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Namibia visa for citizens of France

Citizens of France 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 France: the passport opens 123 countries visa-free; Paris — Windhoek: ≈ 8,080 km, about 10.5 hours of flying.

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

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

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Namibia visa rules at a glance

With a France passport you can visit 123 countries visa-free, 26 with a visa on arrival and 34 with an e-visa; 15 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the France passport ranks 3rd of 199.
France passport: visa-free access to 123 countries; Namibia passport: 43.
Citizens of France and Namibia can travel together visa-free to 36 countries, for example: Tunisia, Kosovo, Gambia, Rwanda, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Barbados, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Grenada, Dominican Republic, Bahamas, Trinidad and Tobago, and Haiti.
Citizens of Namibia, in turn, need an embassy visa to travel to France. France visa for citizens of Namibia

Travelling to Namibia: good to know

Paris — Windhoek: about 8,080 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 10.5 hours.
No time difference with your country’s capital.
Local currency: Namibian Dollar and South African Rand.
Languages: Afrikaans, German, English, and Herero.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ NAD 16.
Namibia is the 140th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of France.