Sudan: visa, passport and entry requirements
Passport · Passport validity: at least 6 months after date of arrival
Entry document
- ✓Passport
- ✕National ID card
Passport validity
at least 6 months after date of arrival
Passport must have an expiry date at least 6 months after the date you arrive. Will be denied entry if passport is invalid, lost or stolen. Dual nationals must carry valid British passport or certificate of entitlement when returning to UK. — Travel permits required for certain states (Red Sea State requires travel permit to leave; requirements vary by state and must be applied for once in country).
Visa
Required
Apply through Sudanese Embassy in the UK or through the Sudanese embassy in the country you are travelling from. Single-entry visa holders will need an exit visa to leave the country (though not always enforced). Exit visa information available from Port Sudan Airport Immigration.
Your whole journey
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Vaccination required on entry
Yellow fever
required to enter Sudan
Yellow fever risk areas (WHO list)
Africa: Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad*, Congo - Brazzaville, Congo - Kinshasa, Côte d’Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia*, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya*, Liberia, Mali*, Mauritania*, Niger*, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Sudan*, Togo, Uganda
Americas: Argentina*, Bolivia*, Brazil*, Colombia*, Ecuador*, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama*, Paraguay*, Peru*, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago*, Venezuela*
* only in parts of the country
A country may apply its own list: the official text above prevails.
Source: WHO, International Travel and Health, Annex 1, 18 November 2022, revised 3 January 2023 ↗