British Virgin Islands
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Visa-free, 1 month
The allowance is per visit: it starts again on your next entry.
Entry and stay only. What this covers
Entry conditions1 to check
- The one-month entry grant for bona fide visitors is conditional on completing the BVI Immigration and Customs Online Embarkation/Disembarkation Form and possessing return or ongoing tickets, evidence of adequate means of support and pre-arranged accommodations during the stay.
Your stay
Add your arrival date to work out the stay that fits this rule.
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Official wording
Nationals of the Following Countries listed below require a visa to enter the BVI. … Bona fide visitors may be granted entry for up to one month at the ports of entry, provided that they possess:
Aevamo’s reading
The Immigration and Passport Act (Cap 130) is the instrument that creates the obligation: section 20 forbids landing without the leave of an immigration officer, section 37 requires a passport and, where required, a visa to be produced, and section 37(4) empowers the Cabinet to exempt classes of persons by Order. The visa list published by the BVI London Office is the Government's own current statement of how that Act and the Visa Exemption Order made under it apply; the Order itself is unreachable because laws.gov.vg is under scheduled maintenance.
The page defines who requires a visa by exclusion; none of the issuers in this row appears in that visa-required list, so they are bona fide visitors, and the entry-requirements paragraph grants bona fide visitors entry for up to one month at the ports of entry, which is the stay this row records. The same paragraph notes that stays beyond one month require an application for an extension of up to six months.
Source details
How the documents behind this regime are dated
bvi-london-visas: undated page, current as fetched on 2026-08-22 (records the Online ED card required from 1 January 2025). bvi-act-archive2: 'Revision Date: 30 June 2013'. uk-fcdo-bvi: current as of 2026-08-22.
What this answer covers Limits & assumptions
Work and residence rights are separate from this check. This is the entry rule and the length of stay the instrument grants. It is not a decision about you: the officer at the border decides admission, and we do not evaluate the purpose of your trip, your passport's remaining validity, an onward ticket, funds, insurance or health requirements.
Informational planning, not legal or immigration advice. The source is linked so you can check our reading.