Visa Information for Lesotho

Visa Information for Lesotho
Visa Information
Lesotho is an independent state and thus passports are needed to enter.
Holders of the following passports do not require visas for Lesotho: Antigua and Barbuda Australia Austria Bangladesh Barbados Belgium Belize Botswana Britain (UK) Brunei Canada Cyprus Denmark Dominica Finland France Germany Greece Grenada Guyana Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Kenya Kiribati Malawi Malaysia Maldives Malta Mauritius Namibia Nauru Netherlands New Zealand Norway Papua New Guinea Portugal Samoa San Marino Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Solomon Islands South Africa Spain Sri Lanka St. Kitts and Nevis St. Lucia St. Vincent & Grenadines Swaziland Switzerland Tanzania The Bahamas The Gambia Tonga Trinidad & Tobago Tuvalu U.S.A Uganda Vanuatu Zambia Zimbabwe

Any other passport holders should phone Immigration in Maseru on Tel: 317339 or fax 310409.

If you do need a visa, get it in advance from a Lesotho embassy. The only one in Southern Africa is in Pretoria at 343 Pretorius St. (in the Momentum Centre), Tel (012) 3226090 Fax 3220376. To get a visa here takes 24 hours, costs R40 and you`ll need one passport photo. The visa section at the embassy is open from 9 - 12, Monday to Friday. You can also send your passport in by registered mail, but will need first to have them fax or send you the requisite forms.

Nationalities which do not require a visa for Lesotho

Lesotho Embassies
Last updated: 12 Jan 2010