Who needs a visa for Cape Verde?
Sub-Saharan Africa · Praia
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Of 198 nationalities, 60 enter Cape Verde with no paperwork at all. The rest: 138 can get a visa at the border.
- Visa free 60
- Visa on arrival 138
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Checked 18 October 2026 — read the fees and rules on ease.gov.cv
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.
Photo requirements
We have not yet read the photo rules for Cape Verde on an official page, so we print no sizes. Photo rules we have checked, and official links for the rest
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What do you need?
Who needs what
No nationality matches that.
Visa free 60
Nothing to apply for and nothing to pay before you travel.
- Andorra 30d
- Angola
- Austria 30d
- Belgium 30d
- Benin
- Brazil 30d
- Bulgaria 30d
- Burkina Faso
- Canada 30d
- Côte d’Ivoire
- Croatia 30d
- Cyprus 30d
- Czechia 30d
- Denmark 30d
- Estonia 30d
- Finland 30d
- France 30d
- Gambia
- Germany 30d
- Ghana
- Greece 30d
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Hong Kong 90d
- Hungary 30d
- Iceland 30d
- Ireland 30d
- Italy 30d
- Latvia 30d
- Liberia
- Liechtenstein 30d
- Lithuania 30d
- Luxembourg 30d
- Macao 90d
- Mali
- Malta 30d
- Mauritania
- Monaco 30d
- Morocco 90d
- Netherlands 30d
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Norway 30d
- Poland 30d
- Portugal 30d
- Romania 30d
- Russia 60d
- San Marino 30d
- Senegal
- Sierra Leone
- Singapore 30d
- Slovakia 30d
- Slovenia 30d
- Spain 30d
- Sweden 30d
- Switzerland 30d
- Togo
- United Kingdom 30d
- United States 30d
- Vatican City 30d
Visa on arrival 138
Issued at the border rather than beforehand. Bring the fee in cash in the currency the border post accepts. It is a permission, not a guarantee.
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Algeria
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Australia
- Azerbaijan
- Bahamas
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Barbados
- Belarus
- Belize
- Bhutan
- Bolivia
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Brunei
- Burundi
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Chile
- China
- Colombia
- Comoros
- Costa Rica
- Cuba
- Djibouti
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- DR Congo
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Fiji
- Gabon
- Georgia
- Grenada
- Guatemala
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Honduras
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Israel
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kiribati
- Kosovo
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Laos
- Lebanon
- Lesotho
- Libya
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Micronesia
- Moldova
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Namibia
- Nauru
- Nepal
- New Zealand
- Nicaragua
- North Korea
- North Macedonia
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Palau
- Palestine
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Qatar
- Republic of the Congo
- Rwanda
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Samoa
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Saudi Arabia
- Serbia
- Seychelles
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Korea
- South Sudan
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Suriname
- Syria
- Taiwan
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Timor-Leste
- Tonga
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Türkiye
- Turkmenistan
- Tuvalu
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- United Arab Emirates
- Uruguay
- Uzbekistan
- Vanuatu
- Venezuela
- Vietnam
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
About Cape Verde
- Region
- Western Africa
- Capital
- Praia
- Population
- 527,326 2025 · 171st of 197
- Size
- 4,033 km² 168th largest of 199
- Density
- 131 per km²
- Language
- Portuguese
- Currency
- Cape Verdean escudo CVE
Capital, area, languages and currency from the open country dataset, pulled 21 September 2026. Population from the World Bank, series updated 13 July 2026. Density is calculated from the two figures above.