Do you need a visa for Cape Verde with a British passport?

Q: Do you need a visa for Cape Verde with a British passport?

Visa-free entry. 30 days. Applications go through EASE — Governo de Cabo Verde. It is the only source that counts.

Entry right

Cape Verde, on a British passport

Visa-free entry.

Length of stay — 30 days.

All visa-free countries with a British passport

What changed

Unchanged between the 12 January 2025 and 17 February 2026 datasets: visa-free, 30 days.

The official portal

Applications go through EASE — Governo de Cabo Verde. It is the only source that counts.

Open the official portal

Staying longer

This country has a scheme for remote workers: Remote Working Programme (2020). It takes over when the entry period is no longer enough.

The other way round

A Cape Verde passport travelling to United Kingdom: visa required.

Same region, same passport

West Africa: with a British passport, 3 of the 15 other countries in the region open visa-free or with a simple online authorisation.

Visa-free (2): Gambia (90 d), Senegal (90 d)
Electronic authorisation (1): Ivory Coast
Visa on arrival (2): Guinea-Bissau, Sierra Leone
e-visa (6): Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Mauritania, Nigeria, Togo
Consulate visa (4): Ghana, Liberia, Mali, Niger

Once you are there

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The same country, on another passport

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What this page does not replace

Entry rules change often, sometimes overnight. This record gives the known state, with its source; it does not replace checking with the destination’s embassy or consulate, the only authority on the day you leave.

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