Guinea-Bissauan Visa is not required for Indians
Stay Duration: 90 days
Entry Requirements
- India citizens can visit Guinea Bissau by applying for its visa-on-arrival and live in the country for up to 90 days.
- National of India can also apply for Guinea Bissau e-visa for a stay duration of 90 days as well.
- That is, 90 days is the stay duration granted on both Guinean Bissau e-visa and visa on arrival.
- To apply for the Guinea Bissau e-visa, you have to go to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ website for your e-visa application procedure.
- Your Guinea Bissau e-visa will take three days for its process and will be emailed to you with this three days, providing you met all the requirements needed for the visa application.
- You are to print out your visa application form and take it along with you when you are visiting the country.
- To extend your visa staying period, you should get in touch with the Immigration Department of Guinea Bissau. However, this extension incurs a visa extension fee.
- You are to provide an original international passport that is valid for at least 6 months, and you should reserve a minimum of two blanked pages for necessary stampings.
- Your country’s national Identity card is required upon your arrival in Guinea Bissau.
- Proof of hotel reservation or any other means of your accommodation in Guinea Bissau.
- Sufficient funds that will cater to all your expenses throughout your stay in Guinea Bissau should be made available before you embark on your journey to the country.
- Airport tax is not levied on any traveler upon their embarkation at the country’s airport.
- The standard time zone of Guinea Bissau is the Greenwich Mean Time itself which is (GMT+0). The time difference between Guinea Bissau and India is 5 hours, 30 minutes. That is, India is 5 hours, 30 minutes ahead of Guinea Bissau.
- Estimated flight’s time from Delhi, India to Bissau, Guinea Bissau is 19 hours, 25 minutes.
- The airlines traveling to Guinea Bissau are Emirates, ASKY, Ethiopian, British Airways, Royal Air Maroc, Tap Air Portugal, Turkish Airlines, and Alitalia.
- The telephone line used in Guinea Bissau is (+245) available for both national and international communications.
- Banks in Guinea Bissau do not operate on weekends(Saturdays and Sundays).
- The local official currency of Guinea Bissau is the CFA Franc (XOF).
- Local(CFA Franc-XOF) and foreign currencies up to XOF 2,000,0000 is allowed in cash.
- Your baggage is cleared at the first port of entry in Guinean Bissau.
- Travelers traveling with their pets are required to provide a veterinarian good health certificate.
- The Guinea Bissau official language is Portuguese.
- Bissau is the official capital city of Guinea Bissau.
- Roads, waterways, seaports and harbours, merchant marine, and airports are the mediums for transporting in Guinea Bissau.
- Guinean Bissau’s population is estimated to be over 2 million people.
- Islam is the religion dominating the country. About 45% of its population are Muslims, 22% are Christians, and 31% are traditional worshippers.
- Places you can visit in Guinea Bissau for tourism Bissagos Islands, Orango, Cacheu, Colonial old town and Fortaleza d’Amura, etc.
- The national dishes of Guinea Bissau are rice and chicken, beef, pork, and goat meat are the meals commonly eaten in Guinea Bissau.
- The power plug type used in Guinea Bissau is type C, while the voltage supply is 220V and 50Hz.