Rwanda visa exemption & requirements

As of 2024, regular passport holders from 23 countries visiting Rwanda for tourism purposes including Angola, Benin, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Ghana, Guinea, Haiti, Indonesia and Kenya Do Not require a visa and will be granted permission for short-term stay on arrival.

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

Rwanda visa exempt countries

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

Africa

Nationals from 17 countries in Africa are exempt from Rwanda 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	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 required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Burundi	Visa not required	6 months	No	No
Cameroon	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Cape Verde	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Central African Republic	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Chad	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
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 required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Ghana	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Guinea	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Côte d'Ivoire	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Kenya	Visa not required	6 months	No	No
Lesotho	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Liberia	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Libya	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Madagascar	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Malawi	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Mali	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Mauritania	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Mauritius	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Morocco	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Mozambique	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Namibia	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Niger	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Nigeria	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
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 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 not required	6 months	No	No
Togo	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Tunisia	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Uganda	Visa not required	6 months	No	No
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 required	15 days	Yes	Yes
South Sudan	Visa not required	6 months	No	No

Asia

Nationals from 3 countries in Asia are exempt from Rwanda 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	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 required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Georgia	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
India	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Indonesia	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Japan	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
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 not required	90 days	No	No
Singapore	Visa not required	90 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 2 countries in Central America and Caribbean are exempt from Rwanda visa, while those from 18 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	15 days	Yes	Yes
Bahamas	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Barbados	Visa required		Yes	No
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 not required	90 days	No	No
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 not required	90 days	No	No
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 0 countries in Europe are exempt from Rwanda visa, while those from 46 other countrie(s) will require a valid entry visa.

Country	Visa requirement	Allowed stay	E-visa Eligibility	Visa on arrival Eligibility
Albania	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Andorra	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Austria	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Belarus	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Belgium	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Bulgaria	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Croatia	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Cyprus	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Czech Republic	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Denmark	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Estonia	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Finland	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
France	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Germany	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Greece	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Hungary	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Iceland	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Ireland	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Italy	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Latvia	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Liechtenstein	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Lithuania	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Luxembourg	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Macedonia	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Malta	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Moldova	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Monaco	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Montenegro	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Netherlands	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Norway	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Poland	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Portugal	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Romania	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Russia	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
San Marino	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Serbia	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Slovakia	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Slovenia	Visa required		Yes	No
Spain	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Sweden	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Switzerland	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Turkey	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Ukraine	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
United Kingdom	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Kosovo	Visa required		Yes	No

Middle East

Nationals from 1 countries in Middle East are exempt from Rwanda 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	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 not required	90 days	No	No
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 0 countries in North America are exempt from Rwanda visa, while those from 3 other countrie(s) will require a valid entry visa.

Country	Visa requirement	Allowed stay	E-visa Eligibility	Visa on arrival Eligibility
Canada	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Mexico	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
United States	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes

Oceania

Nationals from 0 countries in Oceania are exempt from Rwanda 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
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 0 countries in South America are exempt from Rwanda 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
Argentina	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Bolivia	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Brazil	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
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