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.

Entering Ethiopia

What each African passport needs.

No visa
up to 1 year · 1 country
Kenya
No visa
up to 90 days · 1 country
Djibouti
Visa on arrival
46 countries
All others: Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo
Get a tourist visa when you land at Addis Ababa's Bole airport, or apply online first at evisa.gov.et.
Apply online first
5 countries
Egypt, Eritrea, Libya, Nigeria, Sudan
These passports can't get a visa at the airport. Apply online before you fly.

Good to know

Arriving by land? Everyone except Kenyans and Djiboutians needs a visa from an Ethiopian embassy before reaching the border.

Official site: evisa.gov.et. Lists from Visa policy of Ethiopia, checked 2026-11-05. Covers ordinary passports only.

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All 54 countries we cover

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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