Eswatini (Swaziland)

Visa-Exempt, stay 30 days
For 90 passports
Posted: 2019-02-25 - Last updated 2020-12-14
Source:
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Eswatini (Swaziland) map

Region: Southern Africa

Pandemic Travel Alert

OPEN: to international leisure travel

Most recent update: 2020-11-13 - Borders Reopened

Entry

General Policy
  1. Starting 1 October 2020, borders reopened.
  2. On 29 September 2020, the Eswatini Ministry of Health issued a travel advisory for those wishing to visit: "Non-essential travel remains discouraged".
Sources:
  1. Travel Advice: The Kingdom of Eswatini (Swaziland)
  2. Kingdom Of Eswatini COVID-19 Travel Advisory

COVID-19 Related Entry Requirements

Sources:

  1. MoH Memorandum - Points of Entry
  2. Kingdom Of Eswatini COVID-19 Travel Advisory

Testing
  • All travellers will be screened on arrival. Travellers who do not present a valid negative PCR (not Rapid Antigen) COVID-19 test certificate (results taken within 72hrs before entry into the country), or are presenting with COVID-19 symptoms, will be required to do the COVID-19 test at the point of entry at their cost.
Movement Restrictions
  • Travellers may be required to undergo a quarantine not exceeding 14 days, or isolation, as advised by the port health officers.

Exit

  • All travellers should plan to have a COVID-19 test 72hrs before the exit date. Testing for COVID-19 will be at the cost of the traveller at a private laboratory. Travellers who are transiting in South Africa or Mozambique who do not present a valid negative PCR (not Rapid Antigen) COVID-19 test certificate, or are presenting with COVID-19 symptoms, will be required to go back to do the COVID-19 test in Eswatini.
Sources:
  1. MoH Memorandum - Points of Entry
  2. Kingdom Of Eswatini COVID-19 Travel Advisory

Other

No info

Pre-pandemic visa rules

Requirements

Passport Validity
6 months
Yellow Fever
The World Health Organization reports (15 November 2018) no risk of yellow fever in Eswatini (Swaziland). The government of Eswatini (Swaziland) requires proof of a yellow fever vaccination certificate for travellers arriving from or having transited through countries with risk of yellow fever transmission.
Transit
- There are no transit facilities.
Dual Nationality
U.S. policy on dual nationality can be found here.

Additional Notes

  1. In 2018 the official name was changed from Kingdom of Swaziland to Kingdom of Eswatini.
  2. Since entry/exit via South Africa is common, it is important to also be aware of the entry/transit requirements of South Africa.
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