Visas in Namibia

[Cucuy]

Booked a safari in ‘25 and it looks like a visa requirement is coming soon.

Namibia to Introduce Visa for Countries That Do Not Reciprocate Visa-Free Access for Namibians - VisaGuide.News

The Namibian government has decided to introduce visa requirements for countries that have not reciprocated Namibia’s visa policies, the executive director at MHAISS Etienne Maritz has announced. This policy will be applied to 31 countries, including Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France...

visaguide.world

 

[JM]

what a pain! But I kind of see their point

 

[BRICKBURN]

“Visitors from impacted countries will be granted visas on arrival after applying online and paying the required fee.”

Plenty of countries do it. One more tax.

 

[mark-hunter]

Where can be found the full list of 31 countries to be affected by new visa regime?
Does the visa on arrival applies for new visa regime for these 31 countries?
This article given is not fully clear to me.

 

[BRICKBURN]

A simple test: Does your country allow Namibians in without a Visa? If not, I’d expect to be buying a Visa.

 

[spike.t]

Just come here to

 

[375 Ruger Fan]

Where can be found the full list of 31 countries to be affected by new visa regime?
Does the visa on arrival applies for new visa regime for these 31 countries?
This article given is not fully clear to me.

Namibia Passport Visa Free Countries List 2024

Namibia Passport Visa-free Travel 2024 The Namibia passport ranking is @RANK@; the number of visa free destinations accessible with a Namibia passport is

visaindex.com

 

[mark-hunter]

A simple test: Does your country allow Namibians in without a Visa? If not, I’d expect to be buying a Visa.

Croatia is special case.
We had to make visa for Namibia till 2023. No Namibian embassy in Croatia, so it was necessary to send passport to nearest embassy by DHL, to Vienna, Austria. This process is up to 2 weeks, sometimes more.

In 2023 we joined Schengen countries in EU.
(I think) based on Schengen status of the country, pre arrival visa requirement was removed, and they applied visa on arrival system starting from this year, 2024.

i dont mind visa on arrival system or additional visa fees, but my problem is sending passport by DHL as I work in international job, and must have available passport with me at all times.

My friends passport was sent by mistake to another country by DHL when we together went to safari, and passport was travelling around back and forth by DHL for two months till he finally received passport by courier. But he is not in international job, and travelling within EU is with id card, only. So, not critical for him. Important, yes, but not critical.