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Visa requirements for Eritrea passport holders
Citizens of Eritrea can visit 10 of 186 destinations visa-free and 72 more with an eTA, eVisa or visa on arrival.
Last checked . Policies change. Confirm with the embassy or official visa portal before you travel.
10
Visa-free
2
eTA
16
Visa on arrival
3
Pre-approval + VOA
51
eVisa
1
eVisa + biometrics
102
Embassy / VFS
1
Not permitted
Visa-free
No visa needed — just goeTA
Electronic travel authorization (online)Visa on arrival
Get your visa at the borderPre-approval + VOA
Approve online, collect at arrivaleVisa
Fully online — no office visit- Afghanistan30 days
- Albania90 days
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Bahamas30 days
- Bahrain14 days
- Barbados
- Bhutan90 days
- Botswana30 days
- Burkina Faso30 days
- Cameroon
- Chad30 days
- Colombia30 days
- Cuba30 days
- Djibouti30 days
- DR Congo30 days
- Equatorial Guinea90 days
- Ethiopia
- Gabon30 days
- Georgia30 days
- India30 days
- Iraq30 days
- Kazakhstan30 days
- Kyrgyzstan30 days
- Laos30 days
- Liberia30 days
- Libya
- Malawi30 days
- Malaysia30 days
- Mauritania
- Mongolia
- Myanmar28 days
- New Zealand270 days
- Nigeria30 days
- Pakistan30 days
- Qatar30 days
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- São Tomé and Príncipe30 days
- Sierra Leone30 days
- Somalia30 days
- South Sudan30 days
- Suriname
- Syria30 days
- Tajikistan30 days
- Tanzania30 days
- Thailand60 days
- Togo30 days
- United Arab Emirates30 days
- Vanuatu30 days
- Venezuela
- Vietnam90 days
- Zimbabwe30 days
eVisa + biometrics
Apply online, then a biometrics appointmentEmbassy / VFS
In-person at an embassy or visa center- Algeria30 days
- Andorra90 days
- Angola30 days
- Argentina90 days
- Armenia90 days
- Austria90 days
- Azerbaijan30 days
- Belarus30 days
- Belgium90 days
- Belize30 days
- Bosnia and Herzegovina90 days
- Brazil90 days
- Brunei
- Bulgaria90 days
- Burundi30 days
- Canada180 days
- Cape Verde
- Central African Republic
- Chile
- China30 days
- Costa Rica30 days
- Croatia90 days
- Cyprus90 days
- Czech Republic90 days
- Denmark90 days
- Dominican Republic30 days
- Ecuador90 days
- Egypt30 days
- El Salvador
- Estonia90 days
- Eswatini30 days
- Fiji30 days
- Finland90 days
- France90 days
- Germany90 days
- Greece90 days
- Grenada
- Guatemala30 days
- Guyana
- Honduras
- Hungary90 days
- Ireland90 days
- Israel90 days
- Italy90 days
- Jamaica
- Japan90 days
- Kiribati
- Kuwait
- Latvia90 days
- Lebanon
- Liechtenstein90 days
- Lithuania90 days
- Luxembourg90 days
- Mali
- Malta90 days
- Marshall Islands
- Mexico180 days
- Moldova90 days
- Monaco90 days
- Montenegro
- Morocco90 days
- Mozambique30 days
- Nauru
- Netherlands90 days
- Nicaragua
- Niger30 days
- North Macedonia
- Norway90 days
- Oman30 days
- Panama90 days
- Papua New Guinea60 days
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Poland90 days
- Portugal
- Republic of the Congo
- Romania90 days
- Russia30 days
- Saint Lucia
- San Marino90 days
- Saudi Arabia30 days
- Senegal30 days
- Serbia90 days
- Slovakia90 days
- Slovenia90 days
- Solomon Islands30 days
- South Africa90 days
- South Korea30 days
- Spain90 days
- Sudan
- Sweden90 days
- Switzerland90 days
- Tonga30 days
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia90 days
- Türkiye30 days
- Turkmenistan
- Ukraine90 days
- Uruguay
- Uzbekistan
- Vatican City90 days
- Yemen
Not permitted
Entry currently not allowedWhat the categories mean
- Visa-freeNo visa needed — just go
- eTAElectronic travel authorization (online)
- Visa on arrivalGet your visa at the border
- Pre-approval + VOAApprove online, collect at arrival
- eVisaFully online — no office visit
- eVisa + biometricsApply online, then a biometrics appointment
- Embassy / VFSIn-person at an embassy or visa center
- Not permittedEntry currently not allowed
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