No visa needed

Do citizens of Rwanda need a visa for Burundi?

Citizens of Rwanda don’t need a visa for Burundi and can stay up to 90 days. You need a valid passport; border officers may ask for a return ticket and accommodation. For a longer stay you need a visa or an extension.

For citizens of Rwanda: the passport opens 29 countries visa-free.

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

At a glance

No visa needed

Stay: 90 days

Can I travel to Burundi without a visa on a Rwanda passport?

Yes, citizens of Rwanda don’t need a visa for Burundi for up to 90 days. A valid passport is enough.

Burundi visa rules at a glance

With a Rwanda passport you can visit 29 countries visa-free, 30 with a visa on arrival and 42 with an e-visa; 97 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Rwanda passport ranks 147th of 199.
Rwanda passport: visa-free access to 29 countries; Burundi passport: 18.
Citizens of Rwanda and Burundi can travel together visa-free to 17 countries, for example: Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Central African Republic, DR Congo, Seychelles, Benin, Mauritius, Gambia, Singapore, Barbados, Philippines, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Dominica, and Haiti.
A language both countries share: French.
Rwanda and Burundi share a border, so you can also travel overland.
Citizens of Burundi, in turn, don’t need a visa for Rwanda. Rwanda visa for citizens of Burundi