Do I need a visa for Burundi?
Whether you need a visa for Burundi depends on the passport you hold. Find your passport in the table below for the exact rule, the stay length, the passport validity required, and any arrival registration you have to complete separately.
Now pick the passport you travel on.
Entry rules by passport
Select your nationality for the full answer: stay length, passport validity, pre-registration and how to apply.
| Passport | What you need | Max stay |
|---|---|---|
| Lithuania | Visa on arrival | 30 days |
| Germany | Visa on arrival | 30 days |
| United Kingdom | Visa on arrival | 30 days |
| United States | Visa on arrival | 30 days |
| France | Visa on arrival | 30 days |
| Poland | Visa on arrival | 30 days |
| Netherlands | Visa on arrival | 30 days |
| Spain | Visa on arrival | 30 days |
| Italy | Visa on arrival | 30 days |
| Brazil | Visa on arrival | 30 days |
| India | Visa on arrival | 30 days |
| China | Visa on arrival | 30 days |
| Türkiye | Visa on arrival | 30 days |
| Nigeria | Visa on arrival | 30 days |
| South Africa | Visa on arrival | 30 days |
| Philippines | Visa on arrival | 30 days |
| Pakistan | Visa on arrival | 30 days |
| Bangladesh | Visa on arrival | 30 days |
| Indonesia | Visa on arrival | 30 days |
| Egypt | Visa on arrival | 30 days |
| Vietnam | Visa on arrival | 30 days |
What to do next
The part most visa checkers leave out: what actually needs doing before you fly.
Confirm with the official source
Rules change without notice, and only the immigration authority of Burundi can tell you where you stand. Search for its official site before you travel.
Check your passport
Passport validity required: valid on arrival. Renew first if you are close, because this is the most common reason travellers are turned away.
Exit-Entry Permit required
Separate from any visa: Burundi requires this registration before or on arrival. Do it even if you need no visa.
Common questions
Entry to Burundi, answered from the same rules the table shows.
Yes, on every one of the 21 most-checked passports listed above — though 21 are issued a visa at the border rather than in advance. The table gives the exact document each nationality needs and when it has to be obtained.
Valid on arrival. Renew before you travel if you are close to that, because it is one of the most common reasons travellers are refused boarding — by the airline, before they ever reach the border.
Yes, for Lithuania, Germany, United Kingdom, United States, France, Poland, Netherlands and Spain among others. It is issued at the border, and the fee and documents it requires are checked at the counter rather than corrected there.
Not for any of the 21 most-checked passports listed above. Nationalities outside that list may still have one available.
Yes. Burundi requires Exit-Entry Permit, separately from any visa and regardless of whether you need one. Travellers who are told they need no visa miss this most often.
Travelling somewhere else?
Check any passport against any destination