Guyana - Clearance

ARRIVAL FORMALITIES

The clearance process will depend on which of the official ports of entry you use. The ports for clearance are: Corriverton (Springlands), New Amsterdam, Georgetown and Bartica.

The Government of Guyana has specifically designated the small mining town of Bartica, about 40 miles up the Essequibo River, as an official Port of Entry for the purpose of welcoming yachts to the country—the process here is most streamlined.

General process:

Visiting yachts may give advance notice of their ETA’s to the Maritime Administration (marad@maritimegy.com) and can contact the Lighthouse Tower on SSB frequency 8281.2 and VHF16.

Clearance consists of two steps:

• Immigration, carried out by the Police department.
• Customs clearance carried out by the Customs department.

GUYANA DEPARTURE FORMALITIES

Checkout procedure is the same as checking in and requires visits to the two offices.

A small fee is charged for clearing in and out—see below

Last updated: February 2019