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

Russia passport Botswana

Do Russians need a visa for Botswana?

No visa needed.

Visa free 90d

You can board a flight to Botswana on a passport from Russia with no visa. You may stay up to 90 days per visit. Immigration will still want to see a return ticket, somewhere to stay, and enough money for the trip.

Status
Visa free
Stay permitted
90 days
Government fee
Nothing to pay
Typical decision
No application

There is nothing to apply for and nothing to pay.

Book your flight. Any site offering to sell you a Botswana visa, permit or "travel authorisation" for this trip is selling you something you do not need.

If you are travelling on a different passport, Botswana's official entry rules are at evisa.gov.bw.

Before you fly

  • Changing planes: a passport from Russia 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

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.

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