Visa policy of Sierra Leone

Visitors to Sierra Leone must obtain an e-Visa unless they are citizens of one of the visa-exempt countries or citizens who may obtain a visa on arrival.

Visa exemption

Ordinary passports

Citizens of the following countries may enter Sierra Leone without a visa:

Date of visa changes

;Visa-free

30 April 1980: ECOWAS: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Togo

;Visa on arrival

5 September 2019: BRICS countries, Commonwealth countries, European Union countries, Gulf Cooperation Council countries; Bolivia, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Japan, Macau, Norway, Samoa, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, Turkey, Tuvalu, United Kingdom, United States, Vietnam

Non-ordinary passports

A maximum stay of 1 month without a visa is allowed for holders of diplomatic, service and public affairs passports issued to citizens of China.
A maximum stay of 1 month without a visa is allowed for holders of diplomatic and service passports issued to citizens of Iran.
A visa exemption agreement for diplomatic and service passports was signed with Rwanda in August 2019, but it has yet to be ratified.

Future changes

Sierra Leone has signed visa exemption agreements with the following countries, but they have not yet entered into force:

Country

Passports

Agreement signed on

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Visa on arrival

The government of Sierra Leone began issuing visas on arrival on 5 September 2019.

Citizens of the following countries may obtain a visa on arrival at Freetown International Airport, Jendema and Gbalamuya for a fee 80 USD :
_{1 - Citizens of Botswana, Eswatini, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi and Mauritius are issued a free visa on arrival. Other eligible African Union citizens are charged 25 USD for a visa issued on arrival.}

_{2 - Free visa on arrival}
Only Timatic lists Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan as countries whose citizens are eligible for visa on arrival, while the official public notice of the Sierra Leone Immigration Service makes no mention of those countries.

Electronic Visa (e-Visa)

Citizens of other countries must obtain an e-Visa.