Visa on arrival

Rwanda visa for citizens of Syria

Citizens of Syria get a Rwanda 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 Syria: the passport opens 7 countries visa-free; Damascus — Kigali: ≈ 4,000 km, about 5.5 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 Rwanda without a visa on a Syria passport?

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

Apply for a visa

Rwanda visa rules at a glance

With a Syria passport you can visit 7 countries visa-free, 17 with a visa on arrival and 54 with an e-visa; 119 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Syria passport ranks 198th of 199.
Syria passport: visa-free access to 7 countries; Rwanda passport: 29.
Citizens of Syria and Rwanda can travel together visa-free to 5 countries, for example: Palestine, Seychelles, Dominica, Haiti, and Micronesia.
Citizens of Rwanda, in turn, need an embassy visa to travel to Syria. Syria visa for citizens of Rwanda

Travelling to Rwanda: good to know

Damascus — Kigali: about 4,000 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 5.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: −1 hour.
Local time: Damascus 12:00 — Kigali 11:00.
Local currency: Rwandan Franc.
Languages: English, French, and Kinyarwanda.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ RWF 1,479.
Rwanda is the 83rd closest of 196 destinations open to citizens of Syria.