{"schemaVersion":1,"source":"live","checkedAt":"2026-10-08T03:06:05.901Z","passport":{"code":"KE","name":"Kenya","slug":"kenya"},"destination":{"code":"CV","name":"Cape Verde Islands"},"status":"visa_on_arrival","evidenceLevel":"exact","supportsCurrentStatus":true,"reviewedAt":"2026-08-26","allowedStays":[],"policies":[{"id":"cabo-verde-2026-non-prearrival-list-ordinary-tourist-border-visa","title":"Ordinary passports outside Cape Verde's 2026 pre-arrival list: tourist visa at border","summary":"The current Gazette exhaustively identifies the nationalities that must hold an entry visa before arrival. These ordinary passport codes are outside that annex; the immigration authority makes a tourist visa available to a foreigner at an air or maritime frontier.","status":"visa_on_arrival","effectiveFrom":"2026-01-01","conditions":["Ordinary foreign passport; recreational or visiting short stay, including a cruise; not diplomatic, official, service, residence, transit or work travel.","The tourist visa is physically granted by the DEF at an air or maritime frontier. The statutory list reserves pre-arrival entry visas to its named nationalities; this policy is not visa-free, an ETA or an electronically issued visa.","Immigration describes the border grant as discretionary (\"pode conceder\"). Carry transport allowing entry and exit, sufficient means and a travel document valid beyond the authorized stay; admission remains subject to DEF and border checks.","Use the visa within 180 days of grant. It permits up to 90 days' stay and may be extended once for up to the same period.","EASE pre-registration and any Airport Security Tax are separate security/airport formalities, not the visa itself."],"sourceIds":["cabo-verde-2026-prearrival-visa-annex-current","cabo-verde-immigration-border-tourist-visa-current","cabo-verde-immigration-tourist-visa-foreigner-conditions-current","cabo-verde-ease-current-prearrival-list-notice"]}],"conditional":[],"sources":[{"id":"cabo-verde-2026-prearrival-visa-annex-current","title":"Corrected republication of Extract of Order No. 244/GMAI/2026","url":"https://boe.incv.cv/Bulletins/View/89461","publisher":"Boletim Oficial da República de Cabo Verde","jurisdiction":"Cabo Verde","kind":"law","language":"Portuguese","reviewedAt":"2026-08-26"},{"id":"cabo-verde-immigration-border-tourist-visa-current","title":"Visas","url":"https://www.aai.gov.cv/imigrantes/entrada-permanencia-e-saida-de-cabo-verde/vistos","publisher":"Alta Autoridade para a Imigração, I.P.","jurisdiction":"Cabo Verde","kind":"government-guidance","language":"Portuguese","reviewedAt":"2026-08-26"},{"id":"cabo-verde-immigration-tourist-visa-foreigner-conditions-current","title":"Tourist visa","url":"https://www.aai.gov.cv/cat-visto/96-visto-de-turismo","publisher":"Alta Autoridade para a Imigração, I.P.","jurisdiction":"Cabo Verde","kind":"government-guidance","language":"Portuguese","reviewedAt":"2026-08-26"},{"id":"cabo-verde-ease-current-prearrival-list-notice","title":"EASE traveller pre-registration","url":"https://www.ease.gov.cv/","publisher":"Cabo Verde EASE traveller entry service","jurisdiction":"Cabo Verde","kind":"official-portal","language":"Portuguese, English and French","reviewedAt":"2026-08-26"}]}