Jungle-clad Mayan ruins, centuries-old villages with beautiful cobbled streets, white-sand seashores and world-class diving alongside the world’s second-largest barrier reef: Honduras has all of it, in spades.
But the nation typically will get unfairly missed as a result of its current turbulent historical past. And lots of of its assorted charms are nonetheless under-explored in comparison with these of its nearest neighbors.
Getting into and leaving Honduras is comparatively simple, although necessities range relying in your nationality. Right here’s our information to Honduras’ entry necessities, from data on visas and prices to particulars on easy methods to apply.
Visa-free stays and vacationer playing cards for Honduras
In accordance with present Honduras visa requirements, nationals of Western European nations, together with these of Canada, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, USA, Israel, most South and Central American nations and a few Asian and African nations require neither a visa nor a vacationer card to enter Honduras, and are eligible for a free 90-day keep upon getting into the nation.
All you want is a passport (legitimate for six months past the proposed period of your keep), return or onward tickets and proof of yellow fever vaccination in the event you’re arriving from Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, and the vast majority of South American and African locations.
In 2006, Honduras signed the Central America-4 (CA-4) Border Management Settlement with El Salvador, Guatemala and Nicaragua, that means a keep in any of the neighboring nations counts towards your 90-day restrict in Honduras. You’ll have to go to a vacation spot exterior of those 4 nations as a way to re-enter for one more 90 days.
Who wants a visa to go to Honduras?
Nationals of most Asian and African nations should acquire a Honduras Tourist/Business Visa upfront if touring to Honduras for tourism, enterprise or family-related functions. You’ll want to use at your nearest Honduran embassy or consulate, pay the visa payment (US$30) and produce the next:
- Absolutely accomplished visa utility kind
- Two current pictures the identical dimension as your passport picture
- Your legitimate passport, with an expiration date that’s at the least six months away
- Your round-trip flight itinerary between your present nation of keep and Honduras
- Invitation letter from a bunch/tourism company in Honduras
- Proof of other-country visas that you just presently maintain
- Present residency standing (eg pupil, vacationer, and so forth), if you’re a international resident of the nation during which you might be making use of for the visa to Honduras
- Copy of proof of payment fee
Can I prolong a Honduras visa?
If you wish to extend your stay in Honduras, a one-time 30-day extension is comparatively simple to acquire from the primary immigration workplace in Tegucigalpa (1a Calle, cnr 14 de Julio; open 7:30am to three:30pm Monday to Friday; tel +504 2442 0638) for a payment of US$20.
There are additionally immigration workplace branches in La Ceiba, San Pedro Sula, Tela and Utila – although sure vacationers have reported issues with getting their keep prolonged at some regional workplaces. As a substitute of making use of for an extension, you possibly can simply make a journey to a close-by nation exterior the CA-4 border settlement zone (Belize and Costa Rica are the closest) for at the least 72 hours, after which re-enter Honduras for one more 90 days.
Work and volunteer visas in Honduras
If you happen to’re on the lookout for volunteer opportunities in Honduras, similar to educating English, helping with iguana breeding or engaged on varied building initiatives, visa-free entry or a vacationer visa is adequate.
Some informal work alternatives additionally exist, significantly on the Bay Islands. Most diving instructors are foreigners, and a few guests taking PADI Divemaster programs complement their stick with waitressing or bartending and not using a work allow in Roatán’s West Bay and West Finish or on Utila. Nationals of most nations don’t want a piece visa to participate in sure enterprise actions like bartending, waitressing or scuba diving instruction, throughout their 90-day keep.
