Zambia visa exemption & requirements

As of 2024, regular passport holders from 43 countries visiting Zambia for tourism purposes including Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cyprus, Dominica, Fiji, Grenada and Ireland Do Not require a visa and will be granted permission for short-term stay on arrival.

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

Zambia visa exempt countries

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

Africa

Nationals from 14 countries in Africa are exempt from Zambia visa, while those from 40 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	15 days	Yes	Yes
Benin	Visa required		Yes	No
Botswana	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Burkina Faso	Visa required		Yes	No
Burundi	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Cameroon	Visa required		Yes	No
Cape Verde	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Central African Republic	Visa required		No	No
Chad	Visa required		Yes	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		Yes	No
Equatorial Guinea	Visa required		Yes	No
Eritrea	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Ethiopia	Visa required		Yes	No
Gabon	Visa required		Yes	No
Gambia	Visa required		Yes	No
Ghana	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
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	15 days	Yes	Yes
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	15 days	Yes	Yes
São Tomé and Príncipe	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Senegal	Visa required		Yes	No
Seychelles	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Sierra Leone	Visa required		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
Zimbabwe	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Republic of the Congo	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Guinea-Bissau	Visa required		Yes	No
South Sudan	Visa required		Yes	No

Asia

Nationals from 3 countries in Asia are exempt from Zambia 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	15 days	Yes	Yes
Brunei	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Cambodia	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
China	Visa required		Yes	No
Timor-Leste	Visa required		Yes	No
Georgia	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
India	Visa required		Yes	No
Indonesia	Visa required		Yes	No
Japan	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Kazakhstan	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Kyrgyzstan	Visa required		Yes	No
Laos	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Malaysia	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Maldives	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Mongolia	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Myanmar	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
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 required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Sri Lanka	Visa required		Yes	No
Tajikistan	Visa required		Yes	No
Thailand	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Turkmenistan	Visa required		Yes	No
Uzbekistan	Visa required		Yes	No
Vietnam	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes

Central America and Caribbean

Nationals from 11 countries in Central America and Caribbean are exempt from Zambia 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	15 days	Yes	Yes
Cuba	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Dominica	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Dominican Republic	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
El Salvador	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Grenada	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Guatemala	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Haiti	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Honduras	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Jamaica	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
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 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 6 countries in Europe are exempt from Zambia visa, while those from 40 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 not required	90 days	No	No
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 not required	90 days	No	No
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 not required	90 days	No	No
Moldova	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Monaco	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Montenegro	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
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 not required	90 days	No	No
Russia	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
San Marino	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Serbia	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Slovakia	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Slovenia	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
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		No	No

Middle East

Nationals from 0 countries in Middle East are exempt from Zambia 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
Bahrain	Visa required		Yes	No
Iran	Visa required		Yes	No
Iraq	Visa required		Yes	No
Israel	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
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	15 days	Yes	Yes
Yemen	Visa required		Yes	No

North America

Nationals from 0 countries in North America are exempt from Zambia 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 9 countries in Oceania are exempt from Zambia visa, while those from 5 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 not required	90 days	No	No
Kiribati	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Marshall Islands	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Micronesia	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Nauru	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
New Zealand	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Palau	Visa required		Yes	No
Papua New Guinea	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
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 0 countries in South America are exempt from Zambia 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