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Sao Tome and Principe passport holders need an eVisa for Tanzania, applied for online before travel.
Source: Tanzania Immigration Services — Visa Application Guidelines · checked 3 Oct 2026
Apply online for eVisa to TanzaniaTanzania visa options for Sao Tome and Principe citizensTanzania's visa guidelines say the ordinary visa has a validity of up to 90 days. They say online visa applications are processed within ten days, except for the Referral visa category, and that the list of countries in that category is available on the Immigration Service website.
Ordinary visa fee; Tanzania's visa guidelines say US passport holders must apply for the multiple visa (100 USD) instead. The guidelines say the ordinary visa has a validity of up to 90 days.
Sao Tome and Principe passport holders need an eVisa to enter Tanzania. You apply online, upload a passport scan and a photo, pay the fee and receive the visa by email. Apply at least one to two weeks before your trip and print the approval — some airlines and border officers ask to see it on paper.
The main option is the Ordinary (single entry) visa — online, which costs 50 USD. Tanzania also offers Ordinary (single entry) visa — on arrival — see the visa options above.
Whatever your visa status, Tanzania applies the same entry conditions to every traveller:
Tanzania lets 46 passports in without a visa, offers a visa on arrival to 1, issues eVisas to 151. Sao Tome and Principe citizens are treated the same way as Algeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon and Cape Verde. Overall the Sao Tome and Principe passport ranks #155 in the world with 26 visa-free destinations.
Planning a longer trip in Africa? With a Sao Tome and Principe passport you can also visit 8 countries in the region without a visa, including Angola, Benin, Cape Verde, Kenya, Mozambique, Togo, South Africa and Zambia.
In the other direction, Tanzania citizens need evisa to visit Sao Tome and Principe.
Entry requirements for TanzaniaTanzania's visa guidelines say visa applicants must ensure that their passports have a validity of at least six months and at least one unused visa page before submitting their application.
Tanzania eVisa - Guidelines✓ Checked 3 Oct 2026
Your passport needs at least 1 blank page.
Tanzania Immigration Services — Visa Application Guidelines✓ Checked 7 Oct 2026
WHO lists Tanzania as requiring proof of yellow fever vaccination from travellers aged 1 year or over arriving from countries at risk of yellow fever transmission, including travellers who transited more than 12 hours through the airport of such a country.
WHO — Countries with risk of yellow fever transmission and countries requiring yellow fever vaccination✓ Checked 3 Oct 2026
The Government of Canada says there is a risk of malaria in certain areas and/or during a certain time of year in Tanzania, that antimalarial medication may be recommended depending on your itinerary and the time of year, that you should consult a health care professional, ideally 6 weeks before travel, and that you should protect yourself from mosquito bites at all times.
Government of Canada — Tanzania travel advice (health)✓ Checked 3 Oct 2026
The UK Foreign Office says all visitors to mainland Tanzania and Zanzibar, except residents, must have mandatory Tanzanian Government-provided inbound travel insurance, even if they already have a personal policy in place, valid for the duration of the stay (up to 92 days). It can be bought online or at ports of entry on arrival, only for the first port of entry: from the National Insurance Corporation (NIC) if they arrive in mainland Tanzania first, or from the Zanzibar Insurance Corporation (ZIC) if they intend to arrive in Zanzibar first. Travellers who bought ZIC insurance before 1 October may use it when the mainland is their first port of entry. Visitors without the required insurance may be refused entry.
UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office — Tanzania entry requirements✓ Checked 15 Oct 2026
Tanzania's visa guidelines say visitors must show their return ticket upon arrival at the entry point.
Tanzania Immigration Services — Visa Application Guidelines✓ Checked 3 Oct 2026
No official source we could read states a proof-of-funds requirement or amount for Tanzania.
Tanzania Immigration Services — Visa Application Guidelines (ordinary visa requirements: passport, return ticket, form, fee)✓ Checked 5 Oct 2026
The UK Foreign Office says visitors (except residents) who arrive in mainland Tanzania first must buy travel insurance from the National Insurance Corporation (NIC) upon arrival, or online beforehand, even if they already have a personal policy in place; it is valid for the duration of the stay (up to 92 days). Travellers who bought Zanzibar Insurance Corporation insurance before 1 October may use it instead. Visitors without the required insurance may be refused entry.
UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office — Tanzania entry requirements✓ Checked 15 Oct 2026
The UK Foreign Office says visitors (except residents) who intend to arrive in Zanzibar first must buy travel insurance from the Zanzibar Insurance Corporation upon arrival, or online beforehand. The Corporation says proof of other international insurance coverage is not accepted, that the policy is valid inside Tanzania for a maximum of 92 consecutive days, and that only one policy per visitor is allowed per trip.
Zanzibar Insurance Corporation — Mandatory Inbound Travel Insurance, FAQs (Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar)✓ Checked 7 Oct 2026
The UK government says that if you overstay your visa or permit you can be arrested, detained and fined before being deported. No Tanzanian official page we read states the penalty.
UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office — Tanzania travel advice: entry requirements✓ Checked 15 Oct 2026
The Government of Canada says you must declare all currencies exceeding 10,000 U.S. dollars upon arrival in and departure from Tanzania.
Government of Canada — Tanzania travel advice (money)✓ Checked 3 Oct 2026
Data: TravelRequirements.info — Entry Requirements Dataset, AXG Sp. z o.o. (CC BY 4.0). Entry rules can change — confirm with official sources before travel.
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