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Politics of Namibia
Constitution Constituent Assembly
Executive President Nangolo Mbumba President-elect Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah Vice-President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah Prime Minister Saara Kuugongelwa Cabinet
Legislature National Council Chairman: Lukas Sinimbo Muha National Assembly Speaker: Peter Katjavivi
Judiciary Supreme Court Chief Justice: Peter Shivute
Administrative divisions Regions Constituencies
Elections Recent elections General: 2014 2019 2024 Regional: 2010 2015 2020 Political parties
Foreign relations Ministry of Foreign Affairs Minister: Peya Mushelenga Diplomatic missions of / in Namibia Nationality law Passport Visa requirements Visa policy
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Namibia international border crossing points

The Government of Namibia allows citizens of specific countries and territories to travel to Namibia for tourism, visiting friends and relatives as well as official purposes for three months with an ordinary, diplomatic and service passports without having to obtain a visa. All visitors must hold a passport valid for 6 months.

Namibia will soon start issuing African passport holders with visas on arrival at ports of entry as a first step towards the eventual abolition of all visa requirements for all Africans.

Namibia is expected to become part of the universal KAZA visa.

Visa policy map

Visa exemption

Holders of ordinary passports issued by the following 55 jurisdictions can enter Namibia without a visa for a maximum stay of 3 months within one calendar year:

_{1 - including holders of MSAR passports and MSAR Travel Permits.
2 - including all classes of British nationality.}

Date of visa changes
This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (October 2018) 1 June 1991: Finland

Holders of diplomatic, official or service passports issued to nationals of Ghana, Congo, India, Nigeria, Poland, Rwanda, Turkey and Venezuela do not require a visa to enter Namibia. African holders of diplomatic or official passports are exempted from Namibian visas.

Visa waiver agreement for diplomatic and service passports was signed with  Vietnam in 2013 but has not yet come into force.

Visa on arrival

In June 2019 Namibia announced a visa on arrival facility (to be implemented within two months) for citizens of the following countries arriving at Hosea Kutako International Airport. The visa on arrival will cost N$1000.

In the second phase, visas will be issued on arrival at border crossings in Ariamsvlei, Noordoewer, Oranjemund, Trans-Kalahari, Katima Mulilo, Oshikango and Walvis Bay.

Visitor statistics

Most visitors arriving to Namibia were from the following countries of nationality:

Country	2016	2015	2014	2013
Angola	420,763	492,866	519,191	477,828
South Africa	355,391	381,854	329,850	317,563
Zambia	240,117	168,899	167,407	167,044
Germany	124,152	93,939	91,900	84,121
Zimbabwe	87,181	78,205	67,809	62,778
Botswana	54,960	50,908	40,311	36,556
United Kingdom	32,712	27,365	29,016	25,351
United States	28,659	26,339	25,291	21,884
France	23,794	20,598	20,549	16,837
Netherlands	20,596	14,539	12,015	10,782
Total	1,574,148	1,519,618	1,477,593	1,372,602

See also

• Visa requirements for Namibian citizens

References

1. "Namibia lightens visa requirements | IOL". Retrieved 2017-07-12.
2. "Namibia set to abolish visas for all Africans". News24. Retrieved 2017-07-12.
3. "Kaza UniVisa to include Angola, Botswana and Namibia". Tourism Update. Retrieved 2017-07-12.
4. "Visa and passport". Timatic. International Air Transport Association through Emirates. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
5. Visa Requirements for Foreigners Travelling to Namibia Archived 2011-07-04 at the Wayback Machine Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Namibia
6. Namibia: Geingob Wraps Up Indonesian Visit, Heads to China
7. Namibia exempts Jamaica from visas
8. https://treaties.un.org/doc/Publication/Monthly%20Statement/1991/10/monstate.pdf
10. "Only African holders of diplomatic or official passports are exempted from Namibian visas". New Era Newspaper Namibia. 2016-05-29. Retrieved 2017-07-12.
11. https://en.vietnamplus.vn/vietnam-namibia-enhance-relations-in-fields/131391.vnp
12. Namibia to issue visas on arrival to selected countries
13. Tourist Statistical Report 2016

• Visa policy by country
• Foreign relations of Namibia