No visa needed

Do citizens of Guinea need a visa for Guinea-Bissau?

Citizens of Guinea don’t need a visa for Guinea-Bissau. 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 Guinea: the passport opens 28 countries visa-free; Conakry — Bissau: ≈ 330 km, about 1 hour of flying.

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

At a glance

No visa needed

Can I travel to Guinea-Bissau without a visa on a Guinea passport?

Yes, citizens of Guinea don’t need a visa for Guinea-Bissau. A valid passport is enough.

Guinea-Bissau visa rules at a glance

With a Guinea passport you can visit 28 countries visa-free, 23 with a visa on arrival and 49 with an e-visa; 98 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Guinea passport ranks 150th of 199.
Guinea passport: visa-free access to 28 countries; Guinea-Bissau passport: 27.
Citizens of Guinea and Guinea-Bissau can travel together visa-free to 25 countries, for example: Sierra Leone, Liberia, Gambia, Senegal, Mali, Ivory Coast, Cape Verde, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Niger, Benin, Nigeria, Tunisia, and Barbados.
Guinea and Guinea-Bissau share a border, so you can also travel overland.
Citizens of Guinea-Bissau, in turn, don’t need a visa for Guinea. Guinea visa for citizens of Guinea-Bissau

Travelling to Guinea-Bissau: good to know

Conakry — Bissau: about 330 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 1 hour.
No time difference with your country’s capital.
Local currency: West African CFA Franc.
Languages: Portuguese.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ F CFA 575.
Guinea-Bissau is the 2nd closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Guinea.