Embassies and consulates in Tanzania

Outside Dar es Salaam, missions are found in Zanzibar (6), Kigoma (3) and Arusha (1); most of them are consulates general, consulates and honorary consulates.

Of the 198 passports in the visa data, 51 can enter visa-free, 123 get a visa on arrival and 24 need an e-Visa for Tanzania.

Schengen consulates in Tanzania received 16,227 short-stay visa applications in 2025, and issued 13,016 visas. 19.3% of applications were refused (worldwide: 14.6%). In 2024 the rate was much the same, 20.1%. Applications rose by 11% compared with 2024 (14,572).

Most applications went to Germany (3,910), France (3,100), Spain (2,166) and Italy (1,986).

Among the states with at least 500 applications, the lowest refusal rate was Italy’s (5.2%) and the highest Poland’s (31.8%). The sharpest rise since 2024 was at the consulates of Belgium (+6.2 points), the largest fall at those of Italy (−8.1 points).

The numbers include every nationality applying in Tanzania.

In fiscal year 2025 (October 2024 to September 2025) the United States issued 7,730 nonimmigrant visas to citizens of Tanzania, the 94th highest number of the 206 nationalities listed. Visitor visas (B1/B2) made up 72%, diplomatic and official visas 14% and student visas 8%. That is 11% fewer than in fiscal year 2024 (8,664).

From October 2025 to February 2026, citizens of Tanzania received 984, 69% fewer than in the same months a year earlier.

For visitor visas (B1/B2) the State Department reports an adjusted refusal rate of 39.4% for citizens of Tanzania in fiscal year 2025 (fiscal year 2024: 36.7%).

Tanzania itself has 50 missions abroad, in 44 countries. Its largest networks are in Australia (4), Germany (3) and the United States (2).

Where the embassies are

All 50 embassies are in Dar es Salaam, although Dodoma is the capital. The largest foreign networks in Tanzania are those of Burundi (3), China (3), the United Arab Emirates (2), DR Congo (2) and Germany (2).

Travel advice for Tanzania

Foreign ministries’ advice on travel to Tanzania: the US State Department rates Tanzania at Level 2, exercise increased caution (updated 15 October 2026), the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office advises against all but essential travel to parts of Tanzania (updated 30 October 2026) and the German Foreign Office has no travel warning for Tanzania (updated 30 October 2026).