Gabon Visa Online
From December 2025, Gabon launches its fully digital e-Visa: online application and payment to streamline traveler arrivals.
Gabon is accelerating its digital transformation: from December 2025, electronic visas will be fully digitized. In practical terms, travelers will be able to complete all the necessary steps—filling out forms, sending documents, and paying fees—on the official portal, without having to go through the airport. This reform, the result of a partnership between the Ministry of Digital Economy and mobile money operators, aims to simplify entry into the country, reduce queues, and secure migration flows. It is a key step in modernizing the country and enhancing its appeal to tourists.
📌 Everything you need to know about the Gabon e-Visa from December 2025
- 💻 100% online from December 2025: application, documents, and full payment via the official platform
- 📱 Digital payment: integrated mobile money, no more cash payments at the airport.
- ✈️ Faster arrival: advance checks and reduced queues at immigration.
- 🔒 Secure process: improved traceability and optimized management of migration flows.
- 🌍 Strategic reform: Gabon joins other African countries that have modernized their visa systems.
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Starting in December 2025, Gabon is preparing to take a major step forward in the modernization of its entry requirements: the launch of a fully digital e-Visa. This reform is part of a broad national digital transformation program, which aims to make administrative services more accessible, faster, and more reliable.
The new system will allow all eligible travelers to prepare for their stay before arrival, without having to go through the traditional payment process at the airport or wait in long lines at immigration counters.
The announcement was relayed by several Gabonese institutional sources, confirming that this system is the result of a partnership between the Ministry of Digital Economy and the country's major mobile money operators. Together, they aim to bring Gabon closer to the international standards already adopted by many African and Asian countries.
The Gabon e-Visa, or Gabonese electronic visa, is an entry authorization issued in digital format after a fully online procedure.
In practical terms, travelers no longer have to present paper documents or pay fees on site: all procedures are carried out via the official portal.
A Gabonese e-Visa is characterized by:
This system is not only practical: it allows Gabon to modernize its migration policy while facilitating the arrival of visitors.
The introduction of the e-Visa meets several strategic objectives:
This reform is part of a broader approach that also includes online civil registration, digital taxation, and other digitized administrative procedures.
The Gabon e-Visa 2025 will be available to:
Certain categories, such as citizens of visa-exempt countries or holders of specific titles, will retain their specific procedures.
More detailed information should be published by the authorities before the official launch, but the principle is clear: the majority of travelers accustomed to visas on arrival will switch to the e-Visa.
The new e-Visa is based on a fully online procedure, designed to reduce physical steps and anticipate document checks before arrival in Gabon.
The evisa.dgdi.ga portal will become the central platform for completing all the steps: creating the file, sending supporting documents, payment, and tracking.
The online application will be completed in several simple and intuitive steps.
Travelers will need to:
The form must be completed without any errors: all information must match the passport exactly. Travelers must not travel before the declared date and must wait for official authorization, otherwise they may be rejected entry (Law No. 5/86).
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Documents must be submitted directly via the platform.
According to the information currently available, the usual documents will include:
➕ Addition of current official requirements:
Each file will be uploaded in digital format, eliminating the need to print documents or present papers at the airport.
One of the major innovations of the system is digital payment, made possible through a partnership with mobile phone operators.
Travelers will be able to pay their fees via:
➕ Current official rates (before December 2025):
➡️ Currently payable in cash at the airport
➡️ But will be digitized in the new 2025 version
Regarding the final price of the 2025 e-Visa, the authorities will publish the new rates after the system goes live.
The Gabon electronic visa will be issued in the form of a digital authorization linked to the traveler's passport. Although the authorities have not yet published all the final details, the usual rules observed for traditional visas should apply to the digital system.
Here are the key points anticipated regarding validity:
➕ Possible extensions (current system):
The e-Visa does not change the entry legislation: it only digitizes the process, while maintaining security requirements.
Once the application has been accepted and payment confirmed:
This pre-departure procedure significantly reduces the risk of being rejected at the airport, as everything is validated in advance.
Upon arrival in Gabon, travelers will no longer need to have a sticker affixed: they will simply present their passport, and the systems will verify the electronic authorization already on file.
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The Gabon e-Visa will become the major option for travelers requiring a visa, but it will not replace existing exemptions. Citizens of countries benefiting from bilateral agreements will remain exempt. For all other nationalities, the online procedure will become the norm from December 2025, replacing the visa affixed at the airport.
The official rates for the new e-Visa have not yet been published. Currently, existing visas cost €70 (1 to 3 months) or €185 (6 months), with a €15 processing fee. These amounts are for reference purposes only, but payment will be made entirely online starting in December 2025. The final rates will be announced at the official launch.
Currently, the minimum processing time is 72 hours after the application has been fully submitted. With the 100% digital version planned for December 2025, the authorities are announcing faster and fully automated processing. The exact processing time will be made official when the new portal goes live.