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Saint Kitts and Nevis

International Travel Information

What you need to know before you go: visas, Embassy & Consulate locations, vaccinations, etc.

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Current Travel Advisories

Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions

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U.S. Relationship

These are excerpts from the U.S. Relations With Saint Kitts and Nevis

Basseterre, St. Kitts and Nevis town skyline at the port.

U.S.-Saint Kitts and Nevis Relations

The United States established diplomatic relations with Saint Kitts and Nevis in 1983 following its independence from the United Kingdom. Relations between the United States and Saint Kitts and Nevis have historically been friendly. The United States seeks to assist Saint Kitts and Nevis both to develop economically and to strengthen democracy in its parliamentary form of government.

U.S. Assistance to Saint Kitts and Nevis

U.S. assistance to Saint Kitts and Nevis is primarily channeled through multilateral agencies such as the World Bank and the Caribbean Development Bank, and through the U.S. Agency for International Development office in Bridgetown, Barbados. Saint Kitts and Nevis also benefits from U.S. military exercises and civic action projects, including through the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative.

Bilateral Economic Relations

Saint Kitts and Nevis is a beneficiary of the U.S. Caribbean Basin Initiative (CBI), which grants duty-free entry into the United States for many goods. The CBI aims to facilitate the economic development and export diversification of the Caribbean Basin economies. Saint Kitts and Nevis is a member of the Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM).

Integrated Country Strategies

The Integrated Country Strategy is the four-year strategy articulating U.S. priorities in a given country. The Chief of Mission leads the strategy.

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Investment Climate Statements

The Investment Climate Statements analyze a variety of economies that are or could be markets for U.S. businesses and provide information on the business climates.

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2022 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices

2022 International Religious Freedom Report cover

2022 Report on International Religious Freedom

Trafficking in Persons Report June 2023 cover

2023 Trafficking in Persons Report

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The U.S. delivers COVID vaccines to Saint Kitts and Nevis.

COVID-19 Vaccine Deliveries

Since August, 2021 the United States has donated 36,000 safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine doses with the people of Saint Kitts and Nevis. This includes 36,000 Pfizer doses. Of the 36,000 vaccine doses, 100% were donated through bilateral agreements.

The United States is committed to leading an international and coordinated effort to accelerate access to safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines to meet global needs. The United States is working with other governments and partners including COVAX, Caricom, and the African Vaccine Acquisition Trust (AVAT) to protect communities from COVID-19 and apply lessons from this pandemic to enhance health security now and in the future.

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Highlights

September 19, 2023

Saint Kitts and Nevis National Day

September 13, 2023

U.S. Relations With Saint Kitts and Nevis

July 10, 2023

Press briefing with Todd D. Robinson, Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs

September 19, 2022