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 Mozambique

What each African passport needs.

No visa
up to 90 days · 4 countries
Botswana, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania
No visa
up to 30 days · 13 countries
Angola, Cabo Verde, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Namibia, São Tomé and Príncipe, Seychelles, South Africa, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
No visa, online form first
up to 30 days · USD 48 · 3 countries
Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Senegal
You don't need a visa, but you must get Mozambique's ETA before you travel. It's an online permission to travel, not a visa.
Visa on arrival
USD 50 · 31 countries
Algeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Djibouti, DR Congo, Egypt
Get a 30-day visa at the airport or any land border. Bring a ticket out of Mozambique and proof you can pay for your stay, such as a bank statement. You can also apply online first.
Ethiopia, Nigeria: You can get a visa at the border, but you can't apply online. If you want your visa before you go, use a Mozambican embassy.
Apply online first
1 country
Eritrea
These passports can't get a visa at the airport. Apply online before you fly.
Embassy visa first
1 country
Somalia

Official site: evisa.gov.mz. Lists from Visa policy of Mozambique, 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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