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Guinea-Bissau visa for citizens of Somalia

Citizens of Somalia 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 Somalia: the passport opens 11 countries visa-free; Mogadishu — Bissau: ≈ 6,800 km, about 9 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 Somalia passport?

You don’t need to apply in advance: citizens of Somalia 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 Somalia passport you can visit 11 countries visa-free, 20 with a visa on arrival and 51 with an e-visa; 113 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Somalia passport ranks 192nd of 199.
Somalia passport: visa-free access to 11 countries; Guinea-Bissau passport: 27.
Citizens of Somalia and Guinea-Bissau can travel together visa-free to 9 countries, for example: Kenya, Seychelles, Rwanda, Benin, Gambia, Dominica, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Micronesia, and Haiti.
Citizens of Guinea-Bissau, in turn, need an e-visa to travel to Somalia. Somalia visa for citizens of Guinea-Bissau

Travelling to Guinea-Bissau: good to know

Mogadishu — Bissau: about 6,800 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 9 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: −3 hours.
Local time: Mogadishu 12:00 — Bissau 09:00.
Local currency: West African CFA Franc.
Languages: Portuguese.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ F CFA 575.
Guinea-Bissau is the 127th closest of 194 destinations open to citizens of Somalia.