Visa requirements for Nigerien citizens

Nigerien 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, Niger and 19 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).

No country asks holders of the Nigerien passport for a visa beforehand while its own citizens enter Niger without one.

The reverse holds for 34 countries: holders of the Nigerien passport get in without a visa obtained in advance, but their citizens need one for Niger (Bangladesh, Barbados, Burundi, Cambodia, Central African Republic and 29 others).

99 countries ask holders of the Nigerien passport for a visa obtained before travel from an embassy, a consulate or a visa centre. 14 of them have an embassy or consulate on record in Niger.

85 countries have no embassy or career consulate on record in Niger, so the application usually goes to one of their posts in another country. Counting the post an official diplomatic list names for Niger, or else the nearest one within 2,000 km, those posts are most often in Nigeria (13), Ghana (3) and Burkina Faso (2).

The United States refused 38% of visitor-visa (B1/B2) applications from citizens of Niger in fiscal year 2025, by the State Department’s adjusted refusal rate. 115 of the 197 nationalities with a published rate had a lower one and 81 a higher one; the middle value was 32%.

Visa-free travel with the Nigerien passport

By continent, the Nigerien passport is visa-free in 21 countries in Africa, 5 countries in the Americas, 3 countries in Asia and 1 country in Oceania. The longest visa-free stays for Nigerien citizens are allowed in Barbados (90 days), Benin (90 days), the Central African Republic (90 days), Ivory Coast (90 days), Ecuador (90 days) and Ghana (90 days).

Visa on arrival

Nigerien citizens can get a visa at the airport or land border of Bangladesh, Burundi, Cambodia, the Comoros, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Iran and 15 others.

E-Visa and electronic travel authorisation

An e-Visa, applied for online before the trip, is how Nigerien citizens enter Albania, Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, the Bahamas, Bahrain, Bhutan, Bolivia and 39 others. Morocco and Suriname ask instead for an electronic travel authorisation (ETA), a lighter online check than a visa.

Niger’s neighbours

Chad, Benin, Burkina Faso, Nigeria and Mali admit Nigerien citizens without a visa. For the other neighbours, the rules are: Algeria (visa required) and Libya (e-Visa).

How the passport compares

Among neighbouring passports, the Beninese passport ranks 141st (60 destinations), the Algerian passport ranks 153rd (55 destinations), the passport of Burkina Faso ranks 153rd (55 destinations), the Chadian passport ranks 162nd (51 destinations) and the Malian passport ranks 162nd (51 destinations). Of the 198 passports in the data, 19 can enter visa-free and 179 need a visa from an embassy or consulate for Niger.