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Passports are issued through the Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA), which was established in 2007 as an "Executive Agency" of the Government of Jamaica. [1] PICA processes all Jamaican passport applications through its offices in Kingston including for all applications received by its High Commissions and consulates abroad.
Visa requirements for Jamaican citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Jamaica.As of 2024, Jamaican citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 89 countries and territories, ranking the Jamaican passport 55th, tied with Guyanese passport and Nauruan passport in terms of travel freedom according to Henley Passport Index., [1]
However, Guyana eventually officially launched the passport on 13 July 2007. [8] Jamaica was expected to institute the passport by the end of 2007; however, this deadline lapsed, [9] and Jamaica was then expected to introduce the passport by January 2009, [10] finally launching the passport on 2 January 2009. [11]
The Jamaican embassy provides a point of contact for Jamaican citizens and expatriates living, working or vacationing in the U.S. It also handles visa applications for Americans wishing to travel to Jamaica. The embassy is headed by Audrey P. Marks, the current ambassador of Jamaica to the United States. [2]
The Henley Passport Index is a global ranking of countries according to the travel freedom allowed by those countries' ordinary passports for their citizens. [3] It was launched in 2005 as Henley & Partners Visa Restrictions Index [4] and was updated to Henley Passport Index in January 2018.
Consular requests from the six countries under the Mission's purview are usually transmitted through accredited Honorary Consuls of Jamaica living in each country. The Section provides a number of services including but not limited to: Processing applications for Passports, Visas, Citizenship and Emergency Certificates;
Visitors to Jamaica must obtain a visa from one of the Jamaican diplomatic missions or in certain cases from one of the United Kingdom diplomatic missions unless they are citizens of one of the visa-exempt countries or citizens who may obtain a visa on arrival.
From 1863, the Colony of Jamaica included the Cayman Islands and from 1874, the Turks and Caicos Islands. [32] Jamaica became a crown colony in 1866 and its administration and legislative authority were transferred to the crown. [56] In 1911, at the Imperial Conference a decision was made to draft a common nationality code for use across the ...