🇧🇯 Benin visa requirements for Ghanaian, Kenyan and Nigerian travellers

Short tourist or visit trip on an ordinary passport. Reviewed 11 October 2026.

Ghanaian, Kenyan, Nigerian passport holders can enter without a visa or get one on arrival.

Do I need a visa for Benin?

Passport	Entry for a short visit
Ghanaian passport	No visa needed Visa free
Kenyan passport	No visa needed Visa free (African passport)
Nigerian passport	No visa needed Visa free

Benin visa fees

No visa fee under the African passport exemption

Arrival formalities

Verify the permitted duration of your planned visit

Where to apply

For exempt visits no overseas visa submission address is needed. Use the entry rules above for passport exceptions, arrival permits and pre-travel declarations. Where a visa is required, use the authority listed with the fee.

Visa exemptions — Benin government

Entry count is grant-specific: use the visa or approval actually issued. No blanket single or multiple entitlement is stated.

Before you go

Birthplace of Vodun (voodoo), which is an official religion with a national holiday on 10 January. French is official; Fon and Yoruba are widely spoken. Ouidah and Abomey hold important history of the slave trade and the Dahomey kingdom.

Do

Greet in French and ask how people are before business
Visit Ouidah's Route des Esclaves with a guide to understand its history
Ask permission at Vodun shrines and ceremonies

Don't

Don't photograph ceremonies or shrines without permission
Don't photograph government or military buildings
Don't treat Vodun objects as souvenirs to touch

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