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Electronic Visitor Visa

Equatorial GuineaShort stays and visits

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For the relevant traveller scope, is a visa, electronic authorisation, visa on arrival or no advance visa normally required?

All nationalities can apply for an e-Visa, and all applicants, including children and infants, must have a visa to enter Equatorial Guinea. The stay-visa decree creates stay visas 'for the nationalities that require them'.

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  • Source is the eVisa portal operated by VFS Global as the government's service provider (not a .gq government domain).
  • No official list of visa-exempt nationalities was captured.
  • The sources do not say whether the e-Visa is the only way to obtain a visa (the portal covers air arrival at Malabo).

What short-visit purposes does this route cover?

The e-Visa has two categories: Tourist Visa and Business Visa (business applicants add an invitation letter or a company letter explaining the business need).

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Limits of the record
  • Source is the eVisa portal operated by VFS Global as the government's service provider (not a .gq government domain).

What maximum stay, rolling-period rule, validity and entry rules apply?

Under the 2019 presidential decree on stay visas, a stay visa allows one or successive stays totalling no more than 90 days per semester from first entry; a tourist visa allows a short stay of no more than 90 days. Entry must occur within half of the authorised period from the grant, or the visa lapses. The e-Visa is usually single-entry.

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Limits of the record
  • Source is the eVisa portal operated by VFS Global as the government's service provider (not a .gq government domain).
  • The 90-days-per-semester sentence is in the decree's preamble ('considerando'), not an article.
  • Decree text taken from the official press office (guineaecuatorialpress.com), not the official gazette.

What important funds, accommodation, invitation, insurance, onward-travel or passport evidence may be required?

Uploads include accommodation proof, travel insurance, a 3-month bank statement stamped by the bank, a yellow fever certificate and a return flight ticket. At arrival: a passport valid at least 6 months with a blank page, a copy of the e-Visa and proof of stay (hotel voucher or family residence proof); officers may request more.

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Limits of the record
  • Source is the eVisa portal operated by VFS Global as the government's service provider (not a .gq government domain).

Where/how is permission obtained when required, and under what important circumstances can a stay be extended or changed?

Apply online at egonline.vfsevisa.com (register, fill the form, upload documents, pay online: USD 50 visa fee plus USD 25 service fee); approval normally takes 24-72 hours, and the e-Visa is used for arrival by air at Malabo International Airport, where the visa is stamped at the immigration counter. On extension, the decree states a business stay visa is 90 days extendable by another 90; the source does not state an extension rule for tourist visas.

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Limits of the record
  • Source is the eVisa portal operated by VFS Global as the government's service provider (not a .gq government domain).
  • No extension procedure or office is stated; tourist-visa extension is not addressed.

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