Visa policy of Angola

Visitors to Angola must obtain either a visa in advance from one of the Angolan diplomatic missions or a pre-visa online, unless they come from one of the visa exempt countries.

A tourist visa must be used within 60 days from the issue date and is valid for 30 days, a period that can be extended once for an additional period of 30 days. Passports must have a validity of 6 months and at least 2 blank pages. Transit without visa is allowed for passengers continuing their trip to a third country by the same or first departing plane if they do not leave the airport.^[1][2]

In the future, Angola is expected to participate in the KAZA UniVisa programme, which if delivered as planned will allow holders of the KAZA visa to travel freely between Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.^[3][4]

Visa policy map

 

Visa policy of Angola

  Angola

  Visa not required (under bilateral agreement)

  Visa not required (30 days, 3 entries max in a year)

  eVisa

Visa exemption

The following countries are exempt from visas under bilateral agreements.^[5]

Namibia   Mozambique   São Tomé and Príncipe^[6]^[7]   South Africa   Zambia

Citizens of the following countries can visit Angola without a visa, for up to 30 days per visit.^[1][8]

According to the Government of Angola, citizens of these countries are limited to three visa-free entries per calendar year.

30 days   European Union member states
Algeria   Antigua and Barbuda   Argentina   Australia   Bahamas   Barbados   Belize   Botswana   Brazil   Canada   Cabo Verde   Chile   China   Dominican Republic   Equatorial Guinea   eSwatini   Fiji   Grenada	Guyana   Haiti   Hong Kong   Iceland   India   Indonesia   Israel   Jamaica   Japan   Kiribati   Lesotho   Madagascar   Malawi   Marshall Islands   Mauritius   Mexico   Micronesia   Monaco	Morocco   Nauru   New Zealand   Norway   Palau   Panama   Papua New Guinea   Qatar   Russia   Rwanda   Saint Kitts and Nevis   Saint Lucia   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines   Samoa   Saudi Arabia   Seychelles   Singapore   Solomon Islands	South Korea   Suriname    Switzerland   Tanzania   Timor-Leste   Tonga   Trinidad and Tobago   Turkey   Tuvalu   United Arab Emirates   United Kingdom   United States   Uruguay   Vanuatu    Vatican City   Zimbabwe

A mutual visa free agreement was signed with   Turkey, but it has yet to be ratified.^[9]

On October 21, 2023, Angola and   Kenya agreed that each other would not require visas and would take steps to implement this as soon as possible.^[10]

Date of visa changes
2009: Namibia^[11] 1 December 2017: Mozambique and South Africa^[12] 30 March 2018: Botswana, Mauritius, Seychelles, Singapore and Zimbabwe^[13] 1 July 2018: Cabo Verde and Rwanda^[14] 15 August 2018: Zambia^[15] 28 September 2023: 98 countries^[1]

Diplomatic and official passports

In addition, holders of diplomatic or official passports of the following countries can also visit Angola without a visa:

Algeria   Argentina   Brazil   Cape Verde   China   DR Congo   Cuba   Egypt

France   Guinea-Bissau   Indonesia   Italy   Mozambique   Portugal   Russia   Sao Tome and Principe

Serbia^[16]   South Africa   South Korea   Spain^[17] (diplomatic passports only)    Switzerland   Venezuela   Vietnam   Zambia

Visa waiver agreements for diplomatic and service passports were signed with   Congo,^[18]   Hungary,^[19]   Ghana^[20] and   Qatar,^[21] but they are yet to come into force.

Visa waiver agreement for diplomatic passport were signed with   Morocco^[22] but has not yet to come into force.

Transit

Passengers with a confirmed onward ticket for a flight to a third country within 24 hours. They must stay in the international transit area of the airport and have the documents required for their next destination.

COVID-19 pandemic

During the COVID-19 pandemic, entry was prohibited for persons who had previously visited China, Iran, Italy or South Korea.^[23]

Visitor statistics

Most visitors arriving to Angola for tourism purpose were nationals from the following countries:^[24][25]

Country/Territory	2015	2014
Portugal	82,629	219,258
South Africa	49,424	56,852
China	76,016	49,965
Brazil	70,184	44,001
Namibia	61,505	25,079
France	20,097	18,806
United Kingdom	14,267	18,363
DR Congo	13,824	692
Congo	11,432	613
India	9,170	6,464
Italy	9,150	17,274
Total	592,495	594,998

See also

 

Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Angola.

• Visa requirements for Angolan citizens

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