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Sint Maarten visa rules for Guinea-Bissau passport holders

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The answer

No. Guinea-Bissau passport holders need a visa to visit Sint Maarten.

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Official source

netherlandsworldwide.nlMinistry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands (NetherlandsWorldwide)Checked 2 Nov 2026

If your situation is not listed, you will need a visa for the Caribbean parts of the Kingdom.

Quoted from the source.

Who sets the entry rules

Sint Maarten has its own Caribbean visa. A multiple-entry Schengen visa lets you visit without one.

Source: netherlandsworldwide.nl

Before you go

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

Conditions from official sources

  • Needs the Sint Maarten Entry Form (ED card) completed at entry.sx before arrival.
  • Not needed with a multiple-entry Schengen, UK or Irish visa, a residence permit for a Schengen country, the UK, Ireland, the US, Canada or an overseas French territory, or a visa for French Saint Martin.

Passport validity

The source states no minimum passport validity.

Tourist entry only

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

Visa-free nearby

Other places Guinea-Bissau passport holders can visit without a visa, within 2,500 km of Philipsburg, nearest first.

  1. DominicaRoseau, about 350 km from PhilipsburgVisa-free · 21 days
  2. St. Vincent & GrenadinesKingstown, about 580 km from PhilipsburgVisa-free · 3 months
  3. BarbadosBridgetown, about 660 km from PhilipsburgVisa-free
  4. HaitiPort-au-Prince, about 980 km from PhilipsburgVisa-free · 90 days
  5. SurinameParamaribo, about 1,600 km from PhilipsburgVisa-free · 90 days

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

Weather in Philipsburg

Average high and low temperature and rainfall in Philipsburg, month by month.

  1. JanHigh 28.5°CLow 23.3°CRain 66 mm
  2. FebHigh 28.5°CLow 23.1°CRain 52 mm
  3. MarHigh 28.8°CLow 23.6°CRain 46 mm
  4. AprHigh 29.5°CLow 24.2°CRain 60 mm
  5. MayHigh 30.3°CLow 25.3°CRain 92 mm
  6. JunHigh 31.1°CLow 26.0°CRain 57 mm
  7. JulHigh 31.3°CLow 26.2°CRain 92 mm
  8. AugHigh 31.6°CLow 26.4°CRain 104 mm
  9. SepHigh 31.6°CLow 26.4°CRain 109 mm
  10. OctHigh 31.1°CLow 25.9°CRain 156 mm
  11. NovHigh 30.0°CLow 24.9°CRain 161 mm
  12. DecHigh 29.2°CLow 24.1°CRain 100 mm

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

Averages of 22 to 30 years between 1991 and 2020, computed by One Time Livin’.

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