# Cape Verde Islands passport to Niger: 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

- **December 14, 2024 — ECOWAS ordinary passports: visa-free entry to Niger under AES declaration** (Visa-free)
  The AES Heads of State declared that ECOWAS nationals need no visa to enter the AES space, which includes Niger. ECOWAS later reported that its members and the three AES States agreed continuing free movement pending a new agreement.
  - Applies only to nationals of the named ECOWAS State passport issuers holding ordinary passports for the normal visitor baseline.
  - AES States retain power, under national law, to refuse entry to ECOWAS nationals falling within inadmissible-immigrant categories.
  - The current MFA rule treats airport transit without leaving airport limits separately, and only permits a point-of-entry visa exceptionally on Interior Minister authorization for a person departing a country without a Niger mission; neither is a nationality-wide visitor route.
  - This policy does not decide residence administration, employment, commercial vehicle, diplomatic, official/service, refugee, laissez-passer, special-document, health, security or individual-admissibility treatment.
  Official sources:
  - [Agence Nigérienne de Presse: AES space: no visa for ECOWAS nationals](https://anp.ne/espace-aes-pas-de-visa-pour-les-ressortissants-de-la-cedeao/)
  - [ECOWAS Commission: ECOWAS statement on continued West African free movement after AES withdrawal](https://www.ecowas.int/rebuilding-social-cohesion-and-public-trust-in-west-africa-banjul-hosts-the-inaugural-sahel-governance-forum/)
  - [ECOWAS Commission: ECOWAS creation history and current member states](https://www.ecowas.int/creation-history/)
  - [Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and Nigeriens Abroad: Entry into Niger](https://diplomatie.gouv.ne/index.php/services-aux-usagers/entree-au-niger?tmpl=component)

## Useful links

- [HTML evidence page](https://multipassrank.com/cape-verde-islands-niger-visa-free)
- [Cape Verde Islands passport access](https://multipassrank.com/passport/cape-verde-islands)
- [All passport requirements for Niger](https://multipassrank.com/destination/niger)
- [Dataset license](https://multipassrank.com/data-license)