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West Africa · Cabo Verde
Cabo Verde Travel Visa & eVisa Application Guide
If your plans include island holidays, inter-island itineraries and family visits, use this page to work out the questions that matter before choosing a visa route: purpose, passport, dates, entries, evidence and the official application channel.
AfricaTourVisa is travel assistance, not the visa authority. We explain options, help organize documents and can assist with application preparation. The Cabo Verde government or its authorized channel decides the legal requirement, approval and border admission.
Keep the application internally consistent
Treat every uploaded document as part of the same file. A date that changes between a hotel booking, invitation and application can create unnecessary questions even when the underlying trip is genuine.
Purpose
Use evidence that fits the activity in Cabo Verde, whether that is a holiday, private visit, business engagement, study or another authorized purpose.
Itinerary
Dates, accommodation, host details and onward travel should make practical sense together.
Check the authority before you pay
Type the official immigration or foreign-affairs address into the browser yourself where possible. Search ads and copied links can lead to private intermediaries that look official.
Where the current Cabo Verde rule is unclear for your passport or travel purpose, treat the answer as requiring confirmation rather than forcing the trip into a generic tourist category.
Start with the trip you are actually taking
Start your Cabo Verde preparation with the real activity, not the cheapest or fastest-looking visa. A holiday, private visit, conference, paid assignment and long stay may sit under different rules even when the travel dates look similar.
West African itineraries often cross more than one border, so re-entry and onward travel deserve attention before any application is filed.
Where the visa choice can change
For island holidays, inter-island itineraries and family visits, write down the main reason for the trip in one sentence. If that sentence contains work, study, paid services or a formal business activity, do not automatically choose a tourist route.
Read the dates before you book around them
If the itinerary includes leaving Cabo Verde and coming back, check the number of entries before booking the return leg. Re-entry is a separate question from the length of the first stay.
What to verify while the file is still editable
- Nationality-specific eligibility.
- Airport or border used for entry.
- Whether re-entry is needed.
- Purpose-specific invitation or sponsor evidence.
- Current official fee and processing route.