Rwanda Tourist Visa Requirements
Getting a Rwanda tourist visa is very easy as it is obtained at the Kigali International airport on Arrival. Rwanda, known to be the safest and cleanest country in Africa, is attractive to many tourists around the world. The main attraction for tourists in Rwanda is Gorilla trekking though there are also the Akagera National Park for game drive and Nyungwe Rain Forest National Park with different types of primates. For Rwanda Tourist Visa Requirements the tourist should have a valid passport at least 6 months from travelling dates, a tourist should have a yellow fever vaccination and nowadays due to Covid19 a tourist should have a negative PCR covid test valid for 72 hours for departing to Rwanda.
Citizens of country members of Africa Union, Commonwealth and “La Francophonie ” are waived visa fees for a visit of 30 days.
For citizens of the East African Community members states (Burundi, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Southern Sudan) are issued entry visa free of charge upon arrival to stay for a period of six months, a period that is enough for someone looking at exploring the beauty of Rwanda from National parks, people and culture as well as the Kigali City that is ranked the cleanest city in Africa.
A selection of countries is granted a free of charge visa for 90 days, also received at arrival in the country. Tourists from the following countries are granted this type of visa: Angola, Benin, Central Africa Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Guinea, Indonesia, Haiti, Mauritius, St Christopher and Nevis, Philippines, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Sao Tome and Principe, Singapore and Qatar.
Tourists from countries that are not visa exempt, also submit a visa application online when they are travelling to Rwanda. They can also submit their application at the Rwanda Diplomatic missions in their country of residence before their departure to Rwanda. When applying for a tourist visa to Rwanda online, you can also pay online or pay upon arrival. As stated above for Rwanda Tourist Visa Requirements, a tourist should have his valid passport.
Though the time of the visa is enough for a tourist to enjoy all the countries attractions, when someone wants to enjoy more days or wants to stay longer, a possibility of extending the visa exists, only that applying for visa extension should be made while the initial one is still valid. The application is made to the Directorate General of Immigration and emigration Offices in Kigali.
Tourists who wish to visit simultaneously the three countries of East Africa namely Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda are granted a single entry tourism visa which is also applied for online or at each countries diplomatic missions abroad. This is to note that the tourist who applied for this type of visa before traveling to the first entry point should be the country through which you applied from. This type of tourist visa is valid for 90 days and is on multiple entry if staying within the three countries.
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