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🇹🇿 Who needs a visa for Tanzania?

⚠ U.S. State Department travel advisory for Tanzania: Level 3: Reconsider Travel (updated 31 October 2025). It is written for U.S. citizens; read the advisory before you book.

World map: which passports can enter Tanzania visa-free, with an ETA, e-Visa, visa on arrival or with a visa

Travel essentials for Tanzania

Capital	Dodoma
Currency	Tanzanian shilling (TZS, Sh)
Official languages	English, Swahili
Calling code	+255
Plugs and voltage	type G · 230 V
Internet domain	.tz

Neighbouring countries: 🇧🇮 Burundi, 🇨🇩 DR Congo, 🇰🇪 Kenya, 🇲🇼 Malawi, 🇲🇿 Mozambique, 🇷🇼 Rwanda, 🇺🇬 Uganda, 🇿🇲 Zambia

Visa requirements by passport

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

Visa-free (49)

🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda · 90 days
🇧🇸 Bahamas · 90 days
🇧🇧 Barbados · 90 days
🇧🇿 Belize · 90 days
🇧🇼 Botswana · 90 days
🇧🇳 Brunei · 90 days
🇧🇮 Burundi · 90 days
🇨🇾 Cyprus · 90 days
🇨🇩 DR Congo
🇩🇲 Dominica · 90 days
🇸🇿 Eswatini · 90 days
🇬🇲 Gambia · 90 days
🇬🇭 Ghana · 90 days
🇬🇩 Grenada · 90 days
🇬🇾 Guyana · 90 days
🇭🇰 Hong Kong · 90 days
🇯🇲 Jamaica · 90 days
🇰🇪 Kenya · 90 days
🇰🇮 Kiribati · 90 days
🇱🇸 Lesotho · 90 days
🇲🇴 Macau · 90 days
🇲🇬 Madagascar · 90 days
🇲🇼 Malawi · 90 days
🇲🇾 Malaysia · 90 days
🇲🇹 Malta · 90 days
🇲🇺 Mauritius · 90 days
🇲🇿 Mozambique · 90 days
🇳🇦 Namibia · 90 days
🇳🇷 Nauru · 90 days
🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea · 90 days
🇷🇴 Romania · 90 days
🇷🇼 Rwanda · 90 days
🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis · 90 days
🇱🇨 Saint Lucia · 90 days
🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines · 90 days
🇼🇸 Samoa · 90 days
🇸🇳 Senegal · 90 days
🇸🇨 Seychelles · 90 days
🇸🇬 Singapore · 90 days
🇸🇧 Solomon Islands · 90 days
🇿🇦 South Africa · 90 days
🇸🇸 South Sudan · 90 days
🇹🇴 Tonga · 90 days
🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago · 90 days
🇹🇻 Tuvalu · 90 days
🇺🇬 Uganda · 90 days
🇻🇺 Vanuatu · 90 days
🇿🇲 Zambia · 90 days
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe · 90 days

🇹🇿 Who needs a visa for Tanzania?

Travel essentials for Tanzania

Visa requirements by passport

Visa-free (49)

Visa on arrival (125)

e-Visa (22)

Visa required (2)