Rwanda visa on arrival: prepare your application

Type your details once. We turn them into a pack you copy into the official portal, with the government fee and the official link. Nothing is stored; the pack is yours.

Official portal: irembo.gov.rw
Nothing is paid here
Ready in minutes

Government feeFrom USD 0
ProcessingNo application needed for most travellers: the visa is issued at the border
Options2 visa types
Fee paid toDirectorate General of Immigration and Emigration, Rwanda

The traveller

Exactly as printed in the passport

Given names as in the passport

Surname

Sex, as in the passport

Date of birth

Passport country

Passport number

Passport expiry

The trip

Dates, purpose and where you stay

Arrival in Rwanda

Departure optional

Purpose

Entries

Address in Rwanda optional, the first hotel

How the portal reaches you

Optional, used only in the pack

Email for the application optional

Phone optional, with country code

Check and build

Your pack opens on the next screen

Before you give us passport details

Government fee, Rwanda visa on arrival	USD 50	paid to Directorate General of Immigration and Emigration, Rwanda, per person, as of 2026-10-25
Elite Trip service fee	quoted before you pay	our work only, on a separate line, never mixed with the government fee

Visas, permits and entry are decided only by Directorate General of Immigration and Emigration, Rwanda. We do not issue them and cannot promise an outcome or a processing time. You can always apply yourself at irembo.gov.rw and pay only the government fee.

Your data. Passport and personal details are held by ELITETRIP GLOBAL LTD, company 17538230, England and Wales under the UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018, and handled in line with Rwanda Law No. 058/2021 on personal data protection and privacy. We use them only to prepare or file this application, keep them no longer than the trip plus the period the law requires, share them only with the authority named above, and delete them on request. Write to us to see, correct or delete them.

I agree that Elite Trip uses these passport details for this application only, as described above. The health and security answers are mine, given by me, and true. Elite Trip did not answer them for me.

Nothing is paid here. The government fee is paid on the official portal. Your details are used to build the pack on this page only.

Rwanda visa on arrival

Visa on arrival, 30 days	USD 50	paid to Directorate General of Immigration and Emigration, Rwanda, as of 2026-10-25
AU, Commonwealth and Francophonie passports, 30 days	USD 0	paid to Directorate General of Immigration and Emigration, Rwanda, as of 2026-10-25

No application needed for most travellers: the visa is issued at the border. Apply on Irembo if you prefer to land with it.

Official portal: irembo.gov.rw. Elite Trip is not a government agency.

The East African Tourist Visa (Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda) is a separate product on the same portals.

Paid to the government of Rwanda, not to us 1 thing travellers pay or do themselves: visa, insurance, taxes, fees. Tap to see.

These are not in your Elite Trip price and we do not sell them. You pay each one to the authority named, on its own site or at the gate. Checked 2026-10-25; rules change, so read the official page before you fly.

Rwanda visa on arrival USD 50 for 30 days, or free for 30 days for AU, Commonwealth and Francophonie passports

Who
Every nationality can get a visa on arrival. Citizens of African Union, Commonwealth and Francophonie countries get 30 days free.

Where
irembo.gov.rw (online) or at the border

When
On arrival, or online before you travel if you prefer to land with it.

Elite Trip is not a government agency and does not issue visas, insurance or permits.

Nothing is paid here
Official government portal
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