# Visa policy of Zambia

Visitors to Zambia must obtain a visa from one of the Zambian diplomatic missions, unless they come from one of the visa exempt countries or countries whose citizens are eligible for visa on arrival. Visitors may alternatively obtain an electronic visa.
All visitors must hold a passport valid for at least 6 months. As of November 2014, Zambia and Zimbabwe also offer a universal visa.

## Visa exemption

Holders of passports issued by the following countries and territories do not need a visa to enter Zambia for up to 90 days in one year as tourists or 30 days in one year for business:
| Albania  Andorra  Angola  Antigua and Barbuda  Argentina  Australia$^1$  Bahamas  Bahrain$^1$  Barbados  Belize  Bhutan  Bosnia and Herzegovina  Botswana  Brunei  Canada$^1$  Cape Verde  China$^1$  Comoros  Costa Rica  Dominica  Dominican Republic  Eswatini  Fiji | Grenada  Guatemala  Guyana  Honduras  Hong Kong  Iceland  Iraq$^1$  Israel  Jamaica  Japan$^1$  Kenya  Kiribati  Kuwait$^1$  Laos  Lesotho  Liberia  Liechtenstein  Madagascar  Malawi  Malaysia  Maldives  Marshall Islands  Mauritius | Micronesia  Moldova  Monaco  Montenegro  Morocco  Mozambique  Namibia  Nauru  New Zealand$^1$  North Macedonia  Norway$^1$  Oman$^1$  Palau  Papua New Guinea  Qatar$^1$  Saint Kitts and Nevis  Saint Lucia  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  Samoa  San Marino  Sao Tome and Principe  Saudi Arabia$^1$  Serbia | Seychelles  Singapore  Solomon Islands  South Africa  South Korea$^1$  Suriname  Switzerland  Tanzania  Tonga  Trinidad and Tobago  Turkey  Tuvalu  Uganda  Ukraine  United Arab Emirates$^1$  United Kingdom$^1$  United States$^1$  Vanuatu  Vatican  Zimbabwe |
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In addition, visa exemption applies to holders of passports issued to residents of the following jurisdictions:
| Anguilla  Bermuda  British Virgin Islands  Cayman Islands  Falkland Islands | Gibraltar  Montserrat  Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha  Turks and Caicos Islands |
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## Visa on arrival

Nationals of following countries and territories may obtain a visa for Zambia on arrival for up to 90 days as tourists or 30 days for business:
| Belarus  Bolivia  Brazil  Burundi  Chile  Colombia  Congo  DR Congo | Cuba  Djibouti  Ecuador  Eritrea  El Salvador  Georgia  Ghana  Haiti | Kazakhstan  Mexico  Mongolia  Myanmar  Nicaragua  Panama  Paraguay  Peru | Russia  Rwanda  Thailand  Uruguay  Western Sahara  Venezuela  Vietnam |
Holders of diplomatic or official passports of any countries may obtain visa on arrival.

## Electronic Visa (e-Visa)

Zambia introduced an e-Visa system in late 2014. It is an alternative to visas issued at Zambian missions abroad or on arrival.
Visa holder can stay in Zambia for the period of 90 days during a given calendar year since the date of entry into Zambia. For nationals that may obtain visas at ports of entry, the e-Visa takes 3 working days to process and for nationals that require visas prior to travel to Zambia processing time takes a minimum of 5 working days.

## Universal visa

Zambia and Zimbabwe introduced a universal visa on 28 November 2014 called KAZA Visa. This visa can be obtained on arrival and is valid for both countries for visits up to 30 days while remaining within Zambia and Zimbabwe (including day trips to Chobe National Park in Botswana at Kazungula). In second phase Namibia, Angola and Botswana are expected to join the project. In third stage three SADC pilot countries are expected to join and in fourth stage all SADC countries are expected to become part of the universal visa project.
The universal visa project was suspended in 2015 due to running out of visa stickers and the expiry of the Memorandum of Understanding between the two countries. The new Memorandum was signed in December 2016, extending the list of eligible countries (including territories) from 40 to 65. In Zambia it is issued at Livingstone Airport, Victoria Falls, Kazungula and Lusaka Airport border crossings.
Eligible countries are:
| Andorra  Argentina  Australia  Austria  Belarus  Belgium  Bosnia and Herzegovina  Brazil  Brunei  Burundi  Canada  Cape Verde  Comoros  Croatia  Cuba | Czech Republic  Denmark  Estonia  Finland  France  Georgia  Germany  Greece  Haiti  Hungary  Iceland  Israel  Italy  Japan  Kazakhstan | Latvia  Liechtenstein  Lithuania  Luxembourg  Marshall Islands  Moldova  Monaco  Netherlands  New Zealand  Norway  Poland  Portugal  Russia  Rwanda  Samoa | Sao Tome and Principe  Serbia  Slovakia  Slovenia  South Korea  Spain  Sweden  Switzerland  Turkey  Ukraine  United Arab Emirates  United Kingdom  United States  Uruguay |

## Visitor statistics

Most visitors arriving to Zambia were from the following countries of nationality:
| Country | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
| Tanzania | 169,798 | 118,708 | 206,771 | 161,990 | 222,095 | 166,833 | 219,215 | 184,187 |
| Zimbabwe | 139,881 | 185,154 | 424,921 | 340,263 | 242,848 | 225,527 | 208,962 | 191,048 |
| Democratic Republic of Congo | 75,466 | 48,311 | 108,421 | 82,578 | 96,480 | 96,201 | 89,796 | — |
| South Africa | 36,018 | 28,437 | 92,033 | 94,170 | 92,486 | 94,030 | 98,216 | 87,048 |
| India | 14,944 | 10,960 | 30,789 | 25,505 | 22,337 | 25,517 | 21,117 | 17,136 |
| Mozambique | 14,765 | 12,955 | 23,671 | 19,899 | 19,833 | | | |
| Malawi | 12,683 | 13,603 | 26,208 | 32,667 | 28,783 | 31,539 | 29,579 | — |
| United States | 12,256 | 6,120 | 39,930 | 41,390 | 39,121 | 38,496 | 32,625 | 31,826 |
| Kenya | 7,848 | 5,530 | 13,924 | 11,754 | 10,626 | | | |
| Botswana | 7,315 | 8,991 | | | | | | |
| United Kingdom | 7,226 | 8,510 | 27,019 | 34,789 | 43,487 | 36,997 | 31,280 | 32,309 |
| China | 6,918 | 7,696 | 34,400 | 27,796 | 26,562 | 20,648 | 30,831 | 27,603 |
| Namibia | 6,148 | 7,537 | | | | 22,311 | 16,742 | — |
| Uganda | 4,175 | | | | | | | |
| Germany | 2,271 | 1,502 | 7,856 | 9,565 | 7,952 | | | |
| France | 1,956 | 1,623 | 6,142 | 6,460 | 5,092 | | | |
| Netherlands | 1,434 | 1,174 | | | | | | |
| Canada | 1,244 | 1,406 | 6,786 | 6,911 | 5,311 | | | |
| Italy | 933 | 851 | 4,232 | 5,733 | 3,138 | | | |
| Australia | 677 | 1,644 | 10,614 | 11,059 | 8,547 | | | |
| Denmark | 424 | 379 | 1,670 | 1,764 | 2,225 | | | |
| Total | 554,290 | 501,606 | 1,266,427 | 1,072,012 | 1,009,173 | 931,782 | 946,969 | 914,576 |