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 Malawi

What each African passport needs.

No visa
up to 30 days · 18 countries
Angola, Benin, Botswana, Eswatini, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Seychelles, South Africa, Tanzania, The Gambia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Once in Malawi you can pay to stay longer, up to 90 days in total.
Visa on arrival
11 countries
All others: Cabo Verde, Comoros, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Madagascar, São Tomé and Príncipe, Sierra Leone
You can get a visa at the airport when you land, but Malawi's government recommends applying online first.
Apply online first
24 countries
Algeria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Djibouti, DR Congo, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Liberia
These passports can't get a visa at the airport. Apply online before you fly.

Official site: evisa.gov.mw. Lists from Visa policy of Malawi, 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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