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Jamaica visa rules for United Kingdom passport holders

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The answer

Yes. United Kingdom passport holders can visit Jamaica visa-free.

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Visa-free
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ONE TIME LIVIN’VISA-FREE

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Official source

pica.gov.jmPassport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA), JamaicaChecked 29 Oct 2026

UK OF GREAT BRITAIN & NORTHERN IRELAND (Commonwealth) NO visa required

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Before you go

Passport validity

Your passport must be valid for at least 6 months.

The travel document should have at least six months' validity.

Tourist entry only

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

The other way round

What Jamaica passport holders need to visit the United Kingdom.

Jamaica passport United Kingdom

Visa needed

VN 1.1. A person who meets one or more of the criteria below needs entry clearance (a visa) in advance of travel to the UK for any purpose, unless they meet one of the exceptions set out in VN2.1 and VN2.2. (subject to VN 2.3.). (a) Nationals or citizens of the following countries or territorial entities (a "*" indicates there are exceptions in VN 2.2 to VN 6.5): Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Armenia Azerbaijan Bangladesh Belarus Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia Herzegovina Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad People's Republic of China* Colombia Comoros Congo Côte d'Ivoire (formerly Ivory Coast) Cuba Democratic Republic of the Congo Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) Ethiopia Fiji Gabon Gambia Georgia Ghana Guinea Guinea Bissau Haiti Honduras India Indonesia Iran Iraq Jamaica Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Korea (North) Kosovo Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar (formerly Burma) Namibia Nauru Nepal Nicaragua Niger Nigeria North Macedonia (formerly Macedonia) Pakistan Palestine Philippines Russia Rwanda São Tomé and Principe Senegal Serbia Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sri Lanka St Lucia Sudan Suriname Syria Taiwan* Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Vietnam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe

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Visa-free nearby

Other places United Kingdom passport holders can visit without a visa, within 2,500 km of Kingston, nearest first.

  1. HaitiPort-au-Prince, about 470 km from KingstonVisa-free · 90 days
  2. Cayman IslandsGeorge Town, about 500 km from KingstonVisa-free · 6 months
  3. Turks and Caicos IslandsCockburn Town, about 710 km from KingstonVisa-free · 90 days
  4. Dominican RepublicSanto Domingo, about 730 km from KingstonVisa-free · 30 days
  5. BahamasNassau, about 790 km from KingstonVisa-free

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

Weather in Kingston

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

  1. JanHigh 31.0°CLow 22.8°CRain 17 mm
  2. FebHigh 30.9°CLow 22.8°CRain 15 mm
  3. MarHigh 31.0°CLow 23.2°CRain 24 mm
  4. AprHigh 31.5°CLow 24.2°CRain 29 mm
  5. MayHigh 32.0°CLow 25.0°CRain 107 mm
  6. JunHigh 32.7°CLow 25.9°CRain 59 mm
  7. JulHigh 33.2°CLow 25.9°CRain 54 mm
  8. AugHigh 33.1°CLow 25.9°CRain 98 mm
  9. SepHigh 33.0°CLow 25.6°CRain 145 mm
  10. OctHigh 32.2°CLow 25.1°CRain 150 mm
  11. NovHigh 32.0°CLow 24.3°CRain 91 mm
  12. DecHigh 31.4°CLow 23.4°CRain 41 mm

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

Averages of 27 to 30 years between 1991 and 2020, computed by One Time Livin’.

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