Scott wrote in part: So I'm good as we plan to transit this area within each countries time frame. Glad I provided you the impetus to check. Imagine if you needed one and hadn't known. Aren't you glad that you carry a US Passports? Do the same exercise if you were from Tunisia or Australia or Argentina or Venezuela and include the US in you cruising plans. You'll find the requirements less than easy to meet...don't forget you are always looking for entry by sea in a private yacht. Not entry by a common carrier when researching the requirements. Often this is not as easy to obtain or may even be impossible via the internet or even a call to the countries Embassy. More often or not the information is in some immigration officials head who sits in a small non air-conditioned office waiting weeks for some yachtie to come by looking for them to clear them in. Might as well have some fun with them to break up the boredom :-) We're not talking big well lit AC nice desks, clean suits, etc offices here ;-) Time was when a bottle of rum was the entry fee. No more as the governments have found it to be a source of revenue from your pocket to theirs. As always YMMV..... Dave & Nancy Swan Song Roughwater 58