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Do Rwandans need a visa for Uganda?
No visa needed.
Uganda
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You can board a flight to Uganda on a passport from Rwanda 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 Uganda visa, permit or "travel authorisation" for this trip is selling you something you do not need.
If you are travelling on a different passport, Uganda's official entry rules are at visas.immigration.go.ug.
Before you fly
- Changing planes: a passport from Rwanda needs a visa even to stay airside in United Kingdom, unless you hold an exempting document. Transit rules legislation.gov.uk · read
What Uganda asks for
- Passport bio-data page copy, with at least six months' validity
- Tour plan
- Travel itinerary or booking
- Recent passport-size photograph
- Hotel booking, or the address where you will stay
Worth knowing
- Uganda's visa fees are not refundable, and every payment carries a bank charge.
- Since 2 October 2026 a yellow fever vaccination certificate is no longer required to enter Uganda.
How long it takes
Apply online. Once approved, you must travel within 90 days or the approval lapses and you must apply again.