Somali Visa is not required for Ethiopians
Stay Duration: 30 days
Entry Requirements
- Ethiopians intending to visit Somalia must first apply for pre-visa.
- This online pre-visa can be granted by the Somalia consulate in the applicants home country.
- On presentation of the pre-visa at the border checkpoint of Somalia the traveler is then issued a visa on arrival.
- This visa is valid for a maximum total stay of 30 days within a one-year period.
- Alongside the printed confirmation that a visa will be issued upon arrival, the traveler must also have a return/onward ticket.
- A proof of hotel accommodation is also needed, as well as an international certificate of vaccination.
- Ethiopians intending to visit Somalia are required to provide a passport with six months of validity and at least two blank pages for stamps on arrival and departure.
- Somali is the official language of Somalia.
- The currency spent in Somalia is the Somali shilling with the symbol: Sh.
- The following vaccinations are recommended for Somalia; hepatitis A, hepatitis B, typhoid, cholera, yellow fever, rabies, meningitis, polio and measles.
- Tourists are not allowed to bring a thousand dollars or more to Somalia and if such occurs, it is advised to open a foreign account and deposit the money into the account and in the case of export, the amount imported and declared is only allowed out of Somalia.
- It is usually hot and dry in Somalia with an uneven rainfall.
- Somalia uses 220V, 50Hz with socket and plug Type C.
- The flight distance between Ethiopia and Somalia is 1 hour and 25 minutes.
- Ethiopia and Somalia are on the same time zone.
- The tourist attractions in Somalia includes; Berbera beach, Borama, Hargeisa, Bosaso