Visitors to

Botswana Botswana (, ), officially the Republic of Botswana ( tn, Lefatshe la Botswana, label= Setswana, ), is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Botswana is topographically flat, with approximately 70 percent of its territory being the Kalaha ...

require a

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unless they come from one of the visa exempt countries.

Visa policy map

Visa exemption

Holders of passports of the following 103 jurisdictions do not require a visa to visit Botswana for up to 90 days within a 12-month period: All visitors must hold a passport valid for 6 months. Holders of diplomatic or service passports of

Bahrain Bahrain ( ; ; ar, البحرين, al-Bahrayn, locally ), officially the Kingdom of Bahrain, ' is an island country in Western Asia. It is situated on the Persian Gulf, and comprises a small archipelago made up of 50 natural islands and an ...

, China,

Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...

(90 days),

Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, bor ...

(90 days) and diplomatic passport of

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

do not require a visa to enter Botswana for up to 30 days (unless otherwise stated). Botswana and Namibia signed an agreement in February 2023 allowing citizens to travel between the two countries using only identity cards, with passports no longer being needed. Botswana has held talks with Zimbabwe to achieve a similar deal, and expects to open talks with Zambia.

Visa on arrival

Nationals of

can obtain a visa on arrival (valid for 14 days) since 2019. On 15 November 2018, the Government of Botswana announced that tourists would be able to obtain visas on arrival from 24 November 2018. The plan was put on hold on 27 November 2018. Visa on arrival for Indians was made official in 2019.

E-visa

On 12 August 2021, Botswana launched an electronic visa system, all countries that needed prior visa, are now eligible for e-Visa. Ministry of foreign affairs of Botswana stated that they introduced an e-Visa system to boost tourism and business in country.

Visitor statistics

Most visitors arriving to Botswana were from the following countries of nationality:

References

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