U.S. citizens require one of the following:

• A valid passport and a return/continuing ticket.
• A birth certificate with raised seal and photo identification and a return/continuing ticket.
• Naturalized citizens must show an original naturalization certificate with photo identification and a return/continuing ticket.
• Green Card holders must have a valid passport and a return/continuing ticket.

Canadian citizens require one of the following:

• A valid passport and a return/continuing ticket.
• A certified copy of birth certificate, a photo identification and a return/continuing ticket.
• Canadian residents require a "Landing permit" with valid passport and return/continuing ticket.

European Community citizens require:

• A valid passport and a return/continuing ticket.

Nationals of the following countries listed below require a visa for entry into the Netherlands Antilles for a maximum stay of 3 months (effective January 1, 2005):

• Afghanistan
• Albania
• Algeria
• Angola
• Armenia
• Azerbaijan
• Bahrain
• Bangladesh
• Belarus
• Benin
• Bhutan
• Bosnia-Herzegovina
• Botswana
• Burkina Faso
• Burundi
• Cambodia
• Cameroon
• Cape Verde
• Central African Republic
• Chad
• China, the Peoples Republic, with the exception of Hong Kong SAR en BNO document holders
• Colombia
• Comoros
• Congo-Brazzaville
• Congo-Democratic Republic (formerly Zaire)
• Cuba
• Djibouti
• Dominican Republic
• East Timor
• Egypt
• Equatorial Guinea
• Eritrea
• Ethiopia
• Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
• Fiji
• Gabon
• Gambia
• Georgia
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Guinea-Bissau
• Haiti
• India
• Indonesia
• Iran
• Iraq
• Ivory Coast
• Jordan
• Kazakhstan
• Kenya
• Kiribati
• Kuwait
• Kyrgyzstan
• Laos
• Lebanon
• Lesotho
• Liberia
• Libya
• Macedonia (formerly the Republic of Yugoslavia)
• Madagascar
• Malawi
• Maldives
• Mali
• Marshall Islands
• Mauritania
• Mauritius
• Micronesia
• Moldova
• Mongolia
• Morocco
• Mozambique
• Myanmar (formerly Burma)
• Namibia
• Nauru
• Nepal
• Niger
• Nigeria
• North Korea
• Northern Marianne
• Oman
• Pakistan
• Palau
• Palestinian Authority
• Papua New Guinea
• Peru
• Philippines
• Qatar
• Russian Federation
• Rwanda
• Sao Tome and Principe
• Saudi Arabia
• Senegal
• Serbia and Montenegro (Yugoslavia)
• Seychelles
• Sierra Leone
• Solomon Island
• Somalia
• South Africa
• Sri Lanka
• Sudan
• Swaziland
• Syria
• Taiwan
• Tajikistan
• Tanzania
• Thailand
• Togo
• Tonga
• Tunisia
• Turkey
• Turkmenistan
• Tuvalu
• Uganda
• Ukraine
• United Arab Emirates
• Uzbekistan
• Vanuatu
• Vietnam
• West Samoa
• Yemen
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

For other countries, kindly contact your closest Dutch Embassy or a St. Maarten Tourist Office.

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