The Mamelles lighthouse above Dakar, Senegal

Who needs a visa for Senegal?

Sub-Saharan Africa · Dakar

Photo: Jeff Attaway / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0

Of 198 nationalities, 60 enter Senegal with no paperwork at all. The rest: 75 can get a visa at the border and 63 must be approved before they travel.

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

What do you need?

Who needs what

Visa free 60

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

Visa on arrival 75

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.

Visa required 63

You must apply and be approved before you travel. Airlines will refuse to board you without it.

About Senegal

Region
Western Africa
Capital
Dakar
Population
18,931,966 2025 · 68th of 197
Size
196,722 km² 86th largest of 199
Density
96 per km²
Language
French
Currency
West African CFA franc XOF

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.