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🇷🇼 Who needs a visa for Rwanda?
⚠ U.S. State Department travel advisory for Rwanda: Level 3: Reconsider Travel (updated 11 May 2026). It is written for U.S. citizens; read the advisory before you book.
Travel essentials for Rwanda
| Capital | Kigali |
| Currency | Rwandan franc (RWF, Fr) |
| Official languages | English, French, Kinyarwanda |
| Calling code | +250 |
| Plugs and voltage | type C, E, G · 230 V |
| Internet domain | .rw |
Neighbouring countries: 🇧🇮 Burundi, 🇨🇩 DR Congo, 🇹🇿 Tanzania, 🇺🇬 Uganda
Visa requirements by passport
Entry requirements for Rwanda by passport, grouped from visa-free to visa required. Data updated September 2026; confirm with an embassy of Rwanda before you travel.
Visa-free (108)
- 🇦🇱 Albania · 30 days
- 🇩🇿 Algeria · 30 days
- 🇦🇩 Andorra · 30 days
- 🇦🇴 Angola · 90 days
- 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda · 30 days
- 🇦🇲 Armenia · 30 days
- 🇦🇺 Australia · 30 days
- 🇧🇸 Bahamas · 30 days
- 🇧🇩 Bangladesh · 30 days
- 🇧🇧 Barbados · 30 days
- 🇧🇪 Belgium · 30 days
- 🇧🇿 Belize · 30 days
- 🇧🇯 Benin · 90 days
- 🇧🇼 Botswana · 30 days
- 🇧🇳 Brunei · 30 days
- 🇧🇬 Bulgaria · 30 days
- 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso · 30 days
- 🇧🇮 Burundi · 180 days
- 🇰🇭 Cambodia · 30 days
- 🇨🇲 Cameroon · 30 days
- 🇨🇦 Canada · 30 days
- 🇨🇻 Cape Verde · 30 days
- 🇨🇫 Central African Republic · 90 days
- 🇹🇩 Chad · 90 days
- 🇰🇲 Comoros · 30 days
- 🇨🇾 Cyprus · 30 days
- 🇨🇩 DR Congo · 90 days
- 🇩🇯 Djibouti · 30 days
- 🇩🇲 Dominica · 30 days
- 🇪🇬 Egypt · 30 days
- 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea · 30 days
- 🇪🇷 Eritrea · 30 days
- 🇸🇿 Eswatini · 30 days
- 🇪🇹 Ethiopia · 30 days
- 🇫🇯 Fiji · 30 days
- 🇫🇷 France · 30 days
- 🇬🇦 Gabon · 30 days
- 🇬🇲 Gambia · 30 days
- 🇬🇭 Ghana · 90 days
- 🇬🇷 Greece · 30 days
- 🇬🇩 Grenada · 30 days
- 🇬🇳 Guinea · 90 days
- 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau · 30 days
- 🇬🇾 Guyana · 30 days
- 🇭🇹 Haiti · 90 days
- 🇮🇳 India · 30 days
- 🇮🇩 Indonesia · 90 days
- 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast · 90 days
- 🇯🇲 Jamaica · 30 days
- 🇯🇴 Jordan · 90 days
- 🇰🇪 Kenya · 180 days
- 🇰🇮 Kiribati · 30 days
- 🇱🇦 Laos · 30 days
- 🇱🇧 Lebanon · 30 days
- 🇱🇸 Lesotho · 30 days
- 🇱🇾 Libya · 30 days
- 🇱🇺 Luxembourg · 30 days
- 🇲🇬 Madagascar · 30 days
- 🇲🇼 Malawi · 30 days
- 🇲🇾 Malaysia · 30 days
- 🇲🇻 Maldives · 30 days
- 🇲🇱 Mali · 30 days
- 🇲🇹 Malta · 30 days
- 🇲🇷 Mauritania · 30 days
- 🇲🇺 Mauritius · 90 days
- 🇲🇩 Moldova · 30 days
- 🇲🇨 Monaco · 30 days
- 🇲🇦 Morocco · 30 days
- 🇲🇿 Mozambique · 30 days
- 🇳🇦 Namibia · 30 days
- 🇳🇷 Nauru · 30 days
- 🇳🇿 New Zealand · 30 days
- 🇳🇪 Niger · 30 days
- 🇳🇬 Nigeria · 30 days
- 🇲🇰 North Macedonia · 30 days
- 🇵🇰 Pakistan · 30 days
- 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea · 30 days
- 🇵🇭 Philippines · 90 days
- 🇶🇦 Qatar · 90 days
- 🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo · 30 days
- 🇷🇴 Romania · 30 days
- 🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis · 90 days
- 🇱🇨 Saint Lucia · 30 days
- 🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines · 30 days
- 🇼🇸 Samoa · 30 days
- 🇸🇳 Senegal · 90 days
- 🇸🇨 Seychelles · 90 days
- 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone · 90 days
- 🇸🇬 Singapore · 90 days
- 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands · 30 days
- 🇸🇴 Somalia · 30 days
- 🇿🇦 South Africa · 30 days
- 🇸🇸 South Sudan · 180 days
- 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka · 30 days
- 🇸🇩 Sudan · 30 days
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland · 30 days
- 🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe · 90 days
- 🇹🇿 Tanzania · 180 days
- 🇹🇬 Togo · 30 days
- 🇹🇴 Tonga · 30 days
- 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago · 30 days
- 🇹🇳 Tunisia · 30 days
- 🇺🇬 Uganda · 180 days
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom · 30 days
- 🇻🇺 Vanuatu · 30 days
- 🇻🇳 Vietnam · 30 days
- 🇿🇲 Zambia · 30 days
- 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe · 30 days
Visa on arrival (88)
- 🇦🇫 Afghanistan
- 🇦🇷 Argentina
- 🇦🇹 Austria
- 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan
- 🇧🇭 Bahrain
- 🇧🇾 Belarus
- 🇧🇹 Bhutan
- 🇧🇴 Bolivia
- 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina
- 🇧🇷 Brazil
- 🇨🇱 Chile
- 🇨🇳 China
- 🇨🇴 Colombia
- 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
- 🇭🇷 Croatia
- 🇨🇺 Cuba
- 🇨🇿 Czech Republic
- 🇩🇰 Denmark
- 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic
- 🇪🇨 Ecuador
- 🇸🇻 El Salvador
- 🇪🇪 Estonia
- 🇫🇮 Finland
- 🇬🇪 Georgia
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- 🇬🇹 Guatemala
- 🇭🇳 Honduras
- 🇭🇰 Hong Kong
- 🇭🇺 Hungary
- 🇮🇸 Iceland
- 🇮🇷 Iran
- 🇮🇶 Iraq
- 🇮🇪 Ireland
- 🇮🇱 Israel
- 🇮🇹 Italy
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan
- 🇽🇰 Kosovo
- 🇰🇼 Kuwait
- 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan
- 🇱🇻 Latvia
- 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein
- 🇱🇹 Lithuania
- 🇲🇴 Macau
- 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands
- 🇲🇽 Mexico
- 🇫🇲 Micronesia
- 🇲🇳 Mongolia
- 🇲🇪 Montenegro
- 🇲🇲 Myanmar
- 🇳🇵 Nepal
- 🇳🇱 Netherlands
- 🇳🇮 Nicaragua
- 🇰🇵 North Korea
- 🇳🇴 Norway
- 🇴🇲 Oman
- 🇵🇼 Palau
- 🇵🇸 Palestine
- 🇵🇦 Panama
- 🇵🇾 Paraguay
- 🇵🇪 Peru
- 🇵🇱 Poland
- 🇵🇹 Portugal
- 🇷🇺 Russia
- 🇸🇲 San Marino
- 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia
- 🇷🇸 Serbia
- 🇸🇰 Slovakia
- 🇸🇮 Slovenia
- 🇰🇷 South Korea
- 🇪🇸 Spain
- 🇸🇷 Suriname
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- 🇸🇾 Syria
- 🇹🇼 Taiwan
- 🇹🇯 Tajikistan
- 🇹🇭 Thailand
- 🇹🇱 Timor-Leste
- 🇹🇷 Turkey
- 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan
- 🇺🇦 Ukraine
- 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates
- 🇺🇸 United States
- 🇺🇾 Uruguay
- 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan
- 🇻🇦 Vatican City
- 🇻🇪 Venezuela
- 🇾🇪 Yemen