Visa on arrival

Cape Verde visa for citizens of Cuba

Citizens of Cuba get a Cape Verde 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 Cuba: the passport opens 27 countries visa-free; Havana — Praia: ≈ 6,210 km, about 8.5 hours of flying.

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

99% of the applications we submit are approved

How we achieve this

After payment, a manager will contact you.

Choose your visa

Document check and supportWe check your passport and documents and tell you what to bring to the border$19

The visa fee is paid at the border.

Apply in 10 minutes

Can I travel to Cape Verde without a visa on a Cuba passport?

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

Apply for a visa

Cape Verde visa rules at a glance

With a Cuba passport you can visit 27 countries visa-free, 26 with a visa on arrival and 50 with an e-visa; 95 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Cuba passport ranks 153rd of 199.
Cuba passport: visa-free access to 27 countries; Cape Verde passport: 39.
Citizens of Cuba and Cape Verde can travel together visa-free to 9 countries, for example: Dominica, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Barbados, Russia, Palestine, Micronesia, Seychelles, Malaysia, and Singapore.
Citizens of Cape Verde, in turn, need an e-visa to travel to Cuba. Cuba visa for citizens of Cape Verde

Travelling to Cape Verde: good to know

Havana — Praia: about 6,210 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 8.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +3 hours.
Local time: Havana 12:00 — Praia 15:00.
Local currency: Cape Verdean Escudo.
Languages: Portuguese.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ CVE 97.
Cape Verde is the 32nd closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Cuba.