
Rep.) |
Oman |
Turkey |
|
Bahrain |
Djibouti |
Kuwait |
Papua New Guinea |
Uganda |
|
Bangladesh |
Dominican Rep. |
Kyrgyzstan |
Peru |
United Arab Emirates |
|
Belarus |
Egypt |
Laos |
Philippines |
Uzbekistan |
|
Benin |
Equatorial Guinea |
Lebanon |
Qatar |
Vietnam |
|
Bhutan |
Eritrea |
Liberia |
Rwanda |
Yemen |
|
Bolivia |
Ethiopia |
Libya |
Saudi Arabia |
Zambia |
|
Botswana |
Gabon |
Malawi |
Senegal |
Zimbabwe |
|
Burkina Faso |
Gambia |
Mali |
Seychelles |
Holders of Chinese Taipei travel documents |
|
Burundi |
Ghana |
Mauritania |
Sierra Leone |
|
|
Cambodia |
Guinea Rep. |
Mauritius |
Somalia |
|
|
Cameroon |
Haiti |
Moldova (Rep. of) |
Sri
Lanka |
|
|
Central Africa Rep. |
India |
Mongolia |
Sudan |
|
| Chad |
Indonesia |
Morocco |
Swaziland |
|
|
China (People's Rep.) |
Iran |
Mozambique |
Syria |
|
|
Colombia |
Iraq
|
|
Tajikistan |
|
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WHERE AND HOW TO APPLY FOR A
VISA
Visa-required tourists need to apply for
a visitor visa before coming to Aruba. For information about the visa
requirements, to apply for a visa for Aruba, and for information on
appointments/openinghours, the tourist can contact a consulate or
embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in hiscountry of residence or
visit the websites of the Embassy or consulates concerned. For address
information and websites of Dutch diplomatic missions abroad, visit
www.mfa.nl/en . To
download the visa application form, visit www.dimasaruba.com or the
website of the Royal Netherlands Embassy or consulate where the visa
application will be filed.
Applications for a visa for Aruba have to
be made in person. Some Embassy's however allow certified travel Agents
to request the visas on behalf of their clients.
When Do You Need A Declaration Of
Guarantee / Invitation?
A visa-required tourist needs a
declaration of guarantee/invitation to apply for a visa if he has been
invited to participate in a sports event by an organization on Aruba or
if he'll be staying at the home of a relative or an acquaintance. The
person or organization in Aruba who will act as guarantor for the
tourist's stay has to declare that they'll guarantee all costs that can
arise from the short stay of the tourist in Aruba. The guarantor is
responsible for sending the declaration of guarantee/invitation to the
visa-required tourist. Please note that having the declaration doesn't
mean that the visa will be issued. It is only one of the requirements
that the visa applicant has to satisfy.
The declaration of guarantee/invitation
form is available at the office of the DIMAS and can also be downloaded
from our website, as well as the instructions about the relevant
procedure.
Types Of Visa Available:
A visa-required tourist can apply for one
of the two following visas:
» A visa valid for a period of 180
days, valid for multiple entries of maximum 30 days.
» A visa valid for a period of 4
years, valid for multiple entries of maximum 30 days and of in total
no more than 180 days per calendar year.
Persons Exempted From The Visa
Requirement
The following persons don't require a
visa for Aruba:
- Holders of a valid residence permit
(temporary or permanent) from the United States of America,Canada, a
European Union country (EU), and the Netherlands Antilles. The
residence permit has to be shown to the migration officer along with
a valid passport.
- Nationals of Colombia and Jamaica
holding a valid and used visa for either the U.S.A, Canada or the
Schengen Territory (Schengen visa).
- Those who are continuing (in
transit) to a third country within 24 hours or within the same day
by aircraft, and holding tickets with reserved seats and all
documents required for onward journey.
- Those who arrive by aircraft to
board a Cruiseship or vice versa (in transit), for a period of
maximum 24 hours.
- Cruiseship passengers if they
disembark in Aruba as part of their cruise, for a period of maximum
24 hours.
- Children younger than 12 years old,
and who would normally need a visa based on their nationality, don't
need a visa if they are traveling with a parent or guardian.
- Holders of a diplomatic passport,
being nationals of Albania, Chad, Pakistan and Senegal.
- Holders of a diplomatic passport and
of a service passport, being nationals of Bolivia, Ecuador, Hungary,
Jamaica, Malawi, Morocco, Peru, Thailand, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey,
and United Arab Emirates.
- Holders of passports or laissez
passer issued by the IMF, the World Bank, the United Nations or one
of its agencies.
- The crew members of vessels or
aircrafts mooring or landing in Aruba for commercial purposes, and
who don't pose a threat for the public order and safety of the
island or the Kingdom of the Netherlands. This category is exempt
from the visa requirement for a period of admission of up to 7 days.
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DURATION OF ADMISSION
Nationals of the Kingdom of the
Netherlands are allowed to stay in Aruba for a maximum of 30 days. Upon
arrival they can request an extension of their stay for up to 180
consecutive days.
Nationals from the countries mentioned in
list A.,
list B., and persons who are exempt from the visa requirement
(with the exception of transit or Cruiseship passengers and the crew
members of vessels or aircrafts mooring or landing in Aruba for
commercial purposes) are allowed to stay in Aruba for a maximum 30
days.
Upon arrival they can request an
extension of their stay for up to 180 consecutive days, if:
- They have property in Aruba, i.e. a
house, condominium, apartment, time-share, apartment or a pleasure
yacht moored in Aruba with a length of at least 14 meters measured
from the water line. They must show proof of ownership of the
property.
- If they don't have property in
Aruba, they must have a declaration of guarantee from a resident of
Aruba who will act as guarantor for their stay and be liable for any
costs during their stay. The guarantor in Aruba can download the
declaration of guarantee form from our website, follow the
procedures to have it legalized, and send it to the visitor abroad
who will then show it to the immigration officer upon entry. If
that is not possible, than the guarantor will have to be there when
the visitor arrives, and have the declaration of guarantee presented
to the migration officer.
- The migration officer is satisfied
that the visitor has sufficient funds to cover his extended stay.
- All nationals who apply for an
extension of their stay beyond 30 days are required to have travel
insurance (medical and liability) valid for the duration of the
extended stay.
The total period of admission per
calendar year cannot exceed 180 days.
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APPLYING FOR AN EXTENSION OF STAY AFTER ADMISSION TO ARUBA
If a tourist wants to stay longer in
Aruba than the number of days granted on the ED-card upon admission, but
not for longer than 30 or 180 consecutive days if applicable, he will
have to apply at the DIMAS for an extension of his stay. The form for
tourist stay extension is available at the office of the DIMAS, and can
also be downloaded from www.dimasaruba.com.
An application for an extension of stay
can be filed at the DIMAS from Monday to Thursday, from 2:30 p.m. - 4:00
p.m.
There is no filing fee for a tourist extension application.
The following documents have to be
presented when filing for an extension:
- Original application form for
extension of tourist stay.
- Copy of the profile page and all the
written and stamped pages of the petitioner's passport, valid for at
least 3 months.
- Copy Embarkation-Disembarkation card
(ED-card).
- Copy valid return ticket.
- Copy of travel insurance (medical
and liability) valid for the duration of the extended stay.
- If the petitioner is not staying at
his own private residence or at a hotel/resort, he needs to present
a declaration of guarantee from a resident of Aruba who will act as
guarantor for their stay.
Anyone
wanting to stay longer than 180 days in Aruba will need a residence
permit and will not be considered a tourist.
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LIVING AND WORKING IN ARUBA
Anyone wanting to stay longer than 180
days in Aruba will need a residence permit and will not be considered a
tourist.
Persons who want to live and work in
Aruba must have a written permit (residence permit) from the DIMAS
(Directorate of Alien Integration, Policy and Admission).
For more information contact:
DIMAS
Wilhelminastraat 31-33
Oranjestad, Aruba
Tel. +297 522 1500
Fax. +297 522 1505
Click here to email
www.dimasaruba.com
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