🇪🇹 Ethiopia visa requirements for Ghanaian, Kenyan and Nigerian travellers

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

Ghanaian, Nigerian passport holders need a visa or eVisa before travelling.

Do I need a visa for Ethiopia?

Passport	Entry for a short visit
Ghanaian passport	Apply online Tourist eVisa
Kenyan passport	Check first Visa exemption — confirm trip conditions
Nigerian passport	Apply online Tourist eVisa

Ethiopia visa fees

USD 62 for 30 days; USD 152 for 90 days (single entry)

eVisa document upload

The Kenyan exemption must be applied rather than charged automatically

Where to apply

Use the official eVisa portal if eligible and a visa is required; otherwise the consular route. Passport exemptions override a generic application fee.

Apply online — Ethiopia eVisa

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

Emergency numbers in Ethiopia

Police 991 · Fire 939 · Ambulance 907 Red Cross · 907 is a Red Cross ambulance contact associated with Addis Ababa; confirm local coverage.

Before you go

Ancient and proud — never colonised, with its own calendar (about seven to eight years behind) and its own way of telling time. Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity and Islam are major faiths. Coffee ceremonies are central to hospitality.

Do

Accept a coffee ceremony if invited — it takes time and that's the point
Eat injera with your right hand
Check whether a time is given in Ethiopian or international time

Don't

Don't photograph churches, priests or people without asking
Don't point with one finger
Don't refuse "gursha" (being fed a bite) abruptly — it's a gesture of friendship

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