Tourist visas can only be issued on arrival to:

• Foreign nationals who are coming from countries where there is no Ethiopian Mission
• Nationals from Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea Republic, Kuwait, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russian Federation, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States.

If applying for a tourist visa on arrival, you are required to provide one recent passport-sized photograph and no less than US $50 before your application can be processed.

Foreign nationals from not listed countries

Foreign nationals who are coming from countries that are not listed as tourist generating countries and from those countries that do not have an agreement with Ethiopia regarding the issuance of visas on arrival, can enter Ethiopia by obtaining a visa from a nearby Ethiopian Mission. See (link) for a full list of missions. However, if tourists from such countries wish to get a visa on arrival at the airport, they are required to get approval from the Immigration and Nationality Affairs Main Department in Ethiopia. Requests for such approval can be sent to:

• Main Department for Immigration and Nationality Affairs, PO Box 3741, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
• Fax: 002511 55 32 09/002511 56 49 81