{"question":{"passport":"QAT","destination":"BWA","entryDate":"2026-09-12"},"dateBasis":"reference-date","status":"allowed","headline":"Visa-free, 90 days","requirement":{"kind":"none","message":"You can travel without arranging a visa."},"stay":{"kind":"DAYS","maxDays":90,"ruleType":"ROLLING_WINDOW","windowDays":365,"phrasing":"You may stay up to 90 days in any 365 days."},"conditions":[{"kind":"ENTRY_REQUIREMENT","text":"Regulation 5 exempts only the holder of a valid passport issued in the listed country; the traveller must hold such a passport."}],"caveat":null,"source":{"documentId":"immigration-visa-regs-2014","url":"https://botswanalaws.com/StatutesActpdf/2014subsidiarypdf/IMMIGRATION%20(VISA)%20REGULATIONS,%20S.%20I.%20NO.%2025%20OF%202014.pdf","passage":"5. No visa shall be required by a national of a country listed in Schedule 1 … who is the holder of a valid passport issued in that country unless the Minister, … by notice published in the Gazette, declares that such person is required to … obtain a visa. … All commonwealth countries (except Bangladesh, Ghana, India, Nigeria, Pakistan and Sri\nLanka)\nAngola\nAntigua & Barbuda\nArgentina\nAustralia\nAustria\nBahamas\nBahrain\nBarbados\nBelgium\nBelize\nBrazil\nBrunei Darussalam … Canada\nCuba\nChile\nCosta Rica\nCroatia\nCyprus\nCzech Republic\nDenmark\nDominica\nDominican Republic\nEstonia\nFinland\nFrance\nGambia\nGermany\nGreece\nGrenada\nGuyana\nHoly Sea\nHong Kong\nHungary\nIceland\nIreland\nIsrael\nItaly\nJamaica\nJapan\nKenya … Kiribati\nKuwait\nLatvia\nLesotho\nLiechtenstein\nLithuania\nLuxembourg\nMalawi\nMalaysia\nMaldives\nMalta\nMauritius\nMexico\nMonaco\nMozambique\nNamibia\nNauru\nNetherlands\nNew Zealand\nNorway\nOman\nPapua New Guinea\nParaguay\nPeru\nPoland\nPortugal\nQatar\nRepublic of Ireland\nRomania\nRussia\nSaint Kitts & Nevis\nSaint Lucia\nSaint Vincent and the Grenadines\nSamoa\nSan Marico\nSaudi Arabia\nSeychelles\nSierra Leone\nSingapore\nSlovak Republic\nSlovenia\nSolomon Islands\nSouth Africa\nSouth Korea\nSouth Sudan\nSpain\nSwaziland\nSweden\nSwitzerland\nTanzania … Tonga\nTrinidad & Tobago\nTurkey\nTuvalu\nUganda\nUnited Arab Emirates\nUnited Kingdom\nUSA\nUruguay\nVanuatu\nVenezuela\nYugoslavia\nZambia\nZimbabwe","explanation":"Regulation 5 grants visa-free entry to a national of a country listed in Schedule 1 holding a valid passport of that country; Schedule 1 enumerates the exempt countries. Cameroon is omitted from the operative list because S.I. 132 of 2014 deleted it from Schedule 1; the Commonwealth clause and the named entries cover the issuers in this row. The same regulations are in force as re-enacted by S.I. No. 54 of 2014.","publisher":"Statutory Instrument No. 25 of 2014 … IMMIGRATION (VISA) REGULATIONS, 2014 … MADE this 26th day of March, 20I4 … HON. EDWIN J. BATSHU,"},"checkedAt":"2026-08-20","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"}}