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Ethiopia visa for citizens of Burundi

Citizens of Burundi 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 Burundi: the passport opens 18 countries visa-free; Gitega — Addis Ababa: ≈ 1,700 km, about 2.5 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 Burundi passport?

You don’t need to apply in advance: citizens of Burundi 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 Burundi passport you can visit 18 countries visa-free, 27 with a visa on arrival and 49 with an e-visa; 104 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Burundi passport ranks 175th of 199.
Burundi passport: visa-free access to 18 countries; Ethiopia passport: 12.
Citizens of Burundi and Ethiopia can travel together visa-free to 12 countries, for example: Rwanda, Kenya, Seychelles, Benin, Gambia, Singapore, Barbados, Philippines, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Dominica, Haiti, and Micronesia.
Citizens of Ethiopia, in turn, get a visa on arrival in Burundi. Burundi visa for citizens of Ethiopia

Travelling to Ethiopia: good to know

Gitega — Addis Ababa: about 1,700 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 2.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +1 hour.
Local time: Gitega 12:00 — Addis Ababa 13:00.
Local currency: Ethiopian Birr.
Languages: Amharic.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ ETB 163.
Ethiopia is the 12th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Burundi.