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Guadeloupe visa rules for Bahrain passport holders

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The answer

No. Bahrain passport holders need a visa to visit Guadeloupe.

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Official source

Arrêté du 26 juillet 2011 relatif aux documents et visas exigés pour l'entrée des étrangers sur le territoire de la Guadeloupe, la Guyane, la Martinique, La Réunion et de la collectivité de Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, Légifrance (DILA, French Government): version en vigueur au 3 novembre 2026 (Annexe II en vigueur depuis le 19 juin 2025, arrêté du 28 mai 2025), from DILA's LEGI open dataChecked 3 Nov 2026

aux titulaires d'un passeport ordinaire sur lequel est apposé un visa à entrées multiples dont la durée de validité est comprise entre six mois et cinq ans, délivré par une autorité consulaire française

Quoted from the source.

Who sets the entry rules

Guadeloupe is part of France but outside the Schengen area, so it has its own visa rules.

Source: service-public.gouv.fr

Before you go

The conditions that come with this rule, from its official sources.

Conditions from official sources

  • Not needed if the passport holds a multiple-entry visa valid for 6 months to 5 years issued by a French consulate.
  • Not needed if holding a valid residence permit or long-stay visa issued by France or another Schengen state.
  • Needs a passport issued less than 10 years ago, valid at least 3 months after leaving, with at least two blank pages.

Passport validity

Your passport must be valid for at least 3 months.

sa durée de validité est supérieure d'au moins trois mois à la date à laquelle le demandeur a prévu de quitter le territoire visé ci-dessus

Tourist entry only

These rules cover tourist visits. Work, study and transit follow other rules.

Visa-free nearby

Other places Bahrain passport holders can visit without a visa, within 2,500 km of Basse-Terre, nearest first.

  1. DominicaRoseau, about 90 km from Basse-TerreVisa-free · 21 days
  2. St. Vincent & GrenadinesKingstown, about 320 km from Basse-TerreVisa-free · 3 months
  3. BarbadosBridgetown, about 390 km from Basse-TerreVisa-free
  4. Dominican RepublicSanto Domingo, about 910 km from Basse-TerreVisa-free · 30 days
  5. HaitiPort-au-Prince, about 1,160 km from Basse-TerreVisa-free · 90 days

We list only countries whose rules we have reviewed. More appear as we review them.

Weather in Basse-Terre

Average high and low temperature and rainfall in Basse-Terre, month by month.

  1. JanHigh 29.1°CLow 20.9°CRain 89 mm
  2. FebHigh 29.2°CLow 21.0°CRain 58 mm
  3. MarHigh 29.6°CLow 21.1°CRain 72 mm
  4. AprHigh 30.2°CLow 22.4°CRain 99 mm
  5. MayHigh 30.8°CLow 23.7°CRain 123 mm
  6. JunHigh 31.4°CLow 24.5°CRain 105 mm
  7. JulHigh 31.6°CLow 24.5°CRain 135 mm
  8. AugHigh 31.8°CLow 24.3°CRain 163 mm
  9. SepHigh 31.7°CLow 24.0°CRain 198 mm
  10. OctHigh 31.3°CLow 23.5°CRain 203 mm
  11. NovHigh 30.5°CLow 22.6°CRain 180 mm
  12. DecHigh 29.6°CLow 21.6°CRain 126 mm

Bar and large number: average high, °CSmaller number: average low, °Cmm: average rainfall

Averages of 30 years between 1991 and 2020, computed by One Time Livin’.

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