Senegal entry requirements, by passport
Senegal visa requirements at a glance: 135 of the 198 passports VisaRadar tracks can enter Senegal without arranging a visa beforehand: visa-free, with a visa on arrival, or with an electronic travel authorisation. The other 63 must obtain a visa before they travel.
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What we've verified for Senegal
Beyond the yes/no matrix, we've checked these against an official primary source (last checked 6 September 2026). The specifics depend on your nationality: open your passport's row in the table for the detail that applies to you.
- Required documents (2)
- Required vaccinations
- Health-insurance rules
- Customs limits (cash, alcohol, tobacco)
- Overstay penalties
- Stay and transit rules
Sources: policenationale.gouv.sn (General Directorate of the National Police: DPETV, responsibility for foreigners' stay); exteriores.gob.es (Spanish Consulate General in Dakar; "Documentation and procedures": abolition of the visa for EU passports since 1 May 2015, passport validity, UEMOA currency rules); travelhealthpro.org.uk (NaTHNaC, yellow fever requirement by country of origin); whc.unesco.org (World Heritage List, 7 sites in Senegal); Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs travel advice for Senegal (situation in Casamance and the eastern border areas) (checked 6 September 2026).
This table summarises the exact entry mechanism for every passport we track. The difference between entering visa-free, with an electronic authorisation, with an e-Visa, or with a traditional visa is explained in visa, e-Visa, and electronic authorisation: what's the difference. How we verify every row before publishing it is on methodology.
Base entry rules refreshed 2 November 2026. Published: 6 September 2026.
| Passport | Requirement | Max. stay |
|---|---|---|
| Visa-free | ||
| Algeria | Visa on arrival | — |
| Andorra | Visa on arrival | — |
| Angola | Visa on arrival | — |
| Argentina | Visa on arrival | — |
| Armenia | Visa on arrival | — |
| Australia | Visa on arrival | — |
| Austria | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Bahamas | Visa on arrival | — |
| Bahrain | Visa on arrival | — |
| Barbados | Visa on arrival | — |
| Belgium | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Benin | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Botswana | Visa on arrival | — |
| Brazil | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Brunei | Visa on arrival | — |
| Bulgaria | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Burkina Faso | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Burundi | Visa on arrival | — |
| Cameroon | Visa on arrival | — |
| Canada | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Cape Verde | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Central African Republic | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Chad | Visa on arrival | — |
| China | Visa on arrival | — |
| Comoros | Visa on arrival | — |
| Costa Rica | Visa on arrival | — |
| Croatia | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Cyprus | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Czech Republic | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Denmark | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Djibouti | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Dominican Republic | Visa on arrival | — |
| DR Congo | Visa on arrival | — |
| Egypt | Visa on arrival | — |
| El Salvador | Visa on arrival | — |
| Equatorial Guinea | Visa on arrival | — |
| Estonia | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Eswatini | Visa on arrival | — |
| Ethiopia | Visa on arrival | — |
| Fiji | Visa on arrival | — |
| Finland | Visa-free | 90 days |
| France | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Gabon | Visa on arrival | — |
| Gambia | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Germany | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Ghana | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Greece | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Grenada | Visa on arrival | — |
| Guatemala | Visa on arrival | — |
| Guinea | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Guinea-Bissau | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Haiti | Visa on arrival | — |
| Honduras | Visa on arrival | — |
| Hungary | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Iceland | Visa on arrival | — |
| India | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Ireland | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Israel | Visa on arrival | — |
| Italy | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Ivory Coast | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Jamaica | Visa on arrival | — |
| Japan | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Kenya | Visa on arrival | — |
| Kiribati | Visa on arrival | — |
| Kuwait | Visa on arrival | — |
| Latvia | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Lesotho | Visa on arrival | — |
| Liberia | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Libya | Visa on arrival | — |
| Liechtenstein | Visa on arrival | — |
| Lithuania | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Luxembourg | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Madagascar | Visa on arrival | — |
| Malawi | Visa on arrival | — |
| Malaysia | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Mali | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Malta | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Marshall Islands | Visa on arrival | — |
| Mauritania | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Mauritius | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Micronesia | Visa on arrival | — |
| Monaco | Visa on arrival | — |
| Morocco | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Namibia | Visa on arrival | — |
| Nepal | Visa on arrival | — |
| Netherlands | Visa-free | 90 days |
| New Zealand | Visa on arrival | — |
| Niger | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Nigeria | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Norway | Visa on arrival | — |
| Oman | Visa on arrival | — |
| Pakistan | Visa on arrival | — |
| Palau | Visa on arrival | — |
| Palestine | Visa on arrival | — |
| Papua New Guinea | Visa on arrival | — |
| Philippines | Visa on arrival | — |
| Poland | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Portugal | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Republic of the Congo | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Romania | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Russia | Visa on arrival | — |
| Rwanda | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | Visa on arrival | — |
| Saint Lucia | Visa on arrival | — |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Visa on arrival | — |
| Samoa | Visa on arrival | — |
| San Marino | Visa on arrival | — |
| Seychelles | Visa on arrival | — |
| Sierra Leone | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Singapore | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Slovakia | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Slovenia | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Solomon Islands | Visa on arrival | — |
| South Africa | Visa on arrival | — |
| South Korea | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Spain | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Suriname | Visa on arrival | — |
| Sweden | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Switzerland | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Tanzania | Visa on arrival | — |
| Thailand | Visa on arrival | — |
| Togo | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Visa on arrival | — |
| Tunisia | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Turkey | Visa on arrival | — |
| Tuvalu | Visa on arrival | — |
| Uganda | Visa on arrival | — |
| Ukraine | Visa on arrival | — |
| United Arab Emirates | Visa-free | 90 days |
| United Kingdom | Visa-free | 90 days |
| United States | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Vanuatu | Visa on arrival | — |
| Vatican | Visa on arrival | — |
| Zambia | Visa on arrival | — |
| Zimbabwe | Visa on arrival | — |
| Visa required | ||
| Afghanistan | Visa required | — |
| Albania | Visa required | — |
| Antigua and Barbuda | Visa required | — |
| Azerbaijan | Visa required | — |
| Bangladesh | Visa required | — |
| Belarus | Visa required | — |
| Belize | Visa required | — |
| Bhutan | Visa required | — |
| Bolivia | Visa required | — |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Visa required | — |
| Cambodia | Visa required | — |
| Chile | Visa required | — |
| Colombia | Visa required | — |
| Cuba | Visa required | — |
| Dominica | Visa required | — |
| Ecuador | Visa required | — |
| Eritrea | Visa required | — |
| Georgia | Visa required | — |
| Guyana | Visa required | — |
| Hong Kong | Visa required | — |
| Indonesia | Visa required | — |
| Iran | Visa required | — |
| Iraq | Visa required | — |
| Jordan | Visa required | — |
| Kazakhstan | Visa required | — |
| Kosovo | Visa required | — |
| Kyrgyzstan | Visa required | — |
| Laos | Visa required | — |
| Lebanon | Visa required | — |
| Macao | Visa required | — |
| Maldives | Visa required | — |
| Mexico | Visa required | — |
| Moldova | Visa required | — |
| Mongolia | Visa required | — |
| Montenegro | Visa required | — |
| Mozambique | Visa required | — |
| Myanmar | Visa required | — |
| Nauru | Visa required | — |
| Nicaragua | Visa required | — |
| North Korea | Visa required | — |
| North Macedonia | Visa required | — |
| Panama | Visa required | — |
| Paraguay | Visa required | — |
| Peru | Visa required | — |
| Qatar | Visa required | — |
| Sao Tome and Principe | Visa required | — |
| Saudi Arabia | Visa required | — |
| Serbia | Visa required | — |
| Somalia | Visa required | — |
| South Sudan | Visa required | — |
| Sri Lanka | Visa required | — |
| Sudan | Visa required | — |
| Syria | Visa required | — |
| Taiwan | Visa required | — |
| Tajikistan | Visa required | — |
| Timor-Leste | Visa required | — |
| Tonga | Visa required | — |
| Turkmenistan | Visa required | — |
| Uruguay | Visa required | — |
| Uzbekistan | Visa required | — |
| Venezuela | Visa required | — |
| Vietnam | Visa required | — |
| Yemen | Visa required | — |
Senegal rules for every passport
Vaccinations, customs limits and penalties are the same for every traveller.
Vaccinations
- Yellow fever: the international vaccination certificate is required for travellers aged 9 months and older arriving from a country with risk of transmission. Senegal is in the yellow fever endemic zone and vaccination is strongly recommended (some older WHO lists required it from all arrivals; check with a travel vaccination centre before travelling).
- Not an entry requirement, but worth knowing: malaria is present year-round throughout the country, and in September 2025 a Rift Valley fever outbreak was declared in northern Senegal.
Customs limits
- Cash
- Under UEMOA rules, you must declare in writing, on entering and leaving Senegal, amounts over 1,000,000 CFA francs (~€1,500). Currency can be exported without justification up to the equivalent of 500,000 CFA francs (~€750); above that figure you must present the entry currency declaration made at the arrival customs office together with the receipts for the exchange operations carried out in Senegal. The CFA franc / euro rate is fixed (€1 = 655.957 FCFA).
- Alcohol
- No official alcohol allowance published by Senegal's General Directorate of Customs (douanes.sn) was found: left without a figure rather than presenting a travel-industry number as official.
- Tobacco
- Same caveat as alcohol: no official Senegalese customs tobacco limit was found.
Overstay penalties
Anyone who stays beyond the authorised period without regularising their situation before the Directorate of the Police for Foreigners and Travel Documents (DPETV) is in an irregular situation, at risk of a fine and of an expulsion order. A specific fine amount could not be confirmed against an official Senegalese source: the consequence is reported, not a figure.
Grounds for refusal
- Being unable to show you will leave: a return ticket, round-trip ticket or transport document to a destination outside Senegal is required, including of travellers entering under a visa exemption.
- Not presenting the international vaccination certificate: it is checked at every border to verify you comply with international health regulations.
- If you need a visa, holding a passport with less than 6 months of validity, or filing an incomplete application.
- If you intend to stay more than 3 months, not posting the repatriation bond that guarantees your return to your country of origin.
Travel insurance
Each destination decides whether to require insurance, and some check it at the border. If yours does, make sure the policy covers the whole trip.
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Do you need a different visa for Dakar, Saly, or Saint-Louis?
No. Senegal sets the requirements, so entering through Dakar asks for the same as entering through Saly or Saint-Louis. If you're arriving overland or through a small border post, check that separately: some countries apply their own rules to specific crossings.
What does change is where you file the application when a visa is needed, and that depends on the country you live in rather than the city you're travelling to.
What draws travellers to Senegal
Senegal is one of the easiest gateways to West Africa: stable, well connected by air from Europe, and a mix of historical memory, colonial towns and delta wildlife. Gorée Island, off Dakar, was one of the centres of the Atlantic slave trade and is today a place of memory: a World Heritage site since 1978, the country's first. Saint-Louis, the former colonial capital on an island at the mouth of the Senegal River, keeps its 19th-century layout and is also on the list. For nature, the Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary (the world's third-largest bird reserve, millions of migratory birds in season), the Saloum Delta (mangroves, shell mounds) and Niokolo-Koba National Park, in the southeast, are the three big protected areas, all World Heritage sites. Bassari Country, in the far southeast, adds cultural landscapes of mountain peoples. Senegal has 7 UNESCO World Heritage sites. Lake Retba (the "Pink Lake"), near Dakar, was for decades a draw for its colour, which has faded considerably since the 2022 floods. Spain's Ministry of Foreign Affairs advises caution and avoiding certain areas: the Casamance region (Ziguinchor, Sédhiou, Kolda), under military control, with night-travel restrictions and landmines in some spots, and the eastern and northeastern border areas (Tambacounda, Kédougou, Matam) because of the risk of terrorism and kidnapping linked to the Sahel crisis.
Sources for this section: whc.unesco.org (World Heritage List, 7 sites in Senegal: Gorée 1978, Djoudj 1981, Niokolo-Koba 1981, Saint-Louis 2000, Stone Circles of Senegambia 2006, Saloum Delta 2011, Bassari Country 2012); Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs travel advice for Senegal (Casamance, border areas). Accessed 6 September 2026.
Things to see and do in Senegal
Tours, skip-the-line tickets and day trips, most with free cancellation up to 24 hours before.
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Where can Senegal passport holders travel visa-free? →
Informational only. Always verify requirements with the official embassy or consulate before you travel.