North and Central America and Caribbean

Insurance

We recommend that you obtain comprehensive travel and medical insurance, which includes medical evacuation by air ambulance, before travelling.  You should check any exclusions, and that your policy covers you for all the activities you want to undertake.  For more general information see Travel Insurance.

 

If things do go wrong when you are oversees then this is How We Can Help.

Registration

Register with our LOCATE service to tell us when and where you are travelling abroad or where you live abroad so our consular and crisis staff can provide better assistance to you in an emergency.  More information about registering with LOCATE can be found here.

 
Package holidays

If you are on a package holiday, you must travel on the specified return date. If you fail to do so it is likely that you will have to pay for the return ticket yourself.

Replacing your passport

In the event of loss of your passport, you will need to apply to the Passport Office at the British High Commission, Barbados for a replacement.  Urgent applications can be speeded up if you pay for courier costs, but even so, the issue of a replacement passport could still take several days.

Keep a copy of the photo page of your passport and relevant visa stamp in case your documents are stolen.