Destination Visa Policy
Who needs a visa for Benin?
Find your passport below to see how you can enter Benin — then open the full breakdown with fees, documents, transit and health rules.
Passport validity
At least 6 months validity on arrival recommended
Blank pages
At least 1–2 blank visa pages
Yellow fever
Yellow fever vaccination is recommended for this destination and the certificate may be checked on arrival. It becomes mandatory for onward travel to many countries.
Visa Free (57 passports)
Algeria · 90d Angola · 90d Bahamas · 90d Botswana · 90d Burkina Faso · 90d Burundi · 90d Cameroon · 90d Cape Verde · 90d Central African Republic · 90d Chad · 90d China · 30d Comoros · 90d Djibouti · 90d DR Congo · 90d Egypt · 90d Equatorial Guinea · 90d Eritrea · 90d Eswatini · 90d Ethiopia · 90d Gabon · 90d Gambia · 90d Ghana · 90d Guinea · 90d Guinea-Bissau · 90d Haiti · 90d Hong Kong · 14d Ivory Coast · 90d Kenya · 90d Lesotho · 90d Liberia · 90d Libya · 90d Madagascar · 90d Malawi · 90d Mali · 90d Mauritania · 90d Mauritius · 90d Morocco · 90d Mozambique · 90d Namibia · 90d Niger · 90d Nigeria · 90d Republic of the Congo · 90d Rwanda · 90d Sao Tome and Principe · 90d Senegal · 90d Seychelles · 90d Sierra Leone · 90d Somalia · 90d South Africa · 90d South Sudan · 90d Sudan · 90d Tanzania · 90d Togo · 90d Tunisia · 90d Uganda · 90d Zambia · 90d Zimbabwe · 90d
e-Visa Required (141 passports)
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Standard short-stay tourism rules for ordinary passports. Special categories (diplomatic passports, residence-permit holders, crew) follow different rules — contact us for a personal assessment.