Do Barbadian passport holders need a visa for Egypt?

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Yes, and there is one route rather than two. Barbadian passport holders need an Egyptian tourist visa and buy it on arrival at the airport, currently 30 US dollars for a single entry of up to 30 days. Barbados is not on the list of nationalities Egypt lets apply through its official e-Visa portal, so the online option other travellers use is closed to you.

Quick facts

Travel authorisation

Visa required: Yes, bought on arrival
Official e-Visa: Not available to Barbadian passport holders
Fee: 30 US dollars, single entry
Maximum stay: 30 days
Payment: Cash, in US dollars, euros or pounds sterling
Barbadian dollars: Not exchangeable in Egypt. Carry hard currency
Passport validity: At least six months beyond arrival

Entry requirements

A Barbadian passport valid for at least six months from the date you arrive.
The fee in cash. The counter takes US dollars, euros or pounds sterling, in clean undamaged notes.
Proof of onward or return travel and an address for your stay.
Nothing applied for in advance, because there is nothing you can apply for on this passport.

How the visa works for a Barbadian passport

Do not spend time looking for the online application. Egypt runs an official e-Visa at visa2egypt.gov.eg for a defined list of nationalities, and Barbados is not among them. Barbados is on the visa-on-arrival list instead, which is a different mechanism and works at the airport.

Buy the visa at the bank counter in the arrivals hall, before passport control. It is a sticker, it costs 30 US dollars, and the queue is usually 15 to 45 minutes depending on how many flights have just landed.

Pay in cash. Card terminals at those counters are unreliable and Barbadian dollars are not an accepted or exchangeable currency in Egypt, so bring US dollars, euros or sterling in notes rather than expecting to draw cash on arrival.

You are given a single entry of up to 30 days, stamped at immigration once you have the sticker.

Good to know

The absence of an e-Visa is what makes this route different, and it is also what the scam economy feeds on. Barbadians are used to travelling widely without arranging much in advance, so finding no official Egyptian portal that accepts the passport, many people land on an agency site that appears to offer one. Those charge many times the real fee for an application Egypt will not process on a Barbadian passport, and the traveller still buys the visa at the airport on arrival. If a site offers you an Egyptian e-Visa on a Barbadian passport, that alone tells you it is not the government.
You cannot get certainty before you fly, and that is worth accepting rather than fighting. With no e-Visa and no pre-approval route, the first official decision on your entry happens after you have landed. Visa on arrival is a published entitlement rather than a favour, so this is not as precarious as it sounds, but it does mean the answer to "can I confirm before booking" is genuinely no. Carry the return booking and the hotel confirmation so the conversation at the counter is short.
Bring more cash than the fee, in the right notes. The counters want clean, undamaged bills and are particular about older US dollar series. A torn or heavily worn note can be refused outright, which is a problem when it is the only way to buy the document that lets you through immigration. Two clean twenties are better than an exact thirty in poor condition.
The visa is single entry, so a Red Sea and Jordan itinerary needs planning. Crossing to Aqaba or Petra and coming back into Egypt uses up the entry you paid for, and the second crossing means buying again. There is a multiple-entry option, but on this passport it is not available online, so it has to be raised at the counter rather than arranged beforehand.

Frequently asked questions

Do Barbadians need a visa for Egypt?

Yes, bought on arrival at the airport for 30 US dollars, giving a single entry of up to 30 days.

Can Barbadians apply for the Egyptian e-Visa online?

No. Barbados is not on the list of nationalities Egypt accepts through its official e-Visa portal. Sites offering one are not going to produce a visa.

How do I pay for the visa on arrival?

In cash, in US dollars, euros or pounds sterling. Barbadian dollars are not accepted or exchangeable in Egypt, and card terminals at the counters are unreliable.

How long can I stay?

Up to 30 days on a single entry. Leaving Egypt and returning means buying another visa.

Do I need six months on my passport?

Yes. Egypt asks for at least six months of validity beyond your arrival date.

Other passports for Egypt

Nauru passport holders visiting Egypt

Other destinations for Barbados passport holders

Barbados passport holders visiting United States

Sources

Every fact on this page was checked against the official sources below on 25 August 2026.

Wikipedia, Visa policy of Egypt (raw source checked against both lists, 2026-08-25) — Barbados appears in the visa-on-arrival list and in neither e-Visa category (en.wikipedia.org)
VisasNews / iVisa — Egypt single-entry visa fee raised from 25 to 30 US dollars effective 1 March 2026 (visasnews.com, ivisa.com)
Egyptian official e-Visa portal, visa2egypt.gov.eg — the eligible-nationality list; Barbados is absent (visa2egypt.gov.eg)

Entry rules change without notice and the official source is always the authority. Confirm with the embassy or immigration portal before you book.

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