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Tanzania visa for citizens of the Vatican City

Citizens of the Vatican City get a Tanzania 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 the Vatican City: the passport opens 92 countries visa-free; Vatican City — Dodoma: ≈ 5,850 km, about 8 hours of flying.

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

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Can I travel to Tanzania without a visa on a Vatican City passport?

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

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Tanzania visa rules at a glance

With a Vatican City passport you can visit 92 countries visa-free, 33 with a visa on arrival and 39 with an e-visa; 34 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Vatican City passport ranks 65th of 199.
Vatican City passport: visa-free access to 92 countries; Tanzania passport: 42.
Citizens of the Vatican City and Tanzania can travel together visa-free to 22 countries, for example: Gambia, Angola, Zambia, Seychelles, Antigua and Barbuda, Botswana, Dominica, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Grenada, Eswatini, Bahamas, Haiti, Mauritius, Belize, and Malaysia.
Citizens of Tanzania, in turn, need an embassy visa to travel to the Vatican City. Vatican City visa for citizens of Tanzania

Travelling to Tanzania: good to know

Vatican City — Dodoma: about 5,850 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 8 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +1 hour.
Local time: Vatican City 12:00 — Dodoma 13:00.
Local currency: Tanzanian Shilling.
Languages: English and Swahili.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ TZS 2,645.
Tanzania is the 111th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of the Vatican City.