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🇱🇸 Who needs a visa for Lesotho?

U.S. State Department travel advisory for Lesotho: Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution (updated 17 June 2026). It is written for U.S. citizens; read the advisory before you book.

Travel essentials for Lesotho

Neighbouring countries: 🇿🇦 South Africa

Visa requirements by passport

Entry requirements for Lesotho by passport, grouped from visa-free to visa required. Data updated September 2026; confirm with an embassy of Lesotho before you travel.

Visa-free (69)

• 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda · 90 days
• 🇦🇺 Australia
• 🇦🇹 Austria
• 🇧🇸 Bahamas · 90 days
• 🇧🇩 Bangladesh · 90 days
• 🇧🇧 Barbados · 90 days
• 🇧🇪 Belgium · 14 days
• 🇧🇿 Belize · 90 days
• 🇧🇼 Botswana
• 🇧🇳 Brunei · 90 days
• 🇨🇲 Cameroon · 90 days
• 🇨🇦 Canada
• 🇨🇿 Czech Republic · 14 days
• 🇩🇰 Denmark · 14 days
• 🇩🇲 Dominica · 90 days
• 🇸🇿 Eswatini
• 🇫🇮 Finland · 14 days
• 🇫🇷 France · 14 days
• 🇬🇲 Gambia · 90 days
• 🇩🇪 Germany · 14 days
• 🇬🇩 Grenada · 90 days
• 🇬🇾 Guyana · 90 days
• 🇭🇰 Hong Kong · 90 days
• 🇮🇸 Iceland · 14 days
• 🇮🇪 Ireland · 90 days
• 🇮🇱 Israel · 90 days
• 🇮🇹 Italy · 14 days
• 🇯🇲 Jamaica · 90 days
• 🇯🇵 Japan · 90 days
• 🇰🇪 Kenya · 90 days
• 🇰🇮 Kiribati · 90 days
• 🇱🇺 Luxembourg · 14 days
• 🇲🇬 Madagascar · 90 days
• 🇲🇼 Malawi · 90 days
• 🇲🇾 Malaysia · 90 days
• 🇲🇻 Maldives · 90 days
• 🇲🇺 Mauritius · 90 days
• 🇳🇦 Namibia · 90 days
• 🇳🇷 Nauru · 90 days
• 🇳🇱 Netherlands · 14 days
• 🇳🇿 New Zealand · 14 days
• 🇳🇴 Norway · 14 days
• 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea · 90 days
• 🇵🇹 Portugal · 14 days
• 🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis · 90 days
• 🇱🇨 Saint Lucia · 90 days
• 🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines · 90 days
• 🇼🇸 Samoa · 90 days
• 🇸🇲 San Marino · 90 days
• 🇸🇨 Seychelles · 90 days
• 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone · 90 days
• 🇸🇬 Singapore · 90 days
• 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands · 90 days
• 🇿🇦 South Africa
• 🇰🇷 South Korea · 14 days
• 🇪🇸 Spain · 14 days
• 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
• 🇸🇪 Sweden · 14 days
• 🇨🇭 Switzerland · 14 days
• 🇹🇿 Tanzania · 90 days
• 🇹🇴 Tonga · 90 days
• 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago · 90 days
• 🇹🇻 Tuvalu · 90 days
• 🇺🇬 Uganda · 90 days
• 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
• 🇺🇸 United States
• 🇻🇺 Vanuatu · 90 days
• 🇿🇲 Zambia · 90 days
• 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe

e-Visa (101)

• 🇦🇱 Albania
• 🇩🇿 Algeria
• 🇦🇩 Andorra
• 🇦🇴 Angola
• 🇦🇲 Armenia
• 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan
• 🇧🇭 Bahrain
• 🇧🇾 Belarus
• 🇧🇯 Benin
• 🇧🇹 Bhutan
• 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina
• 🇧🇷 Brazil
• 🇧🇬 Bulgaria
• 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso
• 🇧🇮 Burundi
• 🇰🇭 Cambodia
• 🇨🇻 Cape Verde
• 🇨🇫 Central African Republic
• 🇹🇩 Chad
• 🇨🇱 Chile
• 🇨🇳 China
• 🇰🇲 Comoros
• 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
• 🇭🇷 Croatia
• 🇨🇾 Cyprus
• 🇩🇯 Djibouti
• 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic
• 🇸🇻 El Salvador
• 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea
• 🇪🇷 Eritrea
• 🇪🇪 Estonia
• 🇪🇹 Ethiopia
• 🇫🇯 Fiji
• 🇬🇦 Gabon
• 🇬🇪 Georgia
• 🇬🇭 Ghana · 14 days
• 🇬🇷 Greece
• 🇬🇹 Guatemala
• 🇬🇳 Guinea
• 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau
• 🇭🇹 Haiti
• 🇭🇳 Honduras
• 🇭🇺 Hungary
• 🇮🇶 Iraq
• 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast
• 🇯🇴 Jordan
• 🇽🇰 Kosovo
• 🇰🇼 Kuwait
• 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan
• 🇱🇦 Laos
• 🇱🇻 Latvia
• 🇱🇷 Liberia
• 🇱🇾 Libya
• 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein
• 🇱🇹 Lithuania
• 🇲🇴 Macau
• 🇲🇱 Mali
• 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands
• 🇲🇷 Mauritania
• 🇲🇽 Mexico
• 🇫🇲 Micronesia
• 🇲🇩 Moldova
• 🇲🇨 Monaco
• 🇲🇳 Mongolia
• 🇲🇪 Montenegro
• 🇲🇲 Myanmar
• 🇳🇮 Nicaragua
• 🇳🇪 Niger
• 🇳🇬 Nigeria
• 🇰🇵 North Korea
• 🇲🇰 North Macedonia
• 🇴🇲 Oman
• 🇵🇼 Palau
• 🇵🇸 Palestine
• 🇵🇦 Panama
• 🇵🇾 Paraguay
• 🇵🇱 Poland
• 🇶🇦 Qatar
• 🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo
• 🇷🇴 Romania
• 🇷🇼 Rwanda
• 🇸🇳 Senegal
• 🇷🇸 Serbia
• 🇸🇰 Slovakia
• 🇸🇮 Slovenia
• 🇸🇴 Somalia
• 🇸🇸 South Sudan
• 🇸🇩 Sudan
• 🇸🇷 Suriname
• 🇸🇾 Syria
• 🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe
• 🇹🇼 Taiwan
• 🇹🇯 Tajikistan
• 🇹🇱 Timor-Leste
• 🇹🇬 Togo
• 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan
• 🇺🇾 Uruguay
• 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan
• 🇻🇦 Vatican City
• 🇻🇪 Venezuela
• 🇾🇪 Yemen

Visa required (28)

• 🇦🇫 Afghanistan
• 🇦🇷 Argentina
• 🇧🇴 Bolivia
• 🇨🇴 Colombia
• 🇨🇺 Cuba
• 🇨🇩 DR Congo
• 🇪🇨 Ecuador
• 🇪🇬 Egypt
• 🇮🇳 India
• 🇮🇩 Indonesia
• 🇮🇷 Iran
• 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan
• 🇱🇧 Lebanon
• 🇲🇹 Malta
• 🇲🇦 Morocco
• 🇲🇿 Mozambique
• 🇳🇵 Nepal
• 🇵🇰 Pakistan
• 🇵🇪 Peru
• 🇵🇭 Philippines
• 🇷🇺 Russia
• 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia
• 🇹🇭 Thailand
• 🇹🇳 Tunisia
• 🇹🇷 Turkey
• 🇺🇦 Ukraine
• 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates
• 🇻🇳 Vietnam