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Guinea-Bissau visa for citizens of Malawi

Citizens of Malawi get a Guinea-Bissau 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 Malawi: the passport opens 41 countries visa-free; Lilongwe — Bissau: ≈ 6,150 km, about 8 hours of flying.

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

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

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

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Guinea-Bissau visa rules at a glance

With a Malawi passport you can visit 41 countries visa-free, 22 with a visa on arrival and 45 with an e-visa; 90 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Malawi passport ranks 121st of 199.
Malawi passport: visa-free access to 41 countries; Guinea-Bissau passport: 27.
Citizens of Malawi and Guinea-Bissau can travel together visa-free to 14 countries, for example: Rwanda, Kenya, Seychelles, Benin, Ghana, Gambia, Bangladesh, Singapore, Philippines, Barbados, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Dominica, Haiti, and Micronesia.
Citizens of Guinea-Bissau, in turn, get a visa on arrival in Malawi. Malawi visa for citizens of Guinea-Bissau

Travelling to Guinea-Bissau: good to know

Lilongwe — Bissau: about 6,150 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 8 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: −2 hours.
Local time: Lilongwe 12:00 — Bissau 10:00.
Local currency: West African CFA Franc.
Languages: Portuguese.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ F CFA 575.
Guinea-Bissau is the 67th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Malawi.