Embassies and consulates in Guinea-Bissau

Of the 198 passports in the visa data, 14 can enter visa-free and 184 get a visa on arrival for Guinea-Bissau.

Schengen consulates in Guinea-Bissau received 6,308 short-stay visa applications in 2025, and issued 2,751 visas. 54.3% of applications were refused (worldwide: 14.6%). In 2024 it had been 47.0%: the rate rose by 7.3 points, a sharp increase. Applications rose by 45% compared with 2024 (4,336).

Most applications went to Portugal (3,306) and Spain (3,002).

The numbers include every nationality applying in Guinea-Bissau.

In fiscal year 2025 (October 2024 to September 2025) the United States issued 163 nonimmigrant visas to citizens of Guinea-Bissau, the 187th highest number of the 206 nationalities listed. Visitor visas (B1/B2) made up 44%, diplomatic and official visas 39% and exchange visitor visas 6%. That is 5% fewer than in fiscal year 2024 (171).

From October 2025 to February 2026, citizens of Guinea-Bissau received 38, 41% fewer than in the same months a year earlier.

For visitor visas (B1/B2) the State Department reports an adjusted refusal rate of 75.2% for citizens of Guinea-Bissau in fiscal year 2025 (fiscal year 2024: 76.6%).

In the other direction, Guinea-Bissau runs 19 missions in 15 countries. Its largest networks are in Belgium (2), Portugal (2), Senegal (2) and Turkey (2).

Where the embassies are

All 13 embassies are in the capital, Bissau. Germany has the most missions in Guinea-Bissau, 2, followed by Guinea (2), India (2) and Portugal (2).

Travel advice for Guinea-Bissau

Foreign ministries’ advice on travel to Guinea-Bissau: the US State Department rates Guinea-Bissau at Level 3, reconsider travel (updated 10 December 2025), the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office does not advise against travel to Guinea-Bissau (updated 10 December 2025) and the German Foreign Office has no travel warning for Guinea-Bissau (updated 22 October 2026). Each ministry writes for its own citizens.