Refreshed 11 Oct 2026
What changed in visa rules
Every refresh compares the new data with the previous snapshot. The latest one found 4,084 category changes worldwide and 1,600 changes to allowed stay.
Switched the main source to Wikipedia's visa articles (edited as recently as this week) from the Passport Index data of Feb 2026. Most changes below reflect that switch and eight months of rule changes, not changes made this week.
Easier for Namibian passport holders 10
AfghanistanVisa required→eVisa
BahraineVisa→Visa on arrival14 days
BoliviaeVisa→Visa on arrival30 days
GhanaVisa required→Visa on arrival30 days
MozambiqueVisa on arrival30 days→Visa-free90 days
PalestineVisa required→Visa-free
SurinameeTA90 days→Visa-free90 days
TürkiyeVisa required→eVisa
VenezuelaVisa required→eVisa
SamoaVisa on arrival90 days→Visa-free60 days
Harder for Namibian passport holders 16
United Arab EmirateseVisa→Visa required
AustraliaeVisa→Visa required
Côte d'IvoireeTA90 days→eVisa
DjiboutiVisa on arrival90 days→eVisa
GuyanaeVisa→Visa required
IndonesiaeVisa→Visa required
IsraeleVisa→Visa required
IranVisa on arrival30 days→eVisa
South KoreaeVisa→Visa required
LiberiaeVisa→Visa required
NicaraguaVisa on arrival30 days→Visa required
OmaneVisa→Visa required
Papua New GuineaeTA30 days→eVisa
Saudi ArabiaeVisa→Visa required
SeychellesVisa-free90 days→eTA90 days
El SalvadoreVisa→Visa required
Changes for visitors to Namibia 42
Antigua and BarbudaVisa on arrival90 days→eVisa
Bosnia and HerzegovinaeVisa→Visa required
BarbadosVisa on arrival90 days→Visa required
BangladesheVisa→Visa required
BruneiVisa on arrival90 days→Visa required- BoliviaVisa on arrival90 days→eVisa
BahamasVisa on arrival90 days→Visa required
CongoeVisa→Visa required
FinlandVisa on arrival90 days→Visa-free90 days
GrenadaVisa on arrival90 days→Visa required
GeorgiaVisa on arrival90 days→Visa required- GhanaeVisa→Visa on arrival90 days
GuatemalaeVisa→Visa required
HonduraseVisa→Visa required
HaitiVisa on arrival90 days→eVisa
IrelandVisa on arrival90 days→Visa-free90 days
IraqeVisa→Visa required
IcelandVisa on arrival90 days→Visa-free90 days
JordaneVisa→Visa required
KiribatiVisa on arrival90 days→eVisa
Saint Kitts and NevisVisa on arrival90 days→eVisa
North KoreaeVisa→Visa required
LaoseVisa→Visa required
LuxembourgVisa on arrival90 days→Visa-free90 days
LatviaVisa on arrival90 days→Visa required
LibyaeVisa→Visa on arrival90 days
MonacoVisa on arrival90 days→Visa required
MontenegroVisa on arrival90 days→Visa required
North MacedoniaVisa on arrival90 days→Visa required
MyanmareVisa→Visa required
MongoliaVisa on arrival90 days→eVisa
MaldivesVisa on arrival90 days→eVisa
NigeriaeVisa→Visa on arrival
San MarinoeVisa→Visa required- SurinameVisa on arrival90 days→eVisa
South SudaneVisa→Visa required
TongaVisa on arrival90 days→eVisa
Trinidad and TobagoVisa on arrival90 days→eVisa
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVisa on arrival90 days→Visa required
VanuatuVisa on arrival90 days→eVisa
Refresh history
- 11 Oct 2026Switched the main source to Wikipedia's visa articles (edited as recently as this week) from the Passport Index data of Feb 20264,084 category changes
- 17 Feb 2026Passport Index data update (January 2025 to February 2026)2,761 category changes