Destination Visa Policy
Who needs a visa for Ethiopia?
Find your passport below to see how you can enter Ethiopia — then open the full breakdown with fees, documents, transit and health rules.
Passport validity
At least 6 months validity on arrival — strictly enforced
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 (2 passports)
Visa on Arrival (114 passports)
Algeria Angola Argentina Australia Austria Bahrain Belarus Belgium Benin Bosnia & Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad China Comoros Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark DR Congo Equatorial Guinea Estonia Eswatini Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Guinea Guinea-Bissau Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Ireland Israel Italy Ivory Coast Japan Jordan Kosovo Kuwait Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Monaco Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Namibia Netherlands New Zealand Niger North Korea North Macedonia Norway Oman Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Republic of the Congo Romania Russia Rwanda Sao Tome and Principe Saudi Arabia Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Tanzania Thailand Togo Tunisia Türkiye Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States Zambia Zimbabwe
e-Visa Required (81 passports)
Afghanistan Albania Andorra Antigua & Barbuda Armenia Azerbaijan Bahamas Bangladesh Barbados Belize Bhutan Bolivia Brunei Cambodia Chile Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Eritrea Fiji Grenada Guatemala Guyana Haiti Honduras Iran Iraq Jamaica Kazakhstan Kiribati Kyrgyzstan Laos Libya Macau Malaysia Maldives Marshall Islands Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Myanmar Nauru Nepal Nicaragua Nigeria Pakistan Palau Palestine Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Samoa San Marino Serbia Solomon Islands Somalia Sri Lanka St. Kitts & Nevis St. Lucia St. Vincent & Grenadines Sudan Suriname Tajikistan Timor-Leste Tonga Trinidad & Tobago Turkmenistan Tuvalu Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Vatican City Venezuela Vietnam Yemen
Embassy Visa Required (1 passports)
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.