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Passport validity requirements

To enter Bermuda, your passport must be valid for the duration of your stay and have space for entry and exit stamps.

Check with your travel provider that your passport and other travel documents meet requirements. Renew your passport if you need to.

You will be denied entry if you do not have a valid travel document or try to use a passport that has been reported lost or stolen.

Visa requirements

You can visit Bermuda without a visa for up to 180 days in any 12-month period. You must have a ticket for return or onward travel.

To stay longer or work, study, travel for business or other reasons, you must meet the Bermudian government’s entry requirements. 

If you want to work in Bermuda, you must get a job offer and work permit before you enter the country. You must not look for work while visiting as a tourist.

Checks at border control

At Bermudian border control, you may need to show:

• a return or onward ticket
• proof of your accommodation, for example, a hotel booking confirmation

Arrival card

Visitors must complete a Bermuda arrival card. Once you’ve completed the card, download it to show immigration officials. You can also complete a paper copy when you arrive in Bermuda. You do not have to complete a card if you arrive on a cruise ship.

Vaccine requirements

For details about medical entry requirements and recommended vaccinations, see TravelHealthPro’s Bermuda guide.

Customs rules

There are strict rules about goods you can take into or out of Bermuda. You must declare anything that may be prohibited or subject to tax or duty.

Taking money into Bermuda

You must declare cash, travellers cheques and other forms of payment if the value is more than 10,000 Bermuda dollars.

Medication

Make sure you carry any medication in the prescribed packaging and bring the prescription. See rules on prohibited and restricted goods.

Customs rules

There are strict rules about goods you can take into or out of Bermuda. You must declare anything that may be prohibited or subject to tax or duty.

Taking money into Bermuda

You must declare cash, travellers cheques and other forms of payment if the value is more than 10,000 Bermuda dollars.

Medication

Make sure you carry any medication in the prescribed packaging and bring the prescription. See rules on prohibited and restricted goods.

Emergency services in Bermuda

Telephone: 911 (ambulance, fire, police, maritime rescue)

The Bermuda government has advice about what to do in an emergency.

Contact your travel provider and insurer

Contact your travel provider and your insurer if you are involved in a serious incident or emergency abroad. They will tell you if they can help and what you need to do.

Refunds and changes to travel

For refunds or changes to travel, contact your travel provider. You may also be able to make a claim through insurance. However, insurers usually require you to talk to your travel provider first.

Find out more about changing or cancelling travel plans, including:

• where to get advice if you are in a dispute with a provider
• how to access previous versions of travel advice to support a claim

Support in Bermuda

If you’re in Bermuda and you need emergency help, contact the Bermuda government.

You can also contact the British Governor’s Office in Hamilton.

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Before you travel

No travel can be guaranteed safe. Read all the advice in this guide. You may also find it helpful to: 

• see general advice for women travellers
• read our guide on disability and travel abroad
• see general advice for LGBT+ travellers
• read about safety for solo and independent travel
• see advice on volunteering and adventure travel abroad

Travel insurance

If you choose to travel, research your destinations and get appropriate travel insurance. Insurance should cover your itinerary, planned activities and expenses in an emergency.

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Laws and cultural differences

Bermuda is a separate legal jurisdiction to the United Kingdom and has its own laws.

Public nudity

There are no nude or topless beaches, and it is illegal for anyone to be topless in public.

Illegal drugs penalties

Do not become involved with drugs of any kind. Penalties for possessing or importing drugs include prison sentences of up to 25 years and heavy fines.

Alcohol laws

It is illegal to drink alcohol in public outside of licensed premises.

Weapons

It is illegal to possess or import weapons, including:

• air pistols
• catapults
• ammunition, including empty magazines

There are severe penalties for breaking weapons laws.

LGBT+ travellers

Same-sex relationships are legal in Bermuda.

Bermuda allows same-sex domestic partnerships. Following a change in the law, same-sex partners can no longer marry – marriages before 14 March 2022 remain valid.

Public attitudes are tolerant but conservative. Some people may not approve of same-sex couples showing affection in public.

Read more advice for LGBT+ travellers.