{"schemaVersion":1,"source":"live","checkedAt":"2026-10-08T03:06:05.901Z","passport":{"code":"PA","name":"Panama","slug":"panama"},"destination":{"code":"LS","name":"Lesotho"},"status":"visa_required","evidenceLevel":"exact","supportsCurrentStatus":true,"reviewedAt":"2026-08-21","allowedStays":[],"policies":[{"id":"lesotho-other-foreign-ordinary-passports-advance-visa","title":"Other foreign ordinary passports: advance Lesotho visitor visa","summary":"The Embassy’s incoming table marks its listed remaining nationalities “YES” (visa always required), while Home Affairs supplies the explicit every-foreign-citizen visa default outside abolition and Commonwealth exemptions. The live eVisa service is suspended, so the current process is an advance email/manual visa workflow, not a nationality-wide eVisa or a walk-up arrival visa.","status":"visa_required","conditions":["The Embassy states that applications are handled manually at Home Affairs or by email. Its published process says an approved applicant is sent a 72-hour “visa-on-arrival letter”; this pre-approval/entry letter does not establish a walk-up visa-on-arrival entitlement.","For current catalog issuers not printed as a distinct row in the Embassy’s legacy-named table, this policy relies on Home Affairs’ explicit rule that every foreign-country citizen needs a visa except the named abolition/Commonwealth exemptions; it is not inferred from table omission.","The Embassy says processing can take up to ten working days and limits entry under that letter to Maseru Port of Entry or Moshoeshoe I International Airport.","The Government service charter lists tourist application, itinerary, passport, accommodation, financial, medical-insurance and medical-report requirements; the Embassy additionally lists journey-specific South African transit or re-entry visa requirements for Bangladesh and Pakistan.","The Ministry’s current pages conflict: one retains eVisa-first wording, but its live eVisa service page expressly says the system is suspended. The current Embassy page describes manual/email processing, so email submission or an arrival letter is not normalized as eVisa. Residence, work, study, business, transit, crew, diplomatic, official/service, UN, laissez-passer and other special-document arrangements are excluded.","Every admission remains subject to fees, passport validity, health, funds, accommodation, onward travel, border inspection, security and individual admissibility."],"sourceIds":["lesotho-embassy-complete-visa-table-and-processing","lesotho-home-affairs-evisa-suspension","lesotho-home-affairs-legacy-evisa-rule","lesotho-government-tourist-visa-service-charter"]}],"conditional":[],"sources":[{"id":"lesotho-embassy-complete-visa-table-and-processing","title":"Visa Applications","url":"https://www.lesothoemb-usa.gov.ls/visa/","publisher":"Embassy of the Kingdom of Lesotho in the United States of America","jurisdiction":"Lesotho","kind":"government-guidance","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-21"},{"id":"lesotho-home-affairs-evisa-suspension","title":"E-Visa","url":"https://www.homeaffairs.gov.ls/e-visa/","publisher":"Ministry of Home Affairs","jurisdiction":"Lesotho","kind":"government-guidance","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-21"},{"id":"lesotho-home-affairs-legacy-evisa-rule","title":"Do I Need a Visa?","url":"https://www.homeaffairs.gov.ls/do-i-need-a-visa/","publisher":"Ministry of Home Affairs","jurisdiction":"Lesotho","kind":"government-guidance","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-21"},{"id":"lesotho-government-tourist-visa-service-charter","title":"Issuance of entry visa","url":"https://www.gov.ls/eservice/format-for-non-citizens-service-delivery-charter/","publisher":"Government of Lesotho","jurisdiction":"Lesotho","kind":"government-guidance","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-21"}]}