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Tanzania eVisa is an online visa that was introduced in 2018 and allows citizens of qualifying countries to travel to and within Tanzania (including Zanzibar). The Tanzania electronic visa is valid for tourist and leisure purposes, such as a trip to mainland Tanzania or Zanzibar, or to see relatives or friends. The eVisa allows tourists to spend up to 30 consecutive days in Tanzania. Most nations are granted a one-entry visa. US passport holders are eligible for a multiple-entry eVisa for Tanzania, allowing them to remain for up to 90 days. Tanzanian eVisa applicants are contacted via email after their visa has been accepted. Most customers obtain their approved eVisa for Tanzania in 4 to 6 days. You will receive your visa in PDF format. You should print it and bring it with you when you visit Tanzania. If your visa application is declined, you will be notified by email. All visitors to Tanzania must have a valid visa. Tanzania has recently allowed citizens of 163 countries to get an e-Visa which they can apply for online. An e-Visa is available to people who hold a passport from the following countries ALAND ISLANDS ALBANIA ALGERIA AMERICAN SAMOA ANDORRA ANGOLA ARGENTINA ARMENIA ARUBA AUSTRALIA AUSTRIA BAHRAIN BAKER ISLAND BELARUS BELGIUM BENIN BHUTAN BOLIVIA BONAIRE, SINT EUSTATIUS AND SABA BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA BOUVET ISLAND BRAZIL BULGARIA BURKINA FASO BURUNDI CAMBODIA CAMEROON CANADA CAPE VERDE CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC CHILE CHINA COLOMBIA Comoros CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC (ZAIRE) CONGO, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC COSTA RICA COTE D'IVOIRE CROATIA (HRVATSKA) CUBA CURACAO CZECH REPUBLIC DENMARK DOMINICAN REPUBLIC EAST TIMOR ECUADOR EGYPT EL SALVADOR ESTONIA FAROE ISLANDS FIJI FINLAND FRANCE FRENCH GUIANA FRENCH POLYNESIA FRENCH SOUTHERN AND ANTARCTIC LANDS GABON GEORGIA GERMANY GREECE GREENLAND GUADELOUPE GUAM GUATEMALA GUINEA GUINEA-BISSAU HAITI HOLY SEE (VATICAN CITY STATE) HONDURAS HOWLAND ISLAND HUNGARY ICELAND INDIA INDONESIA IRELAND ISRAEL ITALY JAPAN JARVIS ISLAND JOHNSTON ATOLL JORDAN KINGMAN REEF KOREA, REPUBLIC OF KUWAIT KYRGYZSTAN LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC LATVIA LIBERIA LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA LIECHTENSTEIN LITHUANIA LUXEMBOURG MACEDONIA, FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC MALDIVES MARSHALL ISLANDS MARTINIQUE MAYOTTE MEXICO MICRONESIA, FEDERATED STATES MIDWAY ISLANDS MOLDOVA, REPUBLIC MONACO MONGOLIA MONTENEGRO MOROCCO MYANMAR NAVASSA ISLAND NEPAL NETHERLANDS NETHERLANDS ANTILLES NEW CALEDONIA NEW ZEALAND NICARAGUA NIUE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS NORWAY OMAN PALAU PALMYRA ATOLL PANAMA PARAGUAY PERU PHILIPPINES PITCAIRN POLAND PORTUGAL PUERTO RICO QATAR REUNION RUSSIAN FEDERATION SAINT BARTHELEMY SAINT MARTIN SAN MARINO SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE SAUDI ARABIA SENEGAL SERBIA SINT MAARTEN (DUTCH PART) SLOVAKIA (SLOVAK REPUBLIC) SLOVENIA SPAIN SUDAN SURINAME SVALBARD & JAN MAYEN ISLANDS SWEDEN SWITZERLAND THAILAND TOGO TOKELAU TUNISIA TURKEY TURKMENISTAN UKRAINE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNITED KINGDOM UNITED STATES MINOR OUTLYING ISLANDS UNITED STATES OF AMERICA URUGUAY VENEZUELA VIETNAM VIRGIN ISLANDS (U.S.) WAKE ISLAND YUGOSLAVIA Stateless persons or persons with refugee status. The e-Visa will be valid from 30 days to 1 year, depending on the Visa type. Those traveling for leisure, short-term medical treatment, casual business, international conference or to meet friends and relatives will be eligible to apply Once your application is approved, you will receive the e-Visa by email to print off and take with you when you travel to Tanzania. Show the e-Visa to the immigration authorities in Tanzania, who will then stamp your passport.