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Djibouti visa for citizens of Eritrea

Citizens of Eritrea get a Djibouti 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 Eritrea: the passport opens 12 countries visa-free; Asmara — Djibouti: ≈ 620 km, about 1.5 hours of flying.

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

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Can I travel to Djibouti without a visa on a Eritrea passport?

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

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Djibouti visa rules at a glance

With a Eritrea passport you can visit 12 countries visa-free, 23 with a visa on arrival and 57 with an e-visa; 105 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Eritrea passport ranks 189th of 199.
Eritrea passport: visa-free access to 12 countries; Djibouti passport: 17.
Citizens of Eritrea and Djibouti can travel together visa-free to 11 countries, for example: Kenya, Rwanda, Seychelles, Benin, Gambia, Singapore, Philippines, Dominica, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Haiti, and Micronesia.
A language both countries share: Arabic.
Eritrea and Djibouti share a border, so you can also travel overland.
Citizens of Djibouti, in turn, need an embassy visa to travel to Eritrea. Eritrea visa for citizens of Djibouti

Travelling to Djibouti: good to know

Asmara — Djibouti: about 620 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 1.5 hours.
No time difference with your country’s capital.
Local currency: Djiboutian Franc.
Languages: Arabic and French.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ DJF 178.
Djibouti is the 1st closest of 196 destinations open to citizens of Eritrea.