Resources for the Latino community

Immigration and documents

• Immigration Support Services (ISS) e-services portal

  Official online portal of the Ministry of Home Affairs' Immigration Support Services for visa and extension applications.

• ISS: Employment Visa application

  Lists the documents needed for an employment visa. Documents not in English need an English translation. Help line (592) 223-5210.

• ISS: Visitor Visa Extension

  Official online form to ask for more time on a visitor stay.

• Ministry of Home Affairs

  The ministry responsible for immigration, the police and the national task force on trafficking in persons.

• Digital Identity Card Registry (e-ID)

  Official e-ID portal. The Government has said non-citizens will also need an e-ID card. Check here for who must apply and what to bring.

Work and money

• Ministry of Labour and Manpower Planning

  Workers' rights, labour complaints, workplace safety, regulation of recruitment agencies and a public vacancy service.

• Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA)

  The tax authority that issues the Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN). Banks ask foreign nationals who work in Guyana for a TIN certificate.

• Guyana Association of Bankers: The Account Opening Process

  Explains the documents banks usually ask for: photo ID or passport, recent proof of address, proof of income and, for foreign workers, a TIN certificate.

Safety and emergencies

• Counter-Trafficking in Persons Unit (Ministry of Human Services and Social Security)

  Runs the national trafficking hotlines, 227-4083 and 623-5030, plus 624-0079 for Spanish. Offers support to victims and vulnerable migrants.

• Guyana Police Force: Our Services

  Call 911 for emergencies or crimes in progress. Non-emergency line (592) 225-6411.

• GOV.UK: Getting help in Guyana (emergency numbers)

  UK government page listing Guyana's emergency numbers: ambulance 913, fire 912, police 911.

• Civil Defence Commission (CDC)

  The national disaster agency for floods and other emergencies.

Health

• Ministry of Health

  Official health ministry site with public programmes and contacts. Main line (592) 226-7400.

• DPI: Government offers free public health care to all (24 Jun 2023)

  Government statement that free public health care is offered to everyone in Guyana, regardless of nationality.

Education

• Ministry of Education

  Official education ministry site: school notices, contacts and programmes.

• MoE: 4,000+ migrant students enrolled (13 Jan 2025)

  States that migrant children can enrol at a nearby public school without a birth certificate, and describes English as a Second Language classes.

• Guyana Digital School

  Free online classes from the Ministry of Education for Grades 1 to 11.

International agencies

• IOM Guyana (International Organization for Migration)

  The UN migration agency's Guyana office: 107-108 Duke Street, Kingston, Georgetown. Tel +592 225 3745.

• OIM Guyana (página en español)

  IOM's Spanish-language page about its work in Guyana.

• UNHCR Guyana contact (Ministry of Foreign Affairs listing)

  Government listing for the UN Refugee Agency in Guyana: United Nations House, 107-108 Duke Street, Kingston. Tel (592) 600-9504.

• R4V: RMRP 2025-26 Guyana factsheet

  Inter-agency response plan summary for refugees and migrants from Venezuela in Guyana.

• UNICEF Guyana and Suriname

  UNICEF's office for children's rights, health and education in Guyana and Suriname.

Legal help

• Guyana Legal Aid Clinic: Getting legal aid

  Free or low-cost legal help for people who pass a means test. Open 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday to Friday.

Embassies

Embassies and consulates are listed for consular help only. Contacting them is your choice. Listing a mission does not mean GuyanaHub takes a position on any government.

• Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in Guyana

  Official embassy website. 296 Thomas Street, South Cummingsburg, Georgetown.

• Embassy of Venezuela (Ministry of Foreign Affairs listing)

  Guyana government listing with the embassy's contact details.

• Embassy of the Republic of Cuba (Ministry of Foreign Affairs listing)

  Guyana government listing: High Street, Kingston, Georgetown. Tel (592) 225 1883.

• Embassy of the Dominican Republic in Guyana

  Official embassy contact page: Pegasus Suites, Suite 303, Seawall Road, Georgetown. Tel (+592) 510-9922.

• Embassy of Brazil in Georgetown

  Official embassy site, in Portuguese: 308 Church Street, Queenstown. Consular phone + (592) 225-7970.

• Vice-Consulate of Brazil in Lethem

  Official consular site, in Portuguese, for Brazilians in the Lethem area.

Learn English

• BBC Learning English

  Free English lessons by level, with new episodes every week.

• USA Learns

  Free online English courses for adults: speaking, listening, reading and writing.

• American English (U.S. Department of State)

  Free materials for learning and teaching English.

Guyana's languages

• Guyanese Languages Unit, University of Guyana

  University unit that teaches and translates Guyana's own languages, including Creolese.