{"question":{"passport":"TZA","destination":"BEN","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":"RESETS_ON_EXIT","phrasing":"You may stay up to 90 days."},"conditions":[],"caveat":null,"source":{"documentId":"gouv-africa-list","url":"https://www.gouv.bj/doc/151/download","passage":"LES RESSORTISSANTS DE CES PAYS\n                               SONT EXEMPTÉS DE VISA D’ENTRÉE AU\n                              BÉNIN SANS EXIGENCE DE RÉCIPROCITÉ\n\nTous les ressortissants des 53 Pays Africains peuvent entrer au Bénin et\ncirculer librement pendant une période de 03 mois soit 90 jours. … Voici la liste des 53 pays concernés :\n\n•   Afrique du Sud        •   Guinée Équatoriale •   République du Congo\n•   Algérie               •   Guinée-Bissau      •   République\n•   Angola                •   Kenya                  Démocratique du\n                                                     Congo\n•   Botswana              •   Lesotho\n                                                 •   Rwanda\n•   Burkina Faso          •   Libéria\n                                                 •   Sao Tomé-et-Principe\n•   Burundi               •   Libye\n                                                 •   Sénégal\n•   Cameroun              •   Madagascar\n                                                 •   Seychelles\n•   Cap-Vert              •   Malawi\n                                                 •   Sierra Leone\n•   Comores               •   Mali\n                                                 •   Somalie\n•   Côte d’Ivoire         •   Maroc\n                                                 •   Soudan\n•   Djibouti              •   Maurice\n                                                 •   Soudan du Sud\n•   Égypte                •   Mauritanie\n                                                 •   Tanzanie\n•   Érythrée              •   Mozambique\n                                                 •   Tchad\n•   Eswatini              •   Namibie\n                                                 •   Togo\n•   Éthiopie              •   Niger\n                                                 •   Tunisie\n•   Gabon                 •   Nigéria\n                                                 •   Zambie\n•   Gambie                •   Ouganda\n                                                 •   Zimbabwe\n•   Ghana                 •   République\n•   Guinée                    Centrafricaine","explanation":"The document's heading states that nationals of the listed countries are exempt from an entry visa to Benin without any requirement of reciprocity, the sentence beneath it gives the term as 03 months, i.e. 90 days, and the enumeration that follows names each of the 53 countries this row covers, so the rule and each issuer's entry are quoted together.","publisher":"Source : MAEC - Septembre 2020"},"checkedAt":"2026-08-28","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"}}