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Eritrea visa for citizens of Sudan

Citizens of Sudan get an Eritrea 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 Sudan: the passport opens 13 countries visa-free; Khartoum — Asmara: ≈ 690 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 Eritrea without a visa on a Sudan passport?

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

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Eritrea visa rules at a glance

With a Sudan passport you can visit 13 countries visa-free, 24 with a visa on arrival and 51 with an e-visa; 108 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Sudan passport ranks 184th of 199.
Sudan passport: visa-free access to 13 countries; Eritrea passport: 12.
Citizens of Sudan and Eritrea can travel together visa-free to 9 countries, for example: Kenya, Rwanda, Seychelles, Benin, Gambia, Dominica, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Haiti, and Micronesia.
A language both countries share: Arabic.
Sudan and Eritrea share a border, so you can also travel overland.
Citizens of Eritrea, in turn, need an embassy visa to travel to Sudan. Sudan visa for citizens of Eritrea

Travelling to Eritrea: good to know

Khartoum — Asmara: about 690 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 1.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +1 hour.
Local time: Khartoum 12:00 — Asmara 13:00.
Local currency: Eritrean Nakfa.
Languages: Arabic, English, and Tigrinya.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ ERN 15.
Eritrea is the 1st closest of 195 destinations open to citizens of Sudan.