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Ethiopia visa for citizens of South Sudan

Citizens of South Sudan 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 South Sudan: the passport opens 17 countries visa-free; Juba — Addis Ababa: ≈ 920 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 Ethiopia without a visa on a South Sudan passport?

You don’t need to apply in advance: citizens of South Sudan 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 South Sudan passport you can visit 17 countries visa-free, 22 with a visa on arrival and 50 with an e-visa; 109 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the South Sudan passport ranks 177th of 199.
South Sudan passport: visa-free access to 17 countries; Ethiopia passport: 12.
Citizens of South Sudan and Ethiopia can travel together visa-free to 11 countries, for example: Rwanda, Kenya, Seychelles, Benin, Gambia, Singapore, Barbados, Dominica, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Haiti, and Micronesia.
South Sudan and Ethiopia share a border, so you can also travel overland.
Citizens of Ethiopia, in turn, need an e-visa to travel to South Sudan. South Sudan visa for citizens of Ethiopia

Travelling to Ethiopia: good to know

Juba — Addis Ababa: about 920 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 1.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +1 hour.
Local time: Juba 12:00 — Addis Ababa 13:00.
Local currency: Ethiopian Birr.
Languages: Amharic.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ ETB 163.
Ethiopia is the 4th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of South Sudan.