# Nicaragua passport to Tanzania: Visa on arrival

Current access classification: **Visa on arrival** — Visa available at the border or airport.

Access data checked August 24, 2026. Evidence status: **official evidence collected**.

This page concerns ordinary short visits unless an official source states otherwise. Authorities apply the current rule, and individual circumstances can change the applicable treatment.

## Evidence timeline

- **Current official route — Nicaraguan ordinary passports: Tanzania visitor visa on arrival** (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 sources:
  - [Office of the Attorney General, United Republic of Tanzania: The Immigration (Visa) Regulations, 2016 (Government Notice No. 247)](https://oagmis.oag.go.tz/portal/legislation/3081/download)
  - [Office of the Attorney General, United Republic of Tanzania: The Immigration (Visa) Regulations, 2016 (Government Notice No. 247)](https://oagmis.oag.go.tz/portal/legislation/3081/download)
  - [Office of the Attorney General, United Republic of Tanzania: The Immigration (Visa) (Amendment) Regulations, 2025 (Government Notice No. 605)](https://oagmis.oag.go.tz/portal/legislation/4567/download)
  - [Office of the Attorney General, United Republic of Tanzania: The Immigration (Visa) (Amendment) Regulations, 2024 (Government Notice No. 675)](https://oagmis.oag.go.tz/portal/legislation/3492/download)
  - [Tanzania Immigration Services Department: Tanzania Visa Guidelines](https://visa.immigration.go.tz/guidelines)

## Useful links

- [HTML evidence page](https://multipassrank.com/nicaragua-tanzania-visa-on-arrival)
- [Nicaragua passport access](https://multipassrank.com/passport/nicaragua)
- [All passport requirements for Tanzania](https://multipassrank.com/destination/tanzania)
- [Dataset license](https://multipassrank.com/data-license)