Palm trees on Mayaro Beach, Trinidad and Tobago

Who needs a visa for Trinidad and Tobago?

Latin America and the Caribbean · Port of Spain

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

Of 198 nationalities, 100 enter Trinidad and Tobago with no paperwork at all. The rest: 5 can get a visa at the border and 93 must be approved before they travel.

We have not found a Trinidad and Tobago government portal we can link to with confidence, so we link to none — a lookalike is worse than nothing. Apply through Trinidad and Tobago's own immigration service or its embassy.

What do you need?

Who needs what

Visa free 100

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

Visa on arrival 5

Issued at the border rather than beforehand. Bring the fee in cash in the currency the border post accepts. It is a permission, not a guarantee.

Visa required 93

You must apply and be approved before you travel. Airlines will refuse to board you without it.

About Trinidad and Tobago

Region
Caribbean
Capital
Port of Spain
Population
1,367,764 2025 · 155th of 197
Size
5,130 km² 167th largest of 199
Density
267 per km²
Language
English
Currency
Trinidad and Tobago dollar TTD

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.