Entry restricted

Entry to the United States for citizens of Chad

Entry to the United States is currently restricted for citizens of Chad. Rules can change, so check with the destination’s embassy before you travel.

For citizens of Chad: the passport opens 24 countries visa-free; N'Djamena — Washington, D.C.: ≈ 9,340 km, about 12 hours of flying.

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

At a glance

Entry restricted

Can I travel to the United States without a visa on a Chad passport?

Entry to the United States is currently restricted for citizens of Chad. Check the rules with the embassy before you travel.

With a Chad passport you can visit 24 countries visa-free, 25 with a visa on arrival and 46 with an e-visa; 102 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Chad passport ranks 161st of 199.
Chad passport: visa-free access to 24 countries; United States passport: 112.
Citizens of Chad and the United States can travel together visa-free to 11 countries, for example: Seychelles, Mauritius, Barbados, Dominica, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Haiti, Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines, Micronesia, and Hong Kong.
Citizens of the United States, in turn, need an e-visa to travel to Chad. Chad visa for citizens of the United States

N'Djamena — Washington, D.C.: about 9,340 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 12 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: −10 hours.
Local time: N'Djamena 12:00 — Washington, D.C. 02:00.
Local currency: US Dollar.
Languages: English.