Equatorial Guinea visa requirements · checked 3 October 2026
Visa & Entry Requirements for Equatorial GuineaMost travellers need a visa for Equatorial Guinea: 193 of 198 passports must apply at an embassy or consulate, while 1 passport enters visa-free.
The Embassy of Equatorial Guinea in Washington says every visitor with a foreign passport must present a valid visa at the point of entry; visas are applied for at an embassy, and the UK FCDO also describes an online e-visa application. US citizens have needed a visa too since April 2023, when their exemption was cancelled.
Do I need a visa for Equatorial Guinea? Quick answers
United States
Visa required
United Kingdom
Visa required
Germany
Visa required
India
Visa required
China
Visa required
Canada
Visa required
Australia
Visa required
Poland
Visa required
Another passport? Use the checker or find it in the table below.
Visa for Equatorial Guinea — requirements summaryAll travellers must meet the entry rules set by Equatorial Guinea, and they depend on your nationality. Find your passport below — you may be able to enter visa-free, or need an eVisa, a visa on arrival or a visa from an embassy.
| Passport | Requirement | Max stay | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
 Afghanistan |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Albania |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Algeria |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Andorra |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Angola |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Antigua and Barbuda |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Argentina |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Armenia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
| Australia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Austria |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Azerbaijan |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Bahamas |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Bahrain |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Bangladesh |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Barbados |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Belarus |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Belgium |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Belize |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Benin |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Bhutan |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Bolivia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Botswana |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Brazil |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Brunei |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Bulgaria |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Burkina Faso |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Burundi |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Cambodia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Cameroon |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
| Canada |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Cape Verde |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Central African Republic |
eVisa | — | Details → |
 Chad |
eVisa | — | Details → |
 Chile |
Visa required | — | Details → |
| China |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Colombia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Comoros |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Costa Rica |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Côte d'Ivoire |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Croatia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Cuba |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Cyprus |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Czechia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Denmark |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Djibouti |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Dominica |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Dominican Republic |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 DR Congo |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Ecuador |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Egypt |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 El Salvador |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Eritrea |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Estonia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Eswatini |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Ethiopia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Fiji |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Finland |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 France |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Gabon |
eVisa | — | Details → |
 Gambia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Georgia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
| Germany |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Ghana |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Greece |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Grenada |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Guatemala |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Guinea |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Guinea-Bissau |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Guyana |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Haiti |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Honduras |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Hong Kong |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Hungary |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Iceland |
Visa required | — | Details → |
| India |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Indonesia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Iran |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Iraq |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Ireland |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Israel |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Italy |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Jamaica |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Japan |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Jordan |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Kazakhstan |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Kenya |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Kiribati |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Kosovo |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Kuwait |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Kyrgyzstan |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Laos |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Latvia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Lebanon |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Lesotho |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Liberia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Libya |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Liechtenstein |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Lithuania |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Luxembourg |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Macau |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Madagascar |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Malawi |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Malaysia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Maldives |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Mali |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Malta |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Marshall Islands |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Mauritania |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Mauritius |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Mexico |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Micronesia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Moldova |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Monaco |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Mongolia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Montenegro |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Morocco |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Mozambique |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Myanmar |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Namibia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Nauru |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Nepal |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Netherlands |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 New Zealand |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Nicaragua |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Niger |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Nigeria |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 North Korea |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 North Macedonia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Norway |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Oman |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Pakistan |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Palau |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Palestine |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Panama |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Papua New Guinea |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Paraguay |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Peru |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Philippines |
Visa required | — | Details → |
| Poland |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Portugal |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Qatar |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Republic of the Congo |
eVisa | — | Details → |
 Romania |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Russia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Rwanda |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Saint Kitts and Nevis |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Saint Lucia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Samoa |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 San Marino |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Sao Tome and Principe |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Saudi Arabia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Senegal |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Serbia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Seychelles |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Sierra Leone |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Singapore |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Slovakia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Slovenia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Solomon Islands |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Somalia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 South Africa |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 South Korea |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 South Sudan |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Spain |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Sri Lanka |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Sudan |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Suriname |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Sweden |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Switzerland |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Syria |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Taiwan |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Tajikistan |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Tanzania |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Thailand |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Timor-Leste |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Togo |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Tonga |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Trinidad and Tobago |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Tunisia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Türkiye |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Turkmenistan |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Tuvalu |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Uganda |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Ukraine |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 United Arab Emirates |
Visa required | — | Details → |
| United Kingdom |
Visa required | — | Details → |
| United States |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Uruguay |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Uzbekistan |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Vanuatu |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Vatican City |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Venezuela |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Vietnam |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Yemen |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Zambia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Zimbabwe |
Visa required | — | Details → |
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Equatorial Guinea visa types, fees and processing timesThe standard visa fee at the Embassy in Washington; an extra USD 50 buys expedited processing of 1–3 days. Tourist applicants show an invitation letter, at least USD 1,000 in available funds for each month of the stay, a criminal record clearance no older than 3 months, a vaccination booklet, a flight itinerary and proof of accommodation.
Fee and processing time not published — confirm with the embassy or consulate before you apply.
The standard visa fee at the Embassy in Washington. Business applicants need an invitation letter and a letter from their employer stating the purpose of the trip.
Entry requirements for Equatorial GuineaThe Embassy of Equatorial Guinea in Washington asks visa applicants for a passport with a minimum validity of 6 months and at least one empty page; the UK government says your passport must expire at least 6 months after the date you arrive.
VISAS | EG Embassy USA✓ Checked 3 Oct 2026
The UK government says you must have a certificate proving yellow fever vaccination, due to a risk of yellow fever transmission. The Embassy in Washington also asks visa applicants for the international vaccination booklet.
UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office — Equatorial Guinea entry requirements✓ Checked 3 Oct 2026
No official source we could read states a travel-insurance requirement for Equatorial Guinea. The UK Foreign Office says medical facilities are generally poor apart from the La Paz hospital in Malabo, that serious treatment is likely to mean evacuation to Europe, and advises adequate travel health insurance and accessible funds.
UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office — Equatorial Guinea travel advice: health✓ Checked 4 Oct 2026
The Embassy of Equatorial Guinea in Washington lists a flight itinerary and proof of accommodation among the requirements for a visa from that Embassy.
Embassy of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea in Washington, D.C. — Visas✓ Checked 3 Oct 2026
The Embassy of Equatorial Guinea in Washington asks tourist visa applicants for proof of available funds of at least USD 1,000 for each month of their stay.
Embassy of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea in Washington, D.C. — Visas✓ Checked 3 Oct 2026
A stay visa allows a total of up to three months per half-year from the first entry. Being in Equatorial Guinea irregularly for not having obtained an extension of stay is a serious infringement, fined from 500,001 to 3,000,000 CFA francs. Expulsion may be imposed instead of the fine, after an administrative procedure; fine and expulsion are never combined, and every expulsion carries an entry ban of 10 to 15 years.
Boletín Oficial del Estado (Guinea Ecuatorial) — Ley Orgánica Nº 3/2010, Reguladora del Derecho de Extranjería✓ Checked 12 Oct 2026
Equatorial Guinea visa requirements statisticsWe track the entry rules of Equatorial Guinea for 198 passports. The most common situation is visa required, which applies to 193 passports (97%). 1% of passports can enter without a visa. The least common is visa-free (1 passport).
Open your passport in the table for the exact rules — maximum stay, fees, how to apply and the official source. Entry rules change at short notice: confirm with the embassy of Equatorial Guinea or its official immigration website before you travel.
Frequently asked questions about Equatorial Guinea visasData: TravelRequirements.info — Entry Requirements Dataset, AXG Sp. z o.o. (CC BY 4.0) — official sources are linked on each passport page. Gaps filled from the Passport Index dataset (MIT).
Travelling from Equatorial Guinea?
Equatorial Guinea passport holders can visit 23 countries without a visa. Open a country for the exact rules.
Angola
30d
Barbados
90d
Benin
90d
Cameroon
90d
Central African Republic
90d
Chad
90d
Dominica
21d
Ecuador
90d
Gabon
90d
Gambia
90d
Haiti
90d
Hong Kong
14d
Micronesia
30d
Palestine
∞
Philippines
30d
Republic of the Congo
90d
Rwanda
30d
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
90d
Sao Tome and Principe
15d
Seychelles
90d
Singapore
30d
Togo
30d
Tunisia
90d
