{"schemaVersion":1,"source":"live","checkedAt":"2026-10-08T03:06:05.901Z","passport":{"code":"DE","name":"Germany","slug":"germany"},"destination":{"code":"SL","name":"Sierra Leone"},"status":"visa_on_arrival","evidenceLevel":"exact","supportsCurrentStatus":true,"reviewedAt":"2026-08-23","allowedStays":[],"policies":[{"id":"german-ordinary-passport-sierra-leone-border-issued-evisa-2026","title":"German ordinary passports: Sierra Leone border-issued visitor eVisa","summary":"German ordinary-passport visitors must obtain Sierra Leone's online approval before travel; the visa itself is issued on arrival at the border.","status":"visa_on_arrival","conditions":["Apply and pay online sufficiently before travel; the German Federal Foreign Office says issuance follows at arrival at the border after approval.","This is normalized as visa_on_arrival because the visa is issued at the border, despite the mandatory online pre-application.","Passport validity, yellow-fever documentation, health declaration, extension, work, residence, special documents and final admission remain separate."],"sourceIds":["german-foreign-office-sierra-leone-entry-2026"],"application":{"url":"https://evisa.sl/","label":"Sierra Leone Immigration eVisa service","steps":["Apply and pay online before departure using the German ordinary passport to be used for travel.","After approval, present the required documents at the border for visa issuance."]}}],"conditional":[],"sources":[{"id":"german-foreign-office-sierra-leone-entry-2026","title":"Sierra Leone: travel and security advice","url":"https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/de/reiseundsicherheit/sierraleonesicherheit-203500","publisher":"German Federal Foreign Office","jurisdiction":"Germany","kind":"government-guidance","language":"German","reviewedAt":"2026-08-23"}]}