Visa requirements for Beninese citizens

Visa requirements for Beninese citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Benin. As of 1 January 2017, Beninese citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 58 countries and territories, ranking the Beninese passport 78th in terms of travel freedom (tied with Armenian, Kyrgyzstani and Moroccan passports) according to the Henley visa restrictions index.^[1]

Visa requirements map

  Benin

  Visa free access

  Visa on arrival

  Visa required

Visa requirements

Country	Visa requirement	Notes (excluding departure fees)
Afghanistan	Visa required[2]
Albania	Visa required[3]
Algeria	Visa required[4]
Andorra	Visa required[5]
Angola	Visa required[6]
Antigua and Barbuda	Electronic Entry Visa[7]
Argentina	Visa required[8]
Armenia	Visa required[9]
Australia and territories	Visa required[10]	May apply online (Online Visitor e600 visa).[11]
Austria	Visa required[12]
Azerbaijan	Visa required[13]
Bahamas	Visa required[14]
Bahrain	Visa required[15]
Bangladesh	Visa on arrival[16]	30 days
Barbados	Visa required[17]
Belarus	Visa required[18]
Belgium	Visa required[19]
Belize	Visa required[20]
Bhutan	Visa required[21]
Bolivia	Visa on arrival[22]	90 days
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Visa required[23]
Botswana	Visa required[24]
Brazil	Visa required[25]
Brunei	Visa required[26]
Bulgaria	Visa required[27]
Burkina Faso	Visa not required[28]
Burundi	Visa required[29]
Cambodia	Visa on arrival[30]	30 days. Visa is also obtainable online.[31]
Cameroon	Visa required[32]
Canada	Visa required[33]
Cape Verde	Visa not required[34]
Central African Republic	Visa not required[35]	3 months
Chad	Visa on arrival[36]
Chile	Visa required[37]
China	Visa required[38]	Visa not required for holders of normal passports endorsed for public affairs.  Hong Kong visa-free for 14 days.
Colombia	Visa required[39]	May apply online.[40]
Comoros	Visa on arrival[41]
Republic of the Congo	Visa on arrival[42]
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Visa required[43]
Costa Rica	Visa required[44]
Cote d'Ivoire ! Côte d'Ivoire	Visa not required[45]
Croatia	Visa required[46]
Cuba	Visa not required[47]	90 days
Cyprus	Visa required[48]
Czech Republic	Visa required[49]
Denmark and territories	Visa required[50]
Djibouti	Visa on arrival[51]
Dominica	Visa not required[52]	21 days
Dominican Republic	Visa required[53]
Ecuador	Visa not required[54]	90 days
Egypt	Visa on arrival[55]	30 days
El Salvador	Visa required[56]
Equatorial Guinea	Visa required[57]
Eritrea	Visa required[58]	Pre-approved visa can obtain a visa on arrival.
Estonia	Visa required[59]
Ethiopia	Visa required[60]
Fiji	Visa required[61]
Finland	Visa required[62]
France and territories	Visa required[63]
Gabon	eVisa[64]	Electronic visa holders must arrive via Libreville International Airport.
Gambia	Visa not required[65]
Georgia	eVisa[66]
Germany	Visa required[67]
Ghana	Visa not required[68]
Greece	Visa required[69]
Grenada	Visa required[70]
Guatemala	Visa required[71]
Guinea	Visa not required[72]
Guinea-Bissau	Visa not required[73]
Guyana	Visa required[74]
Haiti	Visa not required[75]	3 months
Honduras	Visa required[76]
Hungary	Visa required[77]
Iceland	Visa required[78]
India	Visa required[79]
Indonesia	Visa not required[80]	30 days
Iran	Visa on arrival[81]	30 days, conditions apply.[82]
Iraq	Visa required[83]
Ireland	Visa required[84]
Israel	Visa required[85]
Italy	Visa required[86]
Jamaica	Visa required[87]
Japan	Visa required[88]
Jordan	Visa required[89]
Kazakhstan	Visa required[90]
Kenya	eVisa[91]	3 months
Kiribati	Visa required[92]
North Korea	Visa required[93]
South Korea	Visa required[94]	30 days visa on arrival if arriving by Jeju
Kuwait	Visa required[95]
Kyrgyzstan	Visa required[96]
Laos	Visa on arrival[97]	30 days
Latvia	Visa required[98]
Lebanon	Visa required[99]	In addition to a visa, an approval should be obtained from the Immigration department of the General Directorate for General Secutiy (La Surete Generale).
Lesotho	eVisa[100][101]
Liberia	Visa not required[102]
Libya	Visa required[103]
Liechtenstein	Visa required[104]
Lithuania	Visa required[105]
Luxembourg	Visa required[106]
Macedonia	Visa required[107]
Madagascar	Visa on arrival[108]	90 days
Malawi	Visa required[109]
Malaysia	Visa not required[110]	30 days
Maldives	Visa on arrival[111]	30 days
Mali	Visa not required[112]
Malta	Visa required[113]
Marshall Islands	Visa required[114]
Mauritania	Visa on arrival[115]	Available at Nouakchott–Oumtounsy International Airport.
Mauritius	Visa not required[116]	90 days[117]
Mexico	Visa required[118]
Micronesia	Visa not required[119]	30 days
Moldova	Visa required[120]
Monaco	Visa required[121]
Mongolia	Visa required[122]
Montenegro	Visa required[123]
Morocco	Visa required[124]
Mozambique	Visa on arrival[125]	30 days, Visa on arrival is no longer available to citizens of countries that host an embassy of Mozambique.
Myanmar	Visa required[126]
Namibia	Visa required[127]
Nauru	Visa required[128]
Nepal	Visa on arrival[129]	90 days
Netherlands and territories	Visa required[130]
New Zealand and territories	Visa required[131]
Nicaragua	Visa on arrival[132]	90 days
Niger	Visa not required[133]
Nigeria	Visa not required[134]
Norway	Visa required[135]
Oman	Visa required[136]	3 months
Pakistan	Visa required[137]	Visa on arrival when travelling on business valid for 30 days. Conditions apply.[138] Visa on arrival when travelling as part of a group through a designated tour operator.[139]
Palau	Visa on arrival[140]	30 days
Panama	Visa required[141]
Papua New Guinea	Visa required[142]
Paraguay	Visa required[143]
Peru	Visa required[144]
Philippines	Visa not required[145]	30 days
Poland	Visa required[146]
Portugal	Visa required[147]
Qatar	Visa required[148]
Romania	Visa required[149]
Russia	Visa required[150]
Rwanda	Visa on arrival[151]	30 days
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Visa required[152]	3 months
Saint Lucia	Visa on arrival[153]	6 weeks
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Visa not required[154]	1 month
Samoa	Visa on arrival !Free Entry Permit on arrival[155]	60 days. Free of charge.
San Marino	Visa required[156]
São Tomé and Príncipe	Visa required[157]	Visa is obtained online.[158]
Saudi Arabia	Visa required[159]
Senegal	Visa not required[160]	90 days
Serbia	Visa required[161]
Seychelles	Visa not required !Visitor's Permit on arrival[162]	3 monthsMay apply online.
Sierra Leone	Visa not required[163]
Singapore	Visa not required[164]	30 days
Slovakia	Visa required[165]
Slovenia	Visa required[166]
Solomon Islands	Visa required[167]
Somalia	Visa required[168]
South Africa	Visa not required[169]	30 days
South Sudan	Visa required[170]
Spain	Visa required[171]
Sri Lanka	Visa on arrival[172]	30 days
Sudan	Visa required[173]
Suriname	Visa required[174]
Swaziland	Visa required[175]
Sweden	Visa required[176]
Switzerland	Visa required[177]
Syria	Visa required[178]
Tajikistan	Visa required[179]
Tanzania	Visa on arrival[180]
Thailand	Visa required[181]
Timor-Leste	Visa on arrival[182]	30 days. Not available at all entry points.[183]
Togo	Visa not required[184]
Tonga	Visa required[185]
Trinidad and Tobago	Visa required[186]
Tunisia	Visa required[187]
Turkey	Visa required[188]
Turkmenistan	Visa required[189]
Tuvalu	Visa on arrival !Free visa on arrival[190]	1 month. Free of charge.
Uganda	Visa on arrival[191]	May apply online.[192]
Ukraine	Visa required[193]
United Arab Emirates	Visa required[194]	Possible visa on arrival for 96 hours
United Kingdom	Visa required[195]
United States	Visa required[196]
Uruguay	Visa required[197]
Uzbekistan	Visa required[198]
Vanuatu	Visa required[199]
Vatican City	Visa required[200]
Venezuela	Visa required[201]
Vietnam	Visa required[202]
Yemen	Visa required[203]
Zambia	Visa required[204]
Zimbabwe	Visa required[205]

See also

• Visa policy of Benin
• ECOWAS passport

References