What the Cameroon visa rules mean for Nigeria travellers
Nigeria citizens can enter Cameroon without a visa. You only need a valid Nigeria passport at the border; immigration officers may still ask for a return or onward ticket, proof of accommodation and enough money for your stay.
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. Nigeria citizens are treated the same way as Central African Republic, Chad, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and Republic of the Congo. Overall the Nigeria passport ranks #155 in the world with 26 visa-free destinations.
More travel options
Planning a longer trip in Africa? With a Nigeria passport you can also visit 16 countries in the region without a visa, including Burkina Faso, Benin, Côte d'Ivoire, Cape Verde, Ghana, Gambia, Guinea and Guinea-Bissau.
In the other direction, Cameroon citizens can visit Nigeria visa-free for up to 90 days.