As of July 1, 2006, persons planning to visit Aruba as a tourist may do so for a period not exceeding 30 days (exceptions provided hereunder) for the purpose of recreation, sports, health, family reasons, study, religious purposes or business must submit the following documentation:

» A valid travel document, which should be provided with a visa for Aruba in case it concerns a national, NOT mentioned in list A or B. The travel document must be valid for at least more than 3 months than the return travel date mentioned on the visitor's ticket;

» The necessary documents for returning to the country of origin (valid permanent resident document)

» Proof of sufficient funds to stay in Aruba;

» Return or onward ticket and other documents required for the next destination (visa etc.);

» A completely filled out and signed ED-Card which you will receive on the aircraft

Please note that travel insurance is presently being considered as a requirement. Please visit www.aruba.com regularly for updates on travel insurance. It is in any case highly recommended to buy travel insurance when traveling anywhere.

Non-compliance with one of the above mentioned documentations might result in refusal of entry to Aruba. The Immigration of Aruba, based on the funds the tourist is traveling with, shall determine the period of stay in Aruba.

 

VISITORS WITHOUT A VISA REQUIREMENT FOR ARUBA

Countries allowed to visit Aruba for up to 180 days
Nationals of the countries mentioned in list A are allowed to visit Aruba as a tourist for up to 180 days, provided all aforementioned requirements were met. The total number of days per year cannot exceed 180 days.

List A
U.S.A	France	Malta
Canada	Germany	Poland
Austria	Greece	Portugal
Belgium	Hungary	Romania
Bulgaria	Japan	Slovakia
Czech Republic	Ireland	Spain
Cyprus	Italy	Sweden
Denmark	Latvia	Switzerland
Estonia	Lithuania	United Kingdom
Finland	Luxembourg

Tourists who are nationals from one of these countries, and who during their stay in Aruba have decided that they would like to stay for more days than they indicated on the ED-card upon entering Aruba, can do so provided that the total number of days does not exceed 180 days. They are not required to contact the DIMAS for an extension of their stay.

The total amount of days of tourism stay on Aruba cannot exceed 180 days per calendar year.  

 

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Countries allowed to visit Aruba for up to 30 days

List B
Andorra	El Salvador	New Zealand
Antigua and Barbuda	Grenada	Norway
Argentina	Guatemala	Panama
Australia	Guyana	Paraguay
Bahamas	Honduras	San Marino
Barbados	Hong Kong: holders of British National Overseas passport	Singapore
Belize	Iceland	St. Christopher and Nevis (St. Kitts)
Bolivia	Israel	St. Lucia
Brazil	Korea (South)	St. Vincent and the Grenadine
Brunei	Liechtenstein	Surinam
Chili	Malaysia	Trinidad & Tobago
Costa Rica	Macau: holders of British National Overseas passport	Uruguay
Croatia	Mexico	Vatican City
Dominica	Monaco	Venezuela
Ecuador	Nicaragua

Nationals of the countries mentioned in list B are allowed to visit Aruba as a tourist for 30 consecutive days without a visa, and are granted this amount of days upon entry to Aruba. They have the possibility to extend their stay for up to 180 consecutive days (per year) if they so choose, because they have property on the island (ownership of a house, time-share apartment or a pleasure yacht moored in Aruba with a length of at least 14 meters from the water line). They must be able to show proof hereof (for example a copy of the timeshare contract) to the immigration officer upon entering Aruba, where after the visitor can be granted a stay in Aruba of more than 30 days but not exceeding 180 days per year.

 

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VISITORS WITH VISA REQUIREMENT FOR ARUBA
Nationals of countries mentioned in list C must have a visa to travel to Aruba, and are allowed to visit Aruba as a tourist for up to 30 consecutive days, provided that all requirements were met.
 

List C
Afghanistan	Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia-Montenegro)	Mali	Saudi Arabia
Albania	Fiji Islands	Marshall Islands	Senegal
Algeria	Gabon	Mauritania	Seychelles
Angola	Gambia	Mauritius	Sierra Leone
Armenia	Georgia	Micronesia	Somalia
Azerbaijan	Ghana	Moldavia	South Africa
Bahrain	Guinea	Mongolia	Sri Lanka
Bangladesh	Guinea-Bissau	Morocco	Sudan
Belarus	Haiti	Mozambique	Swaziland
Benin	India	Myanmar (former Burma)	Syria
Bhutan	Indonesia	Namibia	Tadzhikistan
Bosnia-Herzegovina	Iran	Nauru	Taiwan (People's Republic of China)
Botswana	Iraq	Nepal	Tanzania
Burkina Faso	Ivory Coast	Niger	Thailand
Burundi	Jamaica	Nigeria	Togo
Cambodia	Jordan	North Korea	Tonga
Cameroon	Kazakhstan	Northern Mariana Islands	Tunisia
Cape Verde Islands	Kenya	Oman	Turkey
Chad	Kyrgyz	Pakistan	Turkmenistan
Colombia	Kiribati	Palau	Tuvalu
Comoros	Kuwait	Papua New Guinea	Uganda
Congo (Brazzaville)	Laos	People's Republic of China	Ukraine
Cuba	Lebanon	Peru	United Arab Emirates
Democratic Republic of Congo (former Zaire)	Lesotho	Philippines	Uzbekistan
Djibouti	Liberia	Qatar	Vanuatu
Dominican Republic	Libya	Republic of Central Africa	Vietnam
Egypt	Macedonia (former Republic of Yugoslavia)	Russian Federation	Western Samoa
Equatorial Guinea	Madagascar	Rwanda	Yemen
Eritrea	Malawi	Salomon Islands	Zambia
Ethiopia	Maldives	Sao Tome and Principe	Zimbabwe

Visitors with visa requirement who want to stay longer than 30 days in Aruba

With property in Aruba
Nationals of the countries mentioned in list C who were granted a visa for Aruba, and who want to stay on the island for more than the maximum of 30 days allowed because they have ownership of a property on the island, can apply for this upon entering Aruba. They must be able to provide to the immigration officer one of the following: proof of ownership of a house in Aruba, proof of ownership of a time-share apartment or proof of ownership of a pleasure yacht moored in Aruba with a length of at least 14 meters from the water line. If the immigration officer is satisfied that this is the case and that all the other aforementioned requirements have been met, the visitor (s) with a visa requirement can be granted a stay in Aruba of more than 30 days but not exceeding 180 days. Once the visitor in this case has been granted a certain amount of days to stay in Aruba that exceeds 30 days but is less than 180 days, and he/she decides during his/her stay on Aruba that he/she wants to stay on the island for additional days (not exceeding 180 days in total), than he/she must apply for an extension of his/her stay at the DIMAS.

Without property in Aruba
Visitors who require a visa and who do not own property in Aruba, but who want to stay longer in Aruba than the duration of admittance (the visa) granted to them, can submit for that purpose a written and motivated request to the DIMAS during their stay in Aruba by filling out the application form for this purpose at the DIMAS. The DIMAS will subsequently review the request, after which it will either be granted or denied. Requesting an extension of the duration of admittance does not automatically imply that it will be granted. In case it is granted, under no circumstances will the consecutive period of stay in Aruba exceed 30 days. For example, a tourist from Colombia who has received a visa for a length of stay of 15 days in Aruba, and who wants to extend it by 15 days, must submit a request to the DIMAS to extend his/her length of stay to up to 30 days.

 

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Required documentation for a visa application for recreational purposes

General documents:

» A fully completed and signed application form

» A recent color passport size photo

» A valid passport, which at the submission of the visa application  
  has a validity of more than three months.

» A copy of the ID-page of the passport

» For people not having the nationality of the country where they
   reside, a copy of the resident permit

» One of the following proof of financial solvency:

» Cash, travelers checks, credit cards

» The originals of the last three monthly salary or bank
   statements and a copy of same.

» A bank letter stating the solvency of applicant

» If self employed, excerpt of the company's registration from the
   Chamber of Commerce

» Employment letter showing salary, position, total time on job,
   guarantee of employment upon return

» Valid travel insurance with coverage of at least 30.000EUR
   (approx. US$39.000)

» A ticket or reservation of the trip

» A copy of the hotel reservation

HOW TO APPLY FOR A VISA FOR ARUBA
Visitors, who are nationals of countries that require a visa for Aruba, must submit a visa application in person at an Embassy or a Consulate (diplomatic missions) of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. For information about the required documents and for visa application forms, the person with visa requirements who intends to visit Aruba should contact the nearest Dutch diplomatic mission. They can refer to the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands to obtain the contact information for the Dutch Embassy of Consulate of their choice, www.mfa.nl/en.

 

 

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Definition of a Valid Travel Document

A. Visitors entering Aruba from the United States of America must have in their possession A VALID PASSPORT AS THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY SECURITY ( US GOVERNMENT) REQUIRES A PASSPORT FOR RE-ENTRY INTO THE UNITED STATES and ONE of the following documents.
1. For USA citizens born in the USA: ONLY A VALID PASSPORT
2. For USA citizens born outside the USA: a valid passport and an original Certificate of Naturalization with a raised seal and photo identification;
3. A resident of the USA (non USA citizens) for whom NO visa-requirements are applicable for Aruba must have:

- A re-entry permit
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- An Alien Registration Card (Green Card);

4. A resident of the USA (non USA citizens) for whom visa-requirements are applicable for Aruba must travel either with:

- A valid national passport (provided with a visa for Aruba) or
- A U.S. government issued refugee passport
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- re-entry permit (provided with a visa for Aruba)
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- An Alien Registration Card (Green Card).
 

B. Visitors entering Aruba from Canada must have in their possession ONE of the following documents:
1. A valid Canadian passport;
2. Canadian citizens born in Canada must have a (miniature-original) birth certificate and photo identification (valid driver's license); a (miniature) baptismal certificate or a (miniature) certificate of Proof of Canadian Citizenship;
3. Canadian citizens born outside of Canada must have:

- An original Certificate of Naturalization
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- A (miniature) Certificate of Proof of Canadian Citizenship;

4. Canadian residents for whom NO visa-requirements are applicable for Aruba must have:

- A national passport
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- A Canadian Immigration Identification Certificate (CHC) with a landing stamp in the national passport
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- A Certificate of identity;

5. Canadian residents, for whom visa-requirements are applicable for Aruba, must travel with:

- A valid national passport with a landing stamp in the passport provided with a visa for Aruba
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- A Canadian Immigration Identification Certificate with a visa for Aruba.


 

PASSPORTS REQUIRED

The U.S. State Department and the Department Homeland Security recently announced the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative, which will require all U.S. citizens and foreign nationals, to carry a passport or other accepted secure documents to enter or re-enter the U.S. from vacations or business travel anywhere in the Caribbean effective January 23, 2007. This requirement is applied to all air and sea travel. It is therefore advisable for all travelers from the U.S. to apply for their passports, and to allow six to eight weeks to process U.S. passport applications in anticipation of their vacations to Aruba, where happiness lives. For more information on the new U.S. passport initiative, please visit www.travel.state.gov.
 

 

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Working in Aruba

All visitors wishing to work in Aruba must have a written permit from the Directorate of Alien Integration, Policy and Admission (DIMAS). Visitors are not allowed to be in paid employment by an Aruban employer while visiting Aruba as a tourist. Further information and application forms for written permits can be obtained free of charge at the DIMAS.

For more information please contact:

Departamento di Integracion, Maneho y Admision di Stranhero (DIMAS)
The Directorate of Alien Integration, Policy and Admission
Wilhelminastraat 31-33
Oranjestad, Aruba
Tel: (297) 5221500
Fax: (297) 5221505
Call center: (297) 5221590
Appointment line: (297) 5221502
Fax short stay department (visa): (297) 5221501
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