🇷🇼 Rwanda 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 Rwanda?

Passport	Entry for a short visit
Ghanaian passport	On arrival Free visa on arrival, up to 90 days
Kenyan passport	No visa needed EAC entry pass, up to 6 months
Nigerian passport	On arrival Free visa on arrival, up to 30 days

Rwanda visa fees

Ghana and Nigeria: qualifying African visits free; Kenya: EAC free

Arrival processing

Permitted periods differ by passport — see entry rules

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 on arrival — Rwanda immigration

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

Emergency numbers in Rwanda

Police 112 · Fire 111 · Ambulance 912

Before you go

Very clean, orderly and safe; Kinyarwanda, English, French and Swahili are official. On the last Saturday morning of each month, Umuganda (community work) takes place and many services pause.

Do

Plan around Umuganda (last Saturday morning of the month)
Learn the 1994 genocide history at the Kigali Genocide Memorial with respect
Book gorilla permits only through the official Visit Rwanda or RDB channels

Don't

Don't bring plastic bags — they are banned
Don't litter or jaywalk
Don't ask people about their ethnic background

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