Jamaica

Overall Country Risk Rating

Travel Warning

Affected Areas: Entire country except Travel Restriction areas

Regional

Travel Restriction

Affected Areas: St. Ann’s Parish (Steer Town and the Buckfield neighborhood near Ocho Rios); St. Catherine’s Parish (Spanish Town, Central Village, Areas within Portmore); All of Clarendon Parish; St Elizabeth’s Parish (Vineyard neighborhood near Alligator Pond); Hanover Parish (Logwood and Orange Bay); St. James Parish/Montego Bay (All of Montego Bay on the inland side of the A1 highway and The Queen’s Drive from San San to Harmony Beach Park); Kingston and St. Andrew Parish (Cassava Piece, Downtown Kingston, defined as between Mountain View Avenue and Hagley Park Road, and south of Half Way Tree and Old Hope Roads. Downtown Kingston includes Arnett Gardens, Cockburn Gardens, Denham Town, Olympic Gardens, Seaview Gardens, Trench Town, and Tivoli Gardens. Duhaney Park. Grants Pen. Standpipe. Swallowfield. Elleston Flats. August Town); Manchester Parish (Green Vale, Gray Ground, Red Ground, and Vineyard neighborhoods of Mandeville); St. Thomas Parish (Black Lane neighborhood in Seaforth, Grands Penn, Church Corner neighborhood near Yallahs, Town of Yallahs, except when driving through on the main highway); Trelawny Parish (Clarks Town); Westmoreland Parish (Russia community in Savanna-la-Mar. Morgan Bay Kings Valley. The Whitehall, Bethel Town, and Red Ground neighborhoods of Negril).

Last Updated: June 19, 2023

Eligibility & Requirements

Jamaica currently has a U-M Travel Warning risk rating, with specific regions having a U-M Regional Travel Restriction risk rating.

Determine whether the cities or locations you visit are within a Travel Warning area or within a Regional Travel Restriction area.
For cities or locations within a Travel Warning area:
- Undergraduate and graduate students on University of Michigan Related Travel (UMRT) are eligible to travel to this location after completing the following requirements:
  1. Register your travel with U-M (For students who applied for their program through M-Compass, your program application is your travel registration.)
  2. Submit a safety plan for individual travel at least 3 weeks before departure. (See Travel Health Plan & Safety Plan Process for details.)
  3. Enroll in U-M Travel Abroad Health Insurance for the travel duration.
  4. Follow college/unit-specific travel approval steps, if any.
  5. Review the Additional Considerations for International Travel.

For cities or locations within a Travel Restriction area:
- Undergraduate students are prohibited from traveling to a Travel Restriction destination for UMRT.
- Graduate students on UMRT are eligible to travel to this location after completing the following requirements:
  1. Register your travel with U-M (For students who applied for their program through M-Compass, your program application is your travel registration.)
  2. Submit a safety plan for individual travel at least 3 weeks before departure. (See Travel Health Plan & Safety Plan Process for details.)
  3. Enroll in U-M Travel Abroad Health Insurance for the travel duration.
  4. Follow college/unit-specific travel approval steps, if any.
  5. Review the Additional Considerations for International Travel.

Review Jamaica’s U.S. Department of State Country Information Page, CDC Travelers’ Health page, and the OSAC Country Security Report for travel health and safety information.