For the relevant traveller scope, is a visa, electronic authorisation, visa on arrival or no advance visa normally required?
A foreigner entering Rwanda must have a valid travel document recognised in Rwanda and a visa or a residence permit. The V2 visa, for visiting a family member or close relative residing in Rwanda, is issued on arrival at the border post, online, at an immigration and emigration office, at a Rwandan diplomatic mission in the applicant's country of residence, or at any other place determined by the Directorate General. Separately, a national or resident of a country with a visa-waiver arrangement with Rwanda who enters for any valid reason other than employment is issued a VE-1 visa.
See recorded sources
Limits of the record
- The list of visa-waiver countries and a full nationality matrix are not in the cited sources.
- https://migration.gov.rw/fileadmin/user_upload/pdf_files/ministerial_order_relating_to_immigration.pdf
A foreigner who enters into Rwanda must
- https://migration.gov.rw/fileadmin/user_upload/pdf_files/ministerial_order_relating_to_immigration.pdf
have a valid travel document recognised in
- https://migration.gov.rw/fileadmin/user_upload/pdf_files/ministerial_order_relating_to_immigration.pdf
Rwanda and a visa or a resident permit.
- https://migration.gov.rw/fileadmin/user_upload/pdf_files/ministerial_order_relating_to_immigration.pdf
Class V 2
- https://migration.gov.rw/fileadmin/user_upload/pdf_files/ministerial_order_relating_to_immigration.pdf
to visit a family member or a close relative
- https://migration.gov.rw/fileadmin/user_upload/pdf_files/ministerial_order_relating_to_immigration.pdf
who resides in Rwanda.
- https://migration.gov.rw/fileadmin/user_upload/pdf_files/ministerial_order_relating_to_immigration.pdf
This visa is issued upon arrival at the
- https://migration.gov.rw/fileadmin/user_upload/pdf_files/ministerial_order_relating_to_immigration.pdf
border post, online, at immigration and
- https://migration.gov.rw/fileadmin/user_upload/pdf_files/ministerial_order_relating_to_immigration.pdf
emigration office, at the office of a
- https://migration.gov.rw/fileadmin/user_upload/pdf_files/ministerial_order_relating_to_immigration.pdf
diplomatic mission of Rwanda in the
- https://migration.gov.rw/fileadmin/user_upload/pdf_files/ministerial_order_relating_to_immigration.pdf
applicant’s country of residence or at any
- https://migration.gov.rw/fileadmin/user_upload/pdf_files/ministerial_order_relating_to_immigration.pdf
other place as may be determined by the
- https://migration.gov.rw/fileadmin/user_upload/pdf_files/ministerial_order_relating_to_immigration.pdf
Directorate General.
- https://migration.gov.rw/fileadmin/user_upload/pdf_files/ministerial_order_relating_to_immigration.pdf
1 º VE-1: is a visa issued to a person
- https://migration.gov.rw/fileadmin/user_upload/pdf_files/ministerial_order_relating_to_immigration.pdf
who is a national or a resident of a
- https://migration.gov.rw/fileadmin/user_upload/pdf_files/ministerial_order_relating_to_immigration.pdf
country with which Rwanda has a
- https://migration.gov.rw/fileadmin/user_upload/pdf_files/ministerial_order_relating_to_immigration.pdf
visa waiver arrangement, who enters
- https://migration.gov.rw/fileadmin/user_upload/pdf_files/ministerial_order_relating_to_immigration.pdf
the country for any valid reason
- https://migration.gov.rw/fileadmin/user_upload/pdf_files/ministerial_order_relating_to_immigration.pdf
other than employment. It is a single