Passport validity
Your passport must be valid for at least 6 months.
An applicant should hold any genuine acceptable travel document valid not less than 6 months.
Visa rules · Tourist entry
Rwanda visa rules for Botswana passport holders
Other passports: see the rules for every passport visiting Rwanda.
The answer
Visa on arrival. Botswana passport holders can get a visa on arrival in Rwanda.
- Entry
- Visa on arrival
- Stay
- 30 days per entry
- Covers
- Tourist entry
1. No visa required for a stay of thirty (30) days for: Citizens of countries members to the following international organisations; African Union, Commonwealth and La Francophonie - Albania, Algeria, Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Australia, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Belgium, Botswana, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cameroon, Comoros, Canada, Cape Verde, Congo, Cyprus, Dominica, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Equatorial Guinea, Guyana, Fiji, France, Gabon, Grenada, Greece, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, India, Jamaica, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Luxembourg, Kiribati, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Moldova, Monaco, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, New Zealand, Niger, Nigeria, North Macedonia, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Romania, Saharawi Arab Republic, Saint Lucia, St Vincent and The Grenadines, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Switzerland, The Bahamas, The Gambia, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Tuvalu, United Kingdom, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
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Before you go
Tourist entry only
These rules cover tourist visits. Work, study and transit follow other rules.
The other way round
What Rwanda passport holders need to visit Botswana.
Rwanda passport Botswana
- Fee
- BWP 300.00
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Visa-free nearby
Other places Botswana passport holders can visit without a visa, within 2,500 km of Kigali, nearest first.
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