No visa needed

Do citizens of Burkina Faso need a visa for Chad?

Citizens of Burkina Faso don’t need a visa for Chad 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 Burkina Faso: the passport opens 30 countries visa-free; Ouagadougou — N'Djamena: ≈ 1,800 km, about 3 hours of flying.

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 Chad without a visa on a Burkina Faso passport?

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

Chad visa rules at a glance

With a Burkina Faso passport you can visit 30 countries visa-free, 22 with a visa on arrival and 48 with an e-visa; 98 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Burkina Faso passport ranks 142nd of 199.
Burkina Faso passport: visa-free access to 30 countries; Chad passport: 24.
Citizens of Burkina Faso and Chad can travel together visa-free to 18 countries, for example: Niger, Mali, Ivory Coast, Benin, Nigeria, Gambia, Central African Republic, Rwanda, Kenya, Barbados, Dominica, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Seychelles, Haiti, and Singapore.
A language both countries share: French.
Citizens of Chad, in turn, need an e-visa to travel to Burkina Faso. Burkina Faso visa for citizens of Chad

Travelling to Chad: good to know

Ouagadougou — N'Djamena: about 1,800 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 3 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +1 hour.
Local time: Ouagadougou 12:00 — N'Djamena 13:00.
Local currency: Central African CFA Franc.
Languages: Arabic and French.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ FCFA 575.
Chad is the 18th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Burkina Faso.