Visa policy of Botswana

Visitors to Botswana require a visa unless they come from one of the visa exempt countries.

Botswana

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Government President Mokgweetsi Masisi Vice-President Slumber Tsogwane
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Botswana international border crossing points

Visa policy map

Visa policy of Botswana

Visa exemption

Holders of passports of the following 103 jurisdictions do not require a visa to visit Botswana for up to 90 days (within a 12-month period):[1][2][3]

All European Union citizens

All visitors must hold a passport valid for 6 months.

Holders of diplomatic or service passports of China and diplomatic passport of India do not require a visa to enter Botswana.

Visa on arrival

Nationals of India can obtain visa on arrival valid for 14 days.

On 15 November 2018, the Government of Botswana announced that tourists would be able to obtain visas on arrival from 24 November 2018.[4][5] The plan was put on hold on 27 November 2018.[6]

Visitor statistics

Most visitors arriving to Botswana were from the following countries of nationality:[7]

Country	2016	2015	2014	2013
Zimbabwe	874,169	967,322	784,720	825,717
South Africa	759,564	808,118	600,387	742,639
Zambia	220,649	202,289	188,351	331,799
Namibia	187,044	170,326	162,453	169,733
United States	52,171	49,451	49,961	139,752
United Kingdom	42,534	41,011	39,675	47,929
Germany	35,288	32,230	34,576	43,674
India	19,297	17,413	18,342	13,543
Lesotho	18,773	18,842	12,408	10,839
Malawi	17,102	20,607	15,175	17,386
Total	2,401,786	2,501,616	2,082,521	2,598,158

References

"Country information (visa section)". Timatic. International Air Transport Association (IATA) through Olympic Air. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
"Guidelines for Completing a Visa Application | Embassy of the Republic of Botswana in Washington, D.C." www.botswanaembassy.org. Retrieved 2016-10-27.
IMMIGRATION VISA REGULATIONS
https://www.theafricanprogressiveeconomist.com/botswana-tourist-offered-visa-on-arrival-to-boost-business/news-desk/
https://thatothercity.com/botswana-offers-visa-on-arrival-to-africans/
Botswana delays plans for visas on arrival

Visa policy by country

Africa

Central	Angola Cameroon Central African Republic Chad DR Congo R Congo Equatorial Guinea Gabon São Tomé and Príncipe
Eastern	Burundi Comoros Djibouti Eritrea Ethiopia Kenya Madagascar Malawi Mauritius Mozambique Rwanda Seychelles Somalia (Somaliland) South Sudan Tanzania Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe
Northern	Algeria Egypt¹⁰ Libya Morocco Sudan Tunisia
Southern	Botswana Eswatini Lesotho Namibia Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha¹ South Africa
Western	Benin Burkina Faso Cape Verde Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast Liberia Mali Mauritania Niger Nigeria Senegal Sierra Leone Togo

Americas

Caribbean	Anguilla¹ Antigua and Barbuda Bahamas Barbados British Virgin Islands¹ Cayman Islands¹ Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic Dutch Caribbean (Aruba, Caribbean Netherlands, Curaçao, Sint Maarten) Grenada Haiti Jamaica Montserrat¹ Puerto Rico⁷ St. Kitts and Nevis St. Lucia St. Vincent and the Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands¹ United States Virgin Islands⁷
Central	Belize Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua Panama
North	Bermuda¹ Canada Greenland⁹ Mexico United States
South	Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Falkland Islands¹ Guyana Paraguay Peru South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands¹ Suriname Uruguay Venezuela

Asia

Central & North	Afghanistan Kazakhstan⁴ Kyrgyzstan Russia³ Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan
East	China Hong Kong Macau Japan North Korea South Korea Mongolia Taiwan (Republic of China)⁶
South	Bangladesh Bhutan India Maldives Nepal Pakistan Sri Lanka
Southeast	Brunei Cambodia East Timor Indonesia Laos Malaysia Myanmar Philippines Singapore Thailand Vietnam
Western	Abkhazia⁴ ⁶ Akrotiri and Dhekelia¹ ⁴ Armenia⁴ Artsakh⁴ ⁶ Azerbaijan⁴ Bahrain Cyprus⁴ Egypt¹⁰ Georgia⁴ Iran Iraq Israel Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Northern Cyprus⁴ ⁶ Oman Palestine Qatar Saudi Arabia South Ossetia⁴ Syria Turkey⁴ United Arab Emirates Yemen

Europe

European Union/EFTA	Austria Belgium Bulgaria Croatia Czech Republic Cyprus⁴ Denmark Faroe Islands,⁹ Greenland⁹ Estonia Finland France Overseas Germany Gibraltar¹ Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Overseas Norway Svalbard⁸ Poland Portugal Romania Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland
Other parts of Europe	Abkhazia⁴ ⁶ Akrotiri and Dhekelia¹ ⁴ Albania Andorra Armenia⁴ Artsakh⁴ ⁶ Azerbaijan⁴ Belarus Bosnia and Herzegovina Georgia⁴ Kazakhstan⁴ Kosovo⁶ Moldova Monaco² Montenegro Northern Cyprus⁴ ⁶ North Macedonia Russia³ San Marino² Serbia South Ossetia⁴ ⁶ Transnistria⁶ Turkey⁴ Ukraine United Kingdom Overseas Vatican City²

Oceania

¹ British Overseas Territories. ² Open border with Schengen Area. ³ Russia is included as a European country here because the majority of its population (80%) lives in European Russia. ⁴ These countries span the conventional boundary between Europe and Asia. ⁵ Part of the Realm of New Zealand. ⁶ Partially recognized. ⁷ Unincorporated territory of the United States. ⁸ Part of Norway, not part of the Schengen Area, special open-border status under Svalbard Treaty. ⁹ Part of the Kingdom of Denmark, not part of the Schengen Area. ¹⁰ Egypt spans the boundary between North Africa and the Middle East.

Visa requirements

Africa

Central	Angolan Cameroonian Central African Republic Chadian DR Congo R Congo Equatorial Guinean Gabonese Santomean
Eastern	Burundian Comorian Djiboutian Eritrean Ethiopian Kenyan Malagasy Malawian Mauritian Mozambican Rwandan Seychellois Somali (Somaliland) South Sudanese Tanzanian Ugandan Zambian Zimbabwean
Northern	Algerian Egyptian⁶ Libyan Moroccan Sudanese Tunisian
Southern	Botswana Lesotho Namibian Saint Helena¹ South African Swazi
Western	Beninese Burkinabe Cape Verdean Gambian Ghanaian Guinean Guinea-Bissauan Ivorian Liberian Malian Mauritanian Nigerian Nigerien Senegalese Sierra Leonean Togolese

Americas

Caribbean	Anguillan¹ Antigua and Barbuda Bahamian Barbadian British Virgin Islands¹ Caymanian¹ Cuban Dominica Dominican Republic Grenadian Haitian Jamaican Montserratian¹ Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucian Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands¹
Central	Belizean Costa Rican El Salvador Guatemalan Honduran Nicaraguan Panamanian
North	Bermudian¹ Canadian Greenlandic⁸ Mexican United States
South	Argentine Bolivian Brazilian Chilean Colombian Ecuadorian Guyanese Paraguayan Peruvian Surinamese Uruguayan Venezuelan

Asia

Central & North	Afghanistani Kazakhstani⁴ Kyrgyzstani Russian⁹ Tajik Turkmen Uzbekistani
East	Chinese Hong Kongese Macanese Japanese North Korean South Korean Mongolian Taiwanese⁷
South	Bangladeshi Bhutanese Indian Maldivian Nepalese Pakistani Sri Lankan
Southeast	Bruneian Cambodian East Timorese Indonesian Laotian Malaysian Myanmar Philippine Singaporean Thai Vietnamese
Western	Abkhaz⁴ ⁷ Armenian⁵ Artsakh⁵ ⁷ Azerbaijani⁴ Bahraini Cypriot⁵ Egyptian⁶ Georgian⁴ Emirati Iranian Iraqi Israeli Jordanian Kuwaiti Lebanese Northern Cypriot⁵ ⁷ Omani Palestinian Qatari Saudi South Ossetian⁴ ⁷ Syrian Turkish⁴ Yemeni

Europe

European Union

Other Europe

Oceania

Other

¹ British Overseas Territories. ² Part of the Schengen Area. ³ Open border with Schengen Area. ⁴ Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey, Kazakhstan and the partially recognised republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia each span the conventional boundary between Europe and Asia. ⁵ Cyprus, Armenia, and the partially recognised republics of Artsakh and Northern Cyprus are entirely in Southwest Asia but have socio-political connections with Europe. ⁶ Egypt spans the boundary between North Africa and the Middle East. ⁷ Partially recognized. ⁸ Part of the Kingdom of Denmark, not part of the Schengen Area. ⁹ Russia has territory in both Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. The vast majority of its population (80%) lives in European Russia. ¹⁰ Part of the Nordic Passport Union.

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Visa policy of Botswana

Visa policy map

Visa exemption

Visa on arrival

Visitor statistics

See also

References