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Rwanda — Citizenship Guide

Citizenship by descent is available; naturalisation requires 10 years; dual citizenship is permitted.

Why Rwanda?

The Rwanda passport offers visa-free, visa-on-arrival, ETA, or e-visa access to 103 destinations, ranking it #151 globally.

Citizenship by descent

Rwanda applies jus sanguinis — citizenship can be acquired by descent from a citizen parent, and in some cases from grandparents or more distant ancestors.

Naturalisation

Naturalisation typically requires 10 years of residence, usually alongside language and integration requirements.

Dual citizenship

Rwanda generally permits dual citizenship.

Fees & timeline

There is no standard published application fee — costs vary, so check with official sources.

Compiled from the Citizenship Hub law dataset (approximate). Verify with official government sources before relying on this information.

Where the Rwanda passport can travel

Visa-free, visa on arrival, ETA, and e-visa access by destination. Hover for details.

Fiji — Visa required Tanzania — Visa-free W. Sahara — Unknown Canada — Visa required United States of America — Visa required Kazakhstan — e-Visa Uzbekistan — Visa required Papua New Guinea — ETA Indonesia — Visa on arrival Argentina — Visa required Chile — Visa required Dem. Rep. Congo — Visa-free Somalia — Visa-free Kenya — Visa-free Sudan — Visa required Chad — Visa-free Haiti — Visa-free Dominican Rep. — Visa required Russia — Visa required Bahamas — e-Visa Falkland Is. — Unknown Greenland — Unknown Fr. S. Antarctic Lands — Unknown Timor-Leste — Visa on arrival South Africa — Visa required Lesotho — Visa required Mexico — Visa required Uruguay — Visa required Brazil — Visa required Bolivia — e-Visa Peru — Visa required Colombia — e-Visa Panama — Visa required Costa Rica — Visa required Nicaragua — Visa on arrival Honduras — Visa required El Salvador — e-Visa Guatemala — Visa required Belize — Visa required Venezuela — Visa required Guyana — e-Visa Suriname — ETA Ecuador — Visa-free Puerto Rico — Unknown Jamaica — Visa required Cuba — e-Visa Zimbabwe — Visa on arrival Botswana — e-Visa Namibia — Visa on arrival Senegal — Visa-free Mali — Visa on arrival Mauritania — e-Visa Benin — Visa-free Niger — Visa required Nigeria — e-Visa Cameroon — e-Visa Togo — e-Visa Ghana — Visa-free Côte d'Ivoire — ETA Guinea — Visa-free Guinea-Bissau — Visa on arrival Liberia — e-Visa Sierra Leone — Visa on arrival Burkina Faso — e-Visa Central African Rep. — Visa-free Congo — Visa on arrival Gabon — e-Visa Eq. Guinea — e-Visa Zambia — Visa on arrival Malawi — e-Visa Mozambique — Visa on arrival eSwatini — Visa required Angola — Visa-free Burundi — Visa-free Israel — e-Visa Lebanon — Visa required Madagascar — Visa on arrival Palestine — Visa-free Gambia — Visa-free Tunisia — Visa required Algeria — Visa required Jordan — Visa on arrival United Arab Emirates — e-Visa Qatar — Visa on arrival Kuwait — Visa required Iraq — e-Visa Oman — e-Visa Vanuatu — Visa-free Cambodia — Visa on arrival Thailand — e-Visa Laos — Visa on arrival Myanmar — Visa required Vietnam — e-Visa North Korea — Visa required South Korea — e-Visa Mongolia — e-Visa India — e-Visa Bangladesh — Visa on arrival Bhutan — e-Visa Nepal — Visa on arrival Pakistan — e-Visa Afghanistan — Visa required Tajikistan — Visa required Kyrgyzstan — e-Visa Turkmenistan — Visa required Iran — Visa on arrival Syria — e-Visa Armenia — Visa required Sweden — Visa required Belarus — Visa required Ukraine — Visa required Poland — Visa required Austria — Visa required Hungary — Visa required Moldova — e-Visa Romania — Visa required Lithuania — Visa required Latvia — Visa required Estonia — Visa required Germany — Visa required Bulgaria — Visa required Greece — Visa required Turkey — Visa required Albania — e-Visa Croatia — Visa required Switzerland — Visa required Luxembourg — Visa required Belgium — Visa required Netherlands — Visa required Portugal — Visa required Spain — Visa required Ireland — Visa required New Caledonia — Unknown Solomon Is. — Visa required New Zealand — Visa required Australia — e-Visa Sri Lanka — Visa on arrival China — Visa required Taiwan — Unknown Italy — Visa required Denmark — Visa required United Kingdom — Visa required Iceland — Visa required Azerbaijan — Visa required Georgia — e-Visa Philippines — Visa-free Malaysia — e-Visa Brunei — Visa required Slovenia — Visa required Finland — Visa required Slovakia — Visa required Czechia — Visa required Eritrea — Visa required Japan — Visa required Paraguay — Visa required Yemen — Visa required Saudi Arabia — e-Visa Antarctica — Unknown Cyprus — Visa required Morocco — Visa required Egypt — Visa required Libya — e-Visa Ethiopia — Visa on arrival Djibouti — Visa on arrival Uganda — Visa-free Rwanda — Home country Bosnia and Herz. — Visa required North Macedonia — Visa required Serbia — Visa required Montenegro — Visa required Trinidad and Tobago — Visa required S. Sudan — Visa on arrival
  • Visa-free
  • Visa on arrival
  • ETA
  • e-Visa
  • Visa required
  • No admission

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