Visa requirements for citizens of the Comoros

Citizens of the Comoros 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, the Comoros and 51 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).

147 countries ask holders of the passport of the Comoros for a visa beforehand, although their own citizens enter the Comoros without one: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola and 142 others.

99 countries ask holders of the passport of the Comoros for a visa obtained before travel from an embassy, a consulate or a visa centre. 3 of them have an embassy or consulate on record in the Comoros.

96 countries have no embassy or career consulate on record in the Comoros, so the application usually goes to one of their posts in another country. Counting the post an official diplomatic list names for the Comoros, or else the nearest one within 2,000 km, those posts are most often in Tanzania (14), Kenya (7), Uganda (3) and Madagascar (2).

The United States refused 30% of visitor-visa (B1/B2) applications from citizens of the Comoros in fiscal year 2025, by the State Department’s adjusted refusal rate. 94 of the 197 nationalities with a published rate had a lower one and 102 a higher one; the middle value was 32%.

Visa-free travel with the passport of the Comoros

By continent, the passport of the Comoros is visa-free in 8 countries in Africa, 6 countries in the Americas, 4 countries in Asia and 1 country in Oceania. The longest visa-free stays for citizens of the Comoros are allowed in Barbados (90 days), Benin (90 days), Ecuador (90 days), the Gambia (90 days), Haiti (90 days) and Kenya (90 days).

Visa on arrival

Citizens of the Comoros can get a visa at the airport or land border of Bangladesh, Burundi, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Ghana and 24 others.

E-Visa and electronic travel authorisation

An e-Visa, applied for online before the trip, is how citizens of the Comoros enter Albania, Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, the Bahamas, Bahrain, Bhutan, Bolivia and 41 others. Ivory Coast and Suriname ask instead for an electronic travel authorisation (ETA), a lighter online check than a visa.

How the passport compares

Of the 198 passports in the data, 198 get a visa on arrival for the Comoros.