{"schemaVersion":1,"source":"live","checkedAt":"2026-10-08T03:06:05.901Z","passport":{"code":"NI","name":"Nicaragua","slug":"nicaragua"},"destination":{"code":"TZ","name":"Tanzania"},"status":"visa_on_arrival","evidenceLevel":"exact","supportsCurrentStatus":true,"reviewedAt":"2026-08-24","allowedStays":[],"policies":[{"id":"nicaraguan-ordinary-passports-tanzania-visitor-visa-on-arrival-2026","title":"Nicaraguan ordinary passports: Tanzania visitor visa on arrival","summary":"Tanzania's operative visa controls expressly require a visa without prior approval for countries outside the current statutory visa-free schedule; the current schedule does not contain Nicaragua. The statutes permit issuance at designated entry points, and current Immigration guidance confirms that arrival issuance is a route for obtaining a Tanzanian visa.","status":"visa_on_arrival","conditions":["Applies to an ordinary Nicaraguan passport holder travelling as a short visitor, not to Tanzanian citizens, dual-citizenship exceptions, diplomatic, service, official, refugee, stateless, residence, work, business, transit or other special-document cases.","The visa requirement follows the statutory rule for a country outside the replacement Third Schedule, rather than an inference from a portal or a non-exhaustive web list. Nicaragua is not a country in that complete legal schedule.","Nicaragua is likewise absent from the complete statutory referral schedule, which is the only category requiring Commissioner-General approval; the 2025 amendment alters that schedule only by deleting Somaliland.","The statutory entry-point issuing station and current Immigration arrival route support visa-on-arrival normalization. Passport validity, return/onward travel, funds, health requirements, application requirements and final Immigration Officer admission remain applicable."],"sourceIds":["tanzania-oag-immigration-visa-regulations-2016-visa-controls","tanzania-oag-immigration-visa-regulations-2016-arrival-issuance","tanzania-oag-immigration-visa-amendment-2025-third-schedule","tanzania-oag-immigration-visa-amendment-2024-referral-schedule","tanzania-immigration-current-visa-guidelines-arrival-route"]}],"conditional":[],"sources":[{"id":"tanzania-oag-immigration-visa-regulations-2016-visa-controls","title":"The Immigration (Visa) Regulations, 2016 (Government Notice No. 247)","url":"https://oagmis.oag.go.tz/portal/legislation/3081/download","publisher":"Office of the Attorney General, United Republic of Tanzania","jurisdiction":"United Republic of Tanzania","kind":"law","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-24"},{"id":"tanzania-oag-immigration-visa-regulations-2016-arrival-issuance","title":"The Immigration (Visa) Regulations, 2016 (Government Notice No. 247)","url":"https://oagmis.oag.go.tz/portal/legislation/3081/download","publisher":"Office of the Attorney General, United Republic of Tanzania","jurisdiction":"United Republic of Tanzania","kind":"law","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-24"},{"id":"tanzania-oag-immigration-visa-amendment-2025-third-schedule","title":"The Immigration (Visa) (Amendment) Regulations, 2025 (Government Notice No. 605)","url":"https://oagmis.oag.go.tz/portal/legislation/4567/download","publisher":"Office of the Attorney General, United Republic of Tanzania","jurisdiction":"United Republic of Tanzania","kind":"law","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-24"},{"id":"tanzania-oag-immigration-visa-amendment-2024-referral-schedule","title":"The Immigration (Visa) (Amendment) Regulations, 2024 (Government Notice No. 675)","url":"https://oagmis.oag.go.tz/portal/legislation/3492/download","publisher":"Office of the Attorney General, United Republic of Tanzania","jurisdiction":"United Republic of Tanzania","kind":"law","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-24"},{"id":"tanzania-immigration-current-visa-guidelines-arrival-route","title":"Tanzania Visa Guidelines","url":"https://visa.immigration.go.tz/guidelines","publisher":"Tanzania Immigration Services Department","jurisdiction":"United Republic of Tanzania","kind":"government-guidance","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-24"}]}