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Nicaragua visa for citizens of Burkina Faso

Citizens of Burkina Faso get a Nicaragua 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 Burkina Faso: the passport opens 30 countries visa-free; Ouagadougou — Managua: ≈ 9,160 km, about 12 hours of flying.

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

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Can I travel to Nicaragua without a visa on a Burkina Faso passport?

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

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Nicaragua visa rules at a glance

With a Burkina Faso passport you can visit 30 countries visa-free, 22 with a visa on arrival and 48 with an e-visa; 98 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Burkina Faso passport ranks 142nd of 199.
Burkina Faso passport: visa-free access to 30 countries; Nicaragua passport: 74.
Citizens of Burkina Faso and Nicaragua can travel together visa-free to 9 countries, for example: Barbados, Dominica, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Seychelles, Haiti, Ecuador, Singapore, Philippines, and Micronesia.
Citizens of Nicaragua, in turn, need an e-visa to travel to Burkina Faso. Burkina Faso visa for citizens of Nicaragua

Travelling to Nicaragua: good to know

Ouagadougou — Managua: about 9,160 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 12 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: −6 hours.
Local time: Ouagadougou 12:00 — Managua 06:00.
Local currency: Nicaraguan Córdoba.
Languages: Spanish.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ NIO 37.
Nicaragua is the 158th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Burkina Faso.