Namibia’s Ministry of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety and Security (MHAISS) has published the list of 28 African countries whose citizens are eligible to use the country’s visa-on-arrival programme.
The information was made available through the official MHAISS visa-on-arrival portal.
Namibia: African countries eligible for visa-on-arrival
According to the official Namibia Ministry of Home Affairs Visa on Arrival portal, citizens of the following 28 African countries are eligible to apply for a Visa on Arrival to Namibia:
- Benin.
- Burkina Faso.
- Burundi.
- Cabo Verde.
- Cameroon.
- Central African Republic (CAR).
- Chad.
- Comoros.
- Côte d’Ivoire.
- Djibouti.
- Equatorial Guinea.
- Eritrea.
- Gabon.
- Gambia.
- Ghana.
- Guinea.
- Guinea-Bissau.
- Liberia.
- Madagascar.
- Mauritania.
- Niger.
- Rwanda.
- São Tomé and PrÃncipe.
- Sierra Leone.
- Togo.
- Tunisia.
- Western Sahara Republic.
- Uganda.
Namibia: Visa-free entry African countries
It should be noted that several African countries, including South Africa, Angola, Botswana, Kenya, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Seychelles, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, and Eswatini, are not required to obtain a visa for short-term visits to Namibia.
Their citizens benefit from separate reciprocal agreements that allow visa-free entry.
Nigeria is not included among the countries eligible for either Namibia’s visa-free entry arrangement or its visa-on-arrival programme for holders of ordinary passports.
As a result, Nigerian citizens travelling on ordinary passports must secure a visa before departing for Namibia. However, Nigerians travelling with diplomatic, official, or service passports remain exempt from visa requirements under separate bilateral arrangements.
