Entry and residence

Visa

• Nationals of the African Union, the Francophonie and the Commonwealth (including French and British citizens) get a free 30-day tourist visa on arrival. Canadians get a 30-day visa on arrival or online via the Irembo platform. The East Africa tourist visa (Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda) costs 100 USD for 90 days.

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  France Diplomatie, Travel advice: Rwanda, entry and residenceGOV.UK (FCDO), Rwanda travel advice: entry requirementsGovernment of Canada, Travel advice: Rwanda

• 30-day extension for 50 USD, renewable twice (90 days in total without leaving). The authorities are very strict about valid status.

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• Passport: United States

  A 30-day tourist visa on arrival (USD 50 single entry, USD 70 multiple entry), or a 30-day, 90-day or 10-year visa from the Embassy of Rwanda. Passport valid for 6 months after entry.

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  U.S. Department of State, Rwanda International Travel Information
• Passport: Germany

  A visa is required, online or on arrival: about USD 50 for 30 days and a single entry, about USD 70 for 90 days and multiple entries. At the airport, pay in cash in dollars or euros, or by card.

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  Auswärtiges Amt, Ruanda: Reise- und Sicherheitshinweise
• Passport: Spain

  A visa is required, online or on arrival: tourist visa for 30 days single entry (USD 50) or 90 days multiple entry (USD 70); East Africa Tourist Visa for Rwanda, Kenya and Uganda (USD 100, 90 days).

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  Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores (España), Recomendaciones de viaje: Ruanda
• Passport: Burundi, Congo - Kinshasa, Kenya, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda

  Free entry visa, issued on arrival: stay of up to 180 days.

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  Directorate General of Immigration and Emigration (Rwanda), Visa on arrival
• Passports of 19 countries (see the list)

  Angola, Benin, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo - Kinshasa, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Haiti, Indonesia, Mauritius, Philippines, Qatar, São Tomé & Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, St. Kitts & Nevis

  Free entry visa, issued on arrival: stay of up to 90 days.

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  Directorate General of Immigration and Emigration (Rwanda), Visa on arrival

Passport and documents

• Passport valid for at least 6 months after entry, with one blank page according to the UK.

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Vaccination required at entry

• A yellow fever certificate is not required when arriving from France, but it is if you have stayed in a country where the disease is endemic.

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Customs and currency

• Plastic bags are strictly banned and confiscated at the airport.

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  France Diplomatie, Travel advice: Rwanda, useful information

• Embassy of France in Rwanda

  Passport: France

  French embassy in Kigali.

  3 KN 33 St, BP 441, Kigali+250 722 152 766

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