No visa needed

Do citizens of the Vatican City need a visa for Eswatini?

Citizens of the Vatican City don’t need a visa for Eswatini and can stay up to 30 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 the Vatican City: the passport opens 92 countries visa-free; Vatican City — Lobamba: ≈ 7,840 km, about 10.5 hours of flying.

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

At a glance

No visa needed

Stay: 30 days

Can I travel to Eswatini without a visa on a Vatican City passport?

Yes, citizens of the Vatican City don’t need a visa for Eswatini for up to 30 days. A valid passport is enough.

Eswatini visa rules at a glance

With a Vatican City passport you can visit 92 countries visa-free, 33 with a visa on arrival and 39 with an e-visa; 34 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Vatican City passport ranks 65th of 199.
Vatican City passport: visa-free access to 92 countries; Eswatini passport: 41.
Citizens of the Vatican City and Eswatini can travel together visa-free to 23 countries, for example: Kosovo, Palestine, Gambia, Angola, Zambia, Seychelles, Antigua and Barbuda, Botswana, Dominica, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Grenada, Bahamas, Haiti, Mauritius, and Taiwan.
Citizens of Eswatini, in turn, need an embassy visa to travel to the Vatican City. Vatican City visa for citizens of Eswatini

Travelling to Eswatini: good to know

Vatican City — Lobamba: about 7,840 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 10.5 hours.
No time difference with your country’s capital.
Local currency: Swazi Lilangeni and South African Rand.
Languages: English and Swati.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ SZL 16.
Eswatini is the 139th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of the Vatican City.