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Tourist Entry Permit

SomaliaShort 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?

Somalia's Immigration and Citizenship Agency states that, from 1 September 2025, all foreign visitors must apply online for the Electronic Visa (E-Visa/ETAS) before travelling.

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Limits of the record
  • The ICA statement covers all foreign visitors and is not tourist-specific.
  • The SomInvest visa-regime page (08a58f866a90f2f0) still describes a visa-on-arrival process with a pre-approval letter, available to citizens of all countries; the two official sources diverge.

What short-visit purposes does this route cover?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the visit purposes this route covers.

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Limits of the record
  • Not established: the correction failed a second independent check (GENERICA: Value only says tourism visa is one listed type, i.e. the route covers 'tourism' = the via name; it states no permitted short-visit purposes/activities (residual admits it).)

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

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the maximum stay, validity and entry rules.

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Limits of the record
  • Searched ICA visa-information and services pages and SomInvest visa regime: no maximum stay, validity or entry-count rule for tourist visits. The only period found is the 14-day validity of the visa-on-arrival approval letter, which is not a length of stay.

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

For visa on arrival at the port of entry, SomInvest lists: a pre-approved visa approval letter valid for 14 days from issuance, a passport valid for at least six months, a valid return ticket, two recent passport photographs and payment of the visa fee at the port of entry.

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Limits of the record
  • These requirements are for the visa-on-arrival process on the SomInvest page, not specific to tourists; ICA states that from 1 September 2025 all foreign visitors must apply online (ETAS) before travelling.
  • No funds, accommodation or insurance evidence is stated.
  • https://sominvest.gov.so/procedures/visa-regime/
    Visa approval letter (pre-approved visa letter),valid for 14 days from the date of issuance. Valid passport with minimum of six months validity Valid return ticket Two recent passport sized photographs Payment of visa fee at the port of entry

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

Foreign visitors apply online at etas.gov.so before travelling. ICA's visa services cover entry visas, visa extensions and visa-on-arrival information for foreign nationals visiting Somalia. The official source does not state when a tourist stay can be extended or changed.

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Limits of the record
  • The circumstances under which a tourist stay can be extended or changed 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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