Assistance in obtaining an e-Visa

Tanzania mainland & Zanzibar ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฟ

Since 2018, the Tanzanian government has introduced an electronic visa for visiting the country for tourism or business. To visit the island of Zanzibar, the procedure is the same. It allows you to enter the country once and stay for a maximum of 90 days. Most countries are eligible for this online application. Consular fees start ร  47 €. The average waiting time is 7 days for urgent departures.

What are the eligibility criteria for a Tanzanian e-Visa?

1๏ธโƒฃ Passport

Travellers must hold a passport that is still valid at least 6 months after the date of entry into Tanzania.

2๏ธโƒฃ Current visa

You do not need to be in possession of a Tanzanian resident visa.

3๏ธโƒฃ Location

You must not currently be in Tanzania with a valid visa, or with an extension to your visa.

Which nationalities are eligible for e-Visa?

๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Albania
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Algeria
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Germany
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Andorra
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ด Angola
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Saudi Arabia
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท Argentina
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Armenia
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ผ Aruba
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Australia
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น Austria
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ญ Bahrain
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช Belgium
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฏ Benin
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡น Bhutan
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡พ Belarus
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ด Bolivia
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฆ Bosnia-Herzegovina
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท Brazil
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌ Bulgaria
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ซ Burkina Faso
๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ญ Cambodia
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Cameroon
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Canada
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ป Cape Verde
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Chile
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ China
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ด Colombia
๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Comoros
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Congo
๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท South Korea
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ท Costa Rica
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Ivory Coast
๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ท Croatia
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡บ Cuba
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ผ Curaรงao
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Denmark
๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌ Egypt
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ช United Arab Emirates
๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡จ Ecuador
๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Spain
๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ช Estonia
๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฆ Vatican City State
๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฏ Fiji
๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Finland
๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Gabon
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ช Georgia
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ธ South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท Greece
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡บ Guam
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡น Guatemala
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ณ Guinea
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ผ Guinea-Bissau
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ซ French Guiana
๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡น Haiti
๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ณ Honduras
๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡บ Hungary
๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ด Faroe Islands
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ญ Marshall Islands
๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ณ Pitcairn Islands
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ India
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Indonesia
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช Ireland
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ธ Iceland
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Israel
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Italy
๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Japan
๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ด Jordan
๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ผ Kuwait
๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Laos
๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ป Latvia
๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ท Liberia
๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡พ Libya
๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Liechtenstein
๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡น Lithuania
๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡บ Luxembourg
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ป Maldives
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Morocco
๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡น Mayotte
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Mexico
๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Micronesia
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Moldova
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡จ Monaco
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ณ Mongolia
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ช Montenegro
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ธ Montserrat
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Myanmar
๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ต Nepal
๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Nicaragua
๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด Norway
๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡จ New Caledonia
๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟ New Zealand
๐Ÿ‡ด๐Ÿ‡ฒ Oman
๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ผ Palau
๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฆ Panama
๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡พ Paraguay
๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Netherlands
๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ช Peru
๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญ Philippines
๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ Poland
๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ซ French Polynesia
๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น Portugal
๐Ÿ‡ถ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Qatar
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Democratic Republic of Congo
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ด Dominican Republic
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ซ Central African Republic
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Republic of Macedonia
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง United Kingdom
๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Russia
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฒ San Marino
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Saint-Martin (Dutch part)
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ป Salvador
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ธ American Samoa
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡น Sao Tome and Principe
๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธ Serbia
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Slovakia
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Slovenia
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Sudan
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ธ South Sudan
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช Sweden
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ Switzerland
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ท Suriname
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Czech Republic
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ญ Thailand
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฑ East Timor
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฌ Togo
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ณ Tunisia
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท Turkey
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Ukraine
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡พ Uruguay
๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ช Venezuela
๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ณ Vietnam

Which destinations are eligible for e-Visa?

3 airports and 2 land borders are covered by these electronic visas.ย โš ๏ธ If you are arriving by sea or elsewhere, please apply for a standard visa at the embassy or port of arrival.

Airports
  • Julius Nyerere airport (Dar es Salaam)
  • Kilimanjaro Airport
  • Kisauni Abeid Amani Karume airport (Zanzibar)
Land borders
  • Namanga
  • Tunduma

Travel insurance for Zanzibar

Mandatory since October 2024

The Tanzanian government now requires medical insurance for travel to Zanzibar only, regardless of whether travellers also have their own insurance and regardless of the length of their stay in Zanzibar. You should check that you are not over-insured by travelling with several insurance policies.
The price depends on the age of the applicant:
free of charge for under-3s, 22 USD (21 €) for under-18s and 44 USD (42 €) for adults
Apply for Zanzibar insurance

What are the advantages of e-Visa over a traditional visa?

Are you visiting Tanzania for less than 90 days?ย ย The e-Visa is valid from the date of your entry into Tanzania.

  • Prices from 47 € per passenger (+service)
  • 1 entry for a maximum of 90 days on site

Group application possible

100% online, nothing to post

Quicker to obtain

Official document from the authorities

โšช๏ธ ๐ŸŸ  โšช๏ธ
Disrupted processing of files

The authorities may take a few days longer to issue the document

The Tanzanian e-visa in summary

Format Electronics only
Reasons Tourism or business
Number of entries 1
How long does it take? 7 days for urgent departures
Length of stay 0 to 90 days
Validity 90 days
Consular fees From 47 €

For atrip to Tanzania or the island of Zanzibar, the Tanzania eVisa is compulsory for most nationalities.

Your electronic visa for Tanzania allows you to stay 90 days on site for 47 €excluding brokerage fees. With your Tanzania e-VisaYou can enter via several entry points, such as theJulius Nyerere airport (Dar es Salaam), Kilimanjaro airport, Abeid Amani Karume airport in Kisauni (Zanzibar), the Namanga and Tunduma land borders.

From January 2025, it will no longer be possible to obtain a Tanzania visa on arrival. We recommend that you online application at least 7 days before you arrive.

When should you travel to Tanzania?

In Tanzania and Zanzibar, the sun is always out! There is no ideal time to go to Tanzania, but if you want to avoid the tourist crowds, it's best to avoid the Christmas holidays, as well as the summer holidays (July-August).

Places to visit in Tanzania

This magical place will offer you many exceptional and breathtaking landscapes. Ngorongoro Park is considered one of the most beautiful parks in Tanzania to go on a safari.

A historic district of Zanzibar, Stone Town is a village of unique architecture, colourful markets and cobbled streets. If you visit Stone Town, you can easily head to Prison Island to admire the land tortoises.

Located in west Tanzania on the shores of Lake Tanganyika, Mahale National Park has many chimpanzees for you to photograph. Take a hot-air balloon flight over Serengeti Park and contemplate the beauty of the landscape from the air.

Practical information

  • Official country name United Republic of Tanzania
  • Location East Africa
  • Capital : Dodoma
  • Area surface area: 945,087 km2
  • Language Swahili, English
  • Currency Tanzanian shilling
  • Climate Humid equatorial, temperate tropical
  • Time zone UTC +3

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Information

Security Tourists are advised not to visit the following areas unless there is a compelling reason to do so regions bordering Burundi and the DR Congoand the south-east, bordering Mozambique.

 

Health Yellow fever vaccine recommended and it's important to be up to date with your universal vaccinations.

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