# Bhutan passport to Benin: eVisa

Current access classification: **eVisa** — A visa applied for and issued electronically before travel.

Access data checked August 24, 2026. Evidence status: **official evidence collected**.

This page concerns ordinary short visits unless an official source states otherwise. Authorities apply the current rule, and individual circumstances can change the applicable treatment.

## Evidence timeline

- **Current official route — Benin: ordinary foreign visitor eVisa residual** (eVisa)
  Foreign ordinary-passport visitors outside ECOWAS and without an MFA-listed ordinary/national-passport waiver must obtain Benin’s tourist/visit eVisa online before arrival. This exact residual excludes the 39 current waiver rows and Beninese citizenship.
  - DEI states that the tourist/visit eVisa is for family, professional, health or tourist stays not exceeding 90 days; it is renewable for the same duration.
  - DEI states that it is issued to foreign nationals outside ECOWAS or without a Benin visa-exemption agreement, obtained online via evisa.bj, and held before arrival.
  - The three current MFA agreement-register endpoints supply the exact ordinary/national-passport exemption roster excluded from this residual. The API is intermittently slow; its successful 2026-08-21 responses should be independently rechecked before promotion.
  - This does not establish work, study, business, transit, residence, cruise, crew, diplomatic, official, service, refugee, special-document, health, passport-validity, public-order, security, prior-history or final-admission treatment.
  Official sources:
  - [Direction de l’Émigration et de l’Immigration: Benin Directorate of Emigration and Immigration: Services](https://dei.gouv.bj/services/)
  - [Government of the Republic of Benin: e-Visa: How it works](https://evisa.bj/howitworks)
  - [Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Benin: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: reciprocal visa-exemption agreements](https://api-mae.diplomatie.bj/api/embassy?uri=/deletion-agreements&slugType=exemption_reciproque_de_visa&locale=en)
  - [Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Benin: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: UEMOA/ECOWAS movement agreements](https://api-mae.diplomatie.bj/api/embassy?uri=/deletion-agreements&slugType=uemoa_cedeao&locale=en)
  - [Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Benin: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: African-country visa-exemption agreements](https://api-mae.diplomatie.bj/api/embassy?uri=/deletion-agreements&slugType=african_country&locale=en)
  - [Government of the Republic of Benin: Benin official eVisa platform: Travel without visa](https://evisa.bj/?_locale=en)
  - [Secretariat General of the Government of Benin: Law No. 2025-15 on entry, stay, residence and exit of foreigners](https://sgg.gouv.bj/doc/loi-2025-15/download)

## How to apply

The official sources reviewed do not publish a universal decision-time commitment.

1. Initiate the eVisa request online with email address and passport-document details.
2. Confirm the emailed link, complete personal, eVisa, travel and passport forms, then pay online.
3. Check the request status using the issued application number and hold the eVisa before travel.

[Benin official eVisa application workflow](https://evisa.bj/howitworks)

## Useful links

- [HTML evidence page](https://multipassrank.com/bhutan-benin-evisa)
- [Bhutan passport access](https://multipassrank.com/passport/bhutan)
- [All passport requirements for Benin](https://multipassrank.com/destination/benin)
- [Dataset license](https://multipassrank.com/data-license)