Destination · Benin

Benin entry requirements (all nationalities)

Visa-exempt tiers, e-Visa and arrival rules for foreign visitors. Your passport-specific page has the exact documents and fee.

Visa-exempt by stay length

Tier	Nationalities in our data
90 days	Australia, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Belize, Dominica, Haiti, United Arab Emirates, Grenada
30 days	China, Malaysia, Philippines
14 days	HK, Singapore, Dominica, Sri Lanka, Venezuela
Freedom of movement	China, Angola, Brazil, MO, Cuba, France, India, Iran, Italy, Mexico +4 more

Valid for: 30 days · Apply: evisa.bj

Nationals of countries that require a visa can obtain an e-Visa.

Older entries from the destination's policy archive. Kept for reference, not current rules.

6 August 2011 · archive
Iran (diplomatic and service passports)
5 April 2010 · archive
Gabon (diplomatic and service passports)
31 August 2016 · archive
Rwanda
30 September 2009 · archive
Mexico (diplomatic passports)
30 August 2016 · archive
All African countries
30 April 1980 · archive
ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States): Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo
29 July 2019 · archive
India (diplomatic and service passports)
28 November 2007 · archive
France (biometric diplomatic passports)
28 May 1980 · archive
Algeria (diplomatic and service passports)
28 February 1997 · archive
Hong Kong
27 May 1992 · archive
China (travelling on duty, diplomatic and service passports)
23 September 2016 · archive
Italy (diplomatic and service passports)
23 March 2007 · archive
Republic of the Congo
22 September 2020 · archive
Singapore
22 September 2020 · archive
Indonesia, Israel, Macau (unilateral)
22 October 2010 · archive
Switzerland (biometric diplomatic passports)
21 June 2001 · archive
Russia (diplomatic and service passports)
2 August 2013 · archive
Central African Republic
2 April 2002 · archive
Chad
19 February 2008 · archive
Haiti