Visa requirements for Namibian citizens

Namibian 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, Namibia and 52 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).

85 countries ask holders of the Namibian passport for a visa beforehand, although their own citizens enter Namibia without one: Andorra, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria and 80 others.

The reverse holds for 17 countries: holders of the Namibian passport get in without a visa obtained in advance, but their citizens need one for Namibia (Bangladesh, Belize, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ethiopia and 12 others).

87 countries ask holders of the Namibian passport for a visa obtained before travel from an embassy, a consulate or a visa centre. 15 of them have an embassy or consulate on record in Namibia.

72 countries have no embassy or career consulate on record in Namibia, so the application usually goes to one of their posts in another country. Counting the post an official diplomatic list names for Namibia, or else the nearest one within 2,000 km, those posts are most often in South Africa (31).

The United States refused 17% of visitor-visa (B1/B2) applications from citizens of Namibia in fiscal year 2025, by the State Department’s adjusted refusal rate. 58 of the 197 nationalities with a published rate had a lower one and 138 a higher one; the middle value was 32%.

Visa-free travel with the Namibian passport

By continent, the Namibian passport is visa-free in 17 countries in Africa, 16 countries in the Americas, 5 countries in Asia, 3 countries in Oceania and 2 countries in Europe. The longest visa-free stays for Namibian citizens are allowed in Antigua and Barbuda (180 days), Dominica (180 days), Vanuatu (120 days), Barbados (90 days), Benin (90 days) and Brazil (90 days).

Visa on arrival

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

E-Visa and electronic travel authorisation

An e-Visa, applied for online before the trip, is how Namibian citizens enter Albania, Australia, Bahrain, Bhutan, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Cameroon and 35 others. Ivory Coast, Papua New Guinea and Suriname ask instead for an electronic travel authorisation (ETA), a lighter online check than a visa.

Namibia’s neighbours

South Africa, Botswana, Zambia and Angola admit Namibian citizens without a visa.

How the passport compares

Among neighbouring passports, the South African passport ranks 97th (95 destinations), the passport of Botswana ranks 116th (73 destinations), the Zambian passport ranks 135th (63 destinations) and the Angolan passport ranks 170th (48 destinations). Of the 198 passports in the data, 22 can enter visa-free, 115 get a visa on arrival and 61 need an e-Visa for Namibia.