Wooden houses in a riverside village in the rainforest of Suriname

Who needs a visa for Suriname?

Latin America and the Caribbean · Paramaribo

Photo: Forrestjunky / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0

Of 198 nationalities, 21 enter Suriname with no paperwork at all. The rest: 176 must be approved before they travel and 1 cannot travel there.

Apply on the official Suriname government site

This is the government's own portal. We are not paid to send you there.

What do you need?

Who needs what

Visa free 21

Nothing to apply for and nothing to pay before you travel.

eTA (electronic travel authorisation) 155

Not a visa. A short online form for travellers who are already visa-exempt, usually approved automatically in minutes to hours. No appointment, no interview, no documents.

eVisa (electronic visa) 21

A real visa application, made online instead of at an embassy. It is assessed, it takes days rather than minutes, and it can be refused.

No admission 1

A government policy, not a paperwork problem. No agent or service can work around it.

About Suriname

Region
South America
Capital
Paramaribo
Population
639,850 2025 · 167th of 197
Size
163,820 km² 90th largest of 199
Density
4 per km²
Language
Dutch
Currency
Surinamese dollar SRD
Borders
Brazil Guyana

Capital, area, languages and currency from the open country dataset, pulled 21 September 2026. Population from the World Bank, series updated 13 July 2026. Density is calculated from the two figures above.