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🇺🇬 Who needs a visa for Uganda?

⚠ U.S. State Department travel advisory for Uganda: Level 4: Do Not Travel (updated 8 December 2025). It is written for U.S. citizens; read the advisory before you book.

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

Travel essentials for Uganda

Capital	Kampala
Currency	Ugandan shilling (UGX, Sh)
Official languages	English, Swahili
Calling code	+256
Plugs and voltage	type G · 240 V
Internet domain	.ug

Neighbouring countries: 🇨🇩 DR Congo, 🇰🇪 Kenya, 🇷🇼 Rwanda, 🇸🇸 South Sudan, 🇹🇿 Tanzania

Visa requirements by passport

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

Visa-free (39)

🇦🇴 Angola · 90 days
🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda · 90 days
🇧🇸 Bahamas · 90 days
🇧🇧 Barbados · 90 days
🇧🇿 Belize · 90 days
🇧🇼 Botswana · 90 days
🇧🇮 Burundi · 90 days
🇰🇲 Comoros · 90 days
🇨🇾 Cyprus · 90 days
🇨🇩 DR Congo · 90 days
🇪🇷 Eritrea · 90 days
🇸🇿 Eswatini · 90 days
🇫🇯 Fiji · 90 days
🇬🇲 Gambia · 90 days
🇬🇭 Ghana · 90 days
🇬🇩 Grenada · 90 days
🇮🇪 Ireland · 90 days
🇯🇲 Jamaica · 90 days
🇰🇪 Kenya · 90 days
🇱🇸 Lesotho · 90 days
🇲🇬 Madagascar · 90 days
🇲🇼 Malawi · 90 days
🇲🇾 Malaysia · 180 days
🇲🇹 Malta · 90 days
🇲🇺 Mauritius · 90 days
🇷🇼 Rwanda · 90 days
🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines · 90 days
🇸🇨 Seychelles · 90 days
🇸🇱 Sierra Leone · 90 days
🇸🇬 Singapore · 90 days
🇸🇧 Solomon Islands · 90 days
🇸🇸 South Sudan · 180 days
🇹🇿 Tanzania · 90 days
🇹🇴 Tonga · 90 days
🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago · 90 days
🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates · 90 days
🇻🇺 Vanuatu · 90 days
🇿🇲 Zambia · 90 days
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe · 90 days

e-Visa (158)

Visa required (1)

🇭🇰 Hong Kong