No visa needed

Do citizens of Benin need a visa for Haiti?

Citizens of Benin don’t need a visa for Haiti and can stay up to 90 days. 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 Benin: the passport opens 34 countries visa-free; Porto-Novo — Port-au-Prince: ≈ 8,200 km, about 11 hours of flying.

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

At a glance

No visa needed

Stay: 90 days

Can I travel to Haiti without a visa on a Benin passport?

Yes, citizens of Benin don’t need a visa for Haiti for up to 90 days. A valid passport is enough.

Haiti visa rules at a glance

With a Benin passport you can visit 34 countries visa-free, 24 with a visa on arrival and 44 with an e-visa; 96 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Benin passport ranks 134th of 199.
Benin passport: visa-free access to 34 countries; Haiti passport: 13.
Citizens of Benin and Haiti can travel together visa-free to 7 countries, for example: Rwanda, Seychelles, Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines, Micronesia, and Hong Kong.
A language both countries share: French.
Citizens of Haiti, in turn, don’t need a visa for Benin. Benin visa for citizens of Haiti

Travelling to Haiti: good to know

Porto-Novo — Port-au-Prince: about 8,200 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 11 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: −5 hours.
Local time: Porto-Novo 12:00 — Port-au-Prince 07:00.
Local currency: Haitian Gourde.
Languages: French and Haitian Creole.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ HTG 131.
Haiti is the 144th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Benin.