Visa policy of Senegal

Visitors to Senegal require a visa unless they come from one of the visa exempt countries.^[1] Visitors must hold passports that are valid for at least 6 months from the date of arrival.

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Visa policy of Senegal

  Senegal

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Visa exemption

Citizens of the following countries can visit Senegal without a visa for up to 90 days:^[2][3]

All European Union member states Benin Brazil Burkina Faso Canada Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Congo Côte d'Ivoire Djibouti Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau India Japan Liberia Malaysia Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Niger Nigeria Rwanda Sierra Leone Singapore[4] South Korea  Switzerland Togo Tunisia United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States

Date of visa changes
30 April 1980: ECOWAS[5] (Economic Community of West African States): Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo

Holders of passport for Public Affairs of China can visit Senegal without a visa for 30 days.

Holders of a Laissez-Passer issued by the United Nations traveling on duty and holders of a Laissez-Passer issued by the Economic Community of West African States do not require a visa for up to 90 days.

Holders of diplomatic passports issued to nationals of Turkey and holders of diplomatic and official / service passports issued to nationals of Algeria, China, Gabon, Libya, Russia,^[6][7] Serbia, Singapore, Tanzania and Uganda do not require a visa for up to 90 days.

In October 2019 Senegalese Minister of the Interior announced that Senegal would reintroduce visa requirements for all visitors except ECOWAS citizens by the end of 2019.^[8] In September 2024 a similar proposal to introduce reciprocal visa policy was proposed by the Minister of African Integration and Foreign Affairs.^[9]

Visa on arrival

Nationals of the following countries are eligible for a visa upon arrival at Dakar Airport (only, not at land borders) for a stay of up to 1 month and must hold a passport valid for at least 6 months from the date of arrival, round-trip air tickets and proof of accommodation.^[10]

African Union member states (except ECOWAS, Mozambique, São Tomé and Príncipe, Somalia, South Sudan and Sudan) Andorra Argentina Armenia Australia Bahamas Bahrain Barbados Brunei China (excludes Hong Kong and Macao) Costa Rica Dominican Republic El Salvador Fiji Grenada Guatemala Haiti Honduras Iceland Israel Jamaica Kiribati Kuwait Liechtenstein Marshall Islands Micronesia Monaco   Nepal New Zealand Norway Oman Palau Palestine Papua New Guinea Philippines Russia Samoa Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines San Marino Solomon Islands Suriname Thailand Trinidad and Tobago Turkey Tuvalu Ukraine Vanuatu Vatican City

See also

• Senegal portal

• Visa requirements for Senegalese citizens