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Transit Visa

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Which travellers require a transit visa/permission and which officially documented exemptions are important?

As a general principle, anyone who is not a Mozambican citizen must have a visa to enter Mozambique; visa exemption for all passport types applies to South Africa, Botswana, Malawi, Mauritius (Mauricias), Swaziland (Swazilândia), Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe. For a transit visa, a visa for the final destination is required unless that is the applicant's country of origin or residence.

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  • The sources do not say whether airside transit without entering Mozambique requires a visa.
  • The listed exemptions are general visa waivers, not transit-specific rules.

Can the traveller remain airside, and under what circumstances must immigration control be crossed?

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What officially documented baggage collection, terminal, separate-ticket or self-transfer situations affect the immigration requirement?

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What maximum transit period, overnight, airport-change or multiple-stop rules matter?

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If permission is required, what permission is it, where/how is it obtained, and what core onward-travel evidence is required?

The permission is a transit visa (visto de trânsito), one of the entry-visa types. Entry visas are obtained at Mozambican diplomatic and consular missions abroad, at authorised border posts, at the Migration Services or at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation; via the Washington embassy the application is emailed as one PDF per applicant to visa.usa@embamoc.gov.mz. The traveller must hold a visa for the final destination, unless this is the applicant's country of origin or residence.

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  • Consular page of the Embassy in Washington DC; whether the transit visa is issued at every border post is not stated specifically.
  • https://usa.embamoc.gov.mz/?page_id=99
    Transit Visa: A visa for the final destination is required, unless this is the applicant’s country of origin or residence
  • https://minec.gov.mz/vistos-de-entrada/
    O visto pode revestir qualquer das seguintes modalidades: a) visto diplomático; b) visto de cortesia; c) visto oficial; d) visto de residência; e) visto turístico; f) visto de trânsito; g) visto de visita; h) visto de negócios; i) visto de estudante.
  • https://minec.gov.mz/vistos-de-entrada/
    Os vistos de entrada para a República de Moçambique podem ser obtidos nas Missões Diplomáticas e Consulares da República de Moçambique no estrangeiro, nos postos fronteiriços autorizados para o efeito, nos Serviços de Migração e no Ministério dos Negócios Estrangeiros e Cooperação.
  • https://usa.embamoc.gov.mz/?page_id=99
    All Passport Data Page, Visa Application Form and documents must be scanned in one PDF file per applicant (except 2 passport size photos, money order and prepaid return label and envelope). Then send it to the Consular email which is visa.usa@embamoc.gov.mz

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