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Cape Verde visa exemption & requirements

As of 2024, regular passport holders from 60 countries visiting Cape Verde for tourism purposes including Andorra, Angola, Austria, Belgium, Benin, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Canada and Croatia Do Not require a visa and will be granted permission for short-term stay on arrival.
Cape Verde Visa Required Visa Not Required E-visa Visa On Arrival

Cape Verde visa exempt countries

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

Africa

Nationals from 18 countries in Africa are exempt from Cape Verde 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 15 days Yes Yes
Angola Visa not required 90 days No No
Benin Visa not required 90 days No No
Botswana Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
Burkina Faso Visa not required 90 days No No
Burundi Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
Cameroon Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
Central African Republic Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
Chad Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
Comoros Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
Democratic Republic of the Congo Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
Djibouti Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
Egypt Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
Equatorial Guinea Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
Eritrea Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
Ethiopia Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
Gabon Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
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 required 15 days Yes Yes
Lesotho Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
Liberia Visa not required 90 days No No
Libya Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
Madagascar Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
Malawi Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
Mali Visa not required 90 days No No
Mauritania Visa not required 90 days No No
Mauritius Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
Morocco Visa required No No
Mozambique Visa not required 90 days No No
Namibia Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
Niger Visa not required 90 days No No
Nigeria Visa not required 90 days No No
Rwanda Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
São Tomé and Príncipe Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
Senegal Visa not required 90 days No No
Seychelles Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
Sierra Leone Visa not required 90 days No No
Somalia Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
South Africa Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
Sudan Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
Eswatini Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
Tanzania Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
Togo Visa not required 90 days No No
Tunisia Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
Uganda Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
Zambia Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
Zimbabwe Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
Republic of the Congo Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
Guinea-Bissau Visa not required 90 days No No
South Sudan Visa required 15 days Yes Yes

Asia

Nationals from 3 countries in Asia are exempt from Cape Verde 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 Notes
Afghanistan Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
Armenia Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
Azerbaijan Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
Bangladesh Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
Bhutan Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
Brunei Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
Cambodia Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
China Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
Timor-Leste Visa not required 30 days No No
Georgia Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
India Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
Indonesia Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
Japan Visa not required Visa Not Required No No
Kazakhstan Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
Kyrgyzstan Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
Laos Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
Malaysia Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
Maldives Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
Mongolia Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
Myanmar Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
Nepal Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
North Korea Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
Pakistan Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
Philippines Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
Singapore Visa not required 30 days No No
South Korea Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
Sri Lanka Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
Tajikistan Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
Thailand Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
Turkmenistan Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
Uzbekistan Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
Vietnam Visa required 15 days Yes Yes

Central America and Caribbean

Nationals from 0 countries in Central America and Caribbean are exempt from Cape Verde visa, while those from 20 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 required 15 days Yes Yes
Bahamas Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
Barbados Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
Belize Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
Costa Rica Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
Cuba Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
Dominica Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
Dominican Republic Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
El Salvador Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
Grenada Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
Guatemala Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
Haiti Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
Honduras Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
Jamaica Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
Nicaragua Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
Panama Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
Saint Kitts and Nevis Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
Saint Lucia Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
Trinidad and Tobago Visa required 15 days Yes Yes

Europe

Nationals from 36 countries in Europe are exempt from Cape Verde 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 15 days Yes Yes
Andorra Visa not required 30 days No No
Austria Visa not required 30 days No No
Belarus Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
Belgium Visa not required 30 days No No
Bosnia and Herzegovina Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
Bulgaria Visa not required 30 days No No
Croatia Visa not required 30 days No No
Cyprus Visa not required 30 days No No
Czech Republic Visa not required 30 days No No
Denmark Visa not required 30 days No No
Estonia Visa not required 30 days No No
Finland Visa not required 30 days No No
France Visa not required 30 days No No
Germany Visa not required 30 days No No
Greece Visa not required 30 days No No
Hungary Visa not required 30 days No No
Iceland Visa not required 30 days No No
Ireland Visa not required 30 days No No
Italy Visa not required 30 days No No
Latvia Visa not required 30 days No No
Liechtenstein Visa not required 30 days No No
Lithuania Visa not required 30 days No No
Luxembourg Visa not required 30 days No No
Macedonia Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
Malta Visa not required 30 days No No
Moldova Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
Monaco Visa not required 30 days No No
Montenegro Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
Netherlands Visa not required 30 days No No
Norway Visa not required 30 days No No
Poland Visa not required 30 days No No
Portugal Visa not required 30 days No No
Romania Visa not required 30 days No No
Russia Visa not required 60 days No No
San Marino Visa not required 30 days No No
Serbia Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
Slovakia Visa not required 30 days No No
Slovenia Visa not required 30 days No No
Spain Visa not required 30 days No No
Sweden Visa not required 30 days No No
Switzerland Visa not required 30 days No No
Turkey Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
Ukraine Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
United Kingdom Visa not required 30 days No No
Kosovo Visa required 15 days Yes Yes

Middle East

Nationals from 0 countries in Middle East are exempt from Cape Verde visa, while those from 13 other countrie(s) will require a valid entry visa.

Country Visa requirement Allowed stay E-visa Eligibility Visa on arrival Eligibility Notes
Bahrain Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
Iran Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
Iraq Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
Israel Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
Jordan Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
Kuwait Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
Lebanon Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
Oman Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
Qatar Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
Saudi Arabia Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
Syria Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
United Arab Emirates Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
Yemen Visa required 15 days Yes Yes

North America

Nationals from 2 countries in North America are exempt from Cape Verde visa, while those from 1 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 30 days No No
Mexico Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
United States Visa not required 30 days No No

Oceania

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

Country Visa requirement Allowed stay E-visa Eligibility Visa on arrival Eligibility Notes
Australia Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
Fiji Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
Kiribati Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
Marshall Islands Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
Micronesia Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
Nauru Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
New Zealand Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
Palau Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
Papua New Guinea Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
Samoa Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
Solomon Islands Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
Tonga Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
Tuvalu Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
Vanuatu Visa required 15 days Yes Yes

South America

Nationals from 1 countries in South America are exempt from Cape Verde visa, while those from 11 other countrie(s) will require a valid entry visa.

Country Visa requirement Allowed stay E-visa Eligibility Visa on arrival Eligibility Notes
Argentina Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
Bolivia Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
Brazil Visa not required 30 days No No
Chile Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
Colombia Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
Ecuador Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
Guyana Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
Paraguay Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
Peru Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
Suriname Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
Uruguay Visa required 15 days Yes Yes
Venezuela Visa required 15 days Yes Yes