On September 23, 2025, the Ministry of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety and Security (MHAISS) updated the list of additional countries eligible for Visa on Arrival (VoA).
Nationals from the newly listed 36 countries will now be able to obtain visas on arrival at designated ports of entry into Namibia. The ministry has encouraged applicants to make use of the e-services portal, as manual applications often lead to delays.
The following countries have been added: Aland Islands, American Samoa, Andorra, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brunei Darussalam, Central African Republic, Cyprus, Dominican Republic, Georgia, Grenada, Haiti, Kiribati, Maldives, Malta, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Palestine, Panama, North Macedonia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Slovenia, Suriname, Sweden, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Vanuatu.
To further discourage manual applications and improve border efficiency, the Cabinet has also approved an additional fee of NAD 400 for manual VoA applications. This brings the cost of a manual visa on arrival application to NAD 2,000, up from the previous NAD 1,600.
The implementation date of the new fee will be announced once the required internal processes have been completed. The revised fee will come into effect after it has been formally gazette, at which point the public will be informed.
The online visa on arrival program was opened on April 1, 2025.
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