Visa policy of Namibia

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Namibia international border crossing points

The Government of Namibia allows citizens of specific countries and territories to travel to Namibia for tourism or business purposes for three months with an ordinary passport, and diplomatic and service passports without having to obtain a visa. All visitors must hold a passport valid for 6 months.

Namibia is expected to become part of the universal KAZA visa in 2016.^[1]

Visa policy map

Visa policy of Namibia

Visa exempt citizens

Holders of ordinary passports issued by the following 52 jurisdictions can enter Namibia without a visa for a maximum stay of 3 months:^[2][3]

Angola  Armenia[4]  Australia  Austria  Azerbaijan[5]  Belarus[6]  Belgium  Botswana  Brazil  Canada  Cuba  Denmark  Finland

France  Germany  Iceland  Ireland  Italy  Japan  Kazakhstan[7]  Kenya  Kyrgyzstan[8]  Lesotho  Liechtenstein  Luxembourg  Malaysia

Malawi  Mauritius  Moldova[9]  Mozambique  New Zealand  Netherlands  Norway  Portugal  Russia[10]  Seychelles  Singapore  South Africa  Spain

Swaziland  Sweden   Switzerland  Tajikistan[11]  Tanzania  Turkmenistan[12]  Ukraine[13]  United Kingdom  United States  Uzbekistan[14]  Venezuela[15]  Zambia  Zimbabwe

Holders of ordinary passports issued by the following 2 jurisdictions can enter Namibia without a visa for a maximum stay of 30 days:

Hong Kong  Macau^1

_{1 - for holders of both MSAR passports and MSAR Travel Permits.}

Holders of diplomatic, official or service passports issued to nationals of Ghana and Turkey^[16] as well as holders of diplomatic or official passports of India do not require a visa for Namibia.

Statistics

Most visitors arriving to Namibia on short term basis in 2013 were from the following countries of nationality:^[17]

Rank	Country	Number
1	Angola	426,025
2	South Africa	277,182
3	Zambia	98,792
4	Germany	79,551
5	Zimbabwe	56,566
6	Botswana	31,829
7	United Kingdom	23,185
8	United States	19,157
9	France	15,911
10	Portugal	14,048

See also

• Visa requirements for Namibian citizens

References

1. Kaza UniVisa to include Angola, Botswana and Namibia
2. "Visa Information". Timatic. IATA. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
3. Visa Requirements for Foreigners Travelling to Namibia Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Namibia
16. https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:lyWDkhOqGA4J:southernafrican.news/2016/04/26/nam-turkey-relations-booming/+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us