Guinea visa requirements · checked 26 September 2026

Visa & Entry Requirements for Guinea

Q: What documents do I need to enter Guinea?

Passport validity: Guinea's border police list a valid passport 'with validity more than 6 months' among the documents needed at Guinean entry checkpoints. Travel insurance: No official source we could read states a travel insurance requirement for Guinea; the border police's list of entry documents does not include it. Return or onward ticket: Guinea's border police list a valid return ticket among the conditions for the visa and among the documents needed upon arrival at Guinean entry checkpoints. Proof of funds: Guinea's border police list sufficient funds (cash, travellers cheque, debit or credit cards) to cover expenses during your stay among the documents needed upon arrival at Guinean entry checkpoints.

Q: How long can I stay in Guinea without a visa?

Up to 90 days for every visa-free passport.

Most travellers can visit Guinea without going to an embassy: 21 passports enter visa-free, 177 apply online for an eVisa.

Guinea's border police say every foreign national who wishes to enter Guinea needs a visa, except for visa waiver countries. The eVisa is applied for online on the border police portal (paf.gov.gn); once the application is approved an Entry Visa Letter is sent, and the visa is collected at the visa-on-arrival counter.

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Destination

Passports visa-free

177

eVisa or eTA online

Embassy visa required

Do I need a visa for Guinea? Quick answers

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Visa for Guinea — requirements summary

Visa-free: 21 (11%)
eVisa: 177 (89%)

All travellers must meet the entry rules set by 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	eVisa	—	Details →
Albania	eVisa	—	Details →
Algeria	Visa-free	—	Details →
Andorra	eVisa	—	Details →
Angola	eVisa	—	Details →
Antigua and Barbuda	eVisa	—	Details →
Argentina	eVisa	—	Details →
Armenia	eVisa	—	Details →
Australia	eVisa	—	Details →
Austria	eVisa	—	Details →
Azerbaijan	eVisa	—	Details →
Bahamas	eVisa	—	Details →
Bahrain	eVisa	—	Details →
Bangladesh	eVisa	—	Details →
Barbados	eVisa	—	Details →
Belarus	eVisa	—	Details →
Belgium	eVisa	—	Details →
Belize	eVisa	—	Details →
Benin	Freedom of movement	90 days	Details →
Bhutan	eVisa	—	Details →
Bolivia	eVisa	—	Details →
Bosnia and Herzegovina	eVisa	—	Details →
Botswana	eVisa	—	Details →
Brazil	eVisa	—	Details →
Brunei	eVisa	—	Details →
Bulgaria	eVisa	—	Details →
Burkina Faso	Freedom of movement	—	Details →
Burundi	eVisa	—	Details →
Cambodia	eVisa	—	Details →
Cameroon	eVisa	—	Details →
Canada	eVisa	—	Details →
Cape Verde	Freedom of movement	90 days	Details →
Central African Republic	eVisa	—	Details →
Chad	eVisa	—	Details →
Chile	eVisa	—	Details →
China	eVisa	—	Details →
Colombia	eVisa	—	Details →
Comoros	eVisa	—	Details →
Costa Rica	eVisa	—	Details →
Côte d'Ivoire	Freedom of movement	90 days	Details →
Croatia	eVisa	—	Details →
Cuba	eVisa	—	Details →
Cyprus	eVisa	—	Details →
Czechia	eVisa	—	Details →
Denmark	eVisa	—	Details →
Djibouti	eVisa	—	Details →
Dominica	eVisa	—	Details →
Dominican Republic	eVisa	—	Details →
DR Congo	eVisa	—	Details →
Ecuador	eVisa	—	Details →
Egypt	Visa-free	—	Details →
El Salvador	eVisa	—	Details →
Equatorial Guinea	eVisa	—	Details →
Eritrea	eVisa	—	Details →
Estonia	eVisa	—	Details →
Eswatini	eVisa	—	Details →
Ethiopia	eVisa	—	Details →
Fiji	eVisa	—	Details →
Finland	eVisa	—	Details →
France	eVisa	—	Details →
Gabon	eVisa	—	Details →
Gambia	Freedom of movement	90 days	Details →
Georgia	eVisa	—	Details →
Germany	eVisa	—	Details →
Ghana	Freedom of movement	90 days	Details →
Greece	eVisa	—	Details →
Grenada	eVisa	—	Details →
Guatemala	eVisa	—	Details →
Guinea-Bissau	Freedom of movement	90 days	Details →
Guyana	eVisa	—	Details →
Haiti	eVisa	—	Details →
Honduras	eVisa	—	Details →
Hong Kong	eVisa	—	Details →
Hungary	eVisa	—	Details →
Iceland	eVisa	—	Details →
India	eVisa	—	Details →
Indonesia	eVisa	—	Details →
Iran	eVisa	—	Details →
Iraq	eVisa	—	Details →
Ireland	eVisa	—	Details →
Israel	eVisa	—	Details →
Italy	eVisa	—	Details →
Jamaica	eVisa	—	Details →
Japan	eVisa	—	Details →
Jordan	eVisa	—	Details →
Kazakhstan	eVisa	—	Details →
Kenya	eVisa	—	Details →
Kiribati	eVisa	—	Details →
Kosovo	eVisa	—	Details →
Kuwait	eVisa	—	Details →
Kyrgyzstan	eVisa	—	Details →
Laos	eVisa	—	Details →
Latvia	eVisa	—	Details →
Lebanon	eVisa	—	Details →
Lesotho	eVisa	—	Details →
Liberia	Freedom of movement	90 days	Details →
Libya	eVisa	—	Details →
Liechtenstein	eVisa	—	Details →
Lithuania	eVisa	—	Details →
Luxembourg	eVisa	—	Details →
Macau	eVisa	—	Details →
Madagascar	eVisa	—	Details →
Malawi	eVisa	—	Details →
Malaysia	eVisa	—	Details →
Maldives	eVisa	—	Details →
Mali	Freedom of movement	—	Details →
Malta	eVisa	—	Details →
Marshall Islands	eVisa	—	Details →
Mauritania	eVisa	—	Details →
Mauritius	eVisa	—	Details →
Mexico	eVisa	—	Details →
Micronesia	eVisa	—	Details →
Moldova	eVisa	—	Details →
Monaco	eVisa	—	Details →
Mongolia	eVisa	—	Details →
Montenegro	eVisa	—	Details →
Morocco	Visa-free	—	Details →
Mozambique	eVisa	—	Details →
Myanmar	eVisa	—	Details →
Namibia	Visa-free	—	Details →
Nauru	eVisa	—	Details →
Nepal	eVisa	—	Details →
Netherlands	eVisa	—	Details →
New Zealand	eVisa	—	Details →
Nicaragua	eVisa	—	Details →
Niger	Freedom of movement	—	Details →
Nigeria	Freedom of movement	90 days	Details →
North Korea	eVisa	—	Details →
North Macedonia	eVisa	—	Details →
Norway	eVisa	—	Details →
Oman	eVisa	—	Details →
Pakistan	eVisa	—	Details →
Palau	eVisa	—	Details →
Palestine	eVisa	—	Details →
Panama	eVisa	—	Details →
Papua New Guinea	eVisa	—	Details →
Paraguay	eVisa	—	Details →
Peru	eVisa	—	Details →
Philippines	eVisa	—	Details →
Poland	eVisa	—	Details →
Portugal	eVisa	—	Details →
Qatar	eVisa	—	Details →
Republic of the Congo	eVisa	—	Details →
Romania	eVisa	—	Details →
Russia	eVisa	—	Details →
Rwanda	Visa-free	—	Details →
Saint Kitts and Nevis	eVisa	—	Details →
Saint Lucia	eVisa	—	Details →
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	eVisa	—	Details →
Samoa	eVisa	—	Details →
San Marino	eVisa	—	Details →
Sao Tome and Principe	eVisa	—	Details →
Saudi Arabia	eVisa	—	Details →
Senegal	Freedom of movement	90 days	Details →
Serbia	eVisa	—	Details →
Seychelles	eVisa	—	Details →
Sierra Leone	Freedom of movement	90 days	Details →
Singapore	Visa-free	—	Details →
Slovakia	eVisa	—	Details →
Slovenia	eVisa	—	Details →
Solomon Islands	eVisa	—	Details →
Somalia	eVisa	—	Details →
South Africa	eVisa	—	Details →
South Korea	eVisa	—	Details →
South Sudan	eVisa	—	Details →
Spain	eVisa	—	Details →
Sri Lanka	eVisa	—	Details →
Sudan	eVisa	—	Details →
Suriname	eVisa	—	Details →
Sweden	eVisa	—	Details →
Switzerland	eVisa	—	Details →
Syria	eVisa	—	Details →
Taiwan	eVisa	—	Details →
Tajikistan	eVisa	—	Details →
Tanzania	eVisa	—	Details →
Thailand	eVisa	—	Details →
Timor-Leste	eVisa	—	Details →
Togo	Freedom of movement	90 days	Details →
Tonga	eVisa	—	Details →
Trinidad and Tobago	eVisa	—	Details →
Tunisia	Visa-free	—	Details →
Türkiye	eVisa	—	Details →
Turkmenistan	eVisa	—	Details →
Tuvalu	eVisa	—	Details →
Uganda	eVisa	—	Details →
Ukraine	eVisa	—	Details →
United Arab Emirates	eVisa	—	Details →
United Kingdom	eVisa	—	Details →
United States	eVisa	—	Details →
Uruguay	eVisa	—	Details →
Uzbekistan	eVisa	—	Details →
Vanuatu	eVisa	—	Details →
Vatican City	eVisa	—	Details →
Venezuela	eVisa	—	Details →
Vietnam	eVisa	—	Details →
Yemen	eVisa	—	Details →
Zambia	eVisa	—	Details →
Zimbabwe	eVisa	—	Details →

Guinea visa types, fees and processing times

Tourist e-Visa

eVisa

Fee and processing time not published — confirm with the embassy or consulate before you apply.

Documents (3)

Scanned copy of the passport data page
Return ticket
Yellow fever certificate

Official application site →

Entry requirements for Guinea

Passport validity

6 months

Guinea's border police list a valid passport 'with validity more than 6 months' among the documents needed at Guinean entry checkpoints.

Police de l'Air et des Frontières — Guinea eVisa portal (visa types, fees and entry conditions)✓ Checked 7 Oct 2026

Vaccinations: Yellow fever

Guinea's border police list a yellow fever certificate among the conditions for the eVisa. The UK government says a certificate is required to enter if you are coming from a country listed as a yellow fever transmission risk.

Police de l'Air et des Frontières — Guinea eVisa portal (visa types, fees and entry conditions)✓ Checked 3 Oct 2026

Travel insurance

No official source we could read states a travel insurance requirement for Guinea; the border police's list of entry documents does not include it.

Police de l'Air et des Frontières — Guinea eVisa portal (visa types, fees and entry conditions)✓ Checked 3 Oct 2026

Return or onward ticket

Guinea's border police list a valid return ticket among the conditions for the visa and among the documents needed upon arrival at Guinean entry checkpoints.

Police de l'Air et des Frontières — Guinea eVisa portal (visa types, fees and entry conditions)✓ Checked 3 Oct 2026

Proof of funds

Guinea's border police list sufficient funds (cash, travellers cheque, debit or credit cards) to cover expenses during your stay among the documents needed upon arrival at Guinean entry checkpoints. No official source we could read states an amount.

Police de l'Air et des Frontières — Guinea eVisa portal (visa types, fees and entry conditions)✓ Checked 3 Oct 2026

Registration after arrival

Every professional lodging provider receiving a foreigner must declare it to the local police station. The foreigner must fill in the hotel form provided for this purpose.

Secrétariat général du Gouvernement, Journal officiel de la République de Guinée 1994 nº 13 — Loi L/94/019/CTRN portant conditions d'entrée et de séjour des étrangers✓ Checked 12 Oct 2026

Overstay penalties

Under the 1994 law on the entry and stay of foreigners, the temporary-stay visa is granted for at most ninety days and can be extended by up to ninety days. A foreigner who stays in Guinea after the period of their authorisation has expired is punishable by one to five years' imprisonment and a fine of 700,000 to 5,000,000 Guinean francs, or one of the two. A separate article punishes foreigners who have stayed illegally with one month to one year's imprisonment and a fine of 200,000 to 500,000 Guinean francs, or one of the two.

Customs allowances

USD 5,000

The UK government says there is no limit on cash you can bring into Guinea, and that when you leave you cannot take more than 100,000 Guinean francs, or USD 5,000 or the equivalent in euros.

UK Foreign Office — Guinea entry requirements✓ Checked 2 Oct 2026

Guinea visa requirements statistics

198

Passports covered

177

Most common: eVisa

Least common: Visa-free

11%

Visa-free access

Visa-free stays by length

90 days · 11 passports

Understanding Guinea visa requirements

We track the entry rules of Guinea for 198 passports. The most common situation is eVisa, which applies to 177 passports (89%). 11% of passports can enter without a visa. The least common is visa-free (21 passports).

Entry categories for Guinea

Visa-free entry: 21 passports can enter without a visa, for up to 90 days.
eVisa: 177 passports can apply for an electronic visa online.

What else you need to enter Guinea

Passport validity: Guinea's border police list a valid passport 'with validity more than 6 months' among the documents needed at Guinean entry checkpoints.
Travel insurance: No official source we could read states a travel insurance requirement for Guinea; the border police's list of entry documents does not include it.
Return or onward ticket: Guinea's border police list a valid return ticket among the conditions for the visa and among the documents needed upon arrival at Guinean entry checkpoints.
Proof of funds: Guinea's border police list sufficient funds (cash, travellers cheque, debit or credit cards) to cover expenses during your stay among the documents needed upon arrival at Guinean entry checkpoints.

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 Guinea or its official immigration website before you travel.

Frequently asked questions about Guinea visas

Do I need a visa for Guinea?

Guinea's border police say every foreign national who wishes to enter Guinea needs a visa, except for visa waiver countries, and that you apply for the visa online on paf.gov.gn. For Community citizens entering other ECOWAS Member States, the ECOWAS Commission refers to a 90-day stay requirement and says the decision repealing it is yet to be implemented. It also says citizens of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, which ceased to be ECOWAS members on 29 January 2025, continue to enjoy, until further notice, the right of movement, residence and establishment without visas.

How does the Guinea eVisa work?

Guinea's border police say you apply for your visa online, with a scanned copy of your passport's data page. For a Polish passport the portal shows the tourist visa at USD 100 with validity not exceeding ninety days; for a US passport it shows USD 185 with validity not exceeding five years. The amount paid is kept by the administration even when the visa is denied. An Entry Visa Letter is sent once the application is approved; you then proceed to the visa on-arrival counter to get your visa, and your photo and fingerprints are captured at the enrolment counter.

Can I get a visa on arrival in Guinea?

Guinea's border police describe an online application first: an Entry Visa Letter is sent once the application is approved, and you then proceed to the visa on-arrival counter to get your visa. The UK government says that when you arrive you take your e-visa registration receipt to the entry checkpoint, where border officials will issue your visa. No official source we could read describes a visa on arrival without an approved application.

Do I need a yellow fever vaccination for Guinea?

Is Guinea safe to visit?

Australia's Smartraveller reports ongoing political and social tensions, including in Conakry, that may deteriorate without warning, and Canada's travel advice says to avoid areas where demonstrations and large gatherings take place.

Do US citizens need a visa for Guinea?

US citizens need an eVisa for Guinea. Full rules for United States passport holders.

Do UK citizens need a visa for Guinea?

UK citizens need an eVisa for Guinea. Full rules for United Kingdom passport holders.

Do German citizens need a visa for Guinea?

German citizens need an eVisa for Guinea. Full rules for Germany passport holders.

What documents do I need to enter Guinea?

Passport validity: Guinea's border police list a valid passport 'with validity more than 6 months' among the documents needed at Guinean entry checkpoints. Travel insurance: No official source we could read states a travel insurance requirement for Guinea; the border police's list of entry documents does not include it. Return or onward ticket: Guinea's border police list a valid return ticket among the conditions for the visa and among the documents needed upon arrival at Guinean entry checkpoints. Proof of funds: Guinea's border police list sufficient funds (cash, travellers cheque, debit or credit cards) to cover expenses during your stay among the documents needed upon arrival at Guinean entry checkpoints.

How long can I stay in Guinea without a visa?

Up to 90 days for every visa-free passport.

How many countries can visit Guinea without a visa?

21 of 198 passports can enter Guinea visa-free (11%). 177 can apply online (eVisa or eTA), and 0 need a visa from an embassy.

Data: 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).

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Travelling from Guinea?

Where can Guinea citizens travel visa-free?

Guinea passport holders can visit 27 countries without a visa. Open a country for the exact rules.

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