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Botswana- Visas

All visitors entering Botswana must hold a passport that is valid for at least six months, except those with United Nations Convention travel documents.

Visitors must also have outgoing travel documents and sufficient funds to finance their stay

NO Visas Required by Nationals of :

ANTIGUA & BARBUDA * ARGENTINA * AUSTRALIA * AUSTRIA

BAHAMAS * BARBADOS * BELGIUM * BELIZE * BRAZIL * BRUNEI

DAR-ES-SALAAM

CANADA * CYPRUS

DENMARK

FIJI * FINLAND * FRANCE

GAMBIA * GERMANY * GREECE * GRENADA * GUYANA

ICELAND * IRELAND * ITALY * ISRAEL

JAMAICA * JAPAN

KENYA * KIRIBATI

LESOTHO LIECHTENSTEIN * LUXEMBOURG

MALAWI * MALAYSIA * MALDIVES * MALTA * MAURITIUS * MEXICO

NAMIBIA * NAURU * NETHERLANDS * NEW ZEALAND * NORWAY

PAPUA NEW GUINEA * PORTUGAL

SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS *SAINT LUCIA *SAINT VICENT AND THE GURENADINES * SAMOA

SAN MARICO * SEYCHELLES * SIERRA LEONE * SINGAPORE * SOLOMON ISLANDS *

SOUTH AFRICA * SPAIN * SWAZILAND * SWEDEN * SWITZERLAND

TANZANIA * TONGA * TRINIDAD AND TEBAGO * TUVALU

UNITED KINGDOM (UK) * UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (USA) * UGANDA * URUGUAY

VANUATU

YUGOSLAVIA

ZAMBIA * ZIMBABWE

Visas Required by - ( No more Bots visas at point of entry)

All visas must now be pre-arranged for tourists who require a visa. They can be arranged with the Botswana High Commission and in countries where Botswana is not represented, may be obtained from the British High Commission.

Visa fees to Botswana will be charged at £60 from 4 August 2004.

General entry - US$ 120 (single- or multiple-entry) valid for a maximum of 90 days from date of issue

COMMONWEALTH COUNTRIES WHOSE NATIONALS REQUIRE A VISA TO ENTER BOTSWANA

GHANA

INDIA

NIGERIA

SRI LANKA

AFGHANISTAN * ALBANIA * ALGERIA * ANDORRA * ANGOLA * ARAMENIA * AZERBAIJAN

BAHRAIN * BANGLADESH * BELARUS * BENIN * BHUTAN * BOLIVIA

BASNIA & HERZEGOVINA * BULGARIA * BURKINA FASO * BURUNDI

CAMBODIA * CAMEROON * CAPE VERDE * CENTRAL AFICAN REPUBLIC * CHAD

CHILE * CHINA * COLOMBIA * COROMOS * CONGO * DRC–DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO

COSTA RICA * COTE DOIVOIRE * CROATIA * CUBA * CZECH REPUBLIC

ECUADOR

DJIBOUTI * DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

ECUADOR * EGYPT * EL SALVADOR * EQUATORIAL GUINEA * ERITREA * ESTONIA * ETHIOPIA

GABON * GEORGIA * GUATEMALA * GUINEA * GUINEA BISSAU

HAITI * HONDURAS * HUNGARY

INDONESIA * IRAN * IRAQ * ISREAL * IVORY COAST

JORDAN

KAZAKHSTAN * KOREA DPR * KOREA ROK * KUWAIT * KYRGYZSTAN (KIRGHIZIA)

LAOS PDR * LATVIA * LEBANON * LIBERIA * LIBYA * LITHUANIA

MACEDONIA * MADAGASCAR * MALI * MARSHALL ISLANDS * MAURITANIA * MICRONESIA

MOLDOVA * MONACO * MONGOLIA * MOROCCO * MOZAMBIQUE * MYANMAR (RURMA)

NEPAL * NICARAGUA * NIGER

OMAN

PARKISTAN * PALAU * PANAMA * PARAGUAY * PERU * PHILIPPINES * POLAND

QATAR

ROMANIA * RUSSIA * RWANDA

SAO TOME & PRINCIPE * SAUDI ARABIA * SENEGAL * SLOVAKIA * SLOVENIA * SOMALIA

SUDAN * SURINAME * SYRIA

TAIWAN * TAJIKISTAN * THAILAND * TOGO * TUNISIA * TURKEY * TURKMENISTAN

UKRAINE * UNITED ARAB EMIRATES * UZBEKISTAN

VENEZUELA * VIETNAM

YEMEN

Visa Applications

Application requirements:

Two completed application forms - Two recent colour passport-size photos - Passport valid for at least six months, with at least one blank page - Fee (cash or postal order only) - tourists to Botswana to be able to show travel itinerary - Letter of invitation or letter of offer of employment if travelling on business.
Allow 1 - 3 working days for application to be processed

General entry - US$ 120 (single- or multiple-entry) valid for a maximum of 90 days from date of issue

Visas are obtainable from:

GABORONE:The Chief Immigration Officer, PO Box 942, Gaborone, Botswana. Telephone (+267) 361-1300.

SOUTH AFRICA
Botswana High Commission - PRETORIA
24 Amos Street, Colbyn
P.O. Box 57034
Arcadia, 0007
Pretoria
Tel. (27) 12 342-4761/2/3/4, Fax. (27) 12 342-1845

Botswana Consulate General - CAPE TOWN
8 Riebeeck Street
4th Floor, Southern Life Centre
P.O. Box 3288 Cape Town, 8000
Tel. (27) 21 211-045, Fax. (27) 21 211-046

Botswana Consulate General - JOHANNESBURG
122 De Korte Street, 2nd Floor
P.O. Box 32051
Braamfontein, 201
Johannesburg, 2017
Tel. (27) 11 403-3748, Fax. (27) 11 403-1286

EUROPE: The Botswana Embassy, Avenue de Tervuren 169, 1150 Brussels, Belgium. Telephone: (+32) 02-7352070, Facsimile: 7356318

Botswana diplomatic or consular missions or by British embassies or consulates in countries where there are no representations of Botswana.

Temporary residence:

Anyone wishing to stay for more than 90 days should contact the Immigration and Passport Control Officer, PO Box 942, Gaborone