Haitian Visa is not required for Zambians
Stay Duration: 90 days
Entry Requirements
- Zambians intending to travel to Haiti for visitation purposes can stay for a duration of 90 days without a visa.
- Zambians intending to travel to Haiti must have an onward and return ticket.
- Travelers are required to provide a passport with six months of validity and with at least two blank pages for stamps on arrival and departure.
- Travelers are required to pay a fee of US$10 on arrival.
- Travelers must pay a US $55 departure tax. For most international flights this is included in the price of the ticket. You may wish to check this with your airline or tour operator before you travel. If the departure tax is not included in your airfare, make sure you have enough US dollars or local currency on departure.
- Labadee, a port near Cap Haitien in the north – only accessible by cruise ship passengers – has private security and low rates of reported crime. Travelers should exercise reasonable precautions.
- Penalties for possession, use, or trafficking in illegal drugs are severe. If convicted, expect long jail sentences and heavy fines. The judicial process in Haiti is extremely slow for both private business disputes and criminal cases. Progress in a case is often dependent on unrelated factors, such as political connections.
- Goud (Kreyol) is the currency of Haiti. Its ISO 4217 code is HTG and it is divided into 100 centimes (French) or santim (Kreyol). Five Haitian gourdes are the equivalent of one Haitian dollar.
- You can exchange US dollars cash or travellers’ cheques for local currency in large hotels or the large supermarkets in Port au Prince. Most credit cards can be used in major hotels, and in some shops and businesses in large towns and cities.
- Confirmation of accommodation during their stay in Haiti which could be in the form of a hotel reservation will be required.
- Roman Catholicism is the official religion of Haiti, but voodoo may be considered the country’s national religion. The majority of Haitians believe in and practice at least some aspects of voodoo. Most voodooists believe that their religion can coexist with Catholicism.
- Zambia is 6 hours ahead of Haiti. The time zone in Haiti (GMT-4).
- In Haiti the power plugs and sockets are of type A and B. The standard voltage is 110 V and the standard frequency is 60 Hz.
- The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) reported that 685,064 cruise passengers transited Haiti in 2016, up from 673,501 in 2015.