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V1 - Holiday Visitor Visa

RwandaShort stays and visits

Explore the five recorded questions, answers and sources for this pathway.

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

The single-entry fee is waived for nationals of countries with a visa-waiver arrangement, including African Union, Commonwealth and La Francophonie arrangements. Applications may be made at the border on arrival, online, at the immigration office or a Rwandan mission in the applicant’s country of residence, or another place designated by the Director General. The official page does not give a complete nationality matrix for deciding who must obtain a visa in advance.

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Limits of the record
  • The page does not provide a complete nationality-by-nationality entry or advance-visa rule.

What short-visit purposes does this route cover?

This visa covers holiday, sightseeing, social, recreational and other short-term visits, excluding work.

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  • DGIE Visitors visa page, V1 subsection
    This visa is issued to a foreigner who visits Rwanda for holiday, sightseeing, social or recreational or other short-term reasons other than work purposes.

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

V1 may be single or multiple entry; it is valid for 30 days for a single entry or 90 days for multiple entries.

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Limits of the record
  • The panel gives visa validity only; it states no separate maximum stay per entry or rolling-period rule.

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

The DGIE lists a genuine acceptable travel document valid for at least six months. The official source does not state funds, accommodation, invitation, insurance or onward-travel evidence requirements.

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Limits of the record
  • The page subsection does not list the other evidence types; this does not establish that none can be required under another rule.

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

Applications may be made at the border on arrival, online, at the immigration office or a Rwandan mission in the applicant’s country of residence, or another place designated by the Director General. The page says extension may be granted in exceptional circumstances and that change of status is allowed.

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

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