GEN 1 NATIONAL REGULATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS

GEN 1.3 ENTRY, TRANSIT AND DEPARTURE OF PASSENGERS AND CREW

 
 

1 BONAIRE

1.1 Customs requirements

 
1.1.1. Baggage or articles belonging to disembarking passengers and crew:
Baggage or articles belonging to disembarking passengers and crew are immediately released except for those selected for inspection by the customs authorities. Such baggage will be cleared on the basis of an oral declaration except in the case of returning citizens.
 
1.1.2. Customs formalities:
No customs formalities are normally required on departure. 
By random test passengers, crews and luggage are examined through customs.
 

1.2 Immigration requirements - BES-islands

 
1.2.1. Documents or visas:
No documents or visas are required of passengers arriving and departing on the same through flight or transferring to another flight at the same airport provided they remain in the transit area. If leaving the transit area for more than 48 hours a visa will be required.
 
1.2.2. Entering the Dutch Caribbean for the purpose of immigration:
A person entering the Dutch Caribbean for the purpose of immigration must hold a valid passport and an immigration visa, the latter being issued
at the embassy's or consulates of The Netherlands abroad.  
 
The visa is valid for the territory of the Dutch Caribbean (excluding Aruba). Temporary visitors in the possession of a visa for the Dutch Caribbean
territory may travel between the islands of Curaçao, St. Maarten, Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba (BES islands).
 
People from the following nationalities may enter with a valid Passport and with a Dutch Caribbean visa:
• Colombian
• Bolivian
• Peruvian
• Dominican
• Haitian
 
People with a valid Schengen or American multiple visa may enter:
The 26 Schengen countries are:
Belgium Germany France Luxembourg Netherlands
Portugal Spain Italy Austria Greece
Denmark Finland Sweden Norway Iceland
Estonia Latvia Lithuania Slovakia Hungary
Poland Czech Republic Slovenia Malta Switzerland
Liechtenstein        
The 26 Schengen coutries are: Belgium Germany France Luxembourg Netherlands Portugal Spain Italy Austria Greece Denmark Finland Sweden Norway Iceland Estonia |Latvia Lithuania Slovakia Hungary Poland Czech Republic Slovenia Malta Switzerland, and Liechtenstein.
 
No entry visas are required for temporary visitors from the following states:
 
Andorra Dominica Japan Singapore
Antigua & Barbuda Ecuador Korea (South) Slovakia
Argentina El Salvador Latvia Slovenia
Australia Estonia Liechtenstein Spain
Austria Finland Lithuania St. Christopher and Nevis (St. Kitts)
Bahamas France Luxemburg St. Lucia
Barbados Germany Macao: SAR St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Belgium Greece Malaysia Suriname
Belize Grenada Malta Sweden
Bolivia Guatemala México Switzerland
Brazil Guyana Monaco Trinidad & Tobago
Brunei Honduras New Zeeland Turkey*
Bulgaria Hungary Nicaragua United Kingdom
Canada Hong Kong: BNO Norway Uruguay
Chili Hong Kong: SAR Panama United States of America
Costa Rica Iceland Paraguay Vatican City
Croatia Ireland Poland Venezuela
Cyprus Israel Portugal  
Czech Republic Italy Romania  
Denmark Jamaica San Marino  

* Special and Service Passport
 
The standard ICAO embarkation/disembarkation card is not required from the citizens of Curaçao, St. Maarten and the BES Islands.

Temporary visitors must complete the standard ICAO E/D card and be in possession of a valid passport, with the exception of the following nationals from whom existing official documents of identity are acceptable in lieu of a valid passport:

Visitors from the United States of America having the following issued by U.S.A. Authorities:
  • A valid passport; or
  • Valid Alien Registration Card and valid Passport

 

Visitors from Canada having the following issued by Canadian Authorities:
  • Certificate of Proof of Canadian Citizenship and valid passport;
  • Certificate of Proof of Naturalization and valid passport;
  • Certificate of Identity and valid passport;
  • A valid passport.
 
The Dutch Caribbean Visas can be obtained at a Dutch Embassy.  Entry visas are required for a temporary visit from nationals of the following States:
 
Entry visas are required for a temporary visit from nationals of the following States:
Afghanistan Former Rep. of Macedonia Micronesia South Africa
Albania Gabon Mongolia Sri Lanka
Algeria Gambia Morocco Sudan
Angola Georgia Mozambique Swaziland
Armenia Ghana Myanmar Syrian Arab Republic
Azerbaijan Guinea Namibi Tajikistan
Bahrain Guinea-Bissau Naurua Taiwan
Bangladesh Haiti Nepal Tanzania
Belarus India Niger Thailand
Benin Indonesia Nigeria Togo
Bhutan Iran Northern Mariana Tonga
Bosnia-Herzegovina Iraq Oman Chad
Botswana Ivory Coast Republic Pakistan Tunisia
Burkina Faso Jordan Palau Turkey*
Burundi Kazakhstan Palestine Turkmenistan
Cambodia Kenya Papua New Guinea Tuvalu
Cameroon Kiribati Peru Uganda
Cape Verde Korea North Philippines Ukraine
Central African Republic Kuwait Qatar United Arab Emirates
China Kurdistan Republic of Moldova Uzbekistan
Colombia Laos Russian Federation Vanuatu
Comoros Lebanon Rwanda Vietnam
Congo Lesotho Samoa West Yemen
Cuba Liberia São Tomé and Príncipe Yugoslav Federation
Djibouti Libya Principe Zambia
Dominican Republic Madagascar Saudi Arabia Zimbabwe
East Timor Malawi Senegal  
Egypt Maldives Serbia  
Equatorial Guinea Mali Seychelles  
Eritrea Marshall Islands Sierra Leon  
Ethiopia Mauritania Solomon Islands  
Fiji Islands Mauritius Somalia  

* Normal Passport
 
1.2.3. Flight crew members on scheduled services:
For flight crew members on scheduled services who keep possession of their licenses when embarking and disembarking, remain at the airport where the aircraft has stopped or within the of the arrival of incoming aircraft with the exception as stated in 4.1.2, such information must be transmitted so that it will be received by the public authorities concerned at least two hours in advance of arrival; the landing must be carried out at a previously designated international aerodrome.
 
1.2.4. Embarking passengers:
No departure formalities are required for embarking passengers.
 
1.2.5. Rules covering admission:
The rules covering admission are incorporated in the Federal Ordinance on Admission and Deportation (Law Act per island please see below) and in a series of Ministerial Decrees for enforcing the Federal Ordinance and the Admission Resolution.

Bonaire: P.B. 1962, nr 60, the Admission Resolution (P.B. 1963, nr 1).
 
 

1.3 Temporary residence

 
Visitors and tourists may enter and remain in the Dutch Caribbean territory without a permit for temporary residence for a period not exceeding thirty days.

For a stay exceeding thirty days a permit for temporary residence is required. The petition should be submitted to the Lieutenant Governor of the island/territory for which the applicant wishes to obtain a temporary residence.

Temporary residence can be obtained at the Immigratie- en Naturalisatiedienst Caribisch Nederland (IND-CN).

 

Immigratie- en Naturalisatiedienst Caribisch Nederland (IND-CN)
Adress: Kaya Gresia 11, Kralendijk, Bonaire
Telephone: +599 715 8330
E-mailadres:  IND@rijksdienstCN.com
Webiste:  https://www.rijksdienstcn.com/immigratie-naturalisatie/
 
 

1.4 Public health requirements

 
Disembarking passengers are not required to present vaccination certificates except when coming directly from an area infected with ebola, cholera, yellow fever, chicken pox or smallpox.