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

Entering Chad

What each African passport needs.

No visa
up to 90 days · 13 countries
Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, The Gambia, Togo
Apply online first
37 countries
All others: Algeria, Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Comoros, Djibouti, DR Congo, Egypt, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia
Apply online or at a Chadian embassy before you travel.
Sources disagree
3 countries
Côte d'Ivoire, Mauritania, Senegal
Chad's official eVisa site doesn't list these passports as visa-free (checked 13 October 2026), but other sources still do. Before you travel, check the visa-free list on evisa.td or ask a Chadian embassy. If you need a visa, apply online on evisa.td.

Good to know

Every visitor must report to the police within 72 hours of arriving to register their stay. Your hotel can usually tell you where to go.
Chad's president has said that from 1 January 2027, citizens of every African country will not need a visa. It hasn't been made official in law yet.

Official site: evisa.td. Lists from Visa policy of Chad, 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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