Lesotho visa exemption & requirements

As of 2024, regular passport holders from 71 countries visiting Lesotho for tourism purposes including Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Botswana and Brunei Do Not require a visa and will be granted permission for short-term stay on arrival.

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

Lesotho visa exempt countries

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

Africa

Nationals from 17 countries in Africa are exempt from Lesotho visa, while those from 37 other countrie(s) will require a valid entry visa.

Country	Visa requirement	Allowed stay	E-visa Eligibility	Visa on arrival Eligibility
Algeria	Visa required		Yes	No
Angola	Visa required		Yes	No
Benin	Visa required		Yes	No
Botswana	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Burkina Faso	Visa required		Yes	No
Burundi	Visa required		Yes	No
Cameroon	Visa not required	90 days	No	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
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 required		Yes	No

Asia

Nationals from 8 countries in Asia are exempt from Lesotho visa, while those from 24 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 not required	90 days	No	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		Yes	No
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	60 days	No	No
Sri Lanka	Visa not required	90 days	No	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 11 countries in Central America and Caribbean are exempt from Lesotho visa, while those from 9 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 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 required		Yes	No
Cuba	Visa required		Yes	No
Dominica	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Dominican Republic	Visa required		Yes	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 21 countries in Europe are exempt from Lesotho visa, while those from 25 other countrie(s) will require a valid entry visa.

Country	Visa requirement	Allowed stay	E-visa Eligibility	Visa on arrival Eligibility
Albania	Visa required		Yes	No
Andorra	Visa required		Yes	No
Austria	Visa not required	14 days	No	No
Belarus	Visa required		Yes	No
Belgium	Visa not required	14 days	No	No
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Visa required		Yes	No
Bulgaria	Visa required		Yes	No
Croatia	Visa required		Yes	No
Cyprus	Visa not required	14 days	No	No
Czech Republic	Visa not required	14 days	No	No
Denmark	Visa not required	14 days	No	No
Estonia	Visa required		Yes	No
Finland	Visa not required	14 days	No	No
France	Visa not required	14 days	No	No
Germany	Visa not required	14 days	No	No
Greece	Visa required		Yes	No
Hungary	Visa required		Yes	No
Iceland	Visa not required	14 days	No	No
Ireland	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Italy	Visa not required	14 days	No	No
Latvia	Visa required		Yes	No
Liechtenstein	Visa required		Yes	No
Lithuania	Visa required		Yes	No
Luxembourg	Visa not required	14 days	No	No
Macedonia	Visa required		Yes	No
Malta	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Moldova	Visa required		Yes	No
Monaco	Visa required		Yes	No
Montenegro	Visa required		Yes	No
Netherlands	Visa not required	14 days	No	No
Norway	Visa not required	14 days	No	No
Poland	Visa required		Yes	No
Portugal	Visa not required	14 days	No	No
Romania	Visa required		Yes	No
Russia	Visa required		Yes	No
San Marino	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Serbia	Visa required		Yes	No
Slovakia	Visa required		Yes	No
Slovenia	Visa required		Yes	No
Spain	Visa not required	14 days	No	No
Sweden	Visa not required	14 days	No	No
Switzerland	Visa not required	14 days	No	No
Turkey	Visa required		Yes	No
Ukraine	Visa required		Yes	No
United Kingdom	Visa not required	14 days	No	No
Kosovo	Visa required		Yes	No

Middle East

Nationals from 1 countries in Middle East are exempt from Lesotho 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 2 countries in North America are exempt from Lesotho 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
Canada	Visa not required	14 days	No	No
Mexico	Visa required		Yes	No
United States	Visa not required	14 days	No	No

Oceania

Nationals from 10 countries in Oceania are exempt from Lesotho 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
Australia	Visa not required	14 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	14 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 1 countries in South America are exempt from Lesotho 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
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 not required	90 days	No	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