CLEARING PROCEDURES
Visiting boaters must clear customs and immigration on arrival. Customs and immigration are available on property (at the seaplane base) during normal business hours. In case you expect to arrive after hours, customs and immigration attendance for clearance can be arranged by the marina upon request.
As you enter port, fly the yellow quarantine flag. Once docked, only the captain is permitted to leave the boat in order to clear the boat and crew with local customs and immigration. All passengers and crew are required to remain onboard until the vessel is cleared.
Customs clearance
All boaters have to Clear Customs to prior entering the Bahamas and obtain a PCR number (Trip Number), through the system C2C (Click to clear).
Documents, required information and payment can be uploaded and processed through the online system up to 14 days prior to entry in the Bahamas.
Maritime Declaration Form
Inward Report Form
Bahamas custom’s clearance form
The required documents are available here.
Please Note that hard copies of the below documents are not required, but only need to be submitted to C2C.
Upon arrival to the Bahamas the vessel Captain needs to present themselves with the PCR number at the Local Customs office.
Immigration clearance
Every person entering the Bahamas must have a valid Passport and must fill out and sign an immigration card.
Before leaving the Bahamas, every visitor has to return their copy of the immigration card to the dockmaster.
Specifically, Bahamas Immigration requires the following:
Completion of Inward Passenger & Crew Manifest form which is filled out by the captain at the immigration office.
Every person onboard has to fill out an immigration card which the captain will present to immigration officers with every person’s passports. Immigration Cards will be provided by the marina Staff upon arrival.
ENTRY FEES
Under customs regulation, captains sailing pleasure vessels not carrying cargo and operated for pleasure and recreation only, who are not sailing for reward or remuneration or for business purposes, must provide an inward declaration and apply for a cruising permit in order to sail from island to island within The Bahamas. through the system C2C
Please press here for more information from the official website.
Important Updates 9/22/22
Travel to and from The Bahamas
Effective Tuesday, September 20, 2022, all Covid related travel restrictions have been lifted.
Negative Covid tests are no longer required for Unvaccinated Travelers.
Bahamas Travel Health Visas will no longer be required to enter The Bahamas.
Vaccinated Travelers will no longer need Covid 19 tests to enter The Bahamas.
All mask mandates for travelers are eliminated as of October 1, 2022. (Masks will still be required when visiting any healthcare facility.)
Full updated official protocols can be found: https://travel.gov.bs/file/travelProtocols