No visa needed

Do citizens of Burundi need a visa for Rwanda?

Citizens of Burundi don’t need a visa for Rwanda and can stay up to 180 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 Burundi: the passport opens 18 countries visa-free.

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

At a glance

No visa needed

Stay: 180 days

Can I travel to Rwanda without a visa on a Burundi passport?

Yes, citizens of Burundi don’t need a visa for Rwanda for up to 180 days. A valid passport is enough.

Rwanda visa rules at a glance

With a Burundi passport you can visit 18 countries visa-free, 27 with a visa on arrival and 49 with an e-visa; 104 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Burundi passport ranks 175th of 199.
Burundi passport: visa-free access to 18 countries; Rwanda passport: 29.
Citizens of Burundi and Rwanda can travel together visa-free to 17 countries, for example: Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, Central African Republic, DR Congo, Seychelles, Benin, Mauritius, Gambia, Singapore, Barbados, Philippines, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Dominica, and Haiti.
A language both countries share: French.
Burundi and Rwanda share a border, so you can also travel overland.
Citizens of Rwanda, in turn, don’t need a visa for Burundi. Burundi visa for citizens of Rwanda