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Somalia visa for citizens of Benin

Citizens of Benin need an e-visa to travel to Somalia. It is issued online, with no embassy visit. Official processing time is not published. Visago fills in and submits the application for you; the all-in price starts at $29, government fee included.

For citizens of Benin: the passport opens 34 countries visa-free; Porto-Novo — Mogadishu: ≈ 4,760 km, about 6.5 hours of flying.

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

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How much does a Somalia visa cost for citizens of Benin?

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Can I travel to Somalia without a visa on a Benin passport?

No: citizens of Benin need a visa. But you can get it quickly and at a low price — online with us, from $29, with no embassy visit.

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Somalia visa rules at a glance

With a Benin passport you can visit 34 countries visa-free, 24 with a visa on arrival and 44 with an e-visa; 96 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Benin passport ranks 134th of 199.
Benin passport: visa-free access to 34 countries; Somalia passport: 11.
Citizens of Benin and Somalia can travel together visa-free to 9 countries, for example: Gambia, Rwanda, Kenya, Seychelles, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Dominica, Haiti, Malaysia, and Micronesia.
Citizens of Somalia, in turn, don’t need a visa for Benin. Benin visa for citizens of Somalia

Travelling to Somalia: good to know

Porto-Novo — Mogadishu: about 4,760 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 6.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +2 hours.
Local time: Porto-Novo 12:00 — Mogadishu 14:00.
Local currency: Somali Shilling.
Languages: Arabic and Somali.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ SOS 571.
Somalia is the 74th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Benin.