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Ethiopia visa for citizens of Bahrain

Citizens of Bahrain get an Ethiopia 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 Bahrain: the passport opens 50 countries visa-free; Manama — Addis Ababa: ≈ 2,280 km, about 3.5 hours of flying.

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

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Can I travel to Ethiopia without a visa on a Bahrain passport?

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

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Ethiopia visa rules at a glance

With a Bahrain passport you can visit 50 countries visa-free, 30 with a visa on arrival and 38 with an e-visa; 80 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Bahrain passport ranks 105th of 199.
Bahrain passport: visa-free access to 50 countries; Ethiopia passport: 12.
Citizens of Bahrain and Ethiopia can travel together visa-free to 8 countries, for example: Seychelles, Singapore, Philippines, Barbados, Dominica, Micronesia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Haiti.
Citizens of Ethiopia, in turn, need an e-visa to travel to Bahrain. Bahrain visa for citizens of Ethiopia

Travelling to Ethiopia: good to know

Manama — Addis Ababa: about 2,280 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 3.5 hours.
No time difference with your country’s capital.
Local currency: Ethiopian Birr.
Languages: Amharic.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ ETB 163.
Ethiopia is the 26th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Bahrain.