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Cape Verde visa requirements by passport
Visa rules for Cape Verde for 194 passports: 63 can visit visa-free, 44 can get an eTA, eVisa or visa on arrival and 87 must apply in person or give biometrics.
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63
Visa-free
36
Visa on arrival
8
Pre-approval + VOA
87
Embassy / VFS
Visa-free
No visa needed — just go- Andorra30 days
- Angola30 days
- Antigua and Barbuda30 days
- Austria30 days
- Belgium30 days
- Benin30 days
- Brazil30 days
- Bulgaria30 days
- Burkina Faso30 days
- Canada30 days
- Côte d'Ivoire30 days
- Croatia30 days
- Cyprus30 days
- Czech Republic30 days
- Estonia30 days
- Finland30 days
- Gambia90 days
- Germany30 days
- Ghana90 days
- Greece30 days
- Guinea30 days
- Guinea-Bissau30 days
- Hong Kong30 days
- Hungary30 days
- Iceland30 days
- Ireland30 days
- Italy30 days
- Latvia30 days
- Liberia90 days
- Liechtenstein30 days
- Lithuania30 days
- Luxembourg30 days
- Macau30 days
- Mali30 days
- Malta30 days
- Mauritania
- Monaco30 days
- Mozambique90 days
- Netherlands30 days
- Niger30 days
- Nigeria30 days
- Norway30 days
- Poland30 days
- Portugal30 days
- Romania30 days
- Russia30 days
- San Marino30 days
- São Tomé and Príncipe30 days
- Senegal30 days
- Sierra Leone
- Singapore90 days
- Slovakia30 days
- Slovenia30 days
- South Africa30 days
- South Korea90 days
- Spain30 days
- Sweden30 days
- Switzerland30 days
- Timor-Leste30 days
- Togo90 days
- Ukraine30 days
- United Kingdom30 days
- Vatican City30 days
Visa on arrival
Get your visa at the border- Albania30 days
- Argentina30 days
- Australia30 days
- Bahamas30 days
- Barbados30 days
- Belize30 days
- Bosnia and Herzegovina30 days
- Brunei30 days
- Cameroon30 days
- China30 days
- Equatorial Guinea30 days
- Georgia30 days
- Grenada
- India30 days
- Israel30 days
- Japan30 days
- Kenya30 days
- Kosovo90 days
- Kuwait30 days
- Laos30 days
- Mauritius30 days
- Micronesia
- Moldova
- Montenegro
- Myanmar30 days
- New Zealand30 days
- North Macedonia
- Rwanda30 days
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines30 days
- Serbia30 days
- Seychelles30 days
- Solomon Islands30 days
- Thailand30 days
- Uruguay30 days
Pre-approval + VOA
Approve online, collect at arrivalEmbassy / VFS
In-person at an embassy or visa center- Afghanistan30 days
- Algeria30 days
- Armenia30 days
- Azerbaijan30 days
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh30 days
- Belarus30 days
- Bhutan30 days
- Bolivia30 days
- Botswana30 days
- Burundi30 days
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Chile30 days
- Colombia30 days
- Comoros30 days
- Costa Rica
- Djibouti30 days
- Dominica30 days
- Dominican Republic
- DR Congo30 days
- Ecuador30 days
- Egypt
- El Salvador30 days
- Eritrea
- Eswatini30 days
- Ethiopia30 days
- France30 days
- Gabon30 days
- Guatemala30 days
- Guyana30 days
- Haiti30 days
- Honduras30 days
- Indonesia30 days
- Iran
- Iraq90 days
- Jamaica30 days
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kiribati30 days
- Kyrgyzstan30 days
- Lebanon30 days
- Lesotho30 days
- Libya30 days
- Madagascar30 days
- Malawi
- Mexico30 days
- Mongolia
- Morocco90 days
- Namibia30 days
- Nauru30 days
- Nepal30 days
- Nicaragua30 days
- North Korea30 days
- Oman30 days
- Pakistan
- Palau30 days
- Palestine30 days
- Panama30 days
- Papua New Guinea30 days
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines30 days
- Republic of the Congo30 days
- Samoa30 days
- Somalia
- South Sudan30 days
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan30 days
- Suriname30 days
- Syria90 days
- Taiwan
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania90 days
- Tonga30 days
- Trinidad and Tobago30 days
- Tunisia30 days
- Türkiye30 days
- Turkmenistan30 days
- Uganda30 days
- Uzbekistan30 days
- Vanuatu30 days
- Venezuela
- Vietnam
- Yemen30 days
- Zambia30 days
- Zimbabwe30 days
What the categories mean
- Visa-freeNo visa needed — just go
- Visa on arrivalGet your visa at the border
- Pre-approval + VOAApprove online, collect at arrival
- Embassy / VFSIn-person at an embassy or visa center
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