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 Rwandan passport holders 10
AfghanistanVisa required→eVisa
Bosnia and HerzegovinaVisa required→Visa on arrival
BahamaseVisa→Visa-free90 days
Côte d'IvoireeTA90 days→Visa-free90 days
LesothoVisa required→eVisa
NigeriaeVisa90 days→Visa on arrival90 days
Papua New GuineaeTA30 days→Visa on arrival30 days
PakistaneVisa30 days→eTA
QatarVisa on arrival30 days→Visa-free30 days
Trinidad and TobagoVisa required→eVisa
Harder for Rwandan passport holders 11
AustraliaeVisa→Visa required
DjiboutiVisa on arrival90 days→eVisa
GambiaVisa-free90 days→Visa required
GuyanaeVisa→Visa required
IsraeleVisa→Visa required
South KoreaeVisa→Visa required
OmaneVisa→Visa required
Saudi ArabiaeVisa→Visa required
SeychellesVisa-free90 days→Visa on arrival90 days
SomaliaVisa-free30 days→eVisa
SurinameeTA90 days→eVisa
Changes for visitors to Rwanda 20
AndorraVisa-free30 days→Visa on arrival
Antigua and BarbudaVisa-free30 days→Visa on arrival30 days- BahamasVisa-free30 days→Visa on arrival30 days
Cabo VerdeVisa-free30 days→Visa on arrival30 days- DjiboutiVisa-free30 days→Visa on arrival30 days
EthiopiaVisa-free30 days→Visa on arrival90 days- GambiaVisa-free30 days→Visa on arrival30 days
Hong KongVisa on arrival30 days→Visa-free30 days
JamaicaVisa-free30 days→Visa on arrival30 days
JordanVisa on arrival30 days→Visa-free90 days
LiberiaVisa-free30 days→eVisa- LesothoVisa-free30 days→Visa on arrival30 days
MonacoVisa-free30 days→Visa on arrival30 days
MaliVisa-free30 days→Visa on arrival30 days
MauritaniaVisa-free30 days→Visa on arrival30 days
NigerVisa-free30 days→Visa on arrival30 days- NigeriaVisa-free30 days→Visa on arrival30 days
EswatiniVisa-free30 days→Visa on arrival30 days
TunisiaVisa-free30 days→Visa on arrival30 days
ZimbabweVisa-free30 days→Visa on arrival30 days
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