Aruba: passport and entry requirements
Aruba is visa-free for a holiday of up to three months, with one online card to complete before you fly. Your passport just has to be valid for the length of your stay.
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Your passport
Your passport just needs to be valid for the length of your stay. Everyone travels on their own, whatever their age, and since a child's lasts five years against an adult's ten they rarely expire together. Check each when you book and renew anything close, as it takes weeks.
Getting in
You don't need a visa to visit Aruba for up to three months. Before you fly, everyone completes an online arrival form called the Embarkation-Disembarkation card, or ED card, at edcardaruba.aw. You can do it up to a week before you travel, and you show the approval to your airline. If you're staying longer than three months, or going to work or study, you apply through the Netherlands Embassy, since Aruba is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
Every child needs their own passport and their own ED card, however young.
Official sources
Last checked 11 August 2026. Passport and entry rules change, so always confirm on GOV.UK before you book or travel.
