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Ethiopia visa for citizens of Lebanon

Citizens of Lebanon 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 Lebanon: the passport opens 16 countries visa-free; Beirut — Addis Ababa: ≈ 2,780 km, about 4 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 Lebanon passport?

You don’t need to apply in advance: citizens of Lebanon 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 Lebanon passport you can visit 16 countries visa-free, 24 with a visa on arrival and 53 with an e-visa; 105 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Lebanon passport ranks 180th of 199.
Lebanon passport: visa-free access to 16 countries; Ethiopia passport: 12.
Citizens of Lebanon and Ethiopia can travel together visa-free to 6 countries, for example: Rwanda, Seychelles, Barbados, Dominica, Haiti, and Micronesia.
Citizens of Ethiopia, in turn, need an embassy visa to travel to Lebanon. Lebanon visa for citizens of Ethiopia

Travelling to Ethiopia: good to know

Beirut — Addis Ababa: about 2,780 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 4 hours.
No time difference with your country’s capital.
Local currency: Ethiopian Birr.
Languages: Amharic.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ ETB 163.
Ethiopia is the 56th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Lebanon.