Entering by boat: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
What to do to enter Saint Vincent and the Grenadines by sea: the procedures, the papers to present and the ports where you can clear in.
Check with the authorities before you leave (last checked on 28 October 2026).
Before you arrive
- Online procedure: SailClear (pré-déclaration ; exigé à Bequia et Clifton selon des témoignages) — sailclear.com
The steps
- Pre-register on SailClear.
- Go to a port of entry with 3 crew lists, previous clearance, passports and papers.
- Clear customs then immigration; pay cruising tax and permit.
- When clearing out, leave within 24 h.
Papers to have on board
- Passports for the whole crew
- Crew list
- Boat papers (registration certificate)
- Outward clearance from the previous country
Good to know
- Ports of entry are poorly documented: noonsite cites 5 on St Vincent (including Kingstown, Wallilabou, Chateaubelair, Blue Lagoon) and 1 each on Bequia, Mustique, Canouan and Union.
- Cruising tax: EC$35-37.50 per person over 12 per month, plus a cruising permit by length.
- After clearing out you have 24 h to leave SVG waters.
- Customs overtime after 16:00 and at weekends; in Clifton (Union) immigration is at the nearby airport.
- No official 2025-2026 information found: confirm with Customs (Customs House, Kingstown).
Ports of entry
The ports where you can clear in, and the services available there.
Mustique
Union Island
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- noonsite.com/place/st-vincent-the-grenadines/
- noonsite.com/place/st-vincent-the-grenadines/formalities
- customs.gov.vc/
This information is gathered from public sources and sailors’ experience. It does not replace the country’s authorities, whose word is final: check before you leave.