# Visa policy of Namibia

The Government of Namibia allows citizens of specific countries and territories to travel to Namibia for tourism, visiting friends and relatives as well as official purposes for 3 months with an ordinary, diplomatic and service passports without having to obtain a visa. All visitors must have a passport valid for at least 6 months.
Namibia announced the start of issuing African passport holders with visas on arrival at ports of entry as a first step towards the eventual abolition of all visa requirements for all Africans.
Namibia is expected to become part of the universal KAZA visa.

## Visa exemption

Holders of ordinary passports issued by the following jurisdictions can enter Namibia without a visa for a maximum stay of 3 months within any 1 calendar year:
| Angola  Armenia$^#$  Australia$^#$  Austria$^#$  Azerbaijan$^#$  Belarus$^#$  Belgium$^#$  Botswana$^{ID}$  Brazil  Canada$^#$  Cuba  Denmark$^#$  Eswatini  Finland$^#$ | France$^#$  Germany$^#$  Hong Kong  Iceland$^#$  Indonesia  Ireland$^#$  Italy$^#$  Jamaica  Japan$^#$  Kazakhstan$^#$  Kenya  Kyrgyzstan$^#$  Lesotho  Liechtenstein$^#$ | Luxembourg$^#$  Macao$^1$  Malaysia  Malawi  Mauritius  Moldova$^#$  Mozambique  Netherlands$^#$  New Zealand$^#$  Norway$^#$  Portugal$^#$  Russia  Seychelles  Singapore | South Africa  Spain$^#$  Sweden$^#$  Switzerland$^#$  Tajikistan$^#$  Tanzania  Turkmenistan$^#$  Ukraine$^#$  United Kingdom$^2$ $^#$  United States$^#$  Uzbekistan$^#$  Zambia  Zimbabwe |
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Date of visa changes :

### Non-ordinary passports

Holders of diplomatic or official service category passports of the following countries may enter without a visa.
| Algeria  Benin  Burkina Faso  Burundi  Cameroon  Cape Verde  Central African Republic  Chad  Comoros  Congo  DR Congo | Côte d'Ivoire  Djibouti  Egypt  Equatorial Guinea  Eritrea  Ethiopia  Gabon  Gambia  Ghana  Guinea  Guinea-Bissau | India  Liberia  Madagascar  Mali (30 days)  Mauritania  Niger  Nigeria  Poland  São Tomé and Príncipe  Senegal  Sierra Leone | Rwanda  Togo  Tunisia  Turkey  Uganda  Venezuela  Vietnam  Western Sahara |
Namibia signed an agreement with Botswana in February 2023 allowing citizens to travel between the two countries using only identity cards, with passports no longer being needed.

## Visa on arrival

Citizens of the following countries and territories can obtain a visa on arrival for a maximum stay of 90 days. The cost of the visa on arrival is N$1200.
| Argentina  Benin  Bulgaria  Burkina Faso  Burundi  Cambodia  Cameroon  Cape Verde  Central African Republic  Chad  Chile  Comoros  Côte d'Ivoire  Croatia | Czech Republic  Djibouti  Ecuador  Equatorial Guinea  Eritrea  Estonia  Gabon  Gambia  Greece  Guinea  Guinea-Bissau  Hungary  Israel  Latvia | Liberia  Lithuania  Madagascar  Mauritania  Mexico  Nicaragua  Niger  Paraguay  Peru  Poland  Romania  Rwanda  São Tomé and Príncipe  Sierra Leone | Singapore$^1$  Slovakia  South Korea  Thailand  Togo  Tunisia  Turkey  Uganda  United Arab Emirates  Uruguay  Vatican City  Venezuela  Vietnam  Western Sahara |
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Travelers can obtain a visa upon arrival in the following locations.
* Hosea Kutako International Airport
* Impalila Island
* Katima Mulilo
* Ngoma
* Trans Kalahari (Buitepos)
* Walvis Bay Airport

## Visitor statistics

Most visitors arriving to Namibia were from the following countries of nationality:
| Country | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
| Angola | 420,763 | 492,866 | 519,191 | 477,828 |
| South Africa | 355,391 | 381,854 | 329,850 | 317,563 |
| Zambia | 240,117 | 168,899 | 167,407 | 167,044 |
| Germany | 124,152 | 93,939 | 91,900 | 84,121 |
| Zimbabwe | 87,181 | 78,205 | 67,809 | 62,778 |
| Botswana | 54,960 | 50,908 | 40,311 | 36,556 |
| United Kingdom | 32,712 | 27,365 | 29,016 | 25,351 |
| United States | 28,659 | 26,339 | 25,291 | 21,884 |
| France | 23,794 | 20,598 | 20,549 | 16,837 |
| Netherlands | 20,596 | 14,539 | 12,015 | 10,782 |
| Total | 1,574,148 | 1,519,618 | 1,477,593 | 1,372,602 |