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French Polynesia visa rules for Botswana passport holders

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The answer

No. Botswana passport holders need a visa to visit French Polynesia.

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ONE TIME LIVIN’VISA NEEDED

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Official source

Arrêté du 29 décembre 2011 relatif aux documents et visas exigés pour l'entrée des étrangers sur le territoire de la Polynésie française, Annexe II, Légifrance (DILA, French Government): Annexe II, version in force since 2025-06-19 (arrêtés du 28 mai 2025), from DILA's LEGI open dataChecked 3 Nov 2026

a) Les titulaires d'un titre de séjour ou d'un visa de long séjour en cours de validité

Quoted from the source.

Who sets the entry rules

French Polynesia is part of France but outside the Schengen area, so it has its own visa rules.

Source: service-public.gouv.fr

Before you go

The conditions that come with this rule, from its official sources.

Conditions from official sources

  • Can enter without a visa for up to 3 months in 6 with a valid residence permit or long-stay visa issued by France or another Schengen state.

Passport validity

Your passport must be valid for at least 3 months.

Votre passeport en cours de validité dont la validité est supérieure d'au moins 3 mois à la date à laquelle vous avez prévu de quitter la Polynésie française

Tourist entry only

These rules cover tourist visits. Work, study and transit follow other rules.

Visa-free nearby

Other places Botswana passport holders can visit without a visa, within 2,500 km of Papeete, nearest first.

  1. Cook IslandsAvarua, about 1,150 km from PapeeteVisa-free · 31 days
  2. SamoaApia, about 2,410 km from PapeeteVisa-free · 90 days

We list only countries whose rules we have reviewed. More appear as we review them.

Weather in Papeete

Average high and low temperature and rainfall in Papeete, month by month.

  1. JanHigh 31.0°CLow 24.4°CRain 265 mm
  2. FebHigh 31.1°CLow 24.5°CRain 244 mm
  3. MarHigh 31.5°CLow 24.7°CRain 167 mm
  4. AprHigh 31.3°CLow 24.5°CRain 99 mm
  5. MayHigh 30.4°CLow 23.6°CRain 103 mm
  6. JunHigh 29.6°CLow 22.6°CRain 75 mm
  7. JulHigh 29.2°CLow 22.1°CRain 43 mm
  8. AugHigh 29.0°CLow 21.9°CRain 41 mm
  9. SepHigh 29.3°CLow 22.3°CRain 50 mm
  10. OctHigh 29.7°CLow 23.0°CRain 103 mm
  11. NovHigh 30.5°CLow 23.9°CRain 105 mm
  12. DecHigh 30.6°CLow 24.3°CRain 279 mm

Bar and large number: average high, °CSmaller number: average low, °Cmm: average rainfall

Averages of 30 years between 1991 and 2020, computed by One Time Livin’.

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