BOTSWANA
Botswana Visa –
REQUIREMENTS FOR VISA APPLICATION
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- Fully completed immigration supplementary form by the applicant
- Applicants’s certified copies of passport pages (showing validity,photograph and history)
- 2 recent coloured passport size photos
- Covering letter from the host’
- A certified copy of host’s national identity /residence and work permit / exemption certificate
- Certified copies of trade licence, certificate of incorporation,share certificate of the host if operating a business’
- If previously applied visa please attach the copy of the outcome
- Employment /business –Relevenat information/documents is required(Offer /invitation letter,Contarct & confirmation of employment including relevant qualification
- If coming by road please specify of the covering letter and include contact details (Address & Phone)
- Travel schedule/ Flight itinerary or booking
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS
TOURISTS: Tour plan or copy of travel schedule, hotel bookings
BUSINESS: Meeting schedule ( If coming to attend or organize a meeting)
List of countries whose nationals/citizens do not require a visa for entry into Botswana.
- All Commonwealth countries (except for Bangaldesh,Cameroon,Ghana, India, Nigeria, Pakistan and Sri Lanka).
- Agentina
- Angola
- Austria
- Bahrain
- Belgium
- Brazil
- Bulgaria
- Chile
- Czech Republic
- Costa Rica
- Croatia
- Cuba
- Denmark
- Dominican Republic
- Estonia
- Federal Republic of Germany
- Finland
- France
- Greece
- Iceland
- Israel
- Italy
- Japan
- Kuwait
- Latvia
- Liechtenstin
- Luxenbourg
- Mexico
- Monaco
- Netherlands
- Norway and Colonies
- Oman
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Poland
- Portugal
- Qatar
- Republic of Ireland
- Romania
- Russian Federation
- San Marino
- Slovak Republic
- Slovania
- South Arabia
- South Korea
- South Sudan
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Turkey
- United Arab Emirates
- United States of America
- Uruguay
- Venezuela
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Processing Time
14 Working Days
Cost
P 1500 – Tourist : Includes processing, fees, courier, tracking
P 2500 – Business
Visa requirements for Botswana citizens
Visa requirements for Botswana citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Botswana. As of 2 July 2019, Botswana citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 82 countries and territories, ranking the Botswana passport 64th in terms of travel freedom according to the Henley Passport Index.
Visa requirements
Country
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Visa requirement
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Allowed stay
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Notes (excluding departure fees)
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Afghanistan
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Visa required[2]
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Albania
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Visa required[3]
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Algeria
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Visa required[4]
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Andorra
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Visa required[5]
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Angola
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Visa not required[6]
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30 days
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- For a maximum total stay of 90 days within year period.[7][8]
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Antigua and Barbuda
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Visa not required[9]
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3 months
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Argentina
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Visa required[10]
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Armenia
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Visa required[11]
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Australia and territories
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Visa required[12]
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- May apply online (Online Visitor e600 visa).[13]
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Austria
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Visa required[14]
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Azerbaijan
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Visa required[15]
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Bahamas
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Visa not required[16]
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3 months
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Bahrain
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Visa required[17]
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Bangladesh
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Visa not required[18]
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3 months
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Barbados
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Visa not required[19]
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6 months
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Belarus
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Visa required[20]
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Belgium
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Visa required[21]
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Belize
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Visa not required[22]
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Benin
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Visa not required[23]
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90 days[24][25]
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Bhutan
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Visa required[26]
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Bolivia
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Visa on arrival[27]
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90 days
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Visa required[28]
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Brazil
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Visa required[29]
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Brunei
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Visa required[30]
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Bulgaria
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Visa required[31]
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Burkina Faso
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Visa required[32]
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Burundi
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Visa required[33]
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Cambodia
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eVisa / Visa on arrival[34]
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30 days
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Cameroon
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Visa required[35]
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Canada
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Visa required[36]
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Cape Verde
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Visa on arrival[37]
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Central African Republic
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Visa required[38]
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Chad
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Visa required[39]
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Chile
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Visa required[40]
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China
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Visa required[41]
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Colombia
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Visa required[42]
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Comoros
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Visa on arrival[44]
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Republic of the Congo
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Visa required[45]
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Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Visa required[46]
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Costa Rica
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Visa required[47]
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Côte d'Ivoire
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eVisa[48]
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Croatia
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Visa required[49]
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Cuba
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Tourist card required[50]
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- Tourist card must be obtained in advance via travel agency, airline or at the embassy.
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Cyprus
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Visa required[51]
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Czech Republic
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Visa required[52]
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Denmark
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Visa required[53]
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Djibouti
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eVisa[54]
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31 days
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Dominica
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Visa not required[55]
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6 months
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Dominican Republic
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Visa not required[56]
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Ecuador
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Visa not required[57]
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90 days
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Egypt
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Visa required[58]
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El Salvador
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Visa required[59]
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Equatorial Guinea
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Visa required[60]
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Eritrea
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Visa required[61]
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Estonia
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Visa required[62]
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Eswatini
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Visa not required[63]
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30 days
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Ethiopia
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eVisa / Visa on arrival
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up to 90 days
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Fiji
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Visa not required[66]
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4 months
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Finland
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Visa required[67]
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France
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Visa required[68]
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Gabon
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eVisa[69]
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Gambia
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Visa required[70]
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Georgia
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Visa not required[71]
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90 days
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Germany
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Visa required[72]
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Ghana
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Visa on arrival[73]
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30 days
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Greece
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Visa required[74]
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Grenada
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Visa not required[75]
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3 months
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Guatemala
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Visa required[76]
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Guinea
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Visa required[77]
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Guinea-Bissau
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eVisa / Visa on arrival[78]
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90 days
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Guyana
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Visa not required[79]
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Haiti
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Visa not required[80]
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3 months
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Honduras
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Visa required[81]
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Hungary
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Visa required[82]
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Iceland
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Visa required[83]
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India
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e-Visa[84]
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60 days
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- e-Visa holders must arrive via 26 designated airports[Note 1] or 3 designated seaports.[Note 2][85]
- An Indian e-Tourist Visa can only be obtained twice in one calendar year.
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Indonesia
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Visa not required[86]
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30 days
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Iran
Iran
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Visa on arrival[87]
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15 days
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Iraq
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Visa required[88]
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Ireland
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Visa not required[89]
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Israel
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Visa not required[90]
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90 days
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- 90 days within any 6-month period
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Italy
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Visa required[91]
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Jamaica
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Visa not required[92]
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Japan
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Visa required[93]
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Jordan
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Visa required[94]
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Kazakhstan
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Visa required[95]
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Kenya
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Visa not required[96]
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90 days
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Kiribati
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Visa required[97]
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North Korea
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Visa required[98]
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South Korea
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Visa not required[99]
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90 days
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Kuwait
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Visa required[100]
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Kyrgyzstan
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eVisa[101]
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Laos
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eVisa / Visa on arrival[102]
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30 days
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- Visa on arrival is available at international airports Luangphabang, Pakse, Savannakhet and Vientiane, and at 4 land borders Friendship Bridge,[Note 3] and at 13 border crossings[Note 4] as well as Tanalaeng train station in Vientiane, which connects to the train station in Nongkai, Thailand.[103] Visa on arrival facility will be gradually phased out at various border crossings starting January 2020.[104]
- eVisa may be used to enter Laos through the following entry points — Wattay International Airport and the First Thai–Lao Friendship Bridge
- Entry points Lalai, Lantui, Meuang mom, Pakxan, and Phoudou are open only to visa holders.
- Visa on arrival is extendable up to 60 days.
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Latvia
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Visa required[105]
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Lebanon
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Visa required[106]
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Lesotho
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Visa not required[107]
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90 days
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Liberia
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Visa required[108]
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Libya
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Visa required[109]
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Liechtenstein
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Visa required[110]
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Lithuania
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Visa required[111]
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Luxembourg
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Visa required[112]
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Madagascar
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eVisa / Visa on arrival[113]
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90 days
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Malawi
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Visa not required[114]
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90 days
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Malaysia
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Visa not required[115]
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30 days
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Maldives
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Visa on arrival[116]
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30 days
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Mali
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Visa required[117]
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Malta
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Visa required[118]
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Marshall Islands
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Visa required[119]
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Mauritania
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Visa on arrival[120]
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Mauritius
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Visa not required[121]
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Mexico
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Visa required[122]
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Micronesia
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Visa not required[123]
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30 days
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Moldova
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Visa required[124]
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Monaco
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Visa required[125]
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Mongolia
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Visa required[126]
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Montenegro
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Visa required[127]
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Morocco
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Visa required[128]
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Mozambique
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Visa not required[129]
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3 months
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Myanmar
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Visa required[130]
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Namibia
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Visa not required[131]
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90 days
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Nauru
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Visa required[132]
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Nepal
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Visa on arrival[133]
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Netherlands
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Visa required[134]
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New Zealand
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Visa required[135]
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Nicaragua
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Visa required[136]
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Niger
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Visa required[137]
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Nigeria
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Visa required[138]
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North Macedonia
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Visa not required[139]
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90 days
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Norway
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Visa required[140]
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Oman
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Visa required[141]
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Pakistan
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Electronic Travel Authorization[142]
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- Electronic Travel Authorization to obtain a visa on arrival for tourism purposes.[143]
- Electronic Travel Authorization to obtain a visa on arrival for business purposes.[144]
- Online Visa eligible.[145]
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Palau
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Visa on arrival[146]
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30 days
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Panama
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Visa not required[147]
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180 days
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Papua New Guinea
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Easy Visitor Permit[148]
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30 days
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Paraguay
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Visa required[149]
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Peru
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Visa required[150]
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Philippines
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Visa not required[151]
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30 days
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Poland
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Visa required[152]
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Portugal
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Visa required[153]
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Qatar
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eVisa[154]
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Romania
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Visa required[155]
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Russia
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Visa not required[156]
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30 days
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- For a maximum total stay of 90 days within any 180 day period.
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Rwanda
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eVisa / Visa on arrival[157]
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30 days
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Saint Kitts and Nevis
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Visa not required[158]
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3 months
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Saint Lucia
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Visa not required[159]
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6 weeks
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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
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Visa not required[160]
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1 month
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Samoa
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Entry Permit on arrival[161]
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60 days
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San Marino
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Visa required[162]
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São Tomé and Príncipe
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eVisa[163]
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- Visa is obtained online.[164]
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Saudi Arabia
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Visa required[165]
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Senegal
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Visa on arrival[166]
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90 days
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Serbia
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Visa required[167]
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Seychelles
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Visitor's Permit on arrival[168]
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3 months
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Sierra Leone
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Visa on arrival[169]
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Singapore
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Visa not required[170]
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30 days
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Slovakia
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Visa required[171]
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Slovenia
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Visa required[172]
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Solomon Islands
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Visa required[173]
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Somalia
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Visa on arrival[174]
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30 days
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South Africa
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Visa not required[175]
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90 days
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South Sudan
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Visa on arrival[176]
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Spain
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Visa required[177]
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Sri Lanka
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eVisa / Visa on arrival[178]
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30 days
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Sudan
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Visa required[179]
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Suriname
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eVisa[180]
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Sweden
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Visa required[181]
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Switzerland
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Visa required[41]
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Syria
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Visa required[182]
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Tajikistan
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Visa required[183]
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Tanzania
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Visa not required[184]
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90 days
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Thailand
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Visa required[185]
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Timor-Leste
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Visa on arrival[186]
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30 days
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Togo
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Visa on arrival[187]
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7 days
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Tonga
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Visa required[188]
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Trinidad and Tobago
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Visa not required[189]
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Tunisia
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Visa required[190]
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Turkey
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Visa required[191]
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Turkmenistan
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Visa required[192]
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Tuvalu
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Visa on arrival[193]
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1 month
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Uganda
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eVisa / Visa on arrival[194]
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Ukraine
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Visa required[196]
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United Arab Emirates
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Visa required[197]
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United Kingdom and Crown dependencies
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Visa not required[198]
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6 months
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United States
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Visa required[199]
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Uruguay
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Visa required[200]
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Uzbekistan
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Visa required[201]
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Vanuatu
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Visa not required[202]
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30 days
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Vatican City
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Visa required[203]
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Venezuela
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Visa required[204]
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Vietnam
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Visa required[205]
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Yemen
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Visa required[206]
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Zambia
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Visa not required[207]
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90 days
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Zimbabwe
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Visa not required[208]
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3 months
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Dependent, disputed, or restricted territories
Unrecognized or partially recognized countries
Dependent and autonomous territories
Non-visa restrictions
This section is transcluded from Non-visa travel restrictions.
Many countries have entry restrictions on foreigners that go beyond the common requirement of having either a valid visa or a visa exemption. Such restrictions may be health related or impose additional documentation requirements on certain classes of people for diplomatic or political purposes.
Passport validity length
In the absence of specific bilateral agreements, countries requiring passports to be valid for at least 6 more months on arrival include Afghanistan, Algeria, Anguilla, Bahrain,[281] Bhutan, Botswana, British Virgin Islands, Brunei, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Curaçao, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Fiji, Gabon, Guinea Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel,[282] Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Laos, Madagascar, Malaysia, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Mongolia, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Oman, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Qatar, Rwanda, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Vanuatu, Venezuela, and Vietnam.[283]
Turkey requires passports to be valid for at least 150 days upon entry.
Countries requiring passports valid for at least 4 months on arrival include Micronesia and Zambia.
Countries requiring passports valid for at least 3 months on arrival include Albania, Honduras, North Macedonia, Panama, and Senegal.
Countries requiring passports with a validity of at least 3 months beyond the date of intended departure include Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Nauru, Moldova, and New Zealand. Similarly, the EEA countries of Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, all European Union countries (except the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom) together with Switzerland also require 3 months validity beyond the date of the bearer's intended departure unless the bearer is an EEA or Swiss national.
Bermuda requires passports to be valid for at least 45 days upon entry.
Countries that require a passport validity of at least one month beyond the date of intended departure include Eritrea, Hong Kong, Lebanon, Macau, and South Africa.
Other countries require either a passport valid on arrival or a passport valid throughout the period of the intended stay. Some countries have bilateral agreements with other countries to shorten the period of passport validity required for each other's citizens[284][285] or even accept passports that have already expired (but not been cancelled).[286]
Blank passport pages
Many countries require a minimum number of blank pages in the passport being presented, generally one or two pages.[287] Endorsement pages, which often appear after the visa pages, are not counted as being available.
Vaccination

An International Certificate of Vaccination required to prove that someone has been vaccinated against yellow fever
Main article: Carte Jaune
Many African countries, including Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Uganda, and Zambia, require all incoming passengers to have a current International Certificate of Vaccination, as does the South American territory of French Guiana[288].
Some other countries require vaccination only if the passenger is coming from an infected area or has visited one recently.[289]
Israeli stamps

Israeli border control Entry Permit (issued as a stand-alone document rather than a stamp affixed in a passport)
Kuwait,[290] Lebanon,[291] Libya,[292] Sudan,[293] Syria,[294] and Yemen[295] do not allow entry to people with passport stamps from Israel or whose passports have either a used or an unused Israeli visa, or where there is evidence of previous travel to Israel such as entry or exit stamps from neighbouring border posts in transit countries such as Jordan and Egypt.
To circumvent this Arab League boycott of Israel, the Israeli immigration services have now mostly ceased to stamp foreign nationals' passports on either entry to or exit from Israel. Since 15 January 2013, Israel no longer stamps foreign passports at Ben Gurion Airport, giving passengers a card instead that reads: "Since January 2013 a pilot scheme has been introduced whereby visitors are given an entry card instead of an entry stamp on arrival. You should keep this card with your passport until you leave. This is evidence of your legal entry into Israel and may be required, particularly at any crossing points into the Occupied Palestinian Territories." [296] Passports are still (as of 22 June 2017) stamped at Erez when travelling into and out of Gaza. Also, passports are still stamped (as of 22 June 2017) at the Jordan Valley/Sheikh Hussein and Yitzhak Rabin/Arava land borders with Jordan.
The Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage claims that having an Israeli stamp does not disqualify someone from visiting Saudi Arabia.[297]
Iran refuses admission to holders of passports containing an Israeli visa or stamp that is less than 12 months old.
Armenian ethnicity
Main article: Armenia–Azerbaijan relations
Due to a state of war existing between Armenia and Azerbaijan, the government of Azerbaijan not only bars entry of citizens from Armenia, but also all citizens and nationals of any other country who are of Armenian descent, into the Republic of Azerbaijan[298][299]
Azerbaijan also strictly bans any visit by foreign citizens to the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh[300] (the de facto independent Republic of Artsakh), its surrounding territories, and the Azerbaijani exclaves of Karki, Yuxarı Əskipara, Barxudarlı, and Sofulu which are de jure part of Azerbaijan but under the control of Armenia, without the prior consent of the government of Azerbaijan. Foreign citizens who enter these territories will be permanently banned from entering the Republic of Azerbaijan[301] and will be included in their "list of personae non gratae".[302] As of 2 September 2019, the list mentioned 852 people.
Upon request, the authorities of the largely unrecognised Republic of Artsakh may attach their visa and/or stamps to a separate piece of paper in order to avoid detection of travel to their territory.
Criminal record
Some countries, including Australia, Canada, Fiji, New Zealand and the United States,[303] routinely deny entry to non-citizens who have a criminal record.
Persona non grata
The government of a country can declare a diplomat persona non grata, banning their entry into that country. In non-diplomatic use, the authorities of a country may also declare a foreigner persona non grata permanently or temporarily, usually because of unlawful activity.
Biometrics

A fingerprint scanner at Dulles International Airport collects biometric data on visitors, which can be used for confirming identities.
Several countries mandate that all travellers, or all foreign travellers, be fingerprinted on arrival and will refuse admission to or even arrest those travellers that refuse to comply. In some countries, such as the United States, this may apply even to transit passengers who merely wish to quickly change planes rather than go landside.[304]
Fingerprinting countries include Afghanistan,[305][306] Argentina,[307] Brunei, Cambodia,[308] China,[309] Ethiopia,[310] Ghana, Guinea,[311] India, Japan[312][313], Kenya (fingerprints and photo) [314], Malaysia upon entry and departure,[315] Paraguay, Saudi Arabia,[316] Singapore, South Korea,[317] Taiwan, Uganda[318] and the United States.
Many countries also require a photo be taken of people entering the country. The United States, which does not fully implement exit control formalities at its land frontiers (although long mandated by its legislature),[319] [320] [321] intends to implement facial recognition for passengers departing from international airports to identify people who overstay their visa.[322]
Together with fingerprint and face recognition, iris scanning is one of three biometric identification technologies internationally standardised since 2006 by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) for use in e-passports[323] and the United Arab Emirates conducts iris scanning on visitors who need to apply for a visa.[324][325]
BOTSWANA ELECTRONIC PASSPORT
Botswana Electronic passport
FOR PERSONS AGED 16 YEARS AND ABOVE
- Original Omang and certified copy of Omang
- Citizenship certificate of parents and/or owner if parents were once foreign nationals (seek Clarification from Passport and Citizen Officers).
- Omang details for parent/s as well details of parent’s place of birth
- For lost passport please bring the police report/ affidavit before the commissioner of oath. The forms are collected by the applicant or parent if under 16 years of age.
- FOR CHILDREN UNDER 16
- NB: Please bring the old passport for replacement applications
- Original birth certificate and certified copy of birth certificate
- Parent’s original Omang
- Guardian original Omang (in case of deceased parents)
- Death certificate of deceased parent(s) in case of guardian applying for the child
- Letter from District Commissioner, Chief or Social Worker for proof of guardianship (in case of deceased parent(s)
- Please bring the old passport for replacement
- Citizenship certificate of parents and/or owner (registration) if parents were once foreign nationals (seek clarification from Passport and Citizen Officers)
- NB: Please bring the child along for passport.
Processing Time
1-5 Working Days
Cost
For people older than 16 years of age;P260
people below 16 years of age; P100