Granite inselbergs over the woodland of Erati, Mozambique

Who needs a visa for Mozambique?

Sub-Saharan Africa · Maputo

Photo: Ton Rulkens from Mozambique / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0

Of 198 nationalities, 37 enter Mozambique with no paperwork at all. The rest: 155 can get a visa at the border and 6 must be approved before they travel.

We have not found a Mozambique government portal we can link to with confidence, so we link to none — a lookalike is worse than nothing. Apply through Mozambique's own immigration service or its embassy.

What do you need?

Who needs what

Visa free 37

Nothing to apply for and nothing to pay before you travel.

eVisa (electronic visa) 6

A real visa application, made online instead of at an embassy. It is assessed, it takes days rather than minutes, and it can be refused.

Visa on arrival 155

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.

About Mozambique

Region
Eastern Africa
Capital
Maputo
Population
35,631,653 2025 · 46th of 197
Size
801,590 km² 35th largest of 199
Density
44 per km²
Language
Portuguese
Currency
Mozambican metical MZN

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.