A red dune at Sossusvlei in the Namib Desert, Namibia

Who needs a visa for Namibia?

Sub-Saharan Africa · Windhoek

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

Of 198 nationalities, 22 enter Namibia with no paperwork at all. The rest: 115 can get a visa at the border and 61 must be approved before they travel.

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

What do you need?

Who needs what

Visa free 22

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

eVisa (electronic visa) 61

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 115

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 Namibia

Region
Southern Africa
Capital
Windhoek
Population
3,092,816 2025 · 135th of 197
Size
825,615 km² 34th largest of 199
Density
4 per km²
Languages
Afrikaans, German, English, Herero, Khoekhoe, Kwangali, Lozi, Ndonga, Tswana
Currency
Namibian dollar NAD

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.