No visa needed

Do citizens of Tuvalu need a visa for Tanzania?

Citizens of Tuvalu don’t need a visa for Tanzania 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 Tuvalu: the passport opens 83 countries visa-free; Funafuti — Dodoma: ≈ 15,640 km, about 20 hours 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 Tanzania without a visa on a Tuvalu passport?

Yes, citizens of Tuvalu don’t need a visa for Tanzania for up to 90 days. A valid passport is enough.

Tanzania visa rules at a glance

With a Tuvalu passport you can visit 83 countries visa-free, 27 with a visa on arrival and 48 with an e-visa; 40 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Tuvalu passport ranks 74th of 199.
Tuvalu passport: visa-free access to 83 countries; Tanzania passport: 42.
Citizens of Tuvalu and Tanzania can travel together visa-free to 30 countries, for example: Fiji, Kiribati, Vanuatu, Micronesia, Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia, Belize, Ecuador, Bahamas, Jamaica, Haiti, Mauritius, Grenada, and Antigua and Barbuda.
A language both countries share: English.
Citizens of Tanzania, in turn, get a visa on arrival in Tuvalu. Tuvalu visa for citizens of Tanzania

Travelling to Tanzania: good to know

Funafuti — Dodoma: about 15,640 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 20 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: −9 hours.
Local time: Funafuti 12:00 — Dodoma 03:00.
Local currency: Tanzanian Shilling.
Languages: English and Swahili.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ TZS 2,645.
Tanzania is the 143rd closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Tuvalu.