Of 198 nationalities, 116 enter Zambia with no paperwork at all.
The rest: 29 can get a visa at the border and 53 must be approved before they travel.
We have not found a Zambia government portal we can link to with confidence, so
we link to none — a lookalike is worse than nothing. Apply through Zambia'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 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone 🇸🇴 Somalia 🇿🇦 South Africa 🇸🇸 South Sudan 🇸🇩 Sudan 🇹🇿 Tanzania 🇹🇬 Togo 🇹🇳 Tunisia 🇺🇬 Uganda 🇿🇼 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 eVisa (electronic visa) 53 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 🇩🇿 Algeria 🇦🇲 Armenia 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan 🇧🇩 Bangladesh 🇧🇯 Benin 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso 🇰🇭 Cambodia 🇨🇲 Cameroon 🇨🇫 Central African Republic 🇹🇩 Chad 🇨🇮 Côte d’Ivoire 🇪🇬 Egypt 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea 🇪🇹 Ethiopia 🇬🇦 Gabon 🇬🇲 Gambia 🇬🇳 Guinea 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau 🇮🇳 India 🇮🇩 Indonesia 🇮🇷 Iran 🇯🇴 Jordan 🇽🇰 Kosovo 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan 🇱🇧 Lebanon 🇱🇾 Libya 🇲🇴 Macao 🇲🇱 Mali 🇲🇷 Mauritania 🇳🇵 Nepal 🇳🇪 Niger 🇳🇬 Nigeria 🇰🇵 North Korea 🇵🇰 Pakistan 🇵🇸 Palestine 🇵🇭 Philippines 🇸🇳 Senegal 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone 🇸🇴 Somalia 🇸🇸 South Sudan 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka 🇸🇩 Sudan 🇸🇾 Syria 🇹🇼 Taiwan 🇹🇯 Tajikistan 🇹🇱 Timor-Leste 🇹🇬 Togo 🇹🇳 Tunisia 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan 🇻🇳 Vietnam 🇾🇪 Yemen
Show all 53 Visa on arrival 29 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.
🇧🇾 Belarus 90d 🇧🇴 Bolivia 90d 🇧🇷 Brazil 90d 🇧🇮 Burundi 90d 🇨🇱 Chile 90d 🇨🇴 Colombia 90d 🇨🇺 Cuba 90d 🇩🇯 Djibouti 90d 🇨🇩 DR Congo 90d 🇪🇨 Ecuador 90d 🇸🇻 El Salvador 90d 🇪🇷 Eritrea 90d 🇬🇪 Georgia 90d 🇬🇭 Ghana 90d 🇭🇹 Haiti 90d 🇭🇳 Honduras 90d 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan 90d 🇲🇽 Mexico 90d 🇲🇳 Mongolia 90d 🇲🇲 Myanmar 90d 🇳🇮 Nicaragua 90d 🇵🇾 Paraguay 90d 🇵🇪 Peru 90d 🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo 90d 🇷🇺 Russia 90d 🇷🇼 Rwanda 90d 🇹🇭 Thailand 90d 🇺🇾 Uruguay 90d 🇻🇪 Venezuela 90d
Show all 29 About Zambia
Region Eastern Africa
Capital Lusaka
Population 21,913,874 2025 · 61st of 197
Size 752,612 km² 38th largest of 199
Density 29 per km²
Language English
Currency Zambian kwacha ZMW
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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