Entry/Exit Requirements
"A U.S. passport valid for at least three months from the date
of entry is required to enter Honduras. Though not required by law,
some travelers have reported difficulty departing Honduras using
a passport with less than three months of validity beyond the date
of departure. A visa is not required, but tourists must provide
evidence of return or onward travel. Parents should not rely on
birth certificates for their children’s travel; rather, prior
to travel they should obtain U.S. passports for infants and minors
born in the United States. U.S. citizens are encouraged to carry
a photocopy of their U.S. passports with them at all times, so that
if questioned by local officials proof of identity and U.S. citizenship
are readily available.
In June 2006, Honduras entered a “Central America-4 (CA-4)
Border Control Agreement” with Guatemala, El Salvador, and
Nicaragua. Under the terms of the agreement, citizens of the four
countries may travel freely across land borders from one of the
countries to any of the others without completing entry and exit
formalities at Immigration checkpoints. U.S. citizens and other
eligible foreign nationals who legally enter any of the four countries
may similarly travel among the four without obtaining additional
visas or tourist entry permits for the other three countries. Immigration
officials at the first port of entry determine the length of stay,
up to a maximum period of 90 days. Foreign tourists who wish to
remain in the four country region beyond the period initially granted
for their visit are required to request a one-time extension of
stay from local immigration authorities in the country where the
traveler is physically present, or travel outside the CA-4 countries
and reapply for admission to the region. Foreigners “expelled”
from any of the four countries are excluded from the entire “CA-4”
region. In isolated cases, the lack of clarity in the implementing
details of the CA-4 Border Control Agreement has caused temporary
inconvenience to some travelers and has resulted in others being
fined more than one hundred dollars or detained in custody for 72
hours or longer." - US State Dept
For non-US Citizen requirements, please contact
us for updated information.
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