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Namibia visa rules for Canada passport holders

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The answer

Visa on arrival. Canada passport holders can get a visa on arrival in Namibia.

Entry
Visa on arrival
Stay
90 days per entry
Fee
NAD 1,600.00
Covers
Tourist entry
ONE TIME LIVIN’VISA ONARRIVAL90 DAYS

Our summary of the official rule. Not an official stamp.

Official source

web.archive.orgMinistry of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety and Security of Namibia (e-Services portal)Checked 31 Oct 2026

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Before you go

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

Conditions from official sources

  • Arriving by air, get the visa on arrival only at Hosea Kutako International Airport (Windhoek) or Walvis Bay Airport; other airports such as Eros, Mpacha, Ondangwa and Rundu accept only a visa approved online before travel.
  • Needs a passport with 3 blank pages.
  • Needs a return ticket.

Passport validity

Your passport must be valid for at least 6 months.

The Passport must be Valid for at least 6 Months beyond the intended to stay

Tourist entry only

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

The other way round

What Namibia passport holders need to visit Canada.

Namibia passport Canada

Visa needed

Visa-required countries or territories Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua and Barbuda (Some citizens of Antigua and Barbuda may be eligible for an electronic travel authorization [eTA] if they meet certain requirements .) Argentina (Some citizens of Argentina may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) Armenia Azerbaijan Bahrain Bangladesh Belarus Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia-Herzegovina Botswana Brazil (Some citizens of Brazil may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon, Republic of Cabo Verde Central African Republic Chad China, People's Republic of Colombia Comoros Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic of Costa Rica, Republic of (Some citizens of Costa Rica may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) Cuba Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Eswatini Ethiopia Fiji Gabon Gambia Georgia Ghana Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras India Indonesia (Some citizens of Indonesia may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) Iran Iraq Israel (Travellers must have a valid Israeli "Travel Document in Lieu of National Passport".) Ivory Coast Jamaica Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Korea, North Kosovo Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Macao Special Administrative Region Madagascar Malawi Malaysia (Some citizens of Malaysia may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) Maldives Islands Mali Marshall Islands Mauritania Mauritius Mexico (Some citizens of Mexico may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) Micronesia, Fed. States Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco (Some citizens of Morocco may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nauru Nepal Nicaragua Niger Nigeria North Macedonia Oman Pakistan Palau Palestine Panama (Some citizens of Panama may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) Paraguay Peru Philippines (Some citizens of the Philippines may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) Romania (holder of a non-electronic passport, such as a temporary passport) Russia Rwanda Sao Tomé e Principe Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of Senegal Serbia Seychelles (Some citizens of the Seychelles may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sri Lanka St. Kitts and Nevis (Some citizens of St. Kitts and Nevis may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) St. Lucia (Some citizens of St. Lucia may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) St. Vincent and the Grenadines (St. Vincent) (Some citizens of St. Vincent and the Grenadines may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) Sudan Suriname Syria Taiwan (Travellers must have a passport other than an ordinary passport issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Taiwan that includes the personal identification number.) Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand (Some citizens of Thailand may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago (Some citizens of Trinidad and Tobago may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) Tunisia Türkiye Turkmenistan Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine Uruguay (Some citizens of Uruguay may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Vietnam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe

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Visa-free nearby

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

  1. BotswanaGaborone, about 930 km from WindhoekVisa-free · 90 days
  2. South AfricaPretoria, about 1,180 km from WindhoekVisa-free · 90 days
  3. LesothoMaseru, about 1,280 km from WindhoekVisa-free · 14 days
  4. ZambiaLusaka, about 1,420 km from WindhoekVisa-free · 90 days
  5. EswatiniMbabane, about 1,480 km from WindhoekVisa-free · 30 days

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

Weather in Windhoek

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

  1. JanHigh 31.1°CLow 17.6°CRain 84 mm
  2. FebHigh 30.2°CLow 17.5°CRain 89 mm
  3. MarHigh 29.2°CLow 16.4°CRain 72 mm
  4. AprHigh 26.9°CLow 13.6°CRain 42 mm
  5. MayHigh 24.9°CLow 10.9°CRain 6 mm
  6. JunHigh 22.2°CLow 7.5°CRain 1 mm
  7. JulHigh 22.0°CLow 7.4°CRain 0 mm
  8. AugHigh 24.8°CLow 9.6°CRain 0 mm
  9. SepHigh 28.8°CLow 13.3°CRain 3 mm
  10. OctHigh 31.2°CLow 16.0°CRain 12 mm
  11. NovHigh 31.5°CLow 16.6°CRain 19 mm
  12. DecHigh 32.2°CLow 17.7°CRain 46 mm

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

Averages of 21 to 30 years between 1991 and 2020, computed by One Time Livin’.

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