# Burkina Faso passport to Benin: Visa-free

Current access classification: **Visa-free** — No visa required 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: current named ordinary-passport visa waivers** (Visa-free)
  The current Foreign Ministry agreement register expressly identifies these ordinary- or national-passport waiver entries, including the current UEMOA/ECOWAS free-movement entries.
  - The current Foreign Ministry register, not the 2020 general flyer, is the operative support for this named ordinary-passport cohort. It records both the country and the passport types covered by each agreement.
  - The reciprocal entries cover HT, HK, SG, BZ, DM, GD, MH, FM, AG, BS, BB, MY, PH and VC; its stated periods are 14 days for HK, 14 days for SG, 30 days for MY and PH, and three months for the others.
  - The UEMOA/ECOWAS entries cover SL, BF, CI, GW, ML, NE, SN, TG, CV, GM, NG, LR, GH and GN. The register identifies the applicable ECOWAS Protocol or UEMOA Treaty; duration and any travel-document conditions must be confirmed with the competent authorities.
  - The African-agreement entries cover ZA, TN, RW, CF, TD, CG, MU, ST, SC, KE and BI. Their register entries expressly include a national or ordinary passport and generally state three months, except ZA states one month.
  - The September 2020 MAEC flyer claiming a unilateral 53-African-country waiver is retained as historical official evidence but is not promoted for its other 28 codes. The current register lists several of those countries only for diplomatic/service passports and does not reproduce a 53-country unilateral rule.
  - This policy does not establish employment, residence, study, transit, crew, diplomatic/official, special-document, health, document-validity, prior-history, public-order, national-security or case-specific admissibility treatment. The separate 72-hour cruise exemption requires an approved travel agency.
  Official sources:
  - [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)
  - [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: 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)
  - [Government of the Republic of Benin / Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation: Benin Government: 53 African countries exempt from entry visa](https://www.gouv.bj/doc/151/download)
  - [Government of the Republic of Benin / Benin Tourism: Benin Government: 72-hour visa exemption for cruise passengers](https://www.gouv.bj/article/3180/)

## Useful links

- [HTML evidence page](https://multipassrank.com/burkina-faso-benin-visa-free)
- [Burkina Faso passport access](https://multipassrank.com/passport/burkina-faso)
- [All passport requirements for Benin](https://multipassrank.com/destination/benin)
- [Dataset license](https://multipassrank.com/data-license)