Cabo Verde visa and entry requirements

Cabo Verde's foreigners law (Lei n.º 66/VIII/2014, Article 7(3)) says travel documents must be valid for longer than the authorised stay, except on the re-entry of a foreigner legally resident in Cabo Verde. The Embassy of Cabo Verde in Washington asks visa applicants for a passport valid for at least six months beyond the period of stay, and the UK government tells British nationals their passport must have an expiry date at least 6 months after the date they arrive.

• Yellow fever (International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis (yellow card)) — WHO's country list says Cabo Verde requires proof of yellow fever vaccination from travellers aged 1 year or over arriving from countries with risk of yellow fever transmission.

No official source we could read states a travel-insurance requirement for Cabo Verde. The UK Foreign Office says Global Health Insurance Cards (GHIC) are not accepted in Cape Verde, so it is essential to have appropriate travel insurance.

Cabo Verde's foreigners law requires tourist-visa applicants to hold a transport ticket that lets them enter and leave Cabo Verde.

Cabo Verde's foreigners law does not permit the entry of foreigners without sufficient means of subsistence for the stay and for the journey to a country where their admission is guaranteed, and leaves the amount to a ministerial order. No official source we could read states the amount.

• EASE travel pre-registration + airport security tax (TSA) — The Embassy of Cabo Verde in Washington says all foreign citizens planning to travel to Cabo Verde must pre-register on the EASE platform (ease.gov.cv) 5 days before departure to pay the airport security tax (TSA). The UK government's travel advice adds that from 1 July 2026 travellers who have not completed the pre-registration, or cannot show proof, pay double the TSA fee at border control; we found no Cabo Verdean text that states this. (up to five days before arriving) ease.gov.cv ↗(opens in a new tab)

Fine: 10,000 to 50,000 CVE

Under the law on the entry, stay, exit and expulsion of foreigners, a foreigner who stays in Cabo Verde beyond the authorised period commits an offence punishable by a fine of 10,000 to 50,000 escudos, which also applies when the overstay is detected on departure. The person must also pay the fee that would have been due had the stay been authorised, without prejudice to any expulsion.

Done by the accommodation.

Owners and operators of hotels, guesthouses and similar lodgings, and anyone who lodges a foreigner, even by sublet, must send the police a copy of the individual accommodation form (boletim de alojamento) within 48 hours. They must report the foreigner's departure to the police within 48 hours, and register with the DEF to use the electronic collection system. Non-resident foreigners living in their own home send the form themselves, for themselves and for foreigners living with them. Each form not submitted on time: fine of 2,000 to 10,000 escudos.

If not done: Fine of 2,000 to 10,000 escudos for each accommodation form not submitted within the legal deadline (Article 106).

• Tourist contribution (contribuição turística) — 276 CVE per person per night. Paid at the accommodation.

  Under Decree-Law 44/2017 as amended by the 2023 State Budget law, everyone over sixteen who spends a night in a hotel or other tourist accommodation pays a tourist contribution, fixed at 276 escudos.

  Exemptions: People aged sixteen or under.

No official source we could read states Cabo Verde's cash-declaration threshold.