{"question":{"passport":"KOR","destination":"SUR","entryDate":"2026-09-12"},"dateBasis":"reference-date","status":"conditional","headline":"Travel authorisation, 90 days","requirement":{"kind":"eta","message":"Before you travel: you need a travel authorisation (Entry Fee).","schemeName":"Entry Fee"},"stay":{"kind":"DAYS","maxDays":90,"ruleType":"RESETS_ON_EXIT","phrasing":"You may stay up to 90 days."},"conditions":[{"kind":"PROCEDURE","text":"From January 15, 2024, all travelers required to pay the Entry Fee must pay it prior to the trip via the VFS Global Suriname online application, and without the voucher they will not be admitted to Surinamese territory."}],"caveat":null,"source":{"documentId":"bekendmaking-2025-04-26","url":"https://gov.sr/ministeries/ministerie-van-buitenlandse-zaken-internationale-handel-samenwerking/reizen-naar-suriname/","passage":"Per 01 juli 2022 heeft de Regering van de Republiek Suriname de eenzijdige visumafschaffing voor bepaalde landen ingesteld. Dat wil zeggen dat Staatsburgers van die landen visumvrij mogen afreizen naar Suriname voor toeristische doeleinden en of familiebezoek tot een maximal verblijf van 90 dagen. … De landen waarvoor deze eenzijdige visumafschaffing per 1 mei 2023 niet van toepassing is, zijn: de Dominicaanse Republiek, India, Venezuela, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Angola, Ghana, Kameroen, Kenia, Nigeria, Zambia, Zuid-Afrika, Eritrea, Somalië, Egypte, Tunesië, Cuba en Syrië. … Met deze maatregel moeten alle Staatsburgers de Entry Fee betalen om toegelaten te worden tot het Surinaams grondgebied. … Per 01 januari 2023 kan de betaling van de “Entry Fee” uitsluitend op de navolgende wijze geschieden: online via het webadres van VFS Global https://suriname.vfsevisa.com/suriname/online/login","explanation":"The ministry's travel page makes nationals of countries not on the 21-country exclusion list visa-free for tourism or family visits up to 90 days, then states that all nationals must pay the Entry Fee to be admitted and that payment is made exclusively online through VFS Global; each issuer in this row is absent from the 21-country list and from the fee-exemption groups, so each must arrange the Entry Fee voucher online before travel.","publisher":"Reizen naar Suriname … Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken, Internationale Handel & Samenwerking"},"checkedAt":"2026-08-30","snapshotAsOf":"2026-09-10","dataVersion":"4f66864a7d4f8a08b6c8c7e446d7f16addcd9303","upcomingChange":null,"alternatives":[],"scope":{"covers":["recorded entry requirement","recorded stay allowance"],"notEstablished":["personal admission decision","work permission","residence rights","tax position","individual eligibility for every condition"],"passportType":"ordinary"}}