Visa policy of Namibia

The Government of Namibia allows citizens of specific countries and territories to travel to Namibia for tourism, visiting friends and relatives as well as official purposes for 3 months with ordinary, diplomatic and service passports without having to obtain a visa. All visitors must have a passport valid for at least 6 months.

Namibia announced the start of issuing African passport holders with visas on arrival at ports of entry as a first step towards the eventual abolition of all visa requirements for all Africans.^[1][2]

Namibia is expected to become part of the universal KAZA visa.^[3]

Visa policy map

  Namibia

  Visa not required

  Visa on arrival and eVisa

  Visa required

Visa exemption

Holders of ordinary passports issued by the following jurisdictions can enter Namibia without a visa for a maximum stay of 3 months within any 1 calendar year:^[4][5]

Angola  BotswanaID  Brazil  Cuba  Eswatini  Hong Kong

Indonesia  Jamaica  Kenya  Lesotho  Macao1  Malaysia

Malawi  Mauritius  Mozambique  Russia  Seychelles  Singapore[6]

South Africa  Tanzania  Zambia  Zimbabwe

_{ID - May enter Namibia using an ID card in lieu of a passport.
1 - including holders of MSAR passports and MSAR Travel Permits.}

Date of visa changes
1 June 1991: Finland[7] July 2018: Jamaica[8] August 2018: Indonesia[9] April 2025: 33 nationalities[10]

Non-ordinary passports

Holders of diplomatic or official service category passports of the following countries may enter without a visa.^[11]

Algeria  Benin  Burkina Faso  Burundi  Cameroon  Cape Verde  Central African Republic  Chad  Comoros  Congo  DR Congo

Côte d'Ivoire  Djibouti  Egypt  Equatorial Guinea  Eritrea  Ethiopia  France  Gabon  Gambia  Germany  Ghana  Guinea  Guinea-Bissau

India  Liberia  Madagascar  Mali (30 days)  Mauritania  Niger  Nigeria  Poland  São Tomé and Príncipe  Senegal  Sierra Leone

Rwanda  Togo  Tunisia  Turkey  Uganda  Venezuela  Vietnam  Western Sahara

Namibia signed an agreement with Botswana in February 2023 allowing citizens to travel between the two countries using only identity cards, with passports no longer being needed.^[12]

Visa on arrival

Citizens of the following countries and territories can obtain a visa on arrival for a maximum stay of 90 days. The cost of the visa on arrival is N$1,600 (approximately €82 / US$88) for citizens of non-African countries and N$1,200 (approximately €62 / US$66) for nationals of African countries.^{[13][14][15][16]}

Argentina  Armenia  Australia  Austria  Azerbaijan  Belarus  Belgium  Benin  Bulgaria  Burkina Faso  Burundi  Cambodia  Cameroon  Canada  Cape Verde  Central African Republic  Chad  Chile  Comoros  Côte d'Ivoire  Croatia  Czech Republic

Denmark  Djibouti  Ecuador  Equatorial Guinea  Eritrea  Estonia  Finland  France  Gabon  Gambia  Germany  Greece  Guinea  Guinea-Bissau  Hungary  Iceland  Ireland  Israel  Italy  Japan  Kazakhstan  Kyrgyzstan

Latvia  Liberia  Liechtenstein  Lithuania  Luxembourg  Madagascar  Mauritania  Mexico  Moldova  Netherlands  New Zealand  Nicaragua  Niger  Norway  Paraguay  Peru  Poland  Portugal  Romania  Rwanda  São Tomé and Príncipe  Sierra Leone

Slovakia  South Korea  Spain  Sweden   Switzerland  Tajikistan  Thailand  Togo  Tunisia  Turkey  Turkmenistan  Uganda  Ukraine  United Arab Emirates  United Kingdom1  United States  Uruguay  Uzbekistan  Vatican City  Venezuela  Vietnam  Western Sahara

_{1 - including all classes of British nationality.}

Travelers can obtain a visa upon arrival in the following locations.^[17]

• Windhoek Hosea Kutako International Airport
• Walvis Bay Airport
• Port of Lüderitz
• Port of Walvis Bay
• Ariamsvlei Border Post (with South Africa)
• Impalia Island Border Post
• Oranjemund Border Post (with South Africa)
• Oshikango Border Post (with Angola)
• Katima Mulilo Border Post (with Zambia)
• Mohembo Border Post (with Botswana)
• Ngoma Border Post (with Botswana)
• Noordoewer Border Post (with South Africa)
• Trans-Kalahari Border Post (with Botswana)

eVisa

The Namibian authorities strongly recommend that you apply for an e-Visa in advance of your trip,^[18] to avoid any queues or complications on the spot. The same nationalities that are eligible for a visa on arrival are also eligible for the e-visa. Holders of an eVisa can use the following entry points:

• Windhoek Hosea Kutako International Airport
• Walvis Bay Airport
• Eros Airport
• Ondangwa Airport
• Oranjemund Airport
• Gobabis Airport
• Grootfontein Airport
• Keetmanshoop Airport
• Lüderitz Airport
• Mpacha Airport
• Rundu Airport
• Singalamwe Airport
• Lüderitz Port
• Walvis Bay Port
• Ariamsvlei Border Post (with South Africa)
• Impalia Island Border Post
• Omahenene Border Post (with Angola)
• Oranjemund Border Post (with South Africa)
• Oshikango Border Post (with Angola)
• Kasika Border Post (with Zambia)
• Katima Mulilo Border Post (with Zambia)
• Border Post Katwitwi Border Post (with Angola)
• Klein Manasse Border Post (with South Africa)
• Mata-Mata Border Post (with Botswana)
• Mohembo Border Post (with Botswana)
• Ngoma Border Post (with Botswana)
• Nkurenkuru Border Post (with Angola)
• Noordoewer Border Post (with South Africa)
• Rucana Border Post (with Angola)
• Sarasungu Border Post (with Angola)
• Sendelingsdrift Border Post (with South Africa)
• Trans-Kalahari Border Post (with Botswana)
• Velloorsdrift Border Post (with South Africa)

History

Before 2025, nationals of 33 countries which include some EU states (Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden), other European countries (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, the United Kingdom), as well Australia, New Zealand, the United States, and Canada, could enter Namibia visa-free. Effective 1 April 2025, the Namibia government abolished visa-free entry for the nationals of these countries citing the lack of reciprocal agreements.^[19][20]

Visitor statistics

Most visitors arriving in Namibia and spending at least 1 night in recent years were from the following countries of nationality:^[21]

Country	2023[22]	2022 [23]	2017[24]	2016[25]	2015[25]	2014[25]
South Africa	349,728	116,897	325,968	342,044	351,864	312,153
Angola	112,336	82,199	403,129	398,939	447,038	470,747
Germany	79,989	62,691	123,022	122,142	90,729	86,121
Zambia	56,243	25,041	195,289	190,457	147,754	125,889
Botswana	56,157	19,761	52,021	50,665	45,049	36,724
Zimbabwe	30,460		89,241	83,287	70,940	61,187
United States	25,526	12,419	31,144	27,264	24,430	21,425
United Kingdom	18,426	12,705	33,450	31,558	25,412	25,653
France	16,002	17,503	31,758	23,484	20,189	19,577
Netherlands	14,822	9,075		20,169	13,967	11,137
Total	863,872	461,027	1,499,442	1,469,258	1,387,773	1,320,062

See also

• Africa portal

• Visa requirements for Namibian citizens