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Rwanda visa requirements

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

Access data checked August 24, 20262 official sources collected
Citizenship1Visa on arrival198
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199 passports

Citizenship

1

Visa on arrival

198
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. Current official routeVisa on arrival

    Rwanda: universal ordinary-passport visa on arrival

    DGI states that citizens of every country may receive a visa on arrival without applying before travel.

    • Applies to foreign ordinary-passport holders visiting Rwanda where nationality is the only modelled basis.
    • DGI states citizens of all countries may obtain a visa on arrival without prior application; its online and diplomatic pre-departure application routes are optional alternatives, not a nationality-wide eVisa requirement.
    • A genuine, acceptable travel document valid for at least six months, vaccination requirements, sufficient funds and final immigration-admissibility assessment remain required.
    • DGI describes fee-free arrival visas or passes for some regional, organisation-member and named-nationality cohorts; a fee waiver does not establish no-visa admission.
    • Does not decide citizenship, residence-based access, work, study, long-stay, transit, crew, diplomatic, official, special-document or case-specific entry rules.
    198 passport nationalities covered

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

  2. Current official routeVisa on arrival

    Rwanda: named ordinary passports with fee-waived 90-day arrival visas

    DGI grants these named nationalities a 90-day visa free of charge upon arrival; the entry instrument remains a visa.

    • DGI names these nationalities for a 90-day visa free of charge upon arrival.
    • The source still describes a visa granted upon arrival. This is a fee-waived visa-on-arrival policy, not visa-free/no-visa admission.
    • The universal ordinary-passport visa-on-arrival conditions, admission checks and excluded purposes or documents continue to apply.
    19 passport nationalities covered

    Angola, Benin, Central African Republic, Chad, Côte d'Ivoire, Congo (Dem. Rep.), St. Kitts and Nevis, Ghana, Guinea, Indonesia, Haiti, Mauritius, Philippines, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, São Tomé and Príncipe, Singapore, Qatar