An Aerial View travel guide

Do you need to apply before you fly?

A growing number of African countries now ask you to apply for entry permission online before you travel, even without a visa. Miss it and you can be turned away at boarding.

Pick your passport and where you're going to see exactly what you need, with the full list of who gets in visa-free, who gets a visa on arrival and who must apply first.

Needs one

Seychelles

Compulsory for everyone

Needs nothing

Rwanda

No visa for any African passport

Your passport

Where you're going

Choose your passport to see your own answer, or read the rules for every passport below.

Every visitor also has to do this

Every visitor must fill in a short online form with their travel details and pay the airport security fee, even if they need no visa. Airlines check it before letting you board. If you arrive without it, you pay double the fee at the airport.

Do it at ease.gov.cv, at least 5 days before you fly. It's called EASE pre-registration. Cost: CVE 3,400 (about EUR 31) airport security fee.

Entering Cabo Verde

What each African passport needs.

No visa
up to 90 days · 17 countries
Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, The Gambia, Togo
No visa
up to 30 days · 1 country
Angola
Up to 90 days in a calendar year.
Visa on arrival
5 countries
Equatorial Guinea, Kenya, Mauritius, São Tomé and Príncipe, Seychelles
At Sal, Boa Vista, São Vicente or Santiago airports.
Embassy visa first
30 countries
All others: Algeria, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Djibouti, DR Congo, Egypt, Eritrea
Get a visa from a Cabo Verde embassy or consulate before you travel. Since January 2026, citizens of 96 countries can no longer get a visa at the airport.

Official site: ease.gov.cv. Lists from Visa policy of Cabo Verde, checked 2026-11-05. Covers ordinary passports only.

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This page is a starting point for planning, not legal or immigration advice. Always confirm with the destination country or your airline before you travel.

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