{"schemaVersion":1,"source":"live","checkedAt":"2026-10-08T03:06:05.901Z","passport":{"code":"CA","name":"Canada","slug":"canada"},"destination":{"code":"BW","name":"Botswana"},"status":"visa_free","evidenceLevel":"exact","supportsCurrentStatus":true,"reviewedAt":"2026-08-21","allowedStays":[],"policies":[{"id":"botswana-named-ordinary-passports-visa-free","title":"Named ordinary passports: visa-free short visitors","summary":"The official Washington Embassy's full current named visa-free schedule supports this reconcilable ordinary-passport cohort. Passports disputed by the current statutory Tourism Organisation schedule are excluded.","status":"visa_free","conditions":["The Embassy lists this cohort among countries whose citizens do not require a visa. It does not establish visa-free work, residence, business, transit, diplomatic, official, service, special-document or individual-admissibility treatment.","Government guidance requires a passport valid at least six months in the absence of a specific bilateral agreement, caps visitor stays at 90 days in each calendar year, and says extensions are available from Immigration.","No general arrival authorization or visa-on-arrival status is inferred. Border officials may apply normal documentary, health, security and admission controls."],"sourceIds":["botswana-washington-embassy-current-nationality-schedules","botswana-government-current-immigration-summary"]}],"conditional":[],"sources":[{"id":"botswana-washington-embassy-current-nationality-schedules","title":"Guidelines for Completing a Visa Application","url":"https://botswanaembassy.org/page/guidelines-for-completing-a-visa-application","publisher":"Embassy of the Republic of Botswana, Washington, D.C.","jurisdiction":"Botswana","kind":"government-guidance","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-21"},{"id":"botswana-government-current-immigration-summary","title":"About Our Country: Immigration","url":"https://www.gov.bw/about-our-country-0?page=0","publisher":"Government of Botswana","jurisdiction":"Botswana","kind":"government-guidance","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-21"}]}