Visa requirements for Equatorial Guinea
Most visitors need an e-Visa for Equatorial Guinea, applied for online before travel. 7 enter visa-free.
Rules by passport
Visa-free (7)
- Cameroon
- Chad
- Equatorial Guinea
- Gabon
- Sao Tome and Principe
- the Central African Republic
- the Republic of the Congo
Checked against Government of Equatorial Guinea (e-visa portal, via Prime Minister announcement 2023), ITU SG5RG-AFR (official meeting document, Malabo) on October 10, 2026.
E-Visa (192)
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Algeria
- Andorra
- Angola
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Australia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Barbados
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Belize
- Benin
- Bhutan
- Bolivia
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Brazil
- Brunei
- Bulgaria
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cambodia
- Canada
- Cape Verde
- Chile
- China
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Croatia
- Cuba
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Denmark
- Djibouti
- Dominica
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Eritrea
- Estonia
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Fiji
- Finland
- France
- Georgia
- Germany
- Ghana
- Greece
- Grenada
- Guatemala
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Hong Kong
- Hungary
- Iceland
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Ivory Coast
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kiribati
- Kosovo
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Laos
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Macao
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Mali
- Malta
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Micronesia
- Moldova
- Monaco
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Namibia
- Nauru
- Nepal
- New Zealand
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- North Korea
- North Macedonia
- Norway
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Palau
- Palestine
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Poland
- Portugal
- Qatar
- Romania
- Russia
- Rwanda
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Samoa
- San Marino
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Sierra Leone
- Singapore
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Korea
- South Sudan
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Suriname
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Syria
- Taiwan
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- the Bahamas
- the Comoros
- the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- the Dominican Republic
- the Gambia
- the Maldives
- the Marshall Islands
- the Netherlands
- the Philippines
- the Seychelles
- the Solomon Islands
- the United Arab Emirates
- the United Kingdom
- the United States
- the Vatican City
- Timor-Leste
- Togo
- Tonga
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- Tuvalu
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- Uruguay
- Uzbekistan
- Vanuatu
- Venezuela
- Vietnam
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Checked against Government of Equatorial Guinea (e-visa portal, via Prime Minister announcement 2023), ITU SG5RG-AFR (official meeting document, Malabo) on October 10, 2026.
Visa fees for Equatorial Guinea
E-Visa fee: No official source publishes this information. Portal landing page has no fee table; application is handled by the VFS operator (egonline.vfsevisa.com) which rejected text fetch (403). Third-party consensus of $75 unverified against an official source. Checked: Equatorial Guinea eVisa portal.
Processing times
E-Visa processing time: No official source publishes this information. No processing SLA on readable official pages. Checked: Equatorial Guinea eVisa portal.
Apply through official channels
Start the official Equatorial Guinea eVisa portal Self-described official portal; application flow runs on the VFS operator site. Canonical no-hyphen domain (equatorialguineaevisa.com) no longer resolves.
Travel insurance for Equatorial Guinea
Not required. No official source we have checked requires travel insurance to visit Equatorial Guinea, and none publishes a minimum coverage amount for visitors.
Some visa services claim insurance is mandatory for Equatorial Guinea and charge you for a policy. We found no official rule behind those claims, so we will not present it as one. Insurance may still be a sensible choice for your trip, but for Equatorial Guinea it is your choice, not an entry rule. We watch for new mandates daily, and this page will say so if one appears.
Countries that do require it: the full travel insurance requirements list.
Sources and verification
199 of 199 passport rules verified against Government of Equatorial Guinea (e-visa portal, via Prime Minister announcement 2023), ITU SG5RG-AFR (official meeting document, Malabo), 0 with no official source publishing the rule.
- Government of Equatorial Guinea (e-visa portal, via Prime Minister announcement 2023) (checked October 10, 2026)
- ITU SG5RG-AFR (official meeting document, Malabo) (checked October 10, 2026)
Common questions
Do I need a visa for Equatorial Guinea?
It depends on your passport. 7 of 199 passports enter Equatorial Guinea visa-free; 192 need a visa or authorisation arranged in advance. Find your passport in the groups above.
Do I need travel insurance for Equatorial Guinea?
No verified requirement. No official source we have checked requires travel insurance to visit Equatorial Guinea, and none publishes a minimum coverage amount for visitors. Some visa services claim it is mandatory and charge for a policy; we found no official rule behind those claims.