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Angola visa requirements

Current entry categories for 199 passport nationalities, paired with official evidence as it is reviewed.

Access data checked October 8, 202624 official sources collected
Citizenship1Visa-free103Visa on arrival88eVisa2Visa required5
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199 passports

Citizenship

1

Visa-free

103

Visa on arrival

88

eVisa

2

Visa required

5
Policy history

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One group agreement or destination policy can support many passport relationships. Dates are recorded only when an official source establishes them.

  1. Visa-free

    Listed ordinary passports: Angola tourist-visa exemption

    Presidential Decree 189/23 expressly lists 98 beneficiary countries. Ninety-six map to this repository’s passport catalog; Cook Islands and Niue have no separate codes in that catalog. The Philippines is handled by the separate current Government confirmation of the later amendment.

    • Tourist visits only.
    • Up to 30 days per entry and 90 days per calendar year.
    • Passport validity of more than six months and, where needed, an international vaccination certificate remain required.
    • This policy does not establish work, study, medical-treatment, residence, business-specific, transit, crew, diplomatic, official/service, special-document or individual admissibility treatment.
    96 passport nationalities covered

    eSwatini, Morocco, Lesotho, Equatorial Guinea, Mauritius, Seychelles, Cape Verde Islands, Botswana, Madagascar, Malawi, Rwanda, Zimbabwe, Algeria, Tanzania, United Arab Emirates, Israel, Qatar, Japan, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, India, Indonesia, Singapore, Timor-Leste, China, Switzerland, Vatican City, Czechia, Russian Federation, Luxembourg, Hungary, Netherlands, Monaco, Belgium, Denmark, Sweden, Spain, United Kingdom, Norway, Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Slovakia, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Romania, Türkiye, Cyprus, Slovenia, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Iceland, United States, Mexico, Argentina, Canada, Chile, Panama, Brazil, Uruguay, Australia, Fiji, Marshall Islands, Solomon Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, New Zealand, Palau Islands, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Kiribati, Dominican Republic, St. Lucia, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago

    Official sourcesOfficial Portal of the Government of Angola: Presidential Decree 189/23: tourist-visa exemption for 98 countriesEmbassy of Angola in Saudi Arabia / Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Migration Governance Indicators 2025 launchConsulate General of Angola in Johannesburg / Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Consulate General of Angola in Johannesburg: message from the Consul GeneralGovernment of Angola / CIPRA: Presidential Decree 189/23: official Government PDF
  2. Visa on arrival

    Ordinary passports: Angola pre-authorised tourist visa affixed at frontier

    Decree 189/23 Article 4 establishes a broad tourist-visa route: the traveller applies through SME, receives electronic pre-authorisation and presents it at the frontier, where the visa is physically affixed to the travel document. Under the issuance-point taxonomy this is visa_on_arrival, not evisa. The cohort excludes current unverified document-recognition/operational cases and preserved-treaty conflicts.

    • Ordinary passport short tourist visits only; not work, study, medical treatment, residence, transit, diplomatic, official/service, emergency or special-document cases.
    • Apply through the official SME channel before travel, obtain the electronic pre-authorisation, present it at the frontier, and receive the visa affixed in the travel document after confirmation.
    • Passport validity must exceed six months; round-trip ticket and an international vaccination certificate are required where applicable.
    • The decision period is no more than three working days. Border admission remains subject to confirmation and other applicable formalities.
    • An alternative simplified consular tourist-visa procedure exists; it does not change the available online-preauthorisation/frontier-issuance route.
    • Article 3(3) preserves treaty and agreement commitments. This policy therefore excludes São Tomé and Príncipe and Zambia while their bilateral ordinary-passport baseline remains unresolved.
    88 passport nationalities covered

    Afghanistan, Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brunei, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Colombia, Comoro Islands, Congo (Rep.), Congo (Dem. Rep.), Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Cuba, Djibouti, Dominica, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, The Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Honduras, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Liberia, Libya, North Macedonia, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Paraguay, Peru, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Taiwan (Chinese Taipei), Tajikistan, Thailand, Togo, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Liechtenstein, Andorra

    Official sourcesGovernment of Angola / CIPRA: Presidential Decree 189/23: simplified tourist-visa procedureOfficial Portal of the Government of Angola: Angola exempts citizens of 98 countries from tourist visasServiço de Migração e Estrangeiros: SME eVISA official tourist-visa page
  3. Visa-free

    Tourist visa exemption took effect for 98 nationalities

    Presidential Decree 189/23 exempts listed nationals from an Angolan tourist visa for short visits.

    • Tourist visits only.
    • Up to 30 days per entry and 90 days in a calendar year.
    • A passport valid for more than six months and other border formalities may still be required.
    98 passport nationalities covered · 96 represented in this ranking

    eSwatini, Morocco, Lesotho, Equatorial Guinea, Mauritius, Seychelles, Cape Verde Islands, Botswana, Madagascar, Malawi, Rwanda, Zimbabwe, Algeria, Tanzania, United Arab Emirates, Israel, Qatar, Japan, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, India, Indonesia, Singapore, Timor-Leste, China, Switzerland, Vatican City, Czechia, Russian Federation, Luxembourg, Hungary, Netherlands, Monaco, Belgium, Denmark, Sweden, Spain, United Kingdom, Norway, Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Slovakia, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Romania, Türkiye, Cyprus, Slovenia, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Iceland, United States, Mexico, Argentina, Canada, Chile, Panama, Brazil, Uruguay, Australia, Fiji, Marshall Islands, Solomon Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, New Zealand, Palau Islands, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Kiribati, Dominican Republic, St. Lucia, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago

    Official sourceGovernment of Angola: Presidential Decree 189/23: tourist visa exemption
  4. Current official routeVisa-free

    Philippine ordinary passports: Angola tourist-visa exemption

    A current Government/CIPRA retrospective identifies the Presidential instrument integrating the Philippines into Angola’s tourist-visa-exemption regime. The original regime’s tourism-only purpose and ordinary border formalities continue to limit this classification.

    • Tourist visits only; the Government source does not establish work, study, medical-treatment, residence, transit, crew, diplomatic, official/service or special-document treatment.
    • The reviewed current Government confirmation establishes the current inclusion but does not publish the amending decree’s operative-text PDF or a precise effective date; no date is normalized here.
    • Normal border admission and document requirements remain separate.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    Philippines

    Official sourcesOfficial Portal of the Government of Angola: Presidential Decree 189/23: tourist-visa exemption for 98 countriesPortal CIPRA, Government of Angola: CIPRA Government retrospective 2025: Philippines added to tourist-waiver regime
  5. Current official routeVisa required

    Kuwaiti ordinary passports: advance embassy visa destinations

    Kuwait's current government table directs ordinary Kuwaiti passport holders to obtain an embassy-issued visa before visiting these destinations.

    • Ordinary Kuwaiti passport and short visitor travel; apply through the relevant embassy before departure, with final issuance and admission remaining discretionary.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    Kuwait

    Official sourceKuwait Government Online: List of countries that grant Kuwaiti citizens entry visas upon arrival or require a pre-issued visa from the embassy
  6. Current official routeVisa required

    Palestinian ordinary passports: 2026 advance-visa visitor cohort

    The State of Palestine's current ordinary-passport schedule labels this exact destination cohort "Visa is required" and separately labels electronic and arrival-issued routes elsewhere in the same schedule. It is normalized as advance visa required.

    • This is the Ministry's ordinary-passport short-visitor baseline. The source separately labels eVisa and visa-on-arrival rows, so a bare "Visa is required" row is not recast as either route.
    • Georgia and Panama have separately stated waivers for holders of specified third-country visas. Those conditional document routes are excluded from this passport-only baseline.
    • Mission availability, passport recognition, individual admission, route, transit, work, residence, diplomatic, official, service and other special-document treatment are outside this policy.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    Palestinian Territory

    Official sourceState of Palestine Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Protocol: Visa Regulations for Palestinian Passports as of 2026
  7. Current official routeVisa-free

    HKSAR passport: Angola short-visitor visa exemption

    Hong Kong Immigration's current HKSAR-passport dataset expressly says that holders may visit Angola visa-free for up to 30 days per entry.

    • Full HKSAR passport holder; up to 30 days per entry and 90 days per year, as stated in the current dataset.
    • BN(O), HKSAR Document of Identity, Mainland Chinese, Macao SAR, diplomatic, official and other travel documents are outside this policy.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    Hong Kong (SAR China)

    Official sourcesHong Kong Immigration Department: Application for HKSAR PassportHong Kong Immigration Department: Visa-free access or visa-on-arrival for HKSAR passport
  8. Current official routeeVisa

    Sammarinese ordinary passports: Angola electronic visitor visa

    San Marino's current destination guidance says Sammarinese visitors must obtain Angola's electronic visa before departure.

    • The traveller must carry the printed electronic-visa confirmation; passport, return travel, funds and invitation or accommodation evidence remain required.
    • Work, residence, diplomatic, official and special-document treatment are outside this ordinary short-visitor baseline.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    San Marino

    Official sourceDepartment of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of San Marino: Travel information: Angola
  9. Current official routeVisa-free

    South African ordinary passports: Angola short-visit visa waiver

    Angola's official Interior/SME agreement schedule records the ordinary-passport South Africa visa-exemption agreement under Presidential Decree 321/17 as in force.

    • Applies to an ordinary South African passport holder travelling as a short visitor.
    • The cited operative agreement does not state a stay limit, so no duration is inferred here.
    • Work, residence, study, diplomatic, official, service and special-document treatment remain outside scope.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    South Africa

    Official sourceServiço de Migração e Estrangeiros, Ministry of Interior of Angola: Angola visa-exemption agreements: South Africa ordinary passports
  10. Current official routeVisa-free

    Mozambican ordinary passports: Angola reciprocal visa waiver

    Angola's current official treaty registry records its reciprocal visa-exemption agreement with Mozambique as covering ordinary passports.

    • Applies to an ordinary Mozambican passport holder making a short visit to Angola under the bilateral agreement recorded for ordinary passports.
    • The registry records 17 November 2017 for the ordinary-passport agreement; passport validity, border formalities and final admission remain separate.
    • Work, residence, study, special documents and other non-visitor purposes remain outside scope.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    Mozambique

    Official sourceMinistry of External Relations of Angola, Directorate of Legal Affairs, Treaties and Litigation: Agreements on visa exemption, suppression and facilitation
  11. Current official routeVisa required

    Serbian ordinary passports: Angola visitor visa

    Serbia MFA's live Angola advisory classifies Serbian national passports as visa required; an online application option does not establish electronic issuance.

    • Apply through the Angolan mission or the listed online application channel before travel; the source does not establish that online filing itself issues an eVisa.
    • Applies to short visitor travel on an ordinary Serbian passport; work, residence and special documents remain outside scope.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    Serbia

    Official sourceMinistry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia: Angola
  12. Current official routeeVisa

    Macao SAR passports: eVisa for Angola, Burkina Faso and Guinea

    Macao DSI's current passport-specific country records expressly classify each listed destination's visitor route as eVisa.

    • Applies to an ordinary Macao SAR Passport, not a PRC national passport, Hong Kong SAR passport, Macao travel permit, residence document or special passport.
    • DSI's exact country records classify the route as eVisa; their linked destination services must be used before travel.
    • Purpose, validity, fees, entry points, carrier checks and final admission remain governed by the destination authority.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    Macao (SAR China)

    Official sourcesIdentification Services Bureau, Macao SAR Government: Macao SAR Passport / Macao SAR Travel PermitIdentification Services Bureau, Macao SAR Government: Macao DSI travel-convenience record: AngolaIdentification Services Bureau, Macao SAR Government: Macao DSI travel-convenience record: Burkina FasoIdentification Services Bureau, Macao SAR Government: Macao DSI travel-convenience record: Guinea
  13. Current official routeVisa-free

    Namibian ordinary passports: visa-free Angola visits

    Namibia's current MHAISS fact sheet expressly says Namibians need no visa to visit Angola; Angola's bilateral register records the ordinary-passport exemption.

    • Valid ordinary Namibian passport; short visitor or tourism use only.
    • The current fact sheet states the exemption but does not publish a stay cap, port restriction or business-purpose rule; those matters require recheck before travel.
    • This bilateral exemption is independent of, and is not displaced by, the 98-country Decree 189/23 tourism-waiver regime.
    • Source replay risk: the main MHAISS PDF timed out and its alternate e-services URL failed TLS validation during the 25 August 2026 recheck; Angola's corroborating register has 2020 embedded metadata and a 2025 HTTP timestamp.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    Namibia

    Official sourcesMinistry of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety and Security: Namibia Visa Fact Sheet – Version 4Government of Angola: Visa exemption and suppression agreements register
  14. Current official routeCitizenship

    Angolan ordinary-passport citizenship

    Angola's Foreign Ministry identifies the national ordinary passport as the citizen's document for entering and leaving Angola.

    • Applies to an Angolan citizen holding a valid standard national ordinary passport; lawful identity, document, judicial, health, security and border controls remain.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    Angola

    Official sourceEmbassy of Angola in Gabon / Ministry of External Relations: Issuance of Passport