Visa Applications

List of all countries whose citizens require/do not require visas to enter the Kingdom of Lesotho

YES - Citizens always require a Visa to enter Lesotho

NO - Citizens DO NOT require a Visa to enter Lesotho

* - Citizens only require a visa when coming to stay in Lesotho for more than 14 days

CountryTo LesothoFrom Lesotho
AfghanistanYESYES
AlbaniaYESYES
AndorraYESYES
AngolaYESYES
Antigua and BarbudaNONO
ArgentinaYESYES
ArmeniaYESYES
Australia*NOYES
AzerbaijanYESYES
BahamasYESYES
BahrainYESYES
BangladeshYESYES
BarbadosNONO
BelarusYESYES
Belgium*NOYES
BelizeNONO
BeninYESYES
BermudaYESYES
BhutanYESYES
BoliviaYESYES
Bosnia and HerzegovinaYESYES
BotswanaNONO
BrazilYESYES
British Virgin IslandsYESYES
BruneiNONO
BulgariaYESYES
Burkina FasoYESYES
BurundiYESYES
CambodiaYESYES
CameroonYESYES
Canada*NOYES
Cape VerdeYESYES
Cayman IslandsYESYES
Central African RepublicYESYES
ChadYESYES
ChileYESYES
China (People's Republic)YESYES
ColombiaYESYES
ComorosYESYES
Congo (Republic)YESYES
Congo (Democratic Republic)YESYES
Costa RicaYESYES
Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)YESYES
CroatiaYESYES
CubaYESYES
CyprusYESYES
Czech Republic*NOYES
Denmark*NOYES
DjiboutiYESYES
DominicaNOYES
Dominica RepublicNONO
EcuadorYESYES
EgyptYESYES
El SalvadorYESYES
Equatorial GuineaYESYES
EritreaYESYES
EstoniaYESYES
EthiopiaYESYES
Falkland IslandsYESYES
FijiNOYES
Finland*NOYES
France*NOYES
GabonYESYES
GambiaNOYES
Germany*NOYES
GeorgiaYESYES
GhanaNONO
GreeceYESYES
GrenadaNONO
GuatemalaYESYES
GuineaYESYES
Guinea-BissauYESYES
GuyanaNONO
HaitiYESYES
HondurasYESYES
Hong KongNONO
HungaryYESYES
Iceland*NOYES
IndiaYESYES
IndonesiaYESYES
IranYESYES
IraqYESYES
IrelandYESYES
IsraelNONO
Italy*NONO
JamaicaNOYES
JapanNONO
JordanYESNO
KazakhstanYESYES
KenyaNONO
KiribatiNONO
Korea (South)NONO
Korea (Democratic People's Republic)NONO
KuwaitYESYES
KyrgyzstanYESYES
LaosYESYES
LatviaYESYES
LebanonYESYES
LiberiaYESYES
LibyaYESYES
LiechtensteinYESYES
LithuaniaYESYES
Luxembourg*NOYES
MacaoYESYES
MacedoniaYESYES
MadagascarNONO
MalawiNONO
MalaysiaNONO
MaldivesYESYES
MaliYESYES
MaltaYESYES
Marshall IslandsYESYES
MauritaniaYESYES
MauritiusNONO
MexicoYESYES
MicronesiaYESYES
Midway IslandsYESYES
MoldovaYESYES
MonacoYESYES
MongoliaYESYES
MontenegroYESYES
MontserratYESYES
MoroccoYESYES
MozambiqueNONO
Myanmar (Burma)YESYES
NamibiaNONO
NauruYESYES
NepalYESYES
Netherlands*NOYES
New Zealand* (including the Cook Islands Niue Tokelau)NOYES
NicaraguaYESYES
NigerYESYES
NigeriaYESYES
North KoreaYESYES
Northern Mariana Islands (Federation States of Micronesia Mariana Islands Caroline Islands Palau Islands)YESYES
Norway*NOYES
OmanYESYES
PakistanYESYES
PanamaYESYES
Papua New GuineaNONO
ParaguayYESYES
PeruYESYES
PhilippinesYESYES
PolandYESYES
Portugal*NOYES
QatarYESYES
RomaniaYESYES
RussiaYESYES
RwandaYESYES
Saint Christopher and NavisNONO
Saint Helena and DependenciesYESYES
Saint LuciaNONO
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesNONO
SamoaYESYES
San MarinoYESYES
São Tomé and PríncipeYESYES
Saudi ArabiaYESYES
SenegalYESYES
SerbiaYESYES
SeychellesNONO
Sierra LeoneNOYES
SingaporeNONO
Slovak RepublicYESYES
SloveniaYESYES
Solomon IslandsYESYES
SomaliaYESYES
South AfricaNONO
Spain* (including Spanish Territories in North Africa with Ceuta and Melilla)NOYES
Sri LankaNONO
SudanYESYES
SurinameYESYES
SwazilandNONO
Sweden*NOYES
Switzerland*NOYES
SyriaYESYES
TajikistanYESYES
TanzaniaNONO
ThailandYESYES
Timor-Leste (East Timor)YESYES
TogoYESYES
TongaNONO
Trinidad and TobagoNONO
Trust Territory of the Pacific IslandsYESYES
TunisiaYESYES
TurkeyYESYES
TurkmenistanYESYES
Turks and Caicos IslandsYESYES
TuvaluNONO
UgandaNONO
UkraineYESYES
United Arab EmiratesYESYES
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (including the Channel Islands the Isle of Man and Bermuda)NOYES
United States of AmericaNOYES
Virgin Islands of the United States (including Samoa Guam Puerto Rico)NOYES
UruguayYESYES
UzbekistanYESYES
VanuatuNONO
Vatican CityYESYES
VenezuelaYESYES
Viet NamYESYES
Western SamoaNONO
White Russia (see also Belarus)YESYES
YemenYESYES
Former Zaire now: Democratic Republic of CongoYESYES
ZambiaNONO
ZimbabweNONO

The Lesotho Embassy wishes to inform you that the Embassy does not issue visas in the office. All visa applications are done manually at the Ministry of Home Affairs in Lesotho. Thus, applicants are advised to communicate with their counterparts in Lesotho (person/Organization inviting them) to manually make an application on their behalf at the Ministry of Home Affairs, or you can upload and send the required documents for application of Entry Visas to Lesotho at visa-applications.immigration@gov.ls and copy the embassy (lesothoembassy@verizon.net) in your email.

Visa Requirements

Upon completion of the processing of the visa application which takes a maximum of ten (10) working days, if approved, you will be sent a 72-hour visa-on-arrival letter, that will allow entry into the country in your email. You will ONLY be allowed entry through Maseru Port of Entry and Moshoeshoe 1 International Airport.

Kindly direct all other inquiries to visa-applications.immigration@gov.ls and make sure to copy the embassy for follow ups.

Visa application Fees

TYPE OF PASSPORT NEED / DOES NOT NEED VISA FEES
UN PASSPORT HOLDERS DOES NOT NEED VISA FREE
LAISSEZ PASSER DOES NOT NEED VISA FREE
DIPLOMATIC PASSPORT HOLDERS NEED VISA FREE
OFFICIAL / SERVICE PASSPORT NEED VISA FREE
NORMAL / REGULAR PASSPORT NEED VISA M1000 for single entry
M2000 for multiple entry