{"schemaVersion":1,"source":"live","checkedAt":"2026-10-08T03:06:05.901Z","passport":{"code":"SN","name":"Senegal","slug":"senegal"},"destination":{"code":"SV","name":"El Salvador"},"status":"visa_required","evidenceLevel":"exact","supportsCurrentStatus":true,"reviewedAt":"2026-08-21","allowedStays":[],"policies":[{"id":"el-salvador-current-category-b-c-ordinary-passports-advance-visa","title":"El Salvador: current named Category B/C ordinary passports","summary":"The current RREE table and DGME’s linked full country list place these ordinary passports in Category B (consular) or Category C (consulted), both of which require advance visa authorization.","status":"visa_required","conditions":["Category B is consular/sin consulta and Category C is consulted; both are advance-visa categories under RREE’s current definitions.","DGME’s online PEI is available to Category B/C applicants, but applicants may also apply at a diplomatic mission; an approved PEI is stamped in the passport at entry. It is therefore not a nationality-wide eVisa classification.","The RREE selector can depend on a valid United States, Canadian or Schengen visa and legal residence. Those third-country-document conditions are not nationality-wide classifications.","Visa grant, duration, entries, fee, sponsoring evidence, port and admission/security controls remain case- or route-specific; residence, work, transit, crew, diplomatic, official, service and special-document cases are excluded."],"sourceIds":["el-salvador-rree-current-visa-table","el-salvador-dgme-current-visa-list","el-salvador-rree-current-visa-category-definitions","el-salvador-dgme-pei-process-guidance"]}],"conditional":[],"sources":[{"id":"el-salvador-rree-current-visa-table","title":"RREE: Visas para Extranjeros — nationality and document table","url":"https://rree.gob.sv/visas-para-extranjeros/","publisher":"Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de El Salvador","jurisdiction":"El Salvador","kind":"government-guidance","language":"Spanish","reviewedAt":"2026-08-21"},{"id":"el-salvador-dgme-current-visa-list","title":"DGME: Países que requieren visa para ingresar a El Salvador","url":"https://www.migracion.gob.sv/servicios/listado-visa/","publisher":"Dirección General de Migración y Extranjería","jurisdiction":"El Salvador","kind":"official-dataset","language":"Spanish","reviewedAt":"2026-08-21"},{"id":"el-salvador-rree-current-visa-category-definitions","title":"RREE: Visas — current category definitions and selector","url":"https://rree.gob.sv/visas/","publisher":"Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de El Salvador","jurisdiction":"El Salvador","kind":"official-portal","language":"Spanish","reviewedAt":"2026-08-21"},{"id":"el-salvador-dgme-pei-process-guidance","title":"DGME: Permiso Especial de Ingreso online process","url":"https://www.migracion.gob.sv/noticias/migracion-lanza-plataforma-en-linea-de-permiso-especial-de-ingreso-a-el-salvador-pei/","publisher":"Dirección General de Migración y Extranjería","jurisdiction":"El Salvador","kind":"government-guidance","language":"Spanish","reviewedAt":"2026-08-21"}]}