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Sierra Leone visa requirements in 2026

What Sierra Leone's border demands, by nationality — 128 of the 202 nationalities we track can enter without a visa arranged in advance. Pick your passport below for your exact rules, fees and documents.

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Entry rules for everyone

These apply whichever passport you carry and however you enter.

Passport validity 6 months
Vaccinations Yellow fever vaccination

Who can enter Sierra Leone

Fiji — Visa On ArrivalTanzania, United Republic of — E-VisaWestern SaharaCanada — Visa On ArrivalUnited States — Visa On ArrivalKazakhstan — E-VisaUzbekistan — Visa On ArrivalPapua New Guinea — Visa On ArrivalIndonesia — Visa On ArrivalArgentina — E-VisaChile — E-VisaCongo, The Democratic Republic of the — Visa On ArrivalSomalia — E-VisaKenya — Visa On ArrivalSudan — E-VisaChad — Visa On ArrivalHaiti — E-VisaDominican Republic — E-VisaRussian Federation — Visa On ArrivalBahamas — Visa On ArrivalFalkland Islands (Malvinas)Norway — Visa On ArrivalGreenland — Visa On ArrivalFrench Southern Territories — Visa On ArrivalTimor-Leste — Visa On ArrivalSouth Africa — Visa On ArrivalLesotho — Visa On ArrivalMexico — E-VisaUruguay — E-VisaBrazil — Visa On ArrivalBolivia, Plurinational State of — Visa On ArrivalPeru — E-VisaColombia — E-VisaPanama — E-VisaCosta Rica — E-VisaNicaragua — E-VisaHonduras — Embassy VisaEl Salvador — E-VisaGuatemala — Embassy VisaBelize — Visa On ArrivalVenezuela, Bolivarian Republic of — E-VisaGuyana — Visa On ArrivalSuriname — E-VisaFrance — Visa On ArrivalEcuador — E-VisaPuerto RicoJamaica — Visa On ArrivalCuba — E-VisaZimbabwe — E-VisaBotswana — Visa On ArrivalNamibia — Visa On ArrivalSenegal — Visa Not RequiredMali — Visa Not RequiredMauritania — Visa Not RequiredBenin — Visa Not RequiredNiger — Visa Not RequiredNigeria — Visa Not RequiredCameroon — Visa On ArrivalTogo — Visa Not RequiredGhana — Visa Not RequiredCôte d'Ivoire — Visa Not RequiredGuinea — Visa Not RequiredGuinea-Bissau — Visa Not RequiredLiberia — Visa Not RequiredSierra LeoneBurkina Faso — Visa Not RequiredCentral African Republic — Visa On ArrivalCongo — E-VisaGabon — Visa On ArrivalEquatorial Guinea — E-VisaZambia — Visa On ArrivalMalawi — Visa On ArrivalMozambique — Visa On ArrivalEswatini — Visa On ArrivalAngola — E-VisaBurundi — E-VisaIsrael — Visa On ArrivalLebanon — Visa On ArrivalMadagascar — Visa On ArrivalPalestine, State of — E-VisaGambia — Visa Not RequiredTunisia — Visa On ArrivalAlgeria — E-VisaJordan — E-VisaUnited Arab Emirates — Visa On ArrivalQatar — Visa On ArrivalKuwait — Visa On ArrivalIraq — E-VisaOman — Visa On ArrivalVanuatu — Visa On ArrivalCambodia — Visa On ArrivalThailand — Visa On ArrivalLao People's Democratic Republic — E-VisaMyanmar — E-VisaViet Nam — Visa On ArrivalKorea, Democratic People's Republic of — E-VisaKorea, Republic of — Visa On ArrivalMongolia — E-VisaIndia — Visa On ArrivalBangladesh — Visa On ArrivalBhutan — E-VisaNepal — E-VisaPakistan — Visa On ArrivalAfghanistan — E-VisaTajikistan — E-VisaKyrgyzstan — Visa On ArrivalTurkmenistan — E-VisaIran, Islamic Republic of — Visa On ArrivalSyrian Arab Republic — E-VisaArmenia — E-VisaSweden — Visa On ArrivalBelarus — E-VisaUkraine — E-VisaPoland — Visa On ArrivalAustria — Visa On ArrivalHungary — Visa On ArrivalMoldova, Republic of — E-VisaRomania — Visa On ArrivalLithuania — Visa On ArrivalLatvia — E-VisaEstonia — Visa On ArrivalGermany — Visa On ArrivalBulgaria — Visa On ArrivalGreece — Visa On ArrivalTürkiye — Visa On ArrivalAlbania — E-VisaCroatia — Visa On ArrivalSwitzerland — Visa On ArrivalLuxembourg — Visa On ArrivalBelgium — Visa On ArrivalNetherlands — Visa On ArrivalPortugal — Visa On ArrivalSpain — Visa On ArrivalIreland — Visa On ArrivalNew CaledoniaSolomon Islands — Visa On ArrivalNew Zealand — Visa On ArrivalAustralia — Visa On ArrivalSri Lanka — Visa On ArrivalChina — Visa On ArrivalTaiwan, Province of China — E-VisaItaly — Visa On ArrivalDenmark — Visa On ArrivalUnited Kingdom — Visa On ArrivalIceland — E-VisaAzerbaijan — E-VisaGeorgia — E-VisaPhilippines — E-VisaMalaysia — Visa On ArrivalBrunei Darussalam — Visa On ArrivalSlovenia — Visa On ArrivalFinland — Visa On ArrivalSlovakia — Visa On ArrivalCzechia — Visa On ArrivalEritrea — E-VisaJapan — Visa On ArrivalParaguay — E-VisaYemen — E-VisaSaudi Arabia — Visa On ArrivalCyprus — Visa On ArrivalMorocco — Visa On ArrivalEgypt — Visa On ArrivalLibya — E-VisaEthiopia — E-VisaDjibouti — E-VisaUganda — Visa On ArrivalRwanda — Visa On ArrivalBosnia and Herzegovina — E-VisaNorth Macedonia — E-VisaSerbia — E-VisaMontenegro — E-VisaTrinidad and Tobago — Visa On ArrivalSouth Sudan — Visa On Arrival
Visa Not Required Visa On Arrival E-Visa Embassy Visa
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Benin
Burkina Faso
Cabo Verde
Côte d'Ivoire
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Liberia
Mali
Mauritania
Niger
Nigeria
Senegal
Togo
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Antigua and Barbuda
Australia
Austria
Bahamas
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belgium
Belize
Bolivia, Plurinational State of
Botswana
Brazil
British Indian Ocean Territory
Brunei Darussalam
Bulgaria
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Central African Republic
Chad
China
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the
Croatia
Cyprus
Czechia
Denmark
Dominica
Egypt
Estonia
Eswatini
Faroe Islands
Fiji
Finland
France
French Southern Territories
Gabon
Germany
Greece
Greenland
Grenada
Guyana
Hong Kong
Hungary
India
Indonesia
Iran, Islamic Republic of
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Kenya
Kiribati
Korea, Republic of
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macao
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Malta
Mauritius
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Oman
Pakistan
Papua New Guinea
Poland
Portugal
Qatar
Romania
Russian Federation
Rwanda
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa
Saudi Arabia
Seychelles
Singapore
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
Slovakia
Slovenia
Solomon Islands
South Africa
South Sudan
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sweden
Switzerland
Thailand
Timor-Leste
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Tuvalu
Türkiye
Uganda
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Viet Nam
Zambia
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Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Andorra
Angola
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Armenia
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Belarus
Belgium
Bhutan
Bolivia, Plurinational State of
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Brazil
British Indian Ocean Territory
Brunei Darussalam
Bulgaria
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Chile
China
Colombia
Comoros
Congo
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the
Costa Rica
Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus
Czechia
Denmark
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Estonia
Eswatini
Ethiopia
Faroe Islands
Fiji
Finland
France
French Southern Territories
Gabon
Georgia
Germany
Greece
Greenland
Guyana
Haiti
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran, Islamic Republic of
Iraq
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kiribati
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
Korea, Republic of
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Latvia
Lebanon
Lesotho
Libya
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macao
Madagascar
Maldives
Malta
Marshall Islands
Mauritius
Mexico
Micronesia, Federated States of
Moldova, Republic of
Monaco
Mongolia
Montenegro
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia
Nauru
Nepal
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua
North Macedonia
Norway
Oman
Pakistan
Palau
Palestine, State of
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Qatar
Romania
Russian Federation
Rwanda
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa
San Marino
Sao Tome and Principe
Saudi Arabia
Serbia
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
Slovenia
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Africa
South Sudan
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Suriname
Sweden
Switzerland
Syrian Arab Republic
Taiwan, Province of China
Tajikistan
Tanzania, United Republic of
Thailand
Timor-Leste
Tonga
Tunisia
Turkmenistan
Tuvalu
Türkiye
Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States
Uruguay
Vanuatu
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
Viet Nam
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Embassy Visa 3
Guatemala
Holy See (Vatican City State)
Honduras
Sierra Leone's entry routes
Visa On Arrival
Validity
30 days

Terms are the destination's own, extracted from official pages. Your exact requirement depends on your passport — use the picker above.

Compiled from official government sources and kept under continuous re-verification. Entry rules can change at short notice — always confirm with the official source before you travel.