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Botswana visa requirements

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

Access data checked August 24, 202640 official sources collected
Citizenship1Visa-free104eVisa91Visa required3
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199 passports

Citizenship

1

Visa-free

104

eVisa

91

Visa required

3
Policy history

Official evidence timeline

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

  1. Visa-free

    Rwandan ordinary passports: visa-free under the current bilateral abolition agreement

    Botswana's Government states that the Rwanda visa-abolition agreement took immediate effect on 6 May 2026 and that Botswana was implementing it. This current destination-government rule supersedes the older eVisa classification.

    • The source establishes visa abolition for Rwandan citizens; it does not establish work, residence, diplomatic, official, service, special-document, or individual-admissibility treatment.
    • Botswana's current visitor guidance states a maximum stay of 90 days in each calendar year; ordinary passport validity and other border conditions remain applicable.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    Rwanda

    Official sourcesGovernment of Botswana: Botswana and Rwanda Sign Six Bilateral AgreementsGovernment of Botswana: About Our Country: Immigration
  2. Current official routeVisa-free

    Named ordinary passports: visa-free short visitors

    The official Washington Embassy's full current named visa-free schedule supports this reconcilable ordinary-passport cohort. Passports disputed by the current statutory Tourism Organisation schedule are excluded.

    • The Embassy lists this cohort among countries whose citizens do not require a visa. It does not establish visa-free work, residence, business, transit, diplomatic, official, service, special-document or individual-admissibility treatment.
    • Government guidance requires a passport valid at least six months in the absence of a specific bilateral agreement, caps visitor stays at 90 days in each calendar year, and says extensions are available from Immigration.
    • No general arrival authorization or visa-on-arrival status is inferred. Border officials may apply normal documentary, health, security and admission controls.
    79 passport nationalities covered

    Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Australia, Austria, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Denmark, Dominica, Finland, France, The Gambia, Germany, Greece, Grenada, Guyana, Hong Kong (SAR China), Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Kiribati, Lesotho, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Namibia, Nauru, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, Samoa, San Marino, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Africa, South Korea, South Sudan, Spain, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, eSwatini, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, Uganda, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Zambia, Zimbabwe

    Official sourcesEmbassy of the Republic of Botswana, Washington, D.C.: Guidelines for Completing a Visa ApplicationGovernment of Botswana: About Our Country: Immigration
  3. Current official routeeVisa

    Named ordinary passports: advance online tourist visa

    The official Washington Embassy required-country schedule, supplemented for Marshall Islands by the statutory Tourism Organisation's required list, establishes a visitor visa requirement. The Department of Immigration makes the tourist application available online through the official eVisa portal and at missions; it is normalized as an advance eVisa route.

    • Submit the tourism-visa application before travel through the official eVisa portal, or at an Immigration office, Botswana mission or consulate. The Department says online approval/rejection is accessed in the portal.
    • An online-approved traveller may travel with the approval letter as proof of the visa; Immigration prints the visa at the airport or other port of entry. This post-approval printing is not a nationality-wide visa-on-arrival finding.
    • The Government page says the service takes 7–14 working days. A tourism visa is for recreational travel, with a single entry up to one month or multiple entry up to three months; it does not authorize work, residence, business-only, transit, diplomatic, official, service or special-document treatment.
    • The application requires a passport valid at least six months, photographs, covering letter, flight and accommodation itinerary, trip itinerary and intention to depart; a re-entry permit may be required for the country of residence. Approval and admission remain discretionary.
    • Government visitor information caps visitors at 90 days in each calendar year and permits extensions through Immigration. The cited nationality schedules lack effective dates and include obsolete or inconsistent country labels; the eVisa frontend is dated 2021 and did not yield selector evidence. Reconfirm directly with Immigration before travel or promotion.
    91 passport nationalities covered

    Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belarus, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, China, Colombia, Comoro Islands, Congo (Dem. Rep.), Congo (Rep.), Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Georgia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Liberia, Libya, North Macedonia, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Micronesia, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, North Korea, Pakistan, Palau Islands, Panama, Philippines, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Serbia, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Syria, Taiwan (Chinese Taipei), Tajikistan, Thailand, Togo, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen, Marshall Islands

    Official sourcesEmbassy of the Republic of Botswana, Washington, D.C.: Guidelines for Completing a Visa ApplicationDepartment of Immigration and Citizenship, Government of Botswana: Visa Application – Tourism VisaGovernment of Botswana: About Our Country: ImmigrationBotswana Tourism Organisation: Countries Requiring VisasDepartment of Immigration and Citizenship, Government of Botswana: Botswana e-Visa
  4. Current official routeVisa-free

    Mozambican ordinary passports: current Commonwealth exemption

    Botswana's current Government guidance exempts citizens of Commonwealth countries other than seven named exceptions. Mozambique is a current Commonwealth member and is not one of those exceptions.

    • The exemption is derived from Botswana's express current Commonwealth rule, together with official confirmation that Mozambique is a Commonwealth member; the seven named visa-required Commonwealth countries do not include Mozambique.
    • The sources do not establish work, residence, diplomatic, official, service, special-document, or individual-admissibility treatment.
    • Botswana's current visitor guidance states a maximum stay of 90 days in each calendar year; ordinary passport validity and other border conditions remain applicable.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    Mozambique

    Official sourcesGovernment of Botswana: About Our Country: ImmigrationAustralian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Mozambique
  5. Current official routeVisa-free

    Russian ordinary passports: current visa-free entry under the bilateral agreement

    The Russian Foreign Ministry's current consular table states that Russian citizens enter Botswana visa-free for up to 90 days and links the 2019 bilateral agreement on mutual abolition of visa requirements for citizens. Botswana's current Government guidance confirms that nationals covered by a visa-abolition agreement do not require a visa.

    • The Russian Foreign Ministry table states visa-free entry for Russian citizens for up to 90 days. It separately distinguishes the older diplomatic-and-service-passport agreement from the 2019 agreement covering citizens.
    • The sources do not establish work, residence, diplomatic, official, service, special-document, or individual-admissibility treatment.
    • Botswana's current visitor guidance states a maximum stay of 90 days in each calendar year; ordinary passport validity and other border conditions remain applicable.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    Russian Federation

    Official sourcesConsular Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation: Information on visa and visa-free regimes by passport typeGovernment of Botswana: About Our Country: Immigration
  6. Current official routeVisa-free

    Czech ordinary passports: Botswana visa-free visits

    Czech MFA guidance records Botswana's Foreign Ministry confirmation that ordinary Czech passport holders need no entry visa.

    • The confirmation is limited to a valid ordinary Czech travel passport and entry; it does not establish work, residence, special-passport, carrier or final-admission conditions.
    • The result follows Botswana's direct confirmation to the Czech mission, not inference from the eVisa portal.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    Czechia

    Official sourceMinistry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic: Czech MFA: Botswana entry-visa regime
  7. Current official routeVisa-free

    Slovak ordinary passports: Botswana visa-free visits

    Slovak MFA guidance says Slovak tourists and business visitors do not need a Botswana visa for 30 days.

    • This named ordinary-passport visitor rule is limited to tourism and business stays of 30 days. Work, residence, special documents, carrier and final-admission conditions remain separate.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    Slovakia

    Official sourceMinistry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic: Slovak MFA: Botswana entry conditions
  8. Current official routeVisa-free

    Slovenian ordinary passports: Botswana visa-free visits

    Slovenian MFA guidance says Slovene citizens do not need a visa to enter Botswana.

    • This is the named Slovene ordinary-passport entry baseline. Passport validity, work, residence, special documents, carrier and final-admission conditions remain separate.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    Slovenia

    Official sourceMinistry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia: Slovenian MFA: Botswana entry conditions
  10. Current official routeVisa-free

    Latvian ordinary passports: named visa-free short visits

    Latvia's current MFA list identifies visa-free short visits for Latvian citizens to the five named destinations.

    • BW: up to 90 days in a year; DO: up to 30 days for tourism; PA: up to six months for tourism; TN: up to 90 days; UA: up to 90 days in 180 days.
    • This is limited to the stated short-visit purpose and duration, and excludes work, study, residence, special documents and final admission.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    Latvia

    Official sourceMinistry of Foreign Affairs of Latvia: Countries and territories to which Latvia passport holders may enter without visa
  11. Current official routeVisa-free

    Turkish ordinary passports: named visa-free short visits

    Türkiye's current Foreign Ministry table expressly grants ordinary Turkish passport holders short visitor visa exemptions for Botswana, Jordan, North Macedonia, Trinidad and Tobago, and Vanuatu.

    • Botswana permits up to 90 days within 365 days; Jordan up to 90 days within 180 days; North Macedonia up to 90 days; Trinidad and Tobago and Vanuatu up to 30 days.
    • Work, residence, special documents, diplomatic or service passports, carrier requirements and final admission remain separate.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    Türkiye

    Official sourceMinistry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Türkiye: Visa practices applicable to Turkish citizens
  12. Current official routeVisa-free

    UAE ordinary passports: current visa-free short visits

    UAE MOFA's live country pages expressly classify Normal UAE passports as Visa Free for these destinations.

    • Each source is a current UAE-MOFA destination page for Emirati travellers and specifically identifies the Normal passport row.
    • The listed outcome is for ordinary short travel; work, residence, special passports, carrier and final-admission conditions remain separate.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    United Arab Emirates

    Official sourcesMinistry of Foreign Affairs, United Arab Emirates: UAE MOFA: Emirates travel requirements — BotswanaMinistry of Foreign Affairs, United Arab Emirates: UAE MOFA: Emirates travel requirements — Burkina FasoMinistry of Foreign Affairs, United Arab Emirates: UAE MOFA: Emirates travel requirements — ChadMinistry of Foreign Affairs, United Arab Emirates: UAE MOFA: Emirates travel requirements — GrenadaMinistry of Foreign Affairs, United Arab Emirates: UAE MOFA: Emirates travel requirements — IcelandMinistry of Foreign Affairs, United Arab Emirates: UAE MOFA: Emirates travel requirements — JordanMinistry of Foreign Affairs, United Arab Emirates: UAE MOFA: Emirates travel requirements — MaliMinistry of Foreign Affairs, United Arab Emirates: UAE MOFA: Emirates travel requirements — North MacedoniaMinistry of Foreign Affairs, United Arab Emirates: UAE MOFA: Emirates travel requirements — PanamaMinistry of Foreign Affairs, United Arab Emirates: UAE MOFA: Emirates travel requirements — SudanMinistry of Foreign Affairs, United Arab Emirates: UAE MOFA: Emirates travel requirements — BahamasMinistry of Foreign Affairs, United Arab Emirates: UAE MOFA: Emirates travel requirements — TunisiaMinistry of Foreign Affairs, United Arab Emirates: UAE MOFA: Emirates travel requirements — Ukraine
  13. Current official routeVisa-free

    Kuwaiti ordinary passports: Botswana visa-free visits

    Botswana has lifted visa requirements for Kuwaiti visitors, matching Kuwait's current ordinary-passport table.

    • Ordinary Kuwaiti passport and short visitor travel; length-of-stay, entry documentation and final admission remain separate.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    Kuwait

    Official sourcesKuwait Government Online: List of countries that grant Kuwaiti citizens entry visas upon arrival or require a pre-issued visa from the embassyBotswana Press Agency / Government of Botswana DailyNews: Trio presents letters of credence
  14. 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
  15. Current official routeVisa-free

    Hungarian ordinary passports: Botswana short-visit visa exemption

    Hungary's current consular guidance permits Hungarian citizens to visit Botswana without a visa for up to 90 days.

    • Ordinary Hungarian-passport short visits are visa-free for up to 90 days.
    • Dual nationals must depart using the passport used for entry; work, residence, special documents and final admission remain separate.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    Hungary

    Official sourceMinistry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary: Botswana travel advice
  16. Current official routeVisa-free

    Bulgarian ordinary passports: named visa-free short visits

    Current Bulgarian MFA travel guidance directly records visa-free short visits for Bulgarian citizens to Botswana, Panama, Tunisia and Ukraine.

    • Botswana, Panama and Tunisia each allow a stay of up to 90 days according to the cited Bulgarian MFA guidance.
    • Ukraine's exemption is limited to biometric passports and permits short stays of up to 90 days within six months; non-biometric passport holders require a visa.
    • For every destination, work, residence, transit, special documents, border access, carrier rules and final admission remain separate.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    Bulgaria

    Official sourcesMinistry of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria: Botswana travel adviceMinistry of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria: Panama travel adviceMinistry of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria: Tunisia travel adviceMinistry of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria: Ukraine travel advice
  17. Current official routeVisa-free

    Polish ordinary passports: named visa-free visitor access

    Current Polish MFA profiles directly establish ordinary Polish-passport visitor waivers for Botswana, Panama, Tunisia and Ukraine.

    • Botswana and Panama permit stays up to 90 days; Tunisia permits stays up to three months; Ukraine permits 90 days in any 180-day period.
    • Passport-validity, security, work, residence, onward-travel, carrier and final-admission conditions remain separate.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    Poland

    Official sourcesMinistry of Foreign Affairs of Poland: Botswana country profileMinistry of Foreign Affairs of Poland: Panama country profileMinistry of Foreign Affairs of Poland: Tunisia country profileMinistry of Foreign Affairs of Poland: Ukraine country profile
  18. Current official routeVisa-free

    Estonian ordinary passports: Botswana visa-free short visit

    Estonia's current MFA guidance explicitly permits Estonian citizens to visit Botswana visa-free for up to 90 days.

    • Applies to ordinary Estonian-passport stays of up to 90 days.
    • Work, residence, special documents, carrier requirements and final admission remain outside this policy.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    Estonia

    Official sourceMinistry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Estonia: Botswana travel advice