Of 198 nationalities, 15 enter Sierra Leone with no paperwork at all.
The rest: 121 can get a visa at the border and 62 must be approved before they travel.
We have not found a Sierra Leone government portal we can link to with confidence, so
we link to none — a lookalike is worse than nothing. Apply through Sierra Leone's own
immigration service or its embassy.
What do you need? I hold a passport from Choose a country 🇩🇿 Algeria 🇦🇴 Angola 🇧🇯 Benin 🇧🇼 Botswana 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso 🇧🇮 Burundi 🇨🇲 Cameroon 🇨🇻 Cape Verde 🇨🇫 Central African Republic 🇹🇩 Chad 🇰🇲 Comoros 🇨🇮 Côte d’Ivoire 🇩🇯 Djibouti 🇨🇩 DR Congo 🇪🇬 Egypt 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea 🇪🇷 Eritrea 🇸🇿 Eswatini 🇪🇹 Ethiopia 🇬🇦 Gabon 🇬🇲 Gambia 🇬🇭 Ghana 🇬🇳 Guinea 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau 🇰🇪 Kenya 🇱🇸 Lesotho 🇱🇷 Liberia 🇱🇾 Libya 🇲🇬 Madagascar 🇲🇼 Malawi 🇲🇱 Mali 🇲🇷 Mauritania 🇲🇺 Mauritius 🇲🇦 Morocco 🇲🇿 Mozambique 🇳🇦 Namibia 🇳🇪 Niger 🇳🇬 Nigeria 🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo 🇷🇼 Rwanda 🇸🇹 Sao Tome and Principe 🇸🇳 Senegal 🇸🇨 Seychelles 🇸🇴 Somalia 🇿🇦 South Africa 🇸🇸 South Sudan 🇸🇩 Sudan 🇹🇿 Tanzania 🇹🇬 Togo 🇹🇳 Tunisia 🇺🇬 Uganda 🇿🇲 Zambia 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe 🇦🇱 Albania 🇦🇩 Andorra 🇦🇹 Austria 🇧🇾 Belarus 🇧🇪 Belgium 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina 🇧🇬 Bulgaria 🇭🇷 Croatia 🇨🇿 Czechia 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇪🇪 Estonia 🇫🇮 Finland 🇫🇷 France 🇩🇪 Germany 🇬🇷 Greece 🇭🇺 Hungary 🇮🇸 Iceland 🇮🇪 Ireland 🇮🇹 Italy 🇽🇰 Kosovo 🇱🇻 Latvia 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein 🇱🇹 Lithuania 🇱🇺 Luxembourg 🇲🇹 Malta 🇲🇩 Moldova 🇲🇨 Monaco 🇲🇪 Montenegro 🇳🇱 Netherlands 🇲🇰 North Macedonia 🇳🇴 Norway 🇵🇱 Poland 🇵🇹 Portugal 🇷🇴 Romania 🇷🇺 Russia 🇸🇲 San Marino 🇷🇸 Serbia 🇸🇰 Slovakia 🇸🇮 Slovenia 🇪🇸 Spain 🇸🇪 Sweden 🇨🇭 Switzerland 🇺🇦 Ukraine 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 🇻🇦 Vatican City 🇦🇫 Afghanistan 🇦🇲 Armenia 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan 🇧🇭 Bahrain 🇧🇩 Bangladesh 🇧🇹 Bhutan 🇧🇳 Brunei 🇰🇭 Cambodia 🇨🇳 China 🇨🇾 Cyprus 🇬🇪 Georgia 🇭🇰 Hong Kong 🇮🇳 India 🇮🇩 Indonesia 🇮🇷 Iran 🇮🇶 Iraq 🇮🇱 Israel 🇯🇵 Japan 🇯🇴 Jordan 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan 🇰🇼 Kuwait 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan 🇱🇦 Laos 🇱🇧 Lebanon 🇲🇴 Macao 🇲🇾 Malaysia 🇲🇻 Maldives 🇲🇳 Mongolia 🇲🇲 Myanmar 🇳🇵 Nepal 🇰🇵 North Korea 🇴🇲 Oman 🇵🇰 Pakistan 🇵🇸 Palestine 🇵🇭 Philippines 🇶🇦 Qatar 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia 🇸🇬 Singapore 🇰🇷 South Korea 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka 🇸🇾 Syria 🇹🇼 Taiwan 🇹🇯 Tajikistan 🇹🇭 Thailand 🇹🇱 Timor-Leste 🇹🇷 Türkiye 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan 🇻🇳 Vietnam 🇾🇪 Yemen 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda 🇦🇷 Argentina 🇧🇸 Bahamas 🇧🇧 Barbados 🇧🇿 Belize 🇧🇴 Bolivia 🇧🇷 Brazil 🇨🇦 Canada 🇨🇱 Chile 🇨🇴 Colombia 🇨🇷 Costa Rica 🇨🇺 Cuba 🇩🇲 Dominica 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic 🇪🇨 Ecuador 🇸🇻 El Salvador 🇬🇩 Grenada 🇬🇹 Guatemala 🇬🇾 Guyana 🇭🇹 Haiti 🇭🇳 Honduras 🇯🇲 Jamaica 🇲🇽 Mexico 🇳🇮 Nicaragua 🇵🇦 Panama 🇵🇾 Paraguay 🇵🇪 Peru 🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis 🇱🇨 Saint Lucia 🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 🇸🇷 Suriname 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago 🇺🇸 United States 🇺🇾 Uruguay 🇻🇪 Venezuela 🇦🇺 Australia 🇫🇯 Fiji 🇰🇮 Kiribati 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands 🇫🇲 Micronesia 🇳🇷 Nauru 🇳🇿 New Zealand 🇵🇼 Palau 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea 🇼🇸 Samoa 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands 🇹🇴 Tonga 🇹🇻 Tuvalu 🇻🇺 Vanuatu
Who needs what Visa free 15 Nothing to apply for and nothing to pay before you travel.
🇧🇯 Benin 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso 🇨🇻 Cape Verde 🇨🇮 Côte d’Ivoire 🇬🇲 Gambia 🇬🇭 Ghana 🇬🇳 Guinea 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau 🇱🇷 Liberia 🇲🇱 Mali 🇲🇷 Mauritania 90d 🇳🇪 Niger 🇳🇬 Nigeria 🇸🇳 Senegal 🇹🇬 Togo
Show all 15 eVisa (electronic visa) 62 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.
🇦🇫 Afghanistan 🇦🇱 Albania 🇦🇩 Andorra 🇦🇷 Argentina 🇦🇲 Armenia 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan 🇧🇾 Belarus 🇧🇹 Bhutan 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina 🇨🇱 Chile 🇨🇴 Colombia 🇨🇷 Costa Rica 🇨🇺 Cuba 🇩🇯 Djibouti 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic 🇪🇨 Ecuador 🇸🇻 El Salvador 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea 🇪🇹 Ethiopia 🇬🇪 Georgia 🇬🇹 Guatemala 🇭🇹 Haiti 🇭🇳 Honduras 🇭🇰 Hong Kong 🇮🇸 Iceland 🇮🇶 Iraq 🇯🇴 Jordan 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan 🇽🇰 Kosovo 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan 🇱🇦 Laos 🇲🇻 Maldives 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands 🇲🇽 Mexico 🇫🇲 Micronesia 🇲🇨 Monaco 🇲🇳 Mongolia 🇲🇪 Montenegro 🇲🇲 Myanmar 🇳🇵 Nepal 🇳🇮 Nicaragua 🇰🇵 North Korea 🇲🇰 North Macedonia 🇵🇼 Palau 🇵🇸 Palestine 🇵🇦 Panama 🇵🇾 Paraguay 🇵🇪 Peru 🇵🇭 Philippines 🇸🇲 San Marino 🇷🇸 Serbia 🇸🇷 Suriname 🇸🇾 Syria 🇹🇼 Taiwan 🇹🇯 Tajikistan 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan 🇺🇾 Uruguay 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan 🇻🇦 Vatican City 🇻🇪 Venezuela 🇾🇪 Yemen 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
Show all 62 About Sierra Leone
Region Western Africa
Capital Freetown
Population 8,819,794 2025 · 100th of 197
Size 71,740 km² 117th largest of 199
Density 123 per km²
Language English
Currency Sierra Leonean leone SLE
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.
Visa requirement data last updated by its source 18 February 2026 confirm the requirement on the government page
Checked for changes 4 October 2026
Rules change without notice. Always confirm against the government page before you book or
pay — how we source this .
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