Nicaraguan ordinary passports: Tanzania visitor visa on arrival
Tanzania's operative visa controls expressly require a visa without prior approval for countries outside the current statutory visa-free schedule; the current schedule does not contain Nicaragua. The statutes permit issuance at designated entry points, and current Immigration guidance confirms that arrival issuance is a route for obtaining a Tanzanian visa.
- Applies to an ordinary Nicaraguan passport holder travelling as a short visitor, not to Tanzanian citizens, dual-citizenship exceptions, diplomatic, service, official, refugee, stateless, residence, work, business, transit or other special-document cases.
- The visa requirement follows the statutory rule for a country outside the replacement Third Schedule, rather than an inference from a portal or a non-exhaustive web list. Nicaragua is not a country in that complete legal schedule.
- Nicaragua is likewise absent from the complete statutory referral schedule, which is the only category requiring Commissioner-General approval; the 2025 amendment alters that schedule only by deleting Somaliland.
- The statutory entry-point issuing station and current Immigration arrival route support visa-on-arrival normalization. Passport validity, return/onward travel, funds, health requirements, application requirements and final Immigration Officer admission remain applicable.
Official sourcesOffice of the Attorney General, United Republic of Tanzania: The Immigration (Visa) Regulations, 2016 (Government Notice No. 247)Office of the Attorney General, United Republic of Tanzania: The Immigration (Visa) Regulations, 2016 (Government Notice No. 247)Office of the Attorney General, United Republic of Tanzania: The Immigration (Visa) (Amendment) Regulations, 2025 (Government Notice No. 605)Office of the Attorney General, United Republic of Tanzania: The Immigration (Visa) (Amendment) Regulations, 2024 (Government Notice No. 675)Tanzania Immigration Services Department: Tanzania Visa Guidelines