New Visa From April 2025 Should Be Easy To Obtain

17 Jan 2025

32 countries Namibia visa waiver 1 April 2025 entry Hosea Kutako International Airport fee-based visa passports Germany France Great Britain USA

 Citizens from 32 countries that do not reciprocate Namibia's visa waiver will require a paid visa on arrival (here at Hosea Kutako International Airport) from 1 April 2025. These include Germany, France, Great Britain and the USA.  Photos of the passports: Wikipedia. Photo of Hosea Kutako International Airport: Sven-Eric Stender
 

Citizens from countries that do not grant Namibians visa-free travel should be able to obtain the upcoming necessary holiday visa smoothly. This was assured by the Ministry of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety and Security (MHAISS) to the travel industry during a high-level meeting on Wednesday.

The Tour and Safari Association (TASA) announced the discussed regulations in a press release yesterday evening. Combined with what was already finalised, the picture is as follows.

These include Germany, Switzerland and Austria as well as the Netherlands, France and Italy. Great Britain and the USA are also on the list of 32 countries published by the Ministry of Home Affairs last year.

Visa available online and upon arrival

Editor's note from Namibian.org: The existing application page for a holiday visa does NOT apply to the new visa valid from 1 April 2025. It is aimed at citizens of countries for which a visa requirement has already existed for a long time.

The fee mentioned on this page is only N$ 600. However, the requirements are significantly higher than those of the new visa. They are similar to those of the Schengen visa (invitation, deed of surety, bank statement for 6 months, etc.).

Visa fee also payable by credit card

The Ministry had already announced the visa requirement in May 2024 (see report on Namibian.org [https://namibian.org/news/tourism/debate-in-namibia-about-new-visa-requirements-for-holidaymakers]). The required publication in the Gazette is still pending.

Sven-Eric Stender

 

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