No visa needed

Do citizens of Niger need a visa for Chad?

Citizens of Niger 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 Niger: the passport opens 30 countries visa-free; Niamey — N'Djamena: ≈ 1,410 km, about 2.5 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 Niger passport?

Yes, citizens of Niger 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 Niger passport you can visit 30 countries visa-free, 21 with a visa on arrival and 46 with an e-visa; 101 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Niger passport ranks 142nd of 199.
Niger passport: visa-free access to 30 countries; Chad passport: 24.
Citizens of Niger and Chad can travel together visa-free to 18 countries, for example: Nigeria, Benin, Mali, Ivory Coast, Mauritania, Gambia, Central African Republic, Rwanda, Kenya, Seychelles, Barbados, Dominica, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Haiti, and Singapore.
A language both countries share: French.
Niger and Chad share a border, so you can also travel overland.
Citizens of Chad, in turn, don’t need a visa for Niger. Niger visa for citizens of Chad

Travelling to Chad: good to know

Niamey — N'Djamena: about 1,410 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 2.5 hours.
No time difference with your country’s capital.
Local currency: Central African CFA Franc.
Languages: Arabic and French.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ FCFA 575.
Chad is the 8th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Niger.