Western Africa
Western AfricaCape Verde visa requirements
Travellers from 169 of 198 countries can visit Cape Verde easily: no visa, a visa at the airport, or a short online form.
What 198 passports need to visit Cape Verde
Find your own passport in the list below for the exact rule.
- No visa needed63 of 198 passportsJust show your passport at the border.
- Visa on arrival106 of 198 passportsGet it at the airport or border.
- Visa needed29 of 198 passportsApply at the embassy or consulate.
Types of Cape Verde visa
- Tourist entry7 optionsYou may enter without a visa if your nationality or personal circumstances qualify. Otherwise, you need a visa before travel or, if eligible, on arrival.
- Former citizen and family entry exemption1 optionsFormer citizens of Cabo Verde and their spouses and children can enter without a visa. Details of a separate family visa or residence permission are not specified.
- Visa on arrival1 optionsCitizens of the listed countries can get a visa when they arrive at Sal, Boa Vista, São Vicente or Santiago international airport.
Find your passport
198 of 198 passports
- AndorraVisa not requiredSouthern Europe30 days
- AngolaVisa not requiredMiddle Africa
- Antigua and BarbudaVisa not requiredCaribbean
- AustriaVisa not requiredCentral Europe30 days
- BelgiumVisa not requiredWestern Europe30 days
- BeninVisa not requiredWestern Africa
- BrazilVisa not requiredSouth America30 days
- BulgariaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe30 days
- Burkina FasoVisa not requiredWestern Africa
- CanadaVisa not requiredNorth America30 days
- CroatiaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe30 days
- CyprusVisa not requiredSouthern Europe30 days
- Czech RepublicVisa not requiredCentral Europe30 days
- DenmarkVisa not requiredNorthern Europe30 days
- EstoniaVisa not requiredNorthern Europe30 days
- FinlandVisa not requiredNorthern Europe30 days
- FranceVisa not requiredWestern Europe30 days
- GambiaVisa not requiredWestern Africa90 days
- GermanyVisa not requiredWestern Europe30 days
- GhanaVisa not requiredWestern Africa90 days
- GreeceVisa not requiredSouthern Europe30 days
- GuineaVisa not requiredWestern Africa30 days
- Guinea-BissauVisa not requiredWestern Africa
- Hong KongVisa not requiredEastern Asia90 days
- HungaryVisa not requiredCentral Europe30 days
- IcelandVisa not requiredNorthern Europe30 days
- IrelandVisa not requiredNorthern Europe30 days
- ItalyVisa not requiredSouthern Europe30 days
- Ivory CoastVisa not requiredWestern Africa
- LatviaVisa not requiredNorthern Europe30 days
- LiberiaVisa not requiredWestern Africa
- LiechtensteinVisa not requiredWestern Europe30 days
- LithuaniaVisa not requiredNorthern Europe30 days
- LuxembourgVisa not requiredWestern Europe30 days
- MacauVisa not requiredEastern Asia90 days
- MaliVisa not requiredWestern Africa
- MaltaVisa not requiredSouthern Europe30 days
- MauritaniaVisa not requiredWestern Africa
- MonacoVisa not requiredWestern Europe30 days
- MoroccoVisa not requiredNorthern Africa90 days
- MozambiqueVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- NetherlandsVisa not requiredWestern Europe30 days
- NigerVisa not requiredWestern Africa
- NigeriaVisa not requiredWestern Africa
- NorwayVisa not requiredNorthern Europe30 days
- PolandVisa not requiredCentral Europe30 days
- PortugalVisa not requiredSouthern Europe30 days
- RomaniaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe30 days
- RussiaVisa not requiredEastern Europe60 days
- San MarinoVisa not requiredSouthern Europe30 days
- SenegalVisa not requiredWestern Africa
- Sierra LeoneVisa not requiredWestern Africa
- SingaporeVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia90 days
- SlovakiaVisa not requiredCentral Europe30 days
- SloveniaVisa not requiredCentral Europe30 days
- SpainVisa not requiredSouthern Europe30 days
- SwedenVisa not requiredNorthern Europe30 days
- SwitzerlandVisa not requiredWestern Europe30 days
- Timor-LesteVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- TogoVisa not requiredWestern Africa
- United KingdomVisa not requiredNorthern Europe30 days
- United StatesVisa not requiredNorth America30 days
- Vatican CityVisa not requiredSouthern Europe30 days
- AlbaniaVisa on arrivalSoutheast Europe30 days
- AlgeriaVisa on arrivalNorthern Africa30 days
- ArgentinaVisa on arrivalSouth America30 days
- ArmeniaVisa on arrivalWestern Asia
- AustraliaVisa on arrivalAustralia and New Zealand30 days
- BahamasVisa on arrivalCaribbean45 days
- BahrainVisa on arrivalWestern Asia
- BarbadosVisa on arrivalCaribbean30 days
- BelizeVisa on arrivalCentral America30 days
- BhutanVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia30 days
- Bosnia and HerzegovinaVisa on arrivalSoutheast Europe
- BruneiVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- BurundiVisa on arrivalEastern Africa45 days
- CambodiaVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- CameroonVisa on arrivalMiddle Africa30 days
- Central African RepublicVisa on arrivalMiddle Africa
- ChadVisa on arrivalMiddle Africa
- ChinaVisa on arrivalEastern Asia30 days
- ComorosVisa on arrivalEastern Africa
- CongoVisa on arrivalMiddle Africa
- Costa RicaVisa on arrivalCentral America
- CubaVisa on arrivalCaribbean30 days
- DjiboutiVisa on arrivalEastern Africa90 days
- DominicaVisa on arrivalCaribbean
- Dominican RepublicVisa on arrivalCaribbean
- DR CongoVisa on arrivalMiddle Africa
- EcuadorVisa on arrivalSouth America45 days
- El SalvadorVisa on arrivalCentral America
- Equatorial GuineaVisa on arrivalMiddle Africa30 days
- EritreaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa
- EswatiniVisa on arrivalSouthern Africa
- EthiopiaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa30 days
- FijiVisa on arrivalMelanesia
- GabonVisa on arrivalMiddle Africa
- GeorgiaVisa on arrivalWestern Asia
- GrenadaVisa on arrivalCaribbean
- GuatemalaVisa on arrivalCentral America
- GuyanaVisa on arrivalSouth America30 days
- HaitiVisa on arrivalCaribbean
- HondurasVisa on arrivalCentral America
- IndiaVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia
- IraqVisa on arrivalWestern Asia90 days
- IsraelVisa on arrivalWestern Asia30 days
- JamaicaVisa on arrivalCaribbean
- JapanVisa on arrivalEastern Asia30 days
- JordanVisa on arrivalWestern Asia
- KenyaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa
- KiribatiVisa on arrivalMicronesia30 days
- KosovoVisa on arrivalSoutheast Europe
- KuwaitVisa on arrivalWestern Asia
- KyrgyzstanVisa on arrivalCentral Asia30 days
- LaosVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia
- LesothoVisa on arrivalSouthern Africa30 days
- LibyaVisa on arrivalNorthern Africa
- MalawiVisa on arrivalEastern Africa
- MalaysiaVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- MaldivesVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia30 days
- Marshall IslandsVisa on arrivalMicronesia
- MauritiusVisa on arrivalEastern Africa
- MicronesiaVisa on arrivalMicronesia
- MoldovaVisa on arrivalEastern Europe30 days
- MontenegroVisa on arrivalSoutheast Europe
- MyanmarVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia
- NamibiaVisa on arrivalSouthern Africa
- NauruVisa on arrivalMicronesia30 days
- New ZealandVisa on arrivalAustralia and New Zealand30 days
- NicaraguaVisa on arrivalCentral America45 days
- North KoreaVisa on arrivalEastern Asia45 days
- North MacedoniaVisa on arrivalSoutheast Europe
- PalestineVisa on arrivalWestern Asia
- PanamaVisa on arrivalCentral America
- ParaguayVisa on arrivalSouth America
- QatarVisa on arrivalWestern Asia30 days
- RwandaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa45 days
- Saint Kitts and NevisVisa on arrivalCaribbean
- Saint LuciaVisa on arrivalCaribbean
- Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVisa on arrivalCaribbean
- SamoaVisa on arrivalPolynesia30 days
- São Tomé and PríncipeVisa on arrivalMiddle Africa
- Saudi ArabiaVisa on arrivalWestern Asia30 days
- SerbiaVisa on arrivalSoutheast Europe30 days
- SeychellesVisa on arrivalEastern Africa
- Solomon IslandsVisa on arrivalMelanesia30 days
- SomaliaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa
- South AfricaVisa on arrivalSouthern Africa30 days
- South KoreaVisa on arrivalEastern Asia30 days
- South SudanVisa on arrivalMiddle Africa
- SudanVisa on arrivalNorthern Africa30 days
- SurinameVisa on arrivalSouth America30 days
- SyriaVisa on arrivalWestern Asia90 days
- TajikistanVisa on arrivalCentral Asia
- TanzaniaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa90 days
- ThailandVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- TongaVisa on arrivalPolynesia30 days
- Trinidad and TobagoVisa on arrivalCaribbean
- TuvaluVisa on arrivalPolynesia30 days
- UgandaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa
- UkraineVisa on arrivalEastern Europe30 days
- United Arab EmiratesVisa on arrivalWestern Asia30 days
- UruguayVisa on arrivalSouth America
- UzbekistanVisa on arrivalCentral Asia
- VanuatuVisa on arrivalMelanesia30 days
- VenezuelaVisa on arrivalSouth America
- YemenVisa on arrivalWestern Asia
- ZambiaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa
- ZimbabweVisa on arrivalSouthern Africa90 days
- AfghanistanVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- AzerbaijanVisa requiredWestern Asia
- BangladeshVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- BelarusVisa requiredEastern Europe
- BoliviaVisa requiredSouth America
- BotswanaVisa requiredSouthern Africa
- ChileVisa requiredSouth America
- ColombiaVisa requiredSouth America
- EgyptVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- IndonesiaVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- IranVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- KazakhstanVisa requiredCentral Asia
- LebanonVisa requiredWestern Asia
- MadagascarVisa requiredEastern Africa
- MexicoVisa requiredNorth America
- MongoliaVisa requiredEastern Asia
- NepalVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- OmanVisa requiredWestern Asia
- PakistanVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- PalauVisa requiredMicronesia
- Papua New GuineaVisa requiredMelanesia
- PeruVisa requiredSouth America
- PhilippinesVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- Sri LankaVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- TaiwanVisa requiredEastern Asia
- TunisiaVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- TürkiyeVisa requiredWestern Asia
- TurkmenistanVisa requiredCentral Asia
- VietnamVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
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.
- Europe45 of 46 countries
- Africa49 of 53 countries
- Americas30 of 35 countries
- Oceania12 of 14 countries
- Asia33 of 50 countries
Questions
How many passports can enter Cape Verde without a visa?
169 of 198 passports can enter without applying before travel.
What is the most common entry rule for Cape Verde?
Visa on arrival: it applies to 106 passports.
Which passports need an embassy visa for Cape Verde?
29 passports, including Indonesia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Mexico Philippines, and 24 more.
Do India passport holders need a visa for Cape Verde?
Visa on arrival.
Do China passport holders need a visa for Cape Verde?
Visa on arrival, for up to 30 days.
Do United States passport holders need a visa for Cape Verde?
No visa needed, for up to 30 days.
Do Nigeria passport holders need a visa for Cape Verde?
No visa needed.
Do Pakistan passport holders need a visa for Cape Verde?
Visa needed.
Do Brazil passport holders need a visa for Cape Verde?
No visa needed, for up to 30 days.
Which region's passports have the easiest access to Cape Verde?
Europe: 45 of 46 passports enter without applying first.
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