No visa needed

Do citizens of Cape Verde need a visa for Macau?

Citizens of Cape Verde don’t need a visa for Macau 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 Cape Verde: the passport opens 39 countries visa-free; Praia — Municipality of Macau: ≈ 13,780 km, about 17.5 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 Macau without a visa on a Cape Verde passport?

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

Macau visa rules at a glance

With a Cape Verde passport you can visit 39 countries visa-free, 24 with a visa on arrival and 43 with an e-visa; 92 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Cape Verde passport ranks 125th of 199.
Cape Verde passport: visa-free access to 39 countries; Macau passport: 93.
Citizens of Cape Verde and Macau can travel together visa-free to 17 countries, for example: Mali, Morocco, Barbados, Dominica, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Haiti, Palestine, Ecuador, Russia, South Africa, Seychelles, Mauritius, Malaysia, Singapore, and Philippines.
A language both countries share: Portuguese.
Citizens of Macau, in turn, don’t need a visa for Cape Verde. Cape Verde visa for citizens of Macau

Travelling to Macau: good to know

Praia — Municipality of Macau: about 13,780 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 17.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +9 hours.
Local time: Praia 12:00 — Municipality of Macau 21:00.
Local currency: Macanese Pataca.
Languages: Portuguese and Chinese.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ MOP 8.08.
Macau is the 176th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Cape Verde.