Important Visa information for Tanzania

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VISAS INFORMATION:

1. Entry requirements:

Foreigners seeking to enter the United Republic of Tanzania should be in possession of a valid passport or any other authorised travel document; which means a document other than National passport issued by a state or an International Organization and recognised by the government of the United Republic of Tanzania as a travel document, must be presented to the immigration control officer at any entry point, such as border station, airport or harbour. The Passport or any other Travel Document must be presented along with the following;A valid visa orA Resident permit orA pass.N.B, A Visitor must also present an onward or return ticket together with proof that he/she has sufficient funds to support him/her self while in Tanzania.

2: Visa:

A visa is a permission granted to a foreigner to enter and remain in the United Republic of Tanzania for a specific period of time. A visa is issued to a visitor who intends to enter into Tanzania for the purpose of visit, leisure, holiday, business, health treatment, studies or any other related activities. It is granted on the basis of reciprocity upon application by the would be visitor to United Republic of Tanzania. Visa is applied for and issued at Tanzania Embassies/High commissions abroad or at any entry point to Tanzania. On entering the country, a visitor with a valid visa is given a pass or any other authorization to stay in the country.

3: Who requires a visa?

All foreigners seeking to enter in the United Republic of Tanzania are required to have a valid visa, unless their countries have visa abolition agreement with Tanzania. However, these countries may change from time to time.2.

4: Types of Visas:

Visa is classified according to the nature of the journey of the would be visitors.

(a) Ordinary visa.

An ordinary visa is issued at Tanzania embas

sies/high commissions abroad or at any official entry point into Tanzania. This kind of visa is granted to foreigners who wish to enter in the United Republic of Tanzania for the purpose of Holidays, leisure, visiting friends & relatives, meetings, conferences and health treatment. A single visa has a validity of ninety (90) days with effect from the date of issue, provided that the validity of the passport at the time of issuing such visa, is not be less than six months. This type of visa is referred to as standard visa.

(b)Multiple entry visas:

This type of visa is issued to enable a foreigner to come to Tanzania for several times within the validity of the visa. Foreigners who, because of the nature of their business or investments need to make frequent visits to the United Republic of Tanzania are issued with multiple entry visas. The validity range of this visa is from three months to one year, provided that a single stay shall not exceed ninety days. Applications for a multiple entry visa are usually submitted by local contacts on behalf of the applicants. The fee is US $ 100.with exception of Pakistan nationals whose specific visa fee is US $ 200.

(c)Referred visa:

The referred visa is one, that requires special clearance or permission from the Principal Commissioner of Immigration Services or Commissioner of Immigration Services (Zanzibar). People who fall under this category of visa may make enquiries at the nearest Tanzania Embassy/High Commission abroad.

(d)Transit visa:

Transit visa is a permission granted to enable the visitor to pass through the United Republic of Tanzania to any other destination abroad. This type of visa is only issued to persons with onward tickets, sufficient funds for transit and an entry visa to the country of destination or any proof that prior arrangements have been made that satisfy this requirement. It is issued for a maximum period of fourteen (14) days and non extendable. Standard fee for Transit visa is US $ 30.

(e) Gratis Visa:

This type of visa is issued to Diplomatic/Official Passport holders, except when travelling on non unofficial capacity in which they are subjected to pay prescribed fees. 3Holders of UN, SADC, AU Laissez-Passer and other International Organizations recognized by the United Republic of Tanzania are granted gratis visa, except when travelling on non official capacity in which they are subjected to pay for prescribed visa fees. Minors endorsed in the passport will be included in the visa granted to the passport holder.

Visa issuing centres and authorities:

A Foreigner can lodge visa application at the Tanzania Missions in the country where he/she resides, or at entry points into Tanzania, Immigration Headquarter, Dar es Salaam or Zanzibar Immigration Head office.

Visa fee rates:

Fee rates for Ordinary visa is US $ 50, except for the following Nationals with their specific visa rates in brackets; Pakistan ( US $ 200 ), USA-(US $ 100 ),Ireland ( US $ 100 ), Transit visa is US $ 30,while standard Multiple visa is US $ 100.

N.B:-

All fees are payable at issuing station/offices. An Exchequer receipt should be provided immediately for any payments made. In case of any changes, the public will be informed accordingly.

LIST OF COUNTRIES AND SPECIFIC VISA ELIGIBILITY

SN	NAME OF THE COUNTRY	VISA REQUIREMENT			VISA FEE
SN	NAME OF THE COUNTRY	Ordinary	Referred
1	Abkhazia	No	Yes		50 USD
2	Afghanistan Republic	No	Yes		50 USD
3	Akrotiri	Yes	No		50 USD
4	Aland Islands	Yes	No		50 USD
5	Albania Republic	Yes	No		50 USD
6	Algeria Republic	Yes	No		50 USD
7	American Samoa	Yes	No		50 USD
8	Andorra	Yes	No		50 USD
9	Angola Republic	Yes	No		50 USD
10	Anguilla	No Visa Requirements
11	Antigua And Barbuda	No Visa Requirements
12	Argentina Republic	Yes		No	50 USD
13	Armenia Republic	Yes		No	50 USD
14	Aruba	Yes		No	50 USD
15	Ascension Island	Yes		No	50 USD
16	Australia	No		Yes	50 USD
17	Austria Republic	Yes		No	50 USD
18	Azerbaijan Republic	No		Yes	50 USD
19	Bahamas	No Visa Requirements
20	Bahrain Kingdom	Yes		No	50 USD
21	Bangladesh Republic	No		Yes	50 USD
22	Barbados	No Visa Requirements
23	Belarus Republic	Yes		No	50 USD
24	Belgium Kingdom	Yes		No	50 USD
25	Belize	No Visa Requirements
26	Benin Republic	Yes		No	50 USD
27	Bermuda	No Visa Requirements
28	Bhutan Kingdom	Yes		No	50 USD
29	Bolivia Republic	Yes		No	50 USD
30	Boznia And Herzegovina	Yes		No	50 USD
31	Botswana Republic	No Visa Requirements
32	Brazil	Yes		No	50 USD
33	Virgin Islands	No Visa Requirements
34	Brunei Kingdom	No Visa Requirements
35	Bulgaria Republic	Yes		No	50 USD
36	Burkina Faso	Yes		No	50 USD
37	Burundi Republic	Yes		No	20 USD
38	Cambodia Kingdom	Yes		No	50 USD
39	Cameroun Republic	Yes		No	50 USD
40	Canada	Yes		No	50 USD
41	Cape Verde Republic	Yes		No	50 USD
42	Cayman Islands	No Visa Requirements
43	Central African Republic	Yes		No	50 USD
44	Chad Republic	No		Yes	50 USD
45	Chile Republic	Yes		No	50 USD
46	China Republic	Yes		No	50 USD
47	Christmas Island	No Visa Requirements
48	Cocos	No Visa Requirements
49	Colombia Republic	Yes		No	50 USD
50	Comoros Federal State	Yes		No	50 USD
51	Democratic Republic Of Congo	Yes		No	50 USD
52	Congo (Brazzaville) Republic	Yes		No	50 USD
53	Cook Islands	No Visa Requirements
54	Costa Rica Republic	Yes		No	50 USD
55	Cote d’ivoire Republic	Yes		No	50 USD
56	Croatia Republic	Yes		No	50 USD
57	Cuba Republic	Yes		No	50 USD
58	Cyprus Republic	No Visa Requirements
59	Czech Republic	Yes		No	50 USD
60	Denmark	Yes		No	50 USD
61	Dhekelia	Yes		No	50 USD
62	Djibouti Republic	No		Yes	50 USD
63	Dominica	No Visa Requirements
64	Dominican Republic	Yes		No	50 USD
65	East Timor Republic	Yes		No	50 USD
66	Equador Republic	Yes		No	50 USD
67	Egypt Republic	Yes		No	50 USD
68	El Salvador Republic	Yes		No	50 USD
69	Equatorial Guinea Republic	No		Yes	50 USD
70	Eritrea	No		Yes	50 USD
71	Estonia Republic	Yes		No	50 USD
72	Ethiopia	No		Yes	50 USD
73	Falkland Islands	No Visa Requirements
74	Faroe Lslands	Yes		No	50 USD
75	Fiji Islands Republic	Yes		No	50 USD
76	Finland Republic	Yes		No	50 USD
77	France Republic	Yes		No	50 USD
78	French Polynesia	Yes		No	50 USD
79	Gabonese Republic	Yes		No	50 USD
80	Gambia Republic	No Visa Requirements
81	Georgia Republic	Yes		No	50 USD
82	Germany Federal Republic	Yes		No	50 USD
83	Ghana Republic	No Visa Requirements
84	Gibraltar	No Visa Requirements
85	Hellenic Republic	Yes		No	50 USD
86	Greenland	Yes		No	50 USD
87	Grenada	No Visa Requirements
88	Guam	Yes		No	50 USD
89	Guatemala Republic	Yes		No	50 USD
90	Guernsey	No Visa Requirements
91	Guinea Republic	Yes		No	50 USD
92	Guinea – Bissau Republic	Yes		No	50 USD
93	Guyana Republic	No Visa Requirements
94	Haiti Republic	Yes		No	50 USD
95	Honduras Republic	Yes		No	50 USD
96	Hong Kong	No Visa Requirements
97	Hungary Republic	Yes		No	50 USD
98	Iceland Republic	Yes		No	50 USD
99	India	Yes		No	50 USD
100	Indonesia	Yes		No	50 USD
101	Iran Republic	Yes		No	50 USD
102	Iraq Republic	Yes		No	50 USD
103	Ireland Republic	Yes		No	100 USD
104	Israel	Yes		No	50 USD
105	Italy	Yes		No	50 USD
106	Jamaica	No Visa Requirements
107	Japan	Yes		No	50 USD
108	Jersey	No Visa Requirements
109	Jordan	Yes		No	50 USD
110	Kazakhstan	No		Yes	50 USD
111	Kenya	No Visa Requirement
112	Kiribati	No Visa Requirements
113	Korea (North) Republic	Yes		No	50 USD
114	Korea (South) Republic	Yes		No	50 USD
115	Kosovo	Yes		No	50 USD
116	Kuwait	Yes		No	50 USD
117	Kyrgyzstan	No		Yes	50 USD
118	Laos	Yes		No	50 USD
119	Latvia	Yes		No	50 USD
120	Lebanon	N O		Yes	50 USD
121	Lesotho	No Visa Requirement
122	Liberia	Yes		No	50 USD
123	Libya	Yes		No	50 USD
124	Liechtenstein	Yes		No	50 USD
125	Lithuania	Yes		No	50 USD
126	Luxembourg	Yes		No	50 USD
127	Macau	Yes		No	50 USD
128	Macedonia	Yes		No	50 USD
129	Madagascar	Yes		No	50 USD
130	Malawi	No Visa Requirement
131	Malaysia	Yes		No	50 USD
132	Maldives	Yes		No	50 USD
133	Mali	No		Yes	50 USD
134	Malta	Yes		No	50 USD
135	Man, Isle	Yes		No	50 USD
136	Marshall Islands	Yes		No	50 USD
137	Mauritania	No		Yes	50 USD
138	Mauritius	Yes		No	50 USD
139	Mayotte	Yes		No	50 USD
140	Mexico	Yes		No	50 USD
141	Micronesia	Yes		No	50 USD
142	Moldova	Yes		No	50 USD
143	Monaco	Yes		No	50 USD
144	Mongolia	Yes		No	50 USD
145	Montserrat	Yes		No	50 USD
146	Morocco	No		Yes	50 USD
147	Mozambique	No Visa Requirement
148	Myanmar	Yes		No	50 USD
149	Nagorno – Karbakh Republic	Yes		No	50 USD
150	Namibia	No Visa Requirement
151	Nauru	No Visa Requirements
152	Nepal	Yes		No	50 USD
153	Netherlands	Yes		No	50 USD
154	Netherlands	Yes		No	50 USD
155	New Caledonia	Yes		No	50 USD
156	New Zealand	Yes		No	50 USD
157	Nicaragua Republic	Yes		No	50 USD
158	Niger Republic	No		Yes	50 USD
159	Nigeria Federal State	Yes		No	50 USD
160	Niue	Yes		No	50 USD
161	Norfolk Island	Yes		No	50 USD
162	Northern Cyprus	Yes		No	50 USD
163	Northern Mariana Islands	Yes		No	50 USD
164	Norway Kingdom	Yes		No	50 USD
165	Oman Sultanate	Yes		No	50 USD
166	Pakistan	Yes		No	200 USD
167	Palau	Yes		No	50 USD
168	Palestine	No		Yes	50 USD
169	Panama	Yes		No	50 USD
170	Papua New Guinea	No Visa Requirements
171	Paraguay	Yes		No	50 USD
172	Peru	Yes		No	50 USD
173	Philippine	Yes		No	50 USD
174	Poland	Yes		No	50 USD
175	Portugal	Yes		No	50 USD
176	Puerto Rico	Yes		No	50 USD
177	Qatar	Yes		No	50 USD
178	Romania	No Visa Requirements
179	Russia	Yes		No	50 USD
180	Rwanda	No Visa Requirements
181	Saint Helena	Yes		No	50 USD
182	Saint Kitts And Nevis	Yes		No	50 USD
183	Saint Lucia	Yes		No	50 USD
184	Saint Pierre And Miquelon	Yes		No	50 USD
185	Saint Vincent And The Grenadines	Yes		No	50 USD
186	Samoa	No Visa Requirements
187	San Marino Republic	Yes		No	50 USD
188	Sao Tome And Principe Republic	Yes		No	50 USD
189	Saudi Arabia	Yes		No	50 USD
190	Senegal	No		Yes	50 USD
191	Serbia And Montenegro Federal State	Yes		No	50 USD
192	Seychelles	No Visa Requirements
193	Sierra Leone	No		Yes	50 USD
194	Singapore	No Visa Requirements
195	Slovakia	Yes		No	50 USD
196	Slovenia	Yes		No	50 USD
197	Solomon Islands	Yes		No	50 USD
198	Somalia	No		Yes	50 USD
199	Somaliland	No		Yes	50 USD
200	South Africa Republic	Yes		No	50 USD
201	South Ossetia	Yes		No	50 USD
202	Spain	Yes		No	50 USD
203	Sri Lanka	No		Yes	50 USD
204	Sudan	Yes		No	50 USD
205	Suriname	Yes		No	50 USD
206	Svalbard	Yes		No	50 USD
207	Swaziland	No Visa Requirement
208	Sweden	Yes		No	50 USD
209	Switzerland	Yes		No	50 USD
210	Syria	Yes		No	50 USD
211	Taiwan	Yes		No	50 USD
212	Tajikistan Republic	No		Yes	50 USD
213	Tanzania United Republic	*************************************
214	Thailand	Yes		No	50 USD
215	Togolese	Yes		No	50 USD
216	Tokelau	Yes		No	50 USD
217	Tonga Kingdom	No Visa Requirements
218	Transnistria	Yes		No	50 USD
219	Trinidad And Tobago Republic	No Visa Requirements
220	Tristan And Kunha	Yes		No	50 USD
221	Tunisia	Yes		No	50 USD
222	Turkey	Yes		No	50 USD
223	Turkmenistan	No		Yes	50 USD
224	Turks And Caicos	No Visa Requirements
225	Tuvalu	No Visa Requirements
226	Uganda	No Visa Requirement
227	Ukraine	Yes		No	50 USD
228	United Arab Emirates	Yes		No	50 USD
229	United Kingdom	Yes		No	50 USD
230	United States Of America	Yes		No	100 USD
231	Uruguay	Yes		No	50 USD
232	Uzbekistan	No		Yes	50 USD
233	Vanuatu	No Visa Requirements
234	Vatican	Yes		No	50 USD
235	Venezuela	Yes		No	50 USD
236	Vietnam	Yes		No	50 USD
237	Virgin Islands	Yes		No	50 USD
238	Wallis And Futuna	Yes		No	50 USD
239	Western Sahara	Yes		No	50 USD
240	Yemen	Yes		No	50 USD
241	Zambia	No Visa Requirement
242	Zimbabwe	No Visa Requirement

COUNTRIES WHICH REQUIRE REFERAL VISA BEFORE COMING TO TANZANIA:

S/N	COUNTRY	S/N	COUNTRY	S/N	COUNTRY
1	Afghanistan	10	Kazakhstan	19	Somalia
2	Abkhazia	11	Kyigyten	20	Srilanka
3	Azerbaijan	12	Lebanon	21	Somali land
4	Bangladesh	13	Mali	22	Sierra leone
5	Chad	14	Morocco	23	Tajikistan
6	Djibouti	15	Mauritania	24	Turkmenistan
7	Ethiopia	16	Niger	25	Uzbekistan
8	Eritrea	17	Palestine state	26	Refugees
9	Equatorial guinea	18	Senegal	27	Stateless.

VISA ISSUING STATIONS IN TANZANIA

S/N	STATION	S/N	STATION	S/N	STATION
1	Julius Nyerere International airport	20	Dar Es Salaam Head quarters	39	Mozambique-Maputo
2	Amani Abeid Karume International Airport	21	Zanzibar Head office	40	Namibia-Windhoek
3	Kilimanjaro International Airport	22	Wete Sea port	41	Netherlands-Hague
4	Mwanza Airport	23	Angola –Luanda	42	Netherlands-Rotterdam
5	Zanzibar Sea port	24	Belgium-Brussels	43	Nigeria-Abuja
6	Horohoro	25	Brazil-Brasilia	44	Oman-Muscat
7	Holili	26	Burundi-Bujumbura	45	Republic of south Africa-Pretoria
8	Tarakea	27	Canada-Ottawa	46	Russia-Moscow
9	Namanga	28	China –Beijing	47	Rwanda –Kigali
10	Sirari	29	Democratic Republic of Congo-Kinshasa	48	Saudi Arabia –Riyadh
11	Mtukula	30	Egypt-Cairo	49	Sweeden –Stockolm
12	Rusumo	31	Ethiopia-Addis Ababa	50	Switzerland-Geneva
13	Kabanga	32	France-Paris	51	Uganda –Kampala
14	Manyovu	33	Germany-Berlin	52	United Arab Emirates-Abu Dhabi
15	Kigoma Port	34	India-New Delhi	53	United Kingdom-London
16	Tunduma	35	Italy –Rome	54	United states of America-New York
17	Kasumulu	36	Japan –Tokyo	55	United states of America-Washington
18	Kasesya	37	Kenya-Nairobi	56	Zambia-Lusaka
19	Kilambo	38	Malaysia-Kualalumpur	57	Zimbabwe-Harare