I live in the USA. I’m an active SCUBA diver and have heard the Caymans have some amazing dive sites all around the islands.
I’ve been thinking about booking a trip down next year. Do I need a visa or passport to visit the islands?
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Sign up to join this communityI live in the USA. I’m an active SCUBA diver and have heard the Caymans have some amazing dive sites all around the islands.
I’ve been thinking about booking a trip down next year. Do I need a visa or passport to visit the islands?
US Citizens don't need a visa and can enter without a passport provided they can show an original or notarised birth certificate to prove their citizenship, and that they have a return or through ticket to a country that will accept them. (Source)
Whilst it might be technically possible to fly without a passport, returning to the US with just a birth certificate might lead to delays at US immigration.
A passport is the way to go.
As you are presumably a US resident, you can stay for up to 30 days:
Residents of the United States of America
A person resident in the United States of America who:
- arrives in the Cayman Islands directly from that country;
- on landing, produces a valid United States Alien Registration Card; and
- produces a return or round trip ticket to that country,
may be permitted to enter and remain in the Islands for a period not exceeding thirty days.