Visa Requirements for Cape Verde Passport Holders (2026)

A Cape Verde passport gives visa-free access to 65 of 198 destinations (visa-free, visa on arrival, or eTA). Full breakdown by entry type below.

Visa-free destinations (37)

Angola (30d), Bahamas (90d), Barbados (90d), Benin (90d), Burkina Faso, Dominica (21d), Ecuador (90d), Gambia (90d), Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti (90d), Hong Kong (30d), Ivory Coast (90d), Liberia, Macao (90d), Malaysia (30d), Mali, Mauritius (90d), Micronesia (30d), Morocco (90d), Niger, Nigeria, Palestine, Philippines (30d), Russia (60d), Rwanda (30d), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (90d), Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal (90d), Seychelles (90d), Sierra Leone, Singapore (30d), South Africa (30d), Timor-Leste (30d), Togo, Tunisia (90d)

Visa on arrival (27)

Bangladesh, Bolivia, Burundi, Cambodia, Comoros, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Iran, Jordan, Laos, Madagascar, Malawi, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Palau, Saint Lucia, Samoa, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Tuvalu, Zambia, Zimbabwe

eTA required (1)

Kenya

e-Visa required (36)

Albania, Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Bahrain, Bhutan, Botswana, Cameroon, Colombia, Cuba, DR Congo, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Kyrgyzstan, Lesotho, Libya, Moldova, Mongolia, Oman, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Qatar, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Somalia, South Korea, South Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam

Visa required in advance (97)

Afghanistan, Algeria, Andorra, Argentina, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Congo, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Eritrea, Estonia, Fiji, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kiribati, Kosovo, Kuwait, Latvia, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Mexico, Monaco, Montenegro, Myanmar, Nauru, Netherlands, New Zealand, North Korea, North Macedonia, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Spain, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Vatican, Venezuela, Yemen

Passports with similar entry access

Gambia · Ghana · Mongolia · Philippines · Zambia · Kyrgyzstan

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Data source: Passport Index dataset (CC-BY). Retrieved & last verified June 26, 2026. Visa rules change frequently — always confirm with the destination’s embassy or official immigration website before you book. See our methodology.