Visa policy of Gabon

Policy on permits required to enter Gabon

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Most visitors to Gabon must obtain a visa in advance, either from one of the Gabonese diplomatic missions or online, unless if they are a citizen of one of the visa-exempt countries.[1][2]

## Visa policy map

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Gabon

Visa not required (90 days)

Visa not required (30 days)

eVisa

## Visa exemption

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CItizens of the following countries do not require a visa to enter Gabon, for visits up to the duration listed below:[3][1]

90 days

* Cameroon
* Central African Republic
* Republic of Congo
* Chad

* Equatorial Guinea
* Morocco
* Panama
* Sao Tome and Principe

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30 days

* Mauritius
* Malaysia

* Singapore
* South Africa#

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# - Length of stay extendable to 90 days.[1]

Date of visa changes

Visa-free[3]

* Unknown: Malaysia, Panama, Sao Tome and Principe, Singapore, South Africa
* 7 February 2013: Mauritius
* 5 September 2013: Morocco
* 19 October 2017: CEMAC countries - Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Chad and Equatorial Guinea[4][5][6]
* 20 February 2023: G20 countries

Visa on arrival

* 12 October 2017: Australia, Austria, Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Mexico, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom and United States[7]
* 19 October 2017: Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman and United Arab Emirates[8]

e-Visa

* 15 June 2015: All countries[9]

Cancelled

* 04 October 2023: G20 countries

Visa facilitation agreement

* 21 August 2001: United States (5 years visa validity)

### Non-ordinary passports

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Holders of diplomatic, official, service or special category passports of the following countries may enter without a visa:[3][10]

* AngolaD S
* BeninD O S
* BrazilD O S
* Burkina FasoD O S
* ChinaD S 1
* Cote d'IvoireD O S
* CubaD O S
* DjiboutiD S

* EgyptD O S
* EthiopiaD S
* FranceD S
* GermanyD
* GuineaD O S
* IranD S 1
* MaliD O S
* RussiaD S

* Saint Kitts and NevisD O S 1
* SenegalD O S
* SerbiaD S
* South KoreaD S
* TunisiaD O S Sp
* TurkeyD O S Sp
* United Arab EmiratesD O S Sp

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D - Diplomatic passports
O - Diplomatic passports
S - Service passports
Sp - Special passports
1 - 30 days

Date of visa changes

Unknown: Angola, Iran, Niger, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Serbia, Singapore, United Arab Emirates

* 28 July 2004: Brazil
* 10 June 2006: Egypt
* 5 July 2007: France
* 29 February 2008: Guinea
* 18 March 2008: Mali
* 16 July 2009: Cuba
* 5 April 2010: Benin
* 17 August 2010: Ethiopia
* 5 April 2011: Russia
* 19 May 2011: Rwanda
* 7 November 2012: Burkina Faso
* 28 January 2013: Djibouti
* 7 June 2013: South Korea
* 26 June 2013: Germany
* 25 October 2014: Senegal
* 27 November 2014: Ivory Coast
* 1 December 2014: Tunisia
* 13 May 2015: Turkey
* 16 February 2016: China

* A visa exemption agreement for holders of diplomatic and official passports was signed with Togo on 25 September 2018, but it has not yet entered into force.[11][12]

## Electronic visa (e-Visa)

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Gabon announced the introduction of an electronic visa system for visitors in January 2015.[13][2]

The e-Visa was introduced on 15 June 2015.[14][15]

The e-Visa system is usable by citizens of any country that requires a visa to visit Gabon. The e-Visa is issued 72 hours after the application and is valid only for those arriving via Leon Mba International Airport in Libreville.[16]

## Transit without a visa

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Transit without a visa is possible for travellers continuing their trip to a third country by the same or first connecting plane within 24 hours or by the same plane if they are the citizens of the following countries: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, People's Republic of China, Czech Republic, Georgia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan and Vietnam. Not allowed for the citizens of Lebanon.[17]

## Admission restrictions

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* Lebanon

| Citizens of Lebanon are specifically required to hold an "Authorisation to enter Gabon" (Autorisation d'entree au Gabon) in addition to a visa in order to enter Gabon.[1]

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## See also

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Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Gabon.

* Visa requirements for Gabonese citizens

## References

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1. ^ a b c d "Visa and passport". Timatic. International Air Transport Association through Emirates. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
2. ^ a b "Gabon eVisa".
3. ^ a b c "Pays exempts de visas". Republique Gabonaise Ministère Des Affaires Etrangères Chargé De L'intégration Sous-régionale Et Des Gabonais De L'étranger (in French). Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Gabon. Archived from the original on 22 April 2024. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
4. ^ Relative à la libre circulation des personnes en zone CEMAC
5. ^ AfricaNews (20 October 2017). "Le Gabon supprime les visas pour les ressortissants d'Afrique centrale - Africanews". africanews.com. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
6. ^ Under CEMAC agreement on 14 June 2013
7. ^ Africtelegraph (13 October 2017). "Le Gabon assouplit sa politique de délivrance de visas". africtelegraph.com. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
8. ^ Africtelegraph (20 October 2017). "Sous la pression de la CEMAC, le Gabon ouvre ses frontières". africtelegraph.com. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
9. ^ "Immigration : L'e-visa est opérationnel - Gabonreview.com - Actualité du Gabon -". gabonreview.com. 10 July 2015. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
10. ^ "Gabon e-Visa".
11. ^ @ImmongaultR (25 September 2018). "En marge de l'Assemblée Générale des Nations Unies à New York, j'ai procédé, sur instructions du Chef l'Etat, à la…" (Tweet) - via Twitter.
12. ^ @rdussey (25 September 2018). "Exemption de visa diplomatique et de service entre le Gabon et le Togo signé ce jour à New York en marge de l AGNU" (Tweet) - via Twitter.
13. ^ "Gabon to deliver e-visas, launches immigration website". BiztechAfrica. Archived from the original on 2016-10-26. Retrieved 2016-10-26.
14. ^ "L'e-visa Gabonais enfin une réalité pour les visiteurs étrangers - Info241.com". Info241.com (in French). Retrieved 2016-10-26.
15. ^ "Immigration : L'e-visa est opérationnel - Gabonreview.com - Actualité du Gabon -". gabonreview.com. 10 July 2015. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
16. ^ "Gabon e-Visa".
17. ^ https://www.timaticweb.com/cgi-bin/tim_website_client.cgi?FullText=1&COUNTRY=GA&SECTION=VI&SUBSECTION=TW&user=OLYMPIC&subuser=OLYMPICB2C[permanent dead link]

## External links

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* Gabon e-Visa

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Visa policy by country

* Visa
* Passport
* Travel document

Africa|

* Algeria
* Angola
* Benin
* Botswana
* Burkina Faso
* Burundi
* Cameroon
* Cape Verde
* Central African Republic
* Chad
* Comoros
* DR Congo
* Djibouti
* Egypt6
* Equatorial Guinea
* Eritrea
* Eswatini
* Ethiopia
* Gabon
* Gambia
* Ghana
* Guinea-Bissau
* Guinea
* Ivory Coast
* Kenya
* Lesotho
* Liberia
* Libya
* Madagascar
* Malawi
* Mali
* Mauritania
* Mauritius
* Morocco
* Mozambique
* Namibia
* Niger
* Nigeria
* R Congo
* Rwanda
* Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha1
* São Tomé and Príncipe
* Senegal
* Seychelles
* Sierra Leone
* Somalia
* Somaliland3
* South Africa
* South Sudan
* Sudan
* Tanzania
* Togo
* Tunisia
* Uganda
* Zambia
* Zimbabwe

Americas|

* Anguilla1
* Antigua and Barbuda
* Argentina
* Bahamas
* Barbados
* Belize
* Bermuda1
* Bolivia
* Brazil
* British Virgin Islands1
* Canada
* Cayman Islands1
* Chile
* Colombia
* Costa Rica
* Cuba
* Dominica
* Dominican Republic
* Dutch Caribbean (Aruba, Caribbean Netherlands, Curaçao, Sint Maarten)
* Ecuador
* El Salvador
* Falkland Islands1
* Greenland5
* Grenada
* Guatemala
* Guyana
* Haiti
* Honduras
* Jamaica
* Mexico
* Montserrat1
* Nicaragua
* Panama
* Paraguay
* Peru
* St. Kitts and Nevis
* St. Lucia
* St. Vincent and the Grenadines
* South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands1
* Suriname
* Trinidad and Tobago
* Turks and Caicos Islands1
* United States
* Puerto Rico4
* Virgin Islands4
* Uruguay
* Venezuela

Asia|

* Abkhazia2 3
* Afghanistan
* Akrotiri and Dhekelia1 2
* Armenia2
* Azerbaijan2
* Bahrain
* Bangladesh
* Bhutan
* Brunei
* Cambodia
* China
* Hong Kong
* Macau
* Cyprus2
* East Timor
* Egypt6
* Georgia2
* India
* Indonesia
* Iran
* Iraq
* Israel
* Japan
* Jordan
* Kazakhstan2
* Kuwait
* Kyrgyzstan
* Laos
* Lebanon
* Malaysia
* Maldives
* Mongolia
* Myanmar
* Nepal
* North Korea
* Northern Cyprus2 3
* Oman
* Pakistan
* Palestine3
* Philippines
* Qatar
* Russia2
* Saudi Arabia
* Singapore
* South Korea
* South Ossetia2
* Sri Lanka
* Syria
* Taiwan (Republic of China)3
* Tajikistan
* Thailand
* Turkey2
* Turkmenistan
* United Arab Emirates
* Uzbekistan
* Vietnam
* Yemen

Europe|

* Abkhazia2 3
* Akrotiri and Dhekelia1 2
* Albania
* Andorra
* Armenia2
* Austria
* Azerbaijan2
* Belarus
* Belgium
* Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Bulgaria
* Croatia
* Czech Republic
* Cyprus2
* Denmark
* Faroe Islands
* Greenland
* Estonia
* Finland
* France
* Overseas
* Georgia2
* Germany
* Greece
* Hungary
* Iceland
* Ireland
* Italy
* Kazakhstan2
* Kosovo3
* Latvia
* Liechtenstein
* Lithuania
* Luxembourg
* Malta
* Moldova
* Monaco
* Montenegro
* Netherlands
* Overseas
* North Macedonia
* Northern Cyprus2 3
* Norway
* Svalbard
* Poland
* Portugal
* Romania
* Russia2
* San Marino
* Serbia
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* South Ossetia2 3
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Transnistria3
* Turkey2
* Ukraine
* United Kingdom
* Overseas
* Vatican City

Oceania|

* American Samoa4
* Australia
* Cook Islands
* Fiji
* Guam4
* Kiribati
* Marshall Islands
* Micronesia
* Nauru
* New Zealand
* Niue
* Northern Mariana Islands4
* Palau
* Papua New Guinea
* Pitcairn Islands1
* Samoa
* Solomon Islands
* Tokelau
* Tonga
* Tuvalu
* Vanuatu

Historical|

* Artsakh2
* Russia2

1 British Overseas Territories. 2 These countries span the conventional boundary between Europe and Asia. 3 Partially recognized. 4 Unincorporated territory of the United States. 5 Part of the Kingdom of Denmark. 6 Egypt spans the boundary between Africa and Asia.

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Visa requirements by citizenship

* Visa
* Passport
* Travel document

Africa|

* Algerian
* Angolan
* Beninese
* Botswana
* Burkinabe
* Burundian
* Cameroonian
* Cape Verdean
* Central African
* Chadian
* Comorian
* Congolese (Democratic Republic)
* Congolese (Republic)
* Djiboutian
* Egyptian4
* Equatorial Guinean
* Eritrean
* Ethiopian
* Gabonese
* Gambian
* Ghanaian
* Guinea-Bissauan
* Guinean
* Ivorian
* Kenyan
* Lesothan
* Liberian
* Libyan
* Malagasy
* Malawian
* Malian
* Mauritanian
* Mauritian
* Moroccan
* Mozambican
* Namibian
* Nigerian
* Nigerien
* Rwandan
* Saint Helena1
* Santomean
* Senegalese
* Seychellois
* Sierra Leonean
* Somali (Somaliland)
* South African
* South Sudanese
* Sudanese
* Swazi
* Tanzanian
* Togolese
* Tunisian
* Ugandan
* Zambian
* Zimbabwean

Americas|

* American
* Anguillan1
* Antigua and Barbuda
* Argentine
* Bahamian
* Barbadian
* Belizean
* Bermudian1
* Bolivian
* Brazilian
* British Virgin Islands1
* Canadian
* Caymanian1
* Chilean
* Colombian
* Costa Rican
* Cuban
* Dominica
* Dominican Republic
* Ecuadorian
* Greenlandic
* Grenadian
* Guatemalan
* Guyanese
* Haitian
* Honduran
* Jamaican
* Mexican
* Montserratian1
* Nicaraguan
* Panamanian
* Paraguayan
* Peruvian
* Saint Kitts and Nevis
* Saint Lucian
* Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
* Salvadoran
* Surinamese
* Trinidad and Tobago
* Turks and Caicos Islands1
* Uruguayan
* Venezuelan

Asia|

* Abkhaz2 5
* Afghan
* Armenian3
* Azerbaijani2
* Bahraini
* Bangladeshi
* Bhutanese
* Bruneian
* Cambodian
* Chinese
* Hong Kongese
* Macanese
* Cypriot3
* East Timorese
* Egyptian4
* Emirati
* Georgian2
* Indian
* Indonesian
* Iranian
* Iraqi
* Israeli
* Japanese
* Jordanian
* Kazakhstani2
* Kuwaiti
* Kyrgyzstani
* Laotian
* Lebanese
* Malaysian
* Maldivian
* Mongolian
* Myanmar
* Nepalese
* North Korean
* Northern Cypriot3 5
* Omani
* Pakistani
* Palestinian
* Philippine
* Qatari
* Russian2
* Saudi
* Singaporean
* South Korean
* South Ossetian2 5
* Sri Lankan
* Syrian
* Taiwanese5
* Tajikistani
* Thai
* Turkish2
* Turkmen
* Uzbekistani
* Vietnamese
* Yemeni

Europe|

* Abkhaz2 5
* Albanian
* Andorran
* Armenian3
* Austrian
* Azerbaijani2
* Belarusian
* Belgian
* Bosnian and Herzegovinian
* British (BOTC · BN(O) · BOC)
* Bulgarian
* Croatian
* Cypriot3
* Czech
* Danish
* Faroese
* Greenlandic
* Dutch
* Estonian (Non-citizens)
* EU
* Finnish
* French
* Georgian2
* German
* Greek
* Hungarian
* Icelandic
* Irish
* Italian
* Kazakhstani2
* Kosovar5
* Latvian (Non-citizens)
* Liechtenstein
* Lithuanian
* Luxembourg
* Maltese
* Moldovan
* Montenegrin
* Monégasque
* North Macedonian
* Northern Cypriot3 5
* Norwegian
* Polish
* Portuguese
* Romanian
* Russian9
* San Marino
* Serbian
* Slovak
* Slovenian
* South Ossetian2 5
* Spanish
* Swedish
* Swiss
* Transnistrian5
* Turkish2
* Ukrainian
* Vatican City

Oceania|

* Australian
* Fijian
* Kiribati
* Marshallese
* Micronesian
* Nauruan
* New Zealand
* Palauan
* Papua New Guinean
* Pitcairn Islands1
* Samoan
* Solomon Islands
* Tongan
* Tuvaluan
* Vanuatuan

Other|

* Crew members
* Sovereign Military Order of Malta
* Green Card

1 British Overseas Territories. 2 Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Russia and the partially recognised republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia each span the conventional boundary between Europe and Asia. 3 Cyprus, Armenia, and the partially recognised republic of Northern Cyprus are entirely in Western Asia but have socio-political connections with Europe. 4 Egypt spans the boundary between Africa and Asia. 5 Partially recognized.

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