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North Korea visa rules for Sierra Leone passport holders

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The answer

No. Sierra Leone passport holders need a visa to visit North Korea.

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ONE TIME LIVIN’VISA NEEDED

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

Official source

tourismdprk.gov.kpState General Bureau of Tourist Guidance, DPRK (tourismdprk.gov.kp)Checked 31 Oct 2026

The visa may be issued at the diplomatic missions, consulates or travel companies staying abroad of the DPRK.

Quoted from the source.

Before you go

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

Conditions from official sources

  • Apply for the tourist visa through a DPRK travel company at least 15 days before departure.
  • Send two photos with the visa application.
  • Travelers from an area where avian flu, AIDS, typhoid fever, cholera, measles or another epidemic disease is prevalent must show a vaccination certificate issued by their country.

Passport validity

The source states no minimum passport validity.

Tourist entry only

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

The other way round

What North Korea passport holders need to visit Sierra Leone.

North Korea passport Sierra Leone

e-Visa · 30 days

Fee
$80.00
Maximum stay
Up to 30 days

The current list of countries whose citizens are entitled to apply for an eVisa is set out below ("Permitted Country"): All Countries with exception of all members of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)

North Korea passport to Sierra Leone, full page

Visa-free nearby

Other places Sierra Leone passport holders can visit without a visa, within 2,500 km of Pyongyang, nearest first.

No visa-free place we have reviewed is within 2,500 km yet.

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

Weather in Pyongyang

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

  1. JanHigh -0.6°CLow -9.8°CRain 11 mm
  2. FebHigh 3.1°CLow -6.4°CRain 16 mm
  3. MarHigh 9.7°CLow -0.8°CRain 20 mm
  4. AprHigh 17.7°CLow 6.2°CRain 51 mm
  5. MayHigh 23.5°CLow 12.3°CRain 75 mm
  6. JunHigh 27.5°CLow 17.6°CRain 92 mm
  7. JulHigh 29.0°CLow 21.5°CRain 291 mm
  8. AugHigh 29.6°CLow 21.6°CRain 213 mm
  9. SepHigh 25.8°CLow 16.0°CRain 105 mm
  10. OctHigh 18.8°CLow 8.0°CRain 44 mm
  11. NovHigh 9.7°CLow 0.6°CRain 41 mm
  12. DecHigh 1.3°CLow -7.1°CRain 18 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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