Visa requirements for citizens of Eswatini

Citizens of Eswatini 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, Eswatini and 38 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).

59 countries ask holders of the passport of Eswatini for a visa beforehand, although their own citizens enter Eswatini without one: Andorra, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan and 54 others.

The reverse holds for 30 countries: holders of the passport of Eswatini get in without a visa obtained in advance, but their citizens need one for Eswatini (Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Burundi, Cambodia and 25 others).

87 countries ask holders of the passport of Eswatini for a visa obtained before travel from an embassy, a consulate or a visa centre. 1 of them has an embassy or consulate on record in Eswatini.

86 countries have no embassy or career consulate on record in Eswatini, so the application usually goes to one of their posts in another country. Counting the post an official diplomatic list names for Eswatini, or else the nearest one within 2,000 km, those posts are most often in South Africa (32) and Mozambique (11).

The United States refused 51% of visitor-visa (B1/B2) applications from citizens of Eswatini in fiscal year 2025, by the State Department’s adjusted refusal rate. 141 of the 197 nationalities with a published rate had a lower one and 55 a higher one; the middle value was 32%.

Visa-free travel with the passport of Eswatini

By continent, the passport of Eswatini is visa-free in 18 countries in Africa, 13 countries in the Americas, 5 countries in Asia, 4 countries in Oceania and 1 country in Europe. The longest visa-free stays for citizens of Eswatini are allowed in Antigua and Barbuda (180 days), Barbados (180 days), Dominica (180 days), Fiji (120 days), Vanuatu (120 days) and Benin (90 days).

Visa on arrival

Citizens of Eswatini can get a visa at the airport or land border of Bangladesh, Burundi, Cambodia, Cape Verde, the Comoros, Djibouti, Ethiopia and 16 others.

E-Visa and electronic travel authorisation

An e-Visa, applied for online before the trip, is how citizens of Eswatini enter Albania, Australia, Bahrain, Bhutan, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Cameroon and 36 others. Israel, Ivory Coast, Saint Kitts and Nevis, South Korea and Suriname ask instead for an electronic travel authorisation (ETA), a lighter online check than a visa.

Eswatini’s neighbours

South Africa and Mozambique admit citizens of Eswatini without a visa.

How the passport compares

Among neighbouring passports, the South African passport ranks 97th (95 destinations) and the Mozambican passport ranks 146th (57 destinations). Of the 198 passports in the data, 97 can enter visa-free and 101 need a visa from an embassy or consulate for Eswatini.