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Western Africa travel guide
Cabo Verde
Entry rules for every passport, key facts and neighbouring destinations.
Visa on arrival
Full requirements →
Key facts
- Official name
- Republic of Cabo Verde
- Capital
- Praia
- Currency
- Cape Verdean escudo (CVE Esc)
- Languages
- Portuguese
- Calling code
- +238
- Area
- 4,033 km²
- Region
- Western Africa
Who can get in easily
170 of 198 passports can enter Cabo Verde without arranging a visa in advance.
- Visa-free
- Visa on arrival
- eTA
- eVisa
- Visa required
Visa requirements for Cabo Verde by passport
IndiaVisa on arrival
United StatesVisa-free30 days
United KingdomVisa-free30 days
United Arab EmiratesVisa on arrival30 days
ChinaVisa on arrival30 days
SingaporeVisa-free90 days
PakistanVisa required
BangladeshVisa required
Sri LankaVisa required
NepalVisa required
NigeriaVisa-free
PhilippinesVisa required
CanadaVisa-free30 days
AustraliaVisa on arrival30 days
GermanyVisa-free30 days
Pick any passport above to see the full requirements, or use the selector at the top.
Nearby countries
Burkina Faso
Benin
Côte d'Ivoire
Ghana
Gambia
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Liberia
Mali
MauritaniaSources: Wikipedia's "Visa requirements for … citizens" articles (CC BY-SA 4.0) for 199 passports; Passport Index Data (imorte), scraped from passportindex.org, published 17 Feb 2026 for the rest. Last checked 11 Oct 2026.