Eastern Africa
Eastern AfricaEthiopia visa requirements
Travellers from 117 of 198 countries can visit Ethiopia easily: no visa, a visa at the airport, or a short online form.
What 198 passports need to visit Ethiopia
Find your own passport in the list below for the exact rule.
- No visa needed2 of 198 passportsJust show your passport at the border.
- Visa on arrival115 of 198 passportsGet it at the airport or border.
- eVisa78 of 198 passportsApply on the official website.
- Visa needed3 of 198 passportsApply at the embassy or consulate.
Types of Ethiopia visa
- Tourist entry4 optionsCitizens of all countries can apply for an online tourist visa. Some travellers can get a tourist visa on arrival, while citizens of Djibouti and Kenya can visit without a visa.
- Transit without a visa1 optionsTravellers of any nationality can change flights without a visa if they stay in the permitted transit area and leave by air within 12 hours. Details of a separate transit visa are not given.
- Ethiopia e-Visa (online tourist visa)1 optionsCitizens of all countries can apply for an online tourist visa. It can only be used to enter through Addis Ababa Bole International Airport.
- Tourist visa on arrival1 optionsEligible travellers can get a tourist visa on arrival at Addis Ababa Bole International Airport. The visa can be valid for up to 3 months.
Find your passport
198 of 198 passports
- DjiboutiVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- KenyaVisa not requiredEastern Africa365 days
- AlgeriaVisa on arrivalNorthern Africa90 days
- AngolaVisa on arrivalMiddle Africa90 days
- ArgentinaVisa on arrivalSouth America90 days
- AustraliaVisa on arrivalAustralia and New Zealand90 days
- AustriaVisa on arrivalCentral Europe90 days
- BelarusVisa on arrivalEastern Europe90 days
- BelgiumVisa on arrivalWestern Europe90 days
- BeninVisa on arrivalWestern Africa90 days
- Bosnia and HerzegovinaVisa on arrivalSoutheast Europe90 days
- BotswanaVisa on arrivalSouthern Africa90 days
- BrazilVisa on arrivalSouth America90 days
- BulgariaVisa on arrivalSoutheast Europe90 days
- Burkina FasoVisa on arrivalWestern Africa90 days
- BurundiVisa on arrivalEastern Africa90 days
- CameroonVisa on arrivalMiddle Africa90 days
- CanadaVisa on arrivalNorth America90 days
- Cape VerdeVisa on arrivalWestern Africa90 days
- Central African RepublicVisa on arrivalMiddle Africa90 days
- ChadVisa on arrivalMiddle Africa90 days
- ChinaVisa on arrivalEastern Asia90 days
- ComorosVisa on arrivalEastern Africa90 days
- CongoVisa on arrivalMiddle Africa90 days
- CroatiaVisa on arrivalSoutheast Europe90 days
- CyprusVisa on arrivalSouthern Europe90 days
- Czech RepublicVisa on arrivalCentral Europe90 days
- DenmarkVisa on arrivalNorthern Europe90 days
- DR CongoVisa on arrivalMiddle Africa90 days
- Equatorial GuineaVisa on arrivalMiddle Africa90 days
- EritreaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa90 days
- EswatiniVisa on arrivalSouthern Africa90 days
- FinlandVisa on arrivalNorthern Europe90 days
- FranceVisa on arrivalWestern Europe90 days
- GabonVisa on arrivalMiddle Africa90 days
- GambiaVisa on arrivalWestern Africa90 days
- GermanyVisa on arrivalWestern Europe90 days
- GhanaVisa on arrivalWestern Africa90 days
- GreeceVisa on arrivalSouthern Europe90 days
- GuineaVisa on arrivalWestern Africa90 days
- Guinea-BissauVisa on arrivalWestern Africa90 days
- Hong KongVisa on arrivalEastern Asia90 days
- HungaryVisa on arrivalCentral Europe90 days
- IcelandVisa on arrivalNorthern Europe90 days
- IndiaVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia90 days
- IndonesiaVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia90 days
- IrelandVisa on arrivalNorthern Europe90 days
- IsraelVisa on arrivalWestern Asia90 days
- ItalyVisa on arrivalSouthern Europe90 days
- Ivory CoastVisa on arrivalWestern Africa90 days
- JapanVisa on arrivalEastern Asia90 days
- JordanVisa on arrivalWestern Asia90 days
- KosovoVisa on arrivalSoutheast Europe90 days
- KuwaitVisa on arrivalWestern Asia90 days
- LebanonVisa on arrivalWestern Asia90 days
- LesothoVisa on arrivalSouthern Africa90 days
- LiberiaVisa on arrivalWestern Africa90 days
- LibyaVisa on arrivalNorthern Africa90 days
- LithuaniaVisa on arrivalNorthern Europe90 days
- LuxembourgVisa on arrivalWestern Europe90 days
- MadagascarVisa on arrivalEastern Africa90 days
- MalawiVisa on arrivalEastern Africa90 days
- MalaysiaVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia90 days
- MaliVisa on arrivalWestern Africa90 days
- MaltaVisa on arrivalSouthern Europe90 days
- MauritaniaVisa on arrivalWestern Africa90 days
- MauritiusVisa on arrivalEastern Africa30 days
- MexicoVisa on arrivalNorth America90 days
- MontenegroVisa on arrivalSoutheast Europe90 days
- MoroccoVisa on arrivalNorthern Africa90 days
- MozambiqueVisa on arrivalEastern Africa90 days
- NamibiaVisa on arrivalSouthern Africa90 days
- NetherlandsVisa on arrivalWestern Europe90 days
- New ZealandVisa on arrivalAustralia and New Zealand90 days
- NigerVisa on arrivalWestern Africa90 days
- NigeriaVisa on arrivalWestern Africa90 days
- North KoreaVisa on arrivalEastern Asia
- North MacedoniaVisa on arrivalSoutheast Europe90 days
- NorwayVisa on arrivalNorthern Europe90 days
- OmanVisa on arrivalWestern Asia90 days
- PhilippinesVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia90 days
- PolandVisa on arrivalCentral Europe90 days
- PortugalVisa on arrivalSouthern Europe90 days
- QatarVisa on arrivalWestern Asia90 days
- RomaniaVisa on arrivalSoutheast Europe90 days
- RussiaVisa on arrivalEastern Europe90 days
- RwandaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa90 days
- São Tomé and PríncipeVisa on arrivalMiddle Africa90 days
- Saudi ArabiaVisa on arrivalWestern Asia90 days
- SenegalVisa on arrivalWestern Africa90 days
- SerbiaVisa on arrivalSoutheast Europe90 days
- SeychellesVisa on arrivalEastern Africa90 days
- Sierra LeoneVisa on arrivalWestern Africa90 days
- SingaporeVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia90 days
- SlovakiaVisa on arrivalCentral Europe90 days
- SloveniaVisa on arrivalCentral Europe90 days
- SomaliaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa90 days
- South AfricaVisa on arrivalSouthern Africa90 days
- South KoreaVisa on arrivalEastern Asia90 days
- South SudanVisa on arrivalMiddle Africa90 days
- SpainVisa on arrivalSouthern Europe90 days
- SudanVisa on arrivalNorthern Africa90 days
- SwedenVisa on arrivalNorthern Europe90 days
- SwitzerlandVisa on arrivalWestern Europe90 days
- TaiwanVisa on arrivalEastern Asia90 days
- TanzaniaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa90 days
- ThailandVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia90 days
- TogoVisa on arrivalWestern Africa90 days
- TunisiaVisa on arrivalNorthern Africa90 days
- TürkiyeVisa on arrivalWestern Asia90 days
- UgandaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa90 days
- UkraineVisa on arrivalEastern Europe90 days
- United Arab EmiratesVisa on arrivalWestern Asia90 days
- United KingdomVisa on arrivalNorthern Europe90 days
- United StatesVisa on arrivalNorth America90 days
- ZambiaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa90 days
- ZimbabweVisa on arrivalSouthern Africa90 days
- AlbaniaeVisaSoutheast Europe90 days
- AndorraeVisaSouthern Europe90 days
- Antigua and BarbudaeVisaCaribbean90 days
- ArmeniaeVisaWestern Asia90 days
- AzerbaijaneVisaWestern Asia90 days
- BahamaseVisaCaribbean90 days
- BahraineVisaWestern Asia90 days
- BangladesheVisaSouthern Asia90 days
- BarbadoseVisaCaribbean90 days
- BelizeeVisaCentral America90 days
- BhutaneVisaSouthern Asia90 days
- BoliviaeVisaSouth America90 days
- BruneieVisaSouth-Eastern Asia90 days
- CambodiaeVisaSouth-Eastern Asia90 days
- ChileeVisaSouth America90 days
- ColombiaeVisaSouth America90 days
- Costa RicaeVisaCentral America90 days
- CubaeVisaCaribbean90 days
- DominicaeVisaCaribbean90 days
- Dominican RepubliceVisaCaribbean90 days
- EcuadoreVisaSouth America90 days
- EgypteVisaNorthern Africa90 days
- El SalvadoreVisaCentral America90 days
- EstoniaeVisaNorthern Europe90 days
- FijieVisaMelanesia90 days
- GeorgiaeVisaWestern Asia90 days
- GrenadaeVisaCaribbean90 days
- GuatemalaeVisaCentral America90 days
- GuyanaeVisaSouth America90 days
- HaitieVisaCaribbean90 days
- HonduraseVisaCentral America90 days
- IraneVisaSouthern Asia90 days
- JamaicaeVisaCaribbean90 days
- KazakhstaneVisaCentral Asia90 days
- KiribatieVisaMicronesia90 days
- KyrgyzstaneVisaCentral Asia90 days
- LaoseVisaSouth-Eastern Asia90 days
- LatviaeVisaNorthern Europe90 days
- LiechtensteineVisaWestern Europe90 days
- MacaueVisaEastern Asia90 days
- MaldiveseVisaSouthern Asia90 days
- Marshall IslandseVisaMicronesia90 days
- MicronesiaeVisaMicronesia90 days
- MoldovaeVisaEastern Europe90 days
- MonacoeVisaWestern Europe90 days
- MongoliaeVisaEastern Asia90 days
- MyanmareVisaSouth-Eastern Asia90 days
- NaurueVisaMicronesia90 days
- NepaleVisaSouthern Asia90 days
- NicaraguaeVisaCentral America90 days
- PakistaneVisaSouthern Asia90 days
- PalaueVisaMicronesia90 days
- PalestineeVisaWestern Asia90 days
- PanamaeVisaCentral America90 days
- Papua New GuineaeVisaMelanesia90 days
- ParaguayeVisaSouth America90 days
- PerueVisaSouth America90 days
- Saint Kitts and NeviseVisaCaribbean90 days
- Saint LuciaeVisaCaribbean90 days
- Saint Vincent and the GrenadineseVisaCaribbean90 days
- SamoaeVisaPolynesia90 days
- San MarinoeVisaSouthern Europe90 days
- Solomon IslandseVisaMelanesia90 days
- Sri LankaeVisaSouthern Asia90 days
- SurinameeVisaSouth America90 days
- TajikistaneVisaCentral Asia90 days
- Timor-LesteeVisaSouth-Eastern Asia90 days
- TongaeVisaPolynesia90 days
- Trinidad and TobagoeVisaCaribbean90 days
- TurkmenistaneVisaCentral Asia90 days
- TuvalueVisaPolynesia90 days
- UruguayeVisaSouth America90 days
- UzbekistaneVisaCentral Asia90 days
- VanuatueVisaMelanesia90 days
- Vatican CityeVisaSouthern Europe90 days
- VenezuelaeVisaSouth America90 days
- VietnameVisaSouth-Eastern Asia90 days
- YemeneVisaWestern Asia90 days
- AfghanistanVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- IraqVisa requiredWestern Asia
- SyriaVisa requiredWestern 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.
- Africa52 of 53 countries
- Europe37 of 46 countries
- Asia21 of 50 countries
- Americas5 of 35 countries
- Oceania2 of 14 countries
Questions
How many passports can enter Ethiopia without a visa?
117 of 198 passports can enter without applying before travel.
What is the most common entry rule for Ethiopia?
Visa on arrival: it applies to 115 passports.
Which passports need an embassy visa for Ethiopia?
3 passports, including Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria.
Do India passport holders need a visa for Ethiopia?
Visa on arrival, for up to 90 days.
Do China passport holders need a visa for Ethiopia?
Visa on arrival, for up to 90 days.
Do United States passport holders need a visa for Ethiopia?
Visa on arrival, for up to 90 days.
Do Nigeria passport holders need a visa for Ethiopia?
Visa on arrival, for up to 90 days.
Do Pakistan passport holders need a visa for Ethiopia?
eVisa, for up to 90 days.
Do Brazil passport holders need a visa for Ethiopia?
Visa on arrival, for up to 90 days.
Which region's passports have the easiest access to Ethiopia?
Africa: 52 of 53 passports enter without applying first.
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