{"schemaVersion":1,"source":"live","checkedAt":"2026-10-13T03:06:07.339Z","passport":{"code":"GB","name":"United Kingdom","slug":"united-kingdom"},"destination":{"code":"TD","name":"Chad"},"status":"evisa","evidenceLevel":"exact","supportsCurrentStatus":true,"reviewedAt":"2026-08-25","allowedStays":[],"policies":[{"id":"chad-current-exclusive-evisa-european-ordinary-passports-2026","title":"Chad eVisa: Spanish, Swedish, Belgian, French, British-citizen, Dutch and Austrian ordinary passports","summary":"Each current passport-authority source establishes Chad visa liability for its named ordinary passport. Chad's later official rule makes the complete non-diplomatic/non-courtesy new-visa route exclusively electronic and pre-travel.","status":"evisa","effectiveFrom":"2026-05-11","conditions":["Applies only to short visitor travel on a full ordinary passport of Spain, Sweden, Belgium, France, the United Kingdom (British citizen), the Netherlands or Austria. It does not apply to diplomatic or courtesy visas, which remain with Chad's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.","For new applications from 11 May 2026, evisa.td is the exclusive route. From 21 May 2026, a visa issued outside that platform does not permit entry; visas regularly issued before that date remain individually valid until expiry.","The portal states that Chad entry visas are delivered online and the circular requires an electronic dossier before the intended entry date. Apply no more than 60 days, and preferably at least 7 days, before entry; standard processing is 10 working days and express processing 72 hours, subject to further checks or congestion.","A valid passport, the required purpose-specific documents, payment, health proof including yellow-fever documentation where required, security review, any post-arrival registration and final immigration admission remain required. No visa on arrival or manual entry authorization is established by this policy.","Travel warnings, regional insecurity, work, residence, transit, crew, refugee, alien, service, diplomatic, courtesy, dual-nationality and other special-document routes remain outside this ordinary short-visitor baseline."],"sourceIds":["france-diplomatie-chad-current-visa-liability-2026","netherlands-mfa-chad-current-visa-liability-2026","uk-fcdo-chad-current-british-citizen-passport-visa-2026","spain-maec-chad-current-ordinary-evisa-reform-2026","belgium-mfa-chad-current-visa-liability-2026","austria-mfa-chad-current-visa-liability-2026","sweden-mfa-chad-current-ordinary-visa-liability-2026","chad-evisa-live-electronic-issuance-nonexempt-visitors-2026","chad-evisa-legal-notice-competent-authority-2026","chad-evisa-may-2026-exclusive-new-visa-rule","chad-evisa-june-2026-ordinary-processing-circular"],"application":{"url":"https://evisa.td/","label":"Chad official eVisa platform","processingTime":"Standard: 10 working days; express: 72 hours; submit preferably at least 7 days and no more than 60 days before entry.","steps":["Submit the eVisa application and a valid ordinary passport electronically before travel.","Upload purpose-specific supporting documents and pay as instructed; respond to any security or completeness request.","Travel only after electronic issuance and present the required health and travel documents for final admission."]}}],"conditional":[],"sources":[{"id":"france-diplomatie-chad-current-visa-liability-2026","title":"Chad: entry and stay","url":"https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/fr/information-par-pays/tchad/conseils-aux-voyageurs-entree-sejour","publisher":"Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs of France","jurisdiction":"France / Chad","kind":"government-guidance","language":"French","reviewedAt":"2026-08-25"},{"id":"netherlands-mfa-chad-current-visa-liability-2026","title":"Chad travel advice","url":"https://www.nederlandwereldwijd.nl/reisadvies/tsjaad","publisher":"Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands","jurisdiction":"Netherlands / Chad","kind":"government-guidance","language":"Dutch","reviewedAt":"2026-08-25"},{"id":"uk-fcdo-chad-current-british-citizen-passport-visa-2026","title":"Chad entry requirements","url":"https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/chad/entry-requirements","publisher":"Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office","jurisdiction":"United Kingdom / Chad","kind":"government-guidance","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-25"},{"id":"spain-maec-chad-current-ordinary-evisa-reform-2026","title":"Chad travel recommendations","url":"https://exteriores.gob.es/es/ServiciosAlCiudadano/Paginas/Detalle-recomendaciones-de-viaje.aspx?trc=Chad","publisher":"Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation of Spain","jurisdiction":"Spain / Chad","kind":"government-guidance","language":"Spanish","reviewedAt":"2026-08-25"},{"id":"belgium-mfa-chad-current-visa-liability-2026","title":"Chad: practical information","url":"https://diplomatie.belgium.be/fr/pays/tchad/voyager-au-tchad-conseils-aux-voyageurs/informations-pratiques-pour-le-tchad","publisher":"Federal Public Service Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation of Belgium","jurisdiction":"Belgium / Chad","kind":"government-guidance","language":"French","reviewedAt":"2026-08-25"},{"id":"austria-mfa-chad-current-visa-liability-2026","title":"Chad","url":"https://www.bmeia.gv.at/reise-services/reiseinformation/land/tschad/","publisher":"Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs of Austria","jurisdiction":"Austria / Chad","kind":"government-guidance","language":"German","reviewedAt":"2026-08-25"},{"id":"sweden-mfa-chad-current-ordinary-visa-liability-2026","title":"Chad entry and exit rules","url":"https://www.swedenabroad.se/sv/om-utlandet-f%C3%B6r-svenska-medborgare/tchad/reseinformation/ambassadens-reseinformation/in--och-utresebest%C3%A4mmelser/","publisher":"Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Sweden","jurisdiction":"Sweden / Chad","kind":"government-guidance","language":"Swedish","reviewedAt":"2026-08-25"},{"id":"chad-evisa-live-electronic-issuance-nonexempt-visitors-2026","title":"Chad official eVisa platform and FAQ","url":"https://evisa.td/","publisher":"Directorate of Immigration and Emigration / eVisa Subdirectorate of Chad","jurisdiction":"Republic of Chad","kind":"official-portal","language":"French","reviewedAt":"2026-08-25"},{"id":"chad-evisa-legal-notice-competent-authority-2026","title":"Chad eVisa platform: legal notice","url":"https://evisa.td/legal-notice","publisher":"Ministry of Foreign Affairs, African Integration, International Cooperation and the Diaspora / Directorate of Emigration and Immigration, Republic of Chad","jurisdiction":"Republic of Chad","kind":"official-portal","language":"French","reviewedAt":"2026-08-25"},{"id":"chad-evisa-may-2026-exclusive-new-visa-rule","title":"New visa tariffs in the Republic of Chad","url":"https://evisa.td/articles/8/nouvelles-tarifications-des-visas-en-republique-du-tchad","publisher":"Directorate of Immigration and Emigration / eVisa Subdirectorate of Chad","jurisdiction":"Republic of Chad","kind":"official-portal","language":"French","reviewedAt":"2026-08-25"},{"id":"chad-evisa-june-2026-ordinary-processing-circular","title":"eVisa circular","url":"https://evisa.td/articles/11/note-circulaire","publisher":"Directorate of Immigration and Emigration / eVisa Subdirectorate of Chad","jurisdiction":"Republic of Chad","kind":"official-portal","language":"French","reviewedAt":"2026-08-25"}]}