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Tourist Entry Visa

LesothoShort 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?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm whether a visa, electronic authorisation or visa on arrival is normally required.

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  • Not established: the correction failed a second independent check (GENERICA: Value only says a tourist visa category exists (the via name); does not say whether/for whom a visa is normally required; prior defect persists.)

What short-visit purposes does this route cover?

This route covers tourism. The official source does not describe the tourist purpose further or state other permitted purposes.

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  • Other short-visit purposes (family visits, business) are separate categories in the charter; the source does not describe the tourist purpose further.

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

Lesotho issues two kinds of visas: a single-entry visa valid for three months and a multiple-entry visa valid for six months. The official source does not state a maximum stay per entry or any rolling-period rule.

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  • A maximum length of stay per entry and any rolling-period rule are not stated.
  • https://www.homeaffairs.gov.ls/immigration/
    Currently, there are only two kinds of visas: single entry meant for single journey and valid for three months and multiple entry meant for multiple journeys and valid for six months.

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

The tourist checklist requires a passport copy, confirmation of hotel bookings/accommodation, a 3 months' bank statement or a valid debit or credit card with sufficient funds for the duration of stay, medical insurance, a medical report, a South African transit visa for nationals of Bangladesh and Pakistan, an itinerary and a travelling plan/arrangement.

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

Since May 2017 visas are processed online by a service provider engaged by the Department of Immigration, while adjudication remains with the Ministry. The official source does not state when a stay can be extended or changed.

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Limits of the record
  • Extension or change-of-status conditions are not stated.

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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