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

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Where you're going

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

Entering Lesotho

What each African passport needs.

No visa
up to 90 days · 13 countries
Botswana, Eswatini, Kenya, Malawi, Mauritius, Namibia, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, The Gambia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Embassy visa first
USD 150 · 40 countries
All others: Algeria, Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire
Get a visa before you travel. You can't apply once you are inside Lesotho. The online application site is switched off. Lesotho's High Commission in London says you can apply by email instead, at visa-applications.immigration@gov.ls. It takes at least 5 working days, and a single-entry visa costs USD 150.

Official site: lesothohc.org.uk. Lists from Visa policy of Lesotho, 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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