Benin visa exemption & requirements

As of 2024, regular passport holders from 59 countries visiting Benin for tourism purposes including Algeria, Angola, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad and China Do Not require a visa and will be granted permission for short-term stay on arrival.

Benin Visa Required Visa Not Required E-visa Visa On Arrival

Benin visa exempt countries

To enter Benin for a short term visit, citizens of the following countries are able to travel in Benin without a visa:

Africa

Nationals from 54 countries in Africa are exempt from Benin visa, while those from 0 other countrie(s) will require a valid entry visa.

Country	Visa requirement	Allowed stay	E-visa Eligibility	Visa on arrival Eligibility
Algeria	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Angola	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Botswana	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Burkina Faso	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Burundi	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Cameroon	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Cape Verde	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Central African Republic	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Chad	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Comoros	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Djibouti	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Egypt	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Equatorial Guinea	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Eritrea	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Ethiopia	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Gabon	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Gambia	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Ghana	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Guinea	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Côte d'Ivoire	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Kenya	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Lesotho	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Liberia	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Libya	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Madagascar	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Malawi	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Mali	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Mauritania	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Mauritius	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Morocco	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Mozambique	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Namibia	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Niger	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Nigeria	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Rwanda	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
São Tomé and Príncipe	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Senegal	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Seychelles	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Sierra Leone	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Somalia	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
South Africa	Visa not required	90 Days	No	No
Sudan	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Eswatini	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Tanzania	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Togo	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Tunisia	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Uganda	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Zambia	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Zimbabwe	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Republic of the Congo	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Guinea-Bissau	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
South Sudan	Visa not required	90 days	No	No

Asia

Nationals from 3 countries in Asia are exempt from Benin visa, while those from 29 other countrie(s) will require a valid entry visa.

Country	Visa requirement	Allowed stay	E-visa Eligibility	Visa on arrival Eligibility
Afghanistan	Visa required		Yes	No
Armenia	Visa required		Yes	No
Azerbaijan	Visa required		Yes	No
Bangladesh	Visa required		Yes	No
Bhutan	Visa required		Yes	No
Brunei	Visa required		Yes	No
Cambodia	Visa required		Yes	No
China	Visa not required	30 days	No	No
Timor-Leste	Visa required		Yes	No
Georgia	Visa required		Yes	No
India	Visa required		Yes	No
Indonesia	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Japan	Visa required		Yes	No
Kazakhstan	Visa required		Yes	No
Kyrgyzstan	Visa required		Yes	No
Laos	Visa required		Yes	No
Malaysia	Visa required		Yes	No
Maldives	Visa required		Yes	No
Mongolia	Visa required		Yes	No
Myanmar	Visa required		Yes	No
Nepal	Visa required		Yes	No
North Korea	Visa required		Yes	No
Pakistan	Visa required		Yes	No
Philippines	Visa required		Yes	No
Singapore	Visa not required	14 days	No	No
South Korea	Visa required		Yes	No
Sri Lanka	Visa required		Yes	No
Tajikistan	Visa required		Yes	No
Thailand	Visa required		Yes	No
Turkmenistan	Visa required		Yes	No
Uzbekistan	Visa required		Yes	No
Vietnam	Visa required		Yes	No

Central America and Caribbean

Nationals from 1 countries in Central America and Caribbean are exempt from Benin visa, while those from 19 other countrie(s) will require a valid entry visa.

Country	Visa requirement	Allowed stay	E-visa Eligibility	Visa on arrival Eligibility
Antigua and Barbuda	Visa required		Yes	No
Bahamas	Visa required		Yes	No
Barbados	Visa required		Yes	No
Belize	Visa required		Yes	No
Costa Rica	Visa required		Yes	No
Cuba	Visa required		Yes	No
Dominica	Visa required		Yes	No
Dominican Republic	Visa required		Yes	No
El Salvador	Visa required		Yes	No
Grenada	Visa required		Yes	No
Guatemala	Visa required		Yes	No
Haiti	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Honduras	Visa required		Yes	No
Jamaica	Visa required		Yes	No
Nicaragua	Visa required		Yes	No
Panama	Visa required		Yes	No
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Visa required		Yes	No
Saint Lucia	Visa required		Yes	No
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Visa required		Yes	No
Trinidad and Tobago	Visa required		Yes	No

Europe

Nationals from 0 countries in Europe are exempt from Benin visa, while those from 46 other countrie(s) will require a valid entry visa.

Country	Visa requirement	E-visa Eligibility	Visa on arrival Eligibility
Albania	Visa required	Yes	No
Andorra	Visa required	Yes	No
Austria	Visa required	Yes	No
Belarus	Visa required	Yes	No
Belgium	Visa required	Yes	No
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Visa required	Yes	No
Bulgaria	Visa required	Yes	No
Croatia	Visa required	Yes	No
Cyprus	Visa required	Yes	No
Czech Republic	Visa required	Yes	No
Denmark	Visa required	Yes	No
Estonia	Visa required	Yes	No
Finland	Visa required	Yes	No
France	Visa required	Yes	No
Germany	Visa required	Yes	No
Greece	Visa required	Yes	No
Hungary	Visa required	Yes	No
Iceland	Visa required	Yes	No
Ireland	Visa required	Yes	No
Italy	Visa required	Yes	No
Latvia	Visa required	Yes	No
Liechtenstein	Visa required	Yes	No
Lithuania	Visa required	Yes	No
Luxembourg	Visa required	Yes	No
Macedonia	Visa required	Yes	No
Malta	Visa required	Yes	No
Moldova	Visa required	Yes	No
Monaco	Visa required	Yes	No
Montenegro	Visa required	Yes	No
Netherlands	Visa required	Yes	No
Norway	Visa required	Yes	No
Poland	Visa required	Yes	No
Portugal	Visa required	Yes	No
Romania	Visa required	Yes	No
Russia	Visa required	Yes	No
San Marino	Visa required	Yes	No
Serbia	Visa required	Yes	No
Slovakia	Visa required	Yes	No
Slovenia	Visa required	Yes	No
Spain	Visa required	Yes	No
Sweden	Visa required	Yes	No
Switzerland	Visa required	Yes	No
Turkey	Visa required	Yes	No
Ukraine	Visa required	Yes	No
United Kingdom	Visa required	Yes	No
Kosovo	Visa required	Yes	No

Middle East

Nationals from 1 countries in Middle East are exempt from Benin visa, while those from 12 other countrie(s) will require a valid entry visa.

Country	Visa requirement	Allowed stay	E-visa Eligibility	Visa on arrival Eligibility
Bahrain	Visa required		Yes	No
Iran	Visa required		Yes	No
Iraq	Visa required		Yes	No
Israel	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Jordan	Visa required		Yes	No
Kuwait	Visa required		Yes	No
Lebanon	Visa required		Yes	No
Oman	Visa required		Yes	No
Qatar	Visa required		Yes	No
Saudi Arabia	Visa required		Yes	No
Syria	Visa required		Yes	No
United Arab Emirates	Visa required		Yes	No
Yemen	Visa required		Yes	No

North America

Nationals from 0 countries in North America are exempt from Benin visa, while those from 3 other countrie(s) will require a valid entry visa.

Country	Visa requirement	E-visa Eligibility	Visa on arrival Eligibility
Canada	Visa required	Yes	No
Mexico	Visa required	Yes	No
United States	Visa required	Yes	No

Oceania

Nationals from 0 countries in Oceania are exempt from Benin visa, while those from 14 other countrie(s) will require a valid entry visa.

Country	Visa requirement	E-visa Eligibility	Visa on arrival Eligibility
Australia	Visa required	Yes	No
Fiji	Visa required	Yes	No
Kiribati	Visa required	Yes	No
Marshall Islands	Visa required	Yes	No
Micronesia	Visa required	Yes	No
Nauru	Visa required	Yes	No
New Zealand	Visa required	Yes	No
Palau	Visa required	Yes	No
Papua New Guinea	Visa required	Yes	No
Samoa	Visa required	Yes	No
Solomon Islands	Visa required	Yes	No
Tonga	Visa required	Yes	No
Tuvalu	Visa required	Yes	No
Vanuatu	Visa required	Yes	No

South America

Nationals from 0 countries in South America are exempt from Benin visa, while those from 12 other countrie(s) will require a valid entry visa.

Country	Visa requirement	E-visa Eligibility	Visa on arrival Eligibility
Argentina	Visa required	Yes	No
Bolivia	Visa required	Yes	No
Brazil	Visa required	Yes	No
Chile	Visa required	Yes	No
Colombia	Visa required	Yes	No
Ecuador	Visa required	Yes	No
Guyana	Visa required	Yes	No
Paraguay	Visa required	Yes	No
Peru	Visa required	Yes	No
Suriname	Visa required	Yes	No
Uruguay	Visa required	Yes	No
Venezuela	Visa required	Yes	No