Visa to Namibia

A trip to the exotic African country of Namibia will leave unforgettable impressions for any tourist. However, before you visit this distant state, you need to learn as much as possible about it, about its inhabitants, customs and customs reigning there, as well as what documents will be needed during the trip.

Any tourist from Russia and other CIS countries can visit this southern country without obtaining a visa if his stay there is limited to a period of 3 months. Thus, a visa to Namibia for Russians in 2017 is not needed. And this applies to both tourist trips and business visits to the state.

Upon arrival, border guards can put a period of 30 days in the stamp. But if you plan to stay in Namibia for a little longer, you should warn them in advance about it, and then in your passport you will put a period of 90 days.

Required documents

At the border checkpoint you will be asked to present such documents:

• a foreign passport, and its validity period must end no earlier than six months after the end of your trip to the country;
• The migration card that the visitor of Namibia fills in English, with answers to questions about the tourist himself, about the purpose of his entry into the country and the place of planned residence.

In the passport, representatives of the Namibia border service will stamp a stamp indicating the purpose of your visit and the duration of your stay in the country. This stamp is the authorization of your stay in Namibia. There is an official requirement for a passport: it must have at least two blank pages for stamps. However, as practice shows, most often there is enough and one page.

If you decide to travel to Namibia with a child, then do not forget to take his birth certificate, and also fill in a migration card on your son or daughter.

Medical certificate

When you visit Namibia, you do not need a certificate indicating that you have a yellow fever vaccine . However, if you come here from such African countries as Togo, Congo, Niger, Mali, Mauritania and some other, endemic for this disease, then at the border such a certificate may require.

Useful information for travelers

It is better to plan a trip to Namibia in advance. Direct air communication with this state is not, therefore, most tourists fly here with a transfer in South Africa .

The currency can be exchanged at special points located at the airport and in hotels. One should know that one day it is not allowed to take more than a thousand Namibian dollars.

While in Namibia, you should strictly observe personal hygiene. You can drink only bottled water, as many infectious diseases are common in the country. And one more piece of advice regarding security in the country: do not always carry valuables with you, as well as large sums of money. It will be safer to leave them in the hotel safe where you left off.

Addresses of embassies

During the stay in this country, if necessary, Russians can apply to the Russian Embassy in Namibia, which is located in its capital at the address: Windhoek on the street. Krischen, 4, tel .: +264 61 22-86-71. The contacts of the Embassy of Namibia in Moscow will also be useful. His address: 2-nd Kazachiy per., 7, Moscow, 119017, tel .: 8 (499) 230-32-75.