Hippos in the river at Chobe National Park, Botswana

Botswana

Gaborone · Botswana pula (BWP) · English, Tswana

Photo: Diego Delso / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

Kosovo passport Botswana

Do Kosovars need a visa for Botswana?

You need a visa.

Visa required

You must apply and be approved before you travel. The government charges 300 BWP. Airlines will refuse to board you without it, and applying takes time — start well before you book anything you cannot change.

Status
Visa required
Stay permitted
Set by the officer on entry
Government fee
300 BWP
Typical decision
Not published
Apply on the official Botswana 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 evisa.gov.bw

Before you fly

  • Changing planes: a passport from Kosovo needs a visa even to stay airside in United Kingdom, unless you hold an exempting document. Transit rules legislation.gov.uk · read

What Botswana asks for

  • Passport valid for at least six months, with at least three unused pages
  • Recent photo in JPG format, no bigger than 30 KB
  • Supporting documents in English, certified, uploaded as one PDF of no more than 5 MB
  • Tour plan or travel schedule
  • Flight bookings and a return ticket
  • Confirmation of hotel or lodge bookings

Every published fee

TypeGovernment fee
tourist single entry 300 BWP
tourist multiple entry 500 BWP
transit 300 BWP
business single entry 500 BWP

Checked 18 October 2026 — read this fee table on evisa.gov.bw

Worth knowing

  • Botswana's visa fee is not refundable, and paying it does not guarantee approval.
  • The portal accepts Visa or MasterCard, and the card must be enabled for online payment.