Visa on arrival

Burundi visa for citizens of Guinea-Bissau

Citizens of Guinea-Bissau get a Burundi visa on arrival at passport control. You don’t apply in advance, but border officers check your passport, return ticket and accommodation. Visago checks your documents before you travel. It costs $19.

For citizens of Guinea-Bissau: the passport opens 27 countries visa-free; Bissau — Gitega: ≈ 5,310 km, about 7 hours of flying.

Checked by visa analyst Albert Brown, 13 years of experience · September 26, 2026

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Can I travel to Burundi without a visa on a Guinea-Bissau passport?

You don’t need to apply in advance: citizens of Guinea-Bissau get the visa on arrival. To avoid problems at the border, we check your documents for $19.

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Burundi visa rules at a glance

With a Guinea-Bissau passport you can visit 27 countries visa-free, 21 with a visa on arrival and 48 with an e-visa; 102 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Guinea-Bissau passport ranks 153rd of 199.
Guinea-Bissau passport: visa-free access to 27 countries; Burundi passport: 18.
Citizens of Guinea-Bissau and Burundi can travel together visa-free to 12 countries, for example: Gambia, Benin, Barbados, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Dominica, Rwanda, Kenya, Haiti, Seychelles, Singapore, Philippines, and Micronesia.
Citizens of Burundi, in turn, get a visa on arrival in Guinea-Bissau. Guinea-Bissau visa for citizens of Burundi

Travelling to Burundi: good to know

Bissau — Gitega: about 5,310 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 7 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +2 hours.
Local time: Bissau 12:00 — Gitega 14:00.
Local currency: Burundian Franc.
Languages: French and Rundi.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ BIF 3,009.
Burundi is the 76th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Guinea-Bissau.