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Botswana visa exemption & requirements

As of 2024, regular passport holders from 102 countries visiting Botswana for tourism purposes including Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bahrain, Barbados, Belgium and Belize Do Not require a visa and will be granted permission for short-term stay on arrival.
Botswana Visa Required Visa Not Required E-visa Visa On Arrival

Botswana visa exempt countries

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

Africa

Nationals from 18 countries in Africa are exempt from Botswana visa, while those from 36 other countrie(s) will require a valid entry visa.

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

Asia

Nationals from 6 countries in Asia are exempt from Botswana visa, while those from 26 other countrie(s) will require a valid entry visa.

Country Visa requirement Allowed stay E-visa Eligibility Visa on arrival Eligibility Notes
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 not required 90 days No No
Cambodia Visa required Yes No
China Visa required Yes No
Timor-Leste Visa required Yes No
Georgia Visa required Yes No
India Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
Indonesia Visa required Yes No
Japan Visa not required 90 days No No
Kazakhstan Visa required Yes No
Kyrgyzstan Visa required Yes No
Laos Visa required Yes No
Malaysia Visa not required 90 days No No
Maldives Visa not required 90 days No 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 90 days No No
South Korea Visa not required 90 days No 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 14 countries in Central America and Caribbean are exempt from Botswana visa, while those from 6 other countrie(s) will require a valid entry visa.

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

Europe

Nationals from 36 countries in Europe are exempt from Botswana visa, while those from 10 other countrie(s) will require a valid entry visa.

Country Visa requirement Allowed stay E-visa Eligibility Visa on arrival Eligibility Notes
Albania Visa required Yes No
Andorra Visa required Yes No
Austria Visa not required 90 days No No
Belarus Visa required Yes No
Belgium Visa not required 90 days No No
Bosnia and Herzegovina Visa required Yes No
Bulgaria Visa not required 90 days No No
Croatia Visa not required 90 days No No
Cyprus Visa not required 90 days No No
Czech Republic Visa not required 90 days No No
Denmark Visa not required 90 days No No
Estonia Visa not required 90 days No No
Finland Visa not required 90 days No No
France Visa not required 90 days No No
Germany Visa not required 90 days No No
Greece Visa not required 90 days No No
Hungary Visa not required 90 days No No
Iceland Visa not required 90 days No No
Ireland Visa not required 90 days No No
Italy Visa not required 90 days No No
Latvia Visa not required 90 days No No
Liechtenstein Visa not required 90 days No No
Lithuania Visa not required 90 days No No
Luxembourg Visa not required 90 days No No
Macedonia Visa required Yes No
Malta Visa not required 90 days No No
Moldova Visa required Yes No
Monaco Visa not required 90 days No No
Montenegro Visa required Yes No
Netherlands Visa not required 90 days No No
Norway Visa not required 90 days No No
Poland Visa not required 90 days No No
Portugal Visa not required 90 days No No
Romania Visa not required 90 days No No
Russia Visa not required 90 days No No
San Marino Visa not required 90 days No No
Serbia Visa required Yes No
Slovakia Visa not required 90 days No No
Slovenia Visa not required 90 days No No
Spain Visa not required 90 days No No
Sweden Visa not required 90 days No No
Switzerland Visa not required 90 days No No
Turkey Visa not required 90 days No No
Ukraine Visa required Yes No
United Kingdom Visa not required 90 days No No
Kosovo Visa required Yes No

Middle East

Nationals from 7 countries in Middle East are exempt from Botswana visa, while those from 6 other countrie(s) will require a valid entry visa.

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

North America

Nationals from 3 countries in North America are exempt from Botswana 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 Notes
Canada Visa not required 90 days No No
Mexico Visa not required 90 days No No
United States Visa not required 90 days No No

Oceania

Nationals from 10 countries in Oceania are exempt from Botswana visa, while those from 4 other countrie(s) will require a valid entry visa.

Country Visa requirement Allowed stay E-visa Eligibility Visa on arrival Eligibility Notes
Australia Visa not required 90 days No No
Fiji Visa required Yes No
Kiribati Visa not required 90 days No No
Marshall Islands Visa required Yes No
Micronesia Visa required Yes No
Nauru Visa not required 90 days No No
New Zealand Visa not required 90 days No No
Palau Visa required Yes No
Papua New Guinea Visa not required 90 days No No
Samoa Visa not required 90 days No No
Solomon Islands Visa not required 90 days No No
Tonga Visa not required 90 days No No
Tuvalu Visa not required 90 days No No
Vanuatu Visa not required 90 days No No

South America

Nationals from 8 countries in South America are exempt from Botswana visa, while those from 4 other countrie(s) will require a valid entry visa.

Country Visa requirement Allowed stay E-visa Eligibility Visa on arrival Eligibility Notes
Argentina Visa not required 90 days No No
Bolivia Visa required Yes No
Brazil Visa not required 90 days No No
Chile Visa not required 90 days No No
Colombia Visa required Yes No
Ecuador Visa required Yes No
Guyana Visa not required 90 days No No
Paraguay Visa not required 90 days No No
Peru Visa not required 90 days No No
Suriname Visa required Yes No
Uruguay Visa not required 90 days No No
Venezuela Visa not required 90 days No No