Visa requirements for Angolan citizens

Angolan citizens need a Schengen visa, which covers all member states for up to 90 days in any 180-day period.

Of the 198 countries whose entry rules are known in both directions, Angola and 21 of them let each other’s citizens in without a visa obtained in advance (visa-free, on arrival or with an ETA; an e-visa counts as a visa).

80 countries ask holders of the Angolan passport for a visa beforehand, although their own citizens enter Angola without one: Algeria, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Australia, Austria and 75 others.

The reverse holds for 26 countries: holders of the Angolan passport get in without a visa obtained in advance, but their citizens need one for Angola (Bangladesh, Benin, Burundi, Cambodia, Comoros and 21 others).

98 countries ask holders of the Angolan passport for a visa obtained before travel from an embassy, a consulate or a visa centre. 32 of them have an embassy or consulate on record in Angola.

66 countries have no embassy or career consulate on record in Angola, so the application usually goes to one of their posts in another country. Counting the post an official diplomatic list names for Angola, or else the nearest one within 2,000 km, those posts are most often in DR Congo (4) and the Republic of the Congo (2).

The United States refused 54% of visitor-visa (B1/B2) applications from citizens of Angola in fiscal year 2025, by the State Department’s adjusted refusal rate. 152 of the 197 nationalities with a published rate had a lower one and 44 a higher one; the middle value was 32%.

Schengen consulates in Angola refused 45% of short-stay visa applications in 2025 (all Schengen consulates worldwide: 15%). Among the 74 countries where they received at least 10,000 applications, that is the 8th highest rate. The figure counts every nationality applying there, not only citizens.

Visa-free travel with the Angolan passport

By continent, the Angolan passport is visa-free in 16 countries in Africa, 4 countries in the Americas, 2 countries in Asia and 1 country in Oceania. The longest visa-free stays for Angolan citizens are allowed in Barbados (90 days), Benin (90 days), Botswana (90 days), the Gambia (90 days), Haiti (90 days) and Mauritius (90 days).

Visa on arrival

Angolan citizens can get a visa at the airport or land border of Bangladesh, Burundi, Cambodia, the Comoros, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Ghana and 17 others.

E-Visa and electronic travel authorisation

An e-Visa, applied for online before the trip, is how Angolan citizens enter Albania, Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, the Bahamas, Bahrain, Bhutan, Bolivia and 46 others. Ivory Coast asks instead for an electronic travel authorisation (ETA), a lighter online check than a visa.

Angola’s neighbours

Namibia and Zambia admit Angolan citizens without a visa. For the other neighbours, the rules are: DR Congo (e-Visa for up to 7 days) and the Republic of the Congo (visa required).

How the passport compares

Among neighbouring passports, the Namibian passport ranks 123rd (70 destinations), the Zambian passport ranks 135th (63 destinations), the passport of the Republic of the Congo ranks 173rd (47 destinations) and the passport of DR Congo ranks 181st (42 destinations). Of the 198 passports in the data, 100 can enter visa-free, 1 get a visa on arrival and 97 need a visa from an embassy or consulate for Angola.