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The Bahamian passport is issued to citizens of the Bahamas for international travel. As of October 2024, Bahamian citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 161 countries and territories, ranking the Bahamian passport 21st in terms of travel freedom according to the Henley visa restrictions index .
Visa requirements for Bahamian citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of The Bahamas.As of October 22nd 2024, Bahamian citizens have visa-free or visa on arrival access to 161 countries and territories, ranking the Bahamian passport 21st in terms of travel freedom according to the Henley Passport Index.
Holders of diplomatic or official passports issued to nationals of Haiti and holders of diplomatic, official or service passports issued to nationals of Cuba do not require a visa for the Bahamas. Visa exemption agreement for diplomatic and official passports was signed with India but not yet been ratified.
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In the Bahamas, the government had also passed migration legislation, as early as 1920, but even in the 1928 Immigration Act, there was no definition of Bahamian nationality. [57] Under the terms of the British Nationality Act 1948 British nationals in the Bahamas were reclassified at that time as "Citizens of the UK and Colonies" (CUKC). [58]
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is the Bahamas government ministry which oversees the foreign relations of Bahamas. The current foreign affairs minister is Fred Mitchell. It was previously the Honourable Darren Henfield, MP (Member of Parliament) for North Abaco. [1]
The number of Ministers from the Senate is limited to three. In addition the Prime Minister and the Minister of Finance are required to be members of the House of Assembly. The functions of the Cabinet entail the final determination of government policy, control of government activities and coordination of government Ministries and Departments.
Local government elections take place once every three years in the Bahamas [22] with the most recent elections taking place on 27 January 2022. [23] The 2020 elections were postponed due to COVID-19 until Emergency Power Orders were lifted. [24] The voting system used in local government elections is the first-past-the-post system. Both ...