No visa needed

Do citizens of Guinea-Bissau need a visa for Senegal?

Citizens of Guinea-Bissau don’t need a visa for Senegal and can stay up to 90 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 Guinea-Bissau: the passport opens 27 countries visa-free; Bissau — Dakar: ≈ 370 km, about 1 hour of flying.

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

At a glance

No visa needed

Stay: 90 days

Can I travel to Senegal without a visa on a Guinea-Bissau passport?

Yes, citizens of Guinea-Bissau don’t need a visa for Senegal for up to 90 days. A valid passport is enough.

Senegal visa rules at a glance

With a Guinea-Bissau passport you can visit 27 countries visa-free, 21 with a visa on arrival and 48 with an e-visa; 102 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Guinea-Bissau passport ranks 153rd of 199.
Guinea-Bissau passport: visa-free access to 27 countries; Senegal passport: 33.
Citizens of Guinea-Bissau and Senegal can travel together visa-free to 24 countries, for example: Gambia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Mali, Cape Verde, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Niger, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Tunisia, and Barbados.
Both countries use the same currency — West African CFA Franc — so there is no need to exchange money.
Guinea-Bissau and Senegal share a border, so you can also travel overland.
Citizens of Senegal, in turn, don’t need a visa for Guinea-Bissau. Guinea-Bissau visa for citizens of Senegal

Travelling to Senegal: good to know

Bissau — Dakar: about 370 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 1 hour.
No time difference with your country’s capital.
Local currency: West African CFA Franc.
Languages: French.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ F CFA 575.
Senegal is the 3rd closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Guinea-Bissau.