Zambia visa requirements by passport

Holders of 117 passports can enter Zambia visa-free: Albania, Andorra, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bahrain, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Bhutan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brunei, Bulgaria, Canada, Cape Verde, China, Comoros, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Estonia, Eswatini, Fiji, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Laos, Latvia, Lesotho, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Netherlands, New Zealand, North Macedonia, Norway, Oman, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, São Tomé and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Seychelles, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Vanuatu, Vatican City and Zimbabwe.

Holders of these 28 passports can get a visa on arrival in Zambia: Belarus, Bolivia, Brazil, Burundi, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Ecuador, El Salvador, Eritrea, Georgia, Ghana, Haiti, Kazakhstan, Mexico, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, Republic of the Congo, Russia, Rwanda, Thailand, Uruguay and Venezuela. A fee may apply.

An eVisa, applied for online before you fly, is needed for Afghanistan, Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Côte d'Ivoire, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, India, Indonesia, Iran, Jordan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Libya, Macau, Mali, Mauritania, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, North Korea, Pakistan, Palestinian Territory, Philippines, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam and Yemen passport holders. Apply only on the official government website, eservices.zambiaimmigration.gov.zm; other sites add service fees.

The visa data comes from the Passport Index dataset (visualpharm/visa-free-dataset, updated 2026-06-14) + 181 sourced corrections (last checked 2026-10-15). This page was built on 15 October 2026. Entry rules change, so confirm with Zambia's official immigration website or embassy before you travel.