What the Cameroon visa rules mean for Chad travellers
Chad citizens can enter Cameroon without a visa and stay for up to 90 days. You only need a valid Chad passport at the border; immigration officers may still ask for a return or onward ticket, proof of accommodation and enough money for your stay. The 90-day limit usually counts calendar days from your arrival, so book your return flight inside that window.
Documents to prepare
Whatever your visa status, Cameroon applies the same entry conditions to every traveller:
- Passport validity: Cameroon's eVisa portal lists a passport or other travel document valid for at least six months among the documents for transit and short-stay visas, and valid for more than six months for long-stay visas.
- Vaccinations: Yellow fever: WHO's country list says proof of vaccination against yellow fever is required for all travellers aged 1 year or over entering Cameroon.
- Travel insurance: No official source we could read states a travel insurance requirement for entering Cameroon. The UK government says emergency medical facilities are extremely limited and that serious medical treatment requires medical…
- Return or onward ticket: Cameroon's eVisa portal lists a return plane ticket or circular transport ticket among the documents for a short-stay visa, and an airline ticket valid to the destination or other proof of onward travel for a transit vi…
Cameroon entry rules compared
Cameroon lets 6 passports in without a visa, issues eVisas to 192. Chad citizens are treated the same way as Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Nigeria and Republic of the Congo. Overall the Chad passport ranks #162 in the world with 23 visa-free destinations.
More travel options
Planning a longer trip in Africa? With a Chad passport you can also visit 12 countries in the region without a visa, including Benin, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Gabon, Kenya, Mali and Mauritania.
In the other direction, Cameroon citizens can visit Chad visa-free for up to 90 days.