Egypt passport Cape Verde
Do Egyptians need a visa for Cape Verde?
You can get a visa on arrival.
Cape Verde
Praia · Cape Verdean escudo (CVE) · Portuguese
Photo: Cayambe / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
You can get the visa at the border rather than beforehand. Bring the fee in cash in the currency the border post accepts, plus a return ticket and your accommodation details. A visa on arrival is a permission, not a guarantee.
- Status
- Visa on arrival
- Stay permitted
- Set by the officer on entry
- Government fee
- Not published
- Typical decision
- Not published
Apply on the official Cape Verde government site
This is the government's own portal. We are not paid to send you there, and there is no service in between.
Checked 18 October 2026 — read the fees and rules on ease.gov.cv
Before you fly
- Changing planes: a passport from Egypt needs a visa even to stay airside in United Kingdom, unless you hold an exempting document. Transit rules legislation.gov.uk · read
Worth knowing
- Since 1 January 2026, nationals of 91 listed countries must get a Cabo Verde visa from an embassy before arrival, including for transit. The list is linked from ease.gov.cv.
- Travellers are pre-registered through EASE at ease.gov.cv.