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Cameroon visa requirements

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

Access data checked August 24, 20266 official sources collected
Citizenship1Visa-free6eVisa192
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199 passports

Citizenship

1

Visa-free

6

eVisa

192
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  1. Current official routeVisa-free

    CEMAC and Nigerian ordinary passports: Cameroon visa-free short visit

    CEMAC’s current official material says visa-free free movement of its Member-State citizens is effective; this maps the five foreign CEMAC passports. A separate Presidency source directly supports the Cameroon–Nigeria bilateral exemption for a three-month stay. Neither source supports a visa-on-arrival or electronic-visa classification.

    • The CEMAC policy applies only to ordinary nationals of the five foreign Member States; it is not an extension of special, diplomatic or service-passport agreements. Admission, passport, health, security and border controls remain applicable.
    • The Cameroon–Nigeria bilateral source supports a stay or residence of up to three months with visa exemption. It is treated as a short-visitor exemption; its continued operation should be rechecked if the agreement or its implementing practice changes.
    • Do not apply this policy to employment, long-term residence, transit, diplomatic, official, service, refugee or other special-document routes.
    6 passport nationalities covered

    Central African Republic, Chad, Congo (Rep.), Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Nigeria

    Official sourcesEconomic and Monetary Community of Central Africa: CEMAC: Member StatesEconomic and Monetary Community of Central Africa: CEMAC Commission President interview on free movementPresidency of the Republic of Cameroon: Presidency of Cameroon: Cameroon–Nigeria bilateral three-month visa exemption
  2. Current official routeeVisa

    Other foreign ordinary passports: Cameroon online advance visa approval

    Cameroon’s official Ministry and Prime Minister sources establish a compulsory online visa-file process for users travelling to Cameroon. MINREX says approval produces an online visa-issuance authorisation with a QR code before travel; the physical visa is then affixed at the border or competent mission. This is electronic advance approval, not an airport visa application or an ETA.

    • Apply through the official evisacam.cm portal before travel: create an account, enter the application, upload supporting documents, pay online and await processing by the competent diplomatic mission or consular post.
    • For applicants distant from a competent post, MINREX says the online QR-code visa-issuance authorisation permits travel and the visa is affixed at the entry border post. Applicants near the competent post may instead attend biometric enrolment. In both cases, approval precedes travel; the border step does not make this visa_on_arrival.
    • MINREX indicates normal processing within 72 hours after preregistration and express processing within 24 hours, but issuance is discretionary and individual documentary, health, security and admission requirements remain applicable.
    • The short-stay visa may serve temporary visitors travelling as tourists or businesspersons and cannot exceed six months. Work, study, residence, transit, family, diplomatic, official, service, courtesy, refugee and other special-document cases are separate.
    • The current review found no ordinary-passport nationality-wide arrival-visa cohort. The airport/border affixing mechanism is conditional on an approved online authorisation.
    192 passport nationalities covered

    Singapore, Japan, South Korea, Switzerland, Finland, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Spain, Sweden, Belgium, Denmark, France, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, Austria, Portugal, United Arab Emirates, Greece, Malta, United Kingdom, Hungary, Malaysia, New Zealand, Poland, Australia, Canada, Czechia, Latvia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Estonia, Lithuania, Liechtenstein, United States, Croatia, Iceland, Monaco, Bulgaria, Romania, Cyprus, Chile, Hong Kong (SAR China), Andorra, Argentina, Brazil, San Marino, Barbados, Brunei, Israel, St. Kitts and Nevis, The Bahamas, Seychelles, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Uruguay, Mexico, Antigua and Barbuda, Vatican City, Mauritius, Costa Rica, Grenada, Panama, Paraguay, St. Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago, Macao (SAR China), Ukraine, Dominica, Peru, Taiwan (Chinese Taipei), Serbia, Solomon Islands, Guatemala, El Salvador, Colombia, Samoa, Tonga, Honduras, Marshall Islands, Montenegro, Nicaragua, North Macedonia, Tuvalu, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Kiribati, Micronesia, Palau Islands, Moldova, Russian Federation, Venezuela, Qatar, Türkiye, Belize, South Africa, Kuwait, Timor-Leste, Ecuador, Maldives, Saudi Arabia, Fiji, Bahrain, Vanuatu, Guyana, Nauru, China, Jamaica, Kosovo, Oman, Botswana, Papua New Guinea, Thailand, Bolivia, Belarus, Suriname, Kazakhstan, Lesotho, Namibia, eSwatini, Dominican Republic, Indonesia, Kenya, Malawi, Morocco, Tanzania, Azerbaijan, Ghana, Rwanda, The Gambia, Philippines, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Armenia, Cape Verde Islands, Benin, Mongolia, Sierra Leone, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, São Tomé and Príncipe, Kyrgyzstan, Côte d'Ivoire, Senegal, Uzbekistan, Burkina Faso, Madagascar, Togo, Cuba, India, Mauritania, Niger, Algeria, Guinea, Tajikistan, Mali, Comoro Islands, Guinea-Bissau, Angola, Liberia, Burundi, Vietnam, Cambodia, Egypt, Jordan, Bhutan, Haiti, Laos, Djibouti, Congo (Dem. Rep.), Myanmar, Turkmenistan, Ethiopia, Lebanon, South Sudan, Sudan, Libya, Sri Lanka, Eritrea, Iran, Palestinian Territory, Bangladesh, North Korea, Nepal, Somalia, Pakistan, Yemen, Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan

    Official sourcesMinistry of External Relations of Cameroon: Ministry of External Relations: Cameroon e-Visa procedureServices of the Prime Minister of Cameroon: Prime Minister’s Office: July 2024 Cabinet Council on Cameroon e-VisaPresidency of the Republic of Cameroon: Decree No. 2023/147 on implementation of alien entry, stay and exit law