Western Africa
Western AfricaBurkina Faso visa requirements
Travellers from 33 of 198 countries can visit Burkina Faso easily: no visa, a visa at the airport, or a short online form.
What 198 passports need to visit Burkina Faso
Find your own passport in the list below for the exact rule.
- No visa needed20 of 198 passportsJust show your passport at the border.
- Visa on arrival13 of 198 passportsGet it at the airport or border.
- eVisa160 of 198 passportsApply on the official website.
- Visa needed4 of 198 passportsApply at the embassy or consulate.
- Not allowed to enter1 of 198 passportsEntry is closed to this passport.
Types of Burkina Faso visa
- Tourist entry4 optionsVisitors can enter without a visa if they qualify for an exemption. Other visitors can apply online or through a Burkina Faso embassy or consulate.
- Airport transit2 optionsMost nationalities can transfer through Burkina Faso airports without a transit visa for up to 24 hours if they hold a confirmed onward ticket. South African citizens need a visa in advance, and United States nationals are refused transit.
- e-Visa (online visa)1 optionsVisitors who need a visa can apply through the online visa programme. They can also choose to apply at a Burkina Faso embassy or consulate.
- Visa on arrival3 optionsVisas on arrival are issued only in specific exceptional circumstances. Listed cases include eligible Peruvian citizens, certain official passport holders and Interpol passport holders travelling on duty.
Find your passport
198 of 198 passports
- BeninVisa not requiredWestern Africa
- Cape VerdeVisa not requiredWestern Africa
- Central African RepublicVisa not requiredMiddle Africa90 days
- GambiaVisa not requiredWestern Africa
- GhanaVisa not requiredWestern Africa
- GuineaVisa not requiredWestern Africa
- Guinea-BissauVisa not requiredWestern Africa
- Hong KongVisa not requiredEastern Asia14 days
- Ivory CoastVisa not requiredWestern Africa
- LiberiaVisa not requiredWestern Africa
- MaliVisa not requiredWestern Africa
- MauritaniaVisa not requiredWestern Africa90 days
- MoroccoVisa not requiredNorthern Africa90 days
- NigerVisa not requiredWestern Africa
- NigeriaVisa not requiredWestern Africa
- SenegalVisa not requiredWestern Africa
- Sierra LeoneVisa not requiredWestern Africa
- SingaporeVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- TogoVisa not requiredWestern Africa
- United Arab EmiratesVisa not requiredWestern Asia30 days
- BelgiumVisa on arrivalWestern Europe30 days
- Czech RepublicVisa on arrivalCentral Europe30 days
- DR CongoVisa on arrivalMiddle Africa30 days
- EgyptVisa on arrivalNorthern Africa30 days
- FinlandVisa on arrivalNorthern Europe30 days
- IcelandVisa on arrivalNorthern Europe30 days
- IrelandVisa on arrivalNorthern Europe30 days
- LuxembourgVisa on arrivalWestern Europe30 days
- NorwayVisa on arrivalNorthern Europe30 days
- ParaguayVisa on arrivalSouth America30 days
- SwedenVisa on arrivalNorthern Europe30 days
- TunisiaVisa on arrivalNorthern Africa
- VenezuelaVisa on arrivalSouth America30 days
- AfghanistaneVisaSouthern Asia
- AlbaniaeVisaSoutheast Europe
- AlgeriaeVisaNorthern Africa
- AndorraeVisaSouthern Europe
- AngolaeVisaMiddle Africa
- Antigua and BarbudaeVisaCaribbean
- ArgentinaeVisaSouth America
- ArmeniaeVisaWestern Asia
- AustraliaeVisaAustralia and New Zealand
- AustriaeVisaCentral Europe30 days
- AzerbaijaneVisaWestern Asia
- BahamaseVisaCaribbean30 days
- BahraineVisaWestern Asia
- BangladesheVisaSouthern Asia
- BarbadoseVisaCaribbean
- BelaruseVisaEastern Europe
- BelizeeVisaCentral America
- BhutaneVisaSouthern Asia
- BoliviaeVisaSouth America
- Bosnia and HerzegovinaeVisaSoutheast Europe
- BotswanaeVisaSouthern Africa
- BrazileVisaSouth America
- BruneieVisaSouth-Eastern Asia
- BulgariaeVisaSoutheast Europe90 days
- BurundieVisaEastern Africa
- CambodiaeVisaSouth-Eastern Asia
- CamerooneVisaMiddle Africa
- CanadaeVisaNorth America
- ChadeVisaMiddle Africa30 days
- ChileeVisaSouth America
- ChinaeVisaEastern Asia
- ColombiaeVisaSouth America
- ComoroseVisaEastern Africa
- CongoeVisaMiddle Africa
- Costa RicaeVisaCentral America
- CroatiaeVisaSoutheast Europe
- CubaeVisaCaribbean
- CypruseVisaSouthern Europe
- DenmarkeVisaNorthern Europe30 days
- DjiboutieVisaEastern Africa30 days
- DominicaeVisaCaribbean
- Dominican RepubliceVisaCaribbean
- EcuadoreVisaSouth America
- El SalvadoreVisaCentral America
- Equatorial GuineaeVisaMiddle Africa90 days
- EritreaeVisaEastern Africa30 days
- EstoniaeVisaNorthern Europe30 days
- EswatinieVisaSouthern Africa
- EthiopiaeVisaEastern Africa
- FijieVisaMelanesia
- FranceeVisaWestern Europe30 days
- GaboneVisaMiddle Africa
- GeorgiaeVisaWestern Asia
- GermanyeVisaWestern Europe90 days
- GreeceeVisaSouthern Europe
- GrenadaeVisaCaribbean
- GuatemalaeVisaCentral America
- GuyanaeVisaSouth America
- HaitieVisaCaribbean
- HungaryeVisaCentral Europe90 days
- IndiaeVisaSouthern Asia
- IndonesiaeVisaSouth-Eastern Asia
- IraneVisaSouthern Asia30 days
- IraqeVisaWestern Asia
- IsraeleVisaWestern Asia
- ItalyeVisaSouthern Europe30 days
- JamaicaeVisaCaribbean
- JapaneVisaEastern Asia
- JordaneVisaWestern Asia
- KazakhstaneVisaCentral Asia
- KenyaeVisaEastern Africa
- KiribatieVisaMicronesia
- KosovoeVisaSoutheast Europe
- KuwaiteVisaWestern Asia
- KyrgyzstaneVisaCentral Asia
- LaoseVisaSouth-Eastern Asia
- LatviaeVisaNorthern Europe30 days
- LebanoneVisaWestern Asia90 days
- LesothoeVisaSouthern Africa30 days
- LibyaeVisaNorthern Africa30 days
- LiechtensteineVisaWestern Europe30 days
- LithuaniaeVisaNorthern Europe30 days
- MacaueVisaEastern Asia
- MadagascareVisaEastern Africa
- MalawieVisaEastern Africa
- MalaysiaeVisaSouth-Eastern Asia
- MaldiveseVisaSouthern Asia
- MaltaeVisaSouthern Europe30 days
- Marshall IslandseVisaMicronesia
- MauritiuseVisaEastern Africa
- MexicoeVisaNorth America
- MicronesiaeVisaMicronesia
- MoldovaeVisaEastern Europe
- MonacoeVisaWestern Europe
- MongoliaeVisaEastern Asia
- MontenegroeVisaSoutheast Europe
- MozambiqueeVisaEastern Africa
- MyanmareVisaSouth-Eastern Asia
- NamibiaeVisaSouthern Africa
- NaurueVisaMicronesia
- NepaleVisaSouthern Asia
- NetherlandseVisaWestern Europe30 days
- New ZealandeVisaAustralia and New Zealand
- NicaraguaeVisaCentral America
- North KoreaeVisaEastern Asia
- North MacedoniaeVisaSoutheast Europe
- OmaneVisaWestern Asia
- PalaueVisaMicronesia
- PalestineeVisaWestern Asia
- Papua New GuineaeVisaMelanesia
- PerueVisaSouth America30 days
- PhilippineseVisaSouth-Eastern Asia
- PolandeVisaCentral Europe30 days
- PortugaleVisaSouthern Europe30 days
- QatareVisaWestern Asia
- RomaniaeVisaSoutheast Europe90 days
- RussiaeVisaEastern Europe
- RwandaeVisaEastern Africa
- Saint Kitts and NeviseVisaCaribbean30 days
- Saint LuciaeVisaCaribbean30 days
- Saint Vincent and the GrenadineseVisaCaribbean30 days
- SamoaeVisaPolynesia
- San MarinoeVisaSouthern Europe
- São Tomé and PríncipeeVisaMiddle Africa30 days
- Saudi ArabiaeVisaWestern Asia
- SerbiaeVisaSoutheast Europe
- SlovakiaeVisaCentral Europe30 days
- SloveniaeVisaCentral Europe30 days
- Solomon IslandseVisaMelanesia
- SomaliaeVisaEastern Africa30 days
- South AfricaeVisaSouthern Africa
- South KoreaeVisaEastern Asia30 days
- South SudaneVisaMiddle Africa
- SpaineVisaSouthern Europe30 days
- Sri LankaeVisaSouthern Asia
- SudaneVisaNorthern Africa
- SurinameeVisaSouth America30 days
- SwitzerlandeVisaWestern Europe30 days
- SyriaeVisaWestern Asia
- TaiwaneVisaEastern Asia30 days
- TajikistaneVisaCentral Asia
- TanzaniaeVisaEastern Africa30 days
- ThailandeVisaSouth-Eastern Asia
- Timor-LesteeVisaSouth-Eastern Asia
- TongaeVisaPolynesia
- Trinidad and TobagoeVisaCaribbean30 days
- TürkiyeeVisaWestern Asia
- TurkmenistaneVisaCentral Asia
- TuvalueVisaPolynesia
- UgandaeVisaEastern Africa
- UkraineeVisaEastern Europe
- United KingdomeVisaNorthern Europe
- UruguayeVisaSouth America
- UzbekistaneVisaCentral Asia
- VanuatueVisaMelanesia
- Vatican CityeVisaSouthern Europe
- VietnameVisaSouth-Eastern Asia
- YemeneVisaWestern Asia
- ZambiaeVisaEastern Africa30 days
- ZimbabweeVisaSouthern Africa30 days
- HondurasVisa requiredCentral America
- PakistanVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- PanamaVisa requiredCentral America30 days
- SeychellesVisa requiredEastern Africa
- United StatesAdmission refusedNorth America
Who can visit easily, by part of the world
For each part of the world: how many countries' travellers can come easily. Easy means no visa, a visa at the airport, or a short online form.
- Africa20 of 53 countries
- Europe8 of 46 countries
- Asia3 of 50 countries
- Americas2 of 35 countries
- Oceania0 of 14 countries
Questions
How many passports can enter Burkina Faso without a visa?
33 of 198 passports can enter without applying before travel.
What is the most common entry rule for Burkina Faso?
eVisa: it applies to 160 passports.
Which passports need an embassy visa for Burkina Faso?
4 passports, including Pakistan, Honduras, Panama and Seychelles.
Do India passport holders need a visa for Burkina Faso?
eVisa.
Do China passport holders need a visa for Burkina Faso?
eVisa.
Do United States passport holders need a visa for Burkina Faso?
Not allowed to enter.
Do Nigeria passport holders need a visa for Burkina Faso?
No visa needed.
Do Pakistan passport holders need a visa for Burkina Faso?
Visa needed.
Do Brazil passport holders need a visa for Burkina Faso?
eVisa.
Which region's passports have the easiest access to Burkina Faso?
Africa: 20 of 53 passports enter without applying first.
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