Western Africa
Western AfricaSierra Leone visa requirements
Travellers from 123 of 198 countries can visit Sierra Leone easily: no visa, a visa at the airport, or a short online form.
What 198 passports need to visit Sierra Leone
Find your own passport in the list below for the exact rule.
- No visa needed15 of 198 passportsJust show your passport at the border.
- Visa on arrival108 of 198 passportsGet it at the airport or border.
- eVisa72 of 198 passportsApply on the official website.
- Visa needed3 of 198 passportsApply at the embassy or consulate.
Types of Sierra Leone visa
- Tourist entry4 optionsVisitors can use an e-Visa unless they qualify for visa-free entry or a visa on arrival. Separate rules for a tourist visa are not given.
- e-Visa1 optionsAn e-Visa is a visa obtained online. Visitors need one unless they qualify for visa-free entry or a visa on arrival.
- Visa on arrival3 optionsEligible travellers can get a visa when they arrive. The standard paid visa costs USD 80 and is valid for 1 month; some travellers pay USD 25 or receive it free.
Find your passport
198 of 198 passports
- BeninVisa not requiredWestern Africa
- Burkina FasoVisa not requiredWestern Africa
- Cape VerdeVisa not requiredWestern Africa
- GambiaVisa not requiredWestern Africa
- GhanaVisa not requiredWestern Africa
- GuineaVisa not requiredWestern Africa
- Guinea-BissauVisa not requiredWestern Africa
- Ivory CoastVisa not requiredWestern Africa
- LiberiaVisa not requiredWestern Africa
- MaliVisa not requiredWestern Africa
- MauritaniaVisa not requiredWestern Africa90 days
- NigerVisa not requiredWestern Africa
- NigeriaVisa not requiredWestern Africa
- SenegalVisa not requiredWestern Africa
- TogoVisa not requiredWestern Africa
- Antigua and BarbudaVisa on arrivalCaribbean
- AustraliaVisa on arrivalAustralia and New Zealand30 days
- AustriaVisa on arrivalCentral Europe30 days
- BahamasVisa on arrivalCaribbean
- BangladeshVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia30 days
- BarbadosVisa on arrivalCaribbean30 days
- BelgiumVisa on arrivalWestern Europe30 days
- BelizeVisa on arrivalCentral America
- BoliviaVisa on arrivalSouth America30 days
- BotswanaVisa on arrivalSouthern Africa
- BrazilVisa on arrivalSouth America30 days
- BruneiVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- BulgariaVisa on arrivalSoutheast Europe30 days
- CambodiaVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- CameroonVisa on arrivalMiddle Africa90 days
- CanadaVisa on arrivalNorth America30 days
- Central African RepublicVisa on arrivalMiddle Africa
- ChadVisa on arrivalMiddle Africa30 days
- ChinaVisa on arrivalEastern Asia30 days
- CroatiaVisa on arrivalSoutheast Europe30 days
- CyprusVisa on arrivalSouthern Europe
- Czech RepublicVisa on arrivalCentral Europe30 days
- DenmarkVisa on arrivalNorthern Europe30 days
- DominicaVisa on arrivalCaribbean
- DR CongoVisa on arrivalMiddle Africa30 days
- EgyptVisa on arrivalNorthern Africa30 days
- EstoniaVisa on arrivalNorthern Europe
- EswatiniVisa on arrivalSouthern Africa
- FijiVisa on arrivalMelanesia30 days
- FinlandVisa on arrivalNorthern Europe30 days
- FranceVisa on arrivalWestern Europe30 days
- GabonVisa on arrivalMiddle Africa30 days
- GermanyVisa on arrivalWestern Europe30 days
- GreeceVisa on arrivalSouthern Europe30 days
- GrenadaVisa on arrivalCaribbean
- GuyanaVisa on arrivalSouth America30 days
- Hong KongVisa on arrivalEastern Asia30 days
- HungaryVisa on arrivalCentral Europe30 days
- IndiaVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia30 days
- IndonesiaVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- IranVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia30 days
- IrelandVisa on arrivalNorthern Europe30 days
- IsraelVisa on arrivalWestern Asia90 days
- ItalyVisa on arrivalSouthern Europe30 days
- JamaicaVisa on arrivalCaribbean30 days
- JapanVisa on arrivalEastern Asia30 days
- KenyaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa
- KiribatiVisa on arrivalMicronesia
- KuwaitVisa on arrivalWestern Asia
- KyrgyzstanVisa on arrivalCentral Asia30 days
- LebanonVisa on arrivalWestern Asia30 days
- LesothoVisa on arrivalSouthern Africa30 days
- LiechtensteinVisa on arrivalWestern Europe
- LithuaniaVisa on arrivalNorthern Europe30 days
- LuxembourgVisa on arrivalWestern Europe30 days
- MacauVisa on arrivalEastern Asia30 days
- MadagascarVisa on arrivalEastern Africa30 days
- MalawiVisa on arrivalEastern Africa
- MalaysiaVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- MaltaVisa on arrivalSouthern Europe30 days
- MauritiusVisa on arrivalEastern Africa
- MoroccoVisa on arrivalNorthern Africa30 days
- MozambiqueVisa on arrivalEastern Africa30 days
- NamibiaVisa on arrivalSouthern Africa30 days
- NetherlandsVisa on arrivalWestern Europe30 days
- New ZealandVisa on arrivalAustralia and New Zealand30 days
- NorwayVisa on arrivalNorthern Europe30 days
- OmanVisa on arrivalWestern Asia30 days
- PakistanVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia30 days
- Papua New GuineaVisa on arrivalMelanesia30 days
- PolandVisa on arrivalCentral Europe30 days
- PortugalVisa on arrivalSouthern Europe30 days
- QatarVisa on arrivalWestern Asia30 days
- RomaniaVisa on arrivalSoutheast Europe30 days
- RussiaVisa on arrivalEastern Europe30 days
- RwandaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa
- Saint Kitts and NevisVisa on arrivalCaribbean
- Saint LuciaVisa on arrivalCaribbean30 days
- Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVisa on arrivalCaribbean30 days
- SamoaVisa on arrivalPolynesia
- Saudi ArabiaVisa on arrivalWestern Asia30 days
- SeychellesVisa on arrivalEastern Africa
- SingaporeVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- SlovakiaVisa on arrivalCentral Europe30 days
- SloveniaVisa on arrivalCentral Europe30 days
- Solomon IslandsVisa on arrivalMelanesia30 days
- South AfricaVisa on arrivalSouthern Africa30 days
- South KoreaVisa on arrivalEastern Asia30 days
- South SudanVisa on arrivalMiddle Africa30 days
- SpainVisa on arrivalSouthern Europe30 days
- Sri LankaVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia30 days
- SwedenVisa on arrivalNorthern Europe30 days
- SwitzerlandVisa on arrivalWestern Europe30 days
- ThailandVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- Timor-LesteVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- TongaVisa on arrivalPolynesia30 days
- Trinidad and TobagoVisa on arrivalCaribbean30 days
- TunisiaVisa on arrivalNorthern Africa30 days
- TürkiyeVisa on arrivalWestern Asia30 days
- TuvaluVisa on arrivalPolynesia
- UgandaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa
- United Arab EmiratesVisa on arrivalWestern Asia30 days
- United KingdomVisa on arrivalNorthern Europe30 days
- United StatesVisa on arrivalNorth America30 days
- UzbekistanVisa on arrivalCentral Asia
- VanuatuVisa on arrivalMelanesia30 days
- VietnamVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- ZambiaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa30 days
- AfghanistaneVisaSouthern Asia90 days
- AlbaniaeVisaSoutheast Europe90 days
- AlgeriaeVisaNorthern Africa90 days
- AndorraeVisaSouthern Europe
- AngolaeVisaMiddle Africa
- ArgentinaeVisaSouth America90 days
- ArmeniaeVisaWestern Asia90 days
- AzerbaijaneVisaWestern Asia90 days
- BahraineVisaWestern Asia
- BelaruseVisaEastern Europe90 days
- BhutaneVisaSouthern Asia
- Bosnia and HerzegovinaeVisaSoutheast Europe90 days
- BurundieVisaEastern Africa
- ChileeVisaSouth America90 days
- ColombiaeVisaSouth America90 days
- ComoroseVisaEastern Africa30 days
- CongoeVisaMiddle Africa30 days
- Costa RicaeVisaCentral America
- CubaeVisaCaribbean90 days
- DjiboutieVisaEastern Africa
- Dominican RepubliceVisaCaribbean
- EcuadoreVisaSouth America90 days
- El SalvadoreVisaCentral America90 days
- Equatorial GuineaeVisaMiddle Africa
- EritreaeVisaEastern Africa
- EthiopiaeVisaEastern Africa
- GeorgiaeVisaWestern Asia90 days
- HaitieVisaCaribbean
- IcelandeVisaNorthern Europe30 days
- IraqeVisaWestern Asia90 days
- JordaneVisaWestern Asia90 days
- KazakhstaneVisaCentral Asia90 days
- KosovoeVisaSoutheast Europe90 days
- LaoseVisaSouth-Eastern Asia90 days
- LatviaeVisaNorthern Europe
- LibyaeVisaNorthern Africa90 days
- MaldiveseVisaSouthern Asia90 days
- Marshall IslandseVisaMicronesia
- MexicoeVisaNorth America90 days
- MicronesiaeVisaMicronesia30 days
- MoldovaeVisaEastern Europe90 days
- MonacoeVisaWestern Europe90 days
- MongoliaeVisaEastern Asia90 days
- MontenegroeVisaSoutheast Europe90 days
- MyanmareVisaSouth-Eastern Asia90 days
- NaurueVisaMicronesia
- NepaleVisaSouthern Asia30 days
- NicaraguaeVisaCentral America
- North KoreaeVisaEastern Asia90 days
- North MacedoniaeVisaSoutheast Europe90 days
- PalaueVisaMicronesia90 days
- PalestineeVisaWestern Asia30 days
- PanamaeVisaCentral America30 days
- ParaguayeVisaSouth America90 days
- PerueVisaSouth America90 days
- PhilippineseVisaSouth-Eastern Asia90 days
- San MarinoeVisaSouthern Europe
- São Tomé and PríncipeeVisaMiddle Africa30 days
- SerbiaeVisaSoutheast Europe90 days
- SomaliaeVisaEastern Africa
- SudaneVisaNorthern Africa30 days
- SurinameeVisaSouth America30 days
- SyriaeVisaWestern Asia90 days
- TaiwaneVisaEastern Asia
- TajikistaneVisaCentral Asia
- TanzaniaeVisaEastern Africa
- TurkmenistaneVisaCentral Asia
- UkraineeVisaEastern Europe90 days
- UruguayeVisaSouth America90 days
- VenezuelaeVisaSouth America90 days
- YemeneVisaWestern Asia
- ZimbabweeVisaSouthern Africa
- GuatemalaVisa requiredCentral America
- HondurasVisa requiredCentral America
- Vatican CityVisa requiredSouthern Europe
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.
- Africa38 of 53 countries
- Oceania10 of 14 countries
- Europe31 of 46 countries
- Asia28 of 50 countries
- Americas16 of 35 countries
Questions
How many passports can enter Sierra Leone without a visa?
123 of 198 passports can enter without applying before travel.
What is the most common entry rule for Sierra Leone?
Visa on arrival: it applies to 108 passports.
Which passports need an embassy visa for Sierra Leone?
3 passports, including Guatemala, Honduras and Vatican City.
Do India passport holders need a visa for Sierra Leone?
Visa on arrival, for up to 30 days.
Do China passport holders need a visa for Sierra Leone?
Visa on arrival, for up to 30 days.
Do United States passport holders need a visa for Sierra Leone?
Visa on arrival, for up to 30 days.
Do Nigeria passport holders need a visa for Sierra Leone?
No visa needed.
Do Pakistan passport holders need a visa for Sierra Leone?
Visa on arrival, for up to 30 days.
Do Brazil passport holders need a visa for Sierra Leone?
Visa on arrival, for up to 30 days.
Which region's passports have the easiest access to Sierra Leone?
Africa: 38 of 53 passports enter without applying first.
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