Visa on arrival

Namibia visa for citizens of Canada

Citizens of Canada get a Namibia 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 Canada: the passport opens 113 countries visa-free; Ottawa — Windhoek: ≈ 11,980 km, about 15.5 hours of flying.

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

99% of the applications we submit are approved

How we achieve this

After payment, a manager will contact you.

Choose your visa

Document check and supportWe check your passport and documents and tell you what to bring to the border$19

The visa fee is paid at the border.

Apply in 10 minutes

Can I travel to Namibia without a visa on a Canada passport?

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

Apply for a visa

Namibia visa rules at a glance

With a Canada passport you can visit 113 countries visa-free, 34 with a visa on arrival and 33 with an e-visa; 18 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Canada passport ranks 37th of 199.
Canada passport: visa-free access to 113 countries; Namibia passport: 43.
Citizens of Canada and Namibia can travel together visa-free to 35 countries, for example: Bahamas, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Belize, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Barbados, Grenada, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, Ecuador, and Gambia.
A language both countries share: English.
Citizens of Namibia, in turn, need an embassy visa to travel to Canada. Canada visa for citizens of Namibia

Travelling to Namibia: good to know

Ottawa — Windhoek: about 11,980 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 15.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +8 hours.
Local time: Ottawa 12:00 — Windhoek 20:00.
Local currency: Namibian Dollar and South African Rand.
Languages: Afrikaans, German, English, and Herero.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ NAD 16.
Namibia is the 157th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Canada.