{"question":{"passport":"MKD","destination":"LSO","entryDate":"2026-09-12"},"dateBasis":"reference-date","status":"conditional","headline":"e-Visa, stay set by the visa","requirement":{"kind":"evisa","message":"Before you travel: you need an e-visa."},"stay":{"kind":"SET_BY_VISA","phrasing":"How long you may stay is set by your visa."},"conditions":[{"kind":"OTHER","text":"The Ministry of Home Affairs e-visa page states the eVISA Applications System is suspended; visa applications are currently submitted by email to visa-applications.immigration@gov.ls."}],"caveat":null,"source":{"documentId":"homeaffairs-do-i-need-a-visa","url":"http://www.homeaffairs.gov.ls/do-i-need-a-visa/","passage":"Every citizen of a foreign country who wishes to visit the Kingdom of Lesotho on any visa category must first obtain a visa through the Lesotho e-visa system. Citizens of countries that have visa abolition agreements with Lesotho and citizens of some Commonwealth countries are exempt from this rule.","explanation":"The Ministry states every foreign citizen must first obtain a visa through the Lesotho e-visa system; the only exemptions are visa-abolition partners and some Commonwealth countries, and none of these issuers appears on the held exemption enumerations (the embassy table's NO and asterisk lists, the 10 June 2025 EU waiver, or the Irish 44-day arrangement), so they fall under the general requirement.","publisher":"Ministry of Home Affairs - Lesotho"},"checkedAt":"2026-09-06","snapshotAsOf":"2026-09-10","dataVersion":"4f66864a7d4f8a08b6c8c7e446d7f16addcd9303","upcomingChange":null,"alternatives":[],"scope":{"covers":["recorded entry requirement","recorded stay allowance"],"notEstablished":["personal admission decision","work permission","residence rights","tax position","individual eligibility for every condition"],"passportType":"ordinary"}}