Who needs a visa for Rwanda?

Sub-Saharan Africa · Kigali

Photo: Joachim Huber from Switzerland / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0

Of 198 nationalities, 108 enter Rwanda with no paperwork at all. The rest: 89 can get a visa at the border and 1 must be approved before they travel.

Visa free 108
eVisa 1
Visa on arrival 89

Government fee: $50

Apply on the official Rwanda government site

This is the government's own portal. We are not paid to send you there.

Checked 18 October 2026 — read the fees and rules on migration.gov.rw

Worth knowing

Rwanda has authorised no agent to apply for a visa on your behalf. Agents may charge more than the official fee.

Photo requirements

We have not yet read the photo rules for Rwanda on an official page, so we print no sizes. Photo rules we have checked, and official links for the rest

Resize a photo in your browser. It is never uploaded.

How long your passport must be valid for Rwanda: see passport validity by country.

What do you need?

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Visa free 108

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

eVisa (electronic visa) 1

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.

Tuvalu

Visa on arrival 89

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 Rwanda

Region: Eastern Africa
Capital: Kigali
Population: 14,569,341 2025 · 76th of 197
Size: 26,338 km² 145th largest of 199
Density: 553 per km²
Languages: English, French, Kinyarwanda
Currency: Rwandan franc RWF
Borders: Burundi DR Congo Tanzania Uganda

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.