Tanzania Travel Requirements

Passport validity

If you are visiting Tanzania, your passport should be valid for 6 months from the date you arrive.

If you are a resident of Tanzania, your passport must be valid for 6 months from the date you arrive. Check with your travel provider to make sure your passport and other travel documents meet their requirements.

Visas

All Travellers visiting Tanzania need a tourist or business visa to enter Tanzania. Tanzania has introduced an ‘e-visas’ system through which applications can be submitted and approved online in advance of travel. 

It is also possible to get a tourist or business visa for a single entry on arrival at the main ports of entry to Tanzania, subject to the fulfillment of all immigration requirements. You may be asked to provide proof of your return journey. You will not be able to get a multiple-entry visa on arrival. For further information about visas visit the Tanzanian immigration website.

A tourist visa is available for 50$ for all countries with exception of the United States of America whose citizens will pay 100$. for those seeking to pay on arrival, it is best to have cash in US dollar bills not older than 2006

Note: Romanians wouldn't require  a visa to enter Tanzania 

If you are planning to work or volunteer, you will need a valid work permit which can also be applied for online via the Tanzanian immigration website. Your employer or volunteer organization should arrange this before you travel.

Note:

Applicants whose nationals fall under this category (Referral) are not advised to book flight tickets or make payments for any reservations in Tanzania before they get approval for their Visa. Applicants of Referral Visas are advised to apply at least two months before their date of travel. (see countries whose citizens would require  a referral visa)

All travellers including Tanzanians, returning residents and members of the crew/layovers are required to truthfully fill in an online Traveller’s Health Surveillance Form for Tanzania mainland.

If you’re fully vaccinated

If you can prove that you’re fully vaccinated, you do not need to take a COVID-19 test before you travel to Tanzania or a Rapid Antigen Test on arrival.

To prove you’re fully vaccinated, you must show a valid vaccination certificate upon arrival. The certificate must:

confirm you have been vaccinated with a vaccine approved by the Tanzanian authorities and the World Health Organization, and; have a valid QR code.

If you’re not fully vaccinated

Travellers aged 12 and over who are not fully vaccinated, must present a negative COVID-19 RT- PCR or NAATs test certificate or take a Rapid Antigen Test on arrival.

If you hold a negative COVID-19 RT- PCR or NAATs test certificate, the test must have been taken no more than 72 hours before your departure. The test certificate must have a valid QR code.

If you’re not fully vaccinated and arrive without an RT-PCR or NAAT test certificate, you will be tested for COVID-19 upon arrival using a Rapid Antigen Test. The test will be at your own expense and costs 10 USD (TZS 23,000) on the Tanzania mainland. Children aged 12 and under and aircraft crew are exempt.

If you test positive, the authorities will test you with an RT- PCR test for confirmation. You will need to pay 50 USD for the test.

For Zanzibar, you can pay for the test before arrival.

Note: Travels from Tanzania mainland & Zanzibar are not subjected to any Covid restrictions

Children and young people

Children aged 12 years and below are exempt from both RT PCR and Rapid Antigen Test requirements.

If you’re transiting through Tanzania

If you’re transiting Tanzania by air, you are exempt from both vaccination and COVID-19 testing requirements.

Your carrier or final destination country may have separate rules on vaccination and testing requirements. Check with your transport provider or travel agent for their COVID-19 requirements before you travel.

Refer to the latest requirements on the Ministry of Health’s website

Vaccination against Yellow Fever is required in Tanzania, only if arriving from the yellow Fever Endemic zone. Yellow fever vaccination is required for all travelers arriving from or having transited for 12 or more hours through countries where yellow fever is endemic. Direct arrivals from non-endemic countries, including all countries in Europe and North America, are usually not required to show a Yellow fever vaccination certificate.

This is particularly relevant for those traveling from or passing through (stay of more than 12 hours) other neighboring countries, including members of the East African Co-operation (Kenya and Uganda) and vice versa. Travelers who proceed to Tanzania after the transit of fewer than 12 hours at infected areas or directly -nonstop- from un-infected areas are still advised, but not compelled, to get immunized against yellow fever.

Note: Travels from Tanzania mainland & Zanzibar are not subjected to any yellow fever restrictions

Make sure you are up-to-date on all routine vaccines before every trip. Some of these vaccines include;

·         Chickenpox (Varicella).

·         Diphtheria-Tetanus-Pertussis.

·         Flu (influenza).

·         Measles-Mumps-Rubella (MMR).

·         Polio.

·         Shingles.