SO country scene

Multiple-Entry Permit

SomaliaShort stays and visits

Explore the five recorded questions, answers and sources for this pathway.

Official link

For the relevant traveller scope, is a visa, electronic authorisation, visa on arrival or no advance visa normally required?

Somalia requires all visitors, including infants and children, to hold an approved electronic visa (eTAS) before travel, but travellers holding multiple-entry visas, residence permits or UN Laissez-Passer passports are exempt from the eTAS requirement.

See recorded sources
Limits of the record
  • Inference: that the eTAS 'multiple-entry visas' are the law's Multiple-Entry Permit is not stated; the law text is a scanned PDF.
  • https://etas.gov.so/
    All visitors including infants and children who intend to travel to the Federal Republic of Somalia must have an approved Electronic Visa (eTAS) before the start of their journey.
  • https://etas.gov.so/
    C. Travelers holding multiple-entry visas, residence permits, or United Nations Laissez-Passer (UNLP) passports are also exempt from the eTA requirement.

What short-visit purposes does this route cover?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the visit purposes this route covers.

See recorded sources
Limits of the record
  • The consulted official source does not publish the route-specific conditions needed to answer this rectangle.

What maximum stay, rolling-period rule, validity and entry rules apply?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the maximum stay, validity and entry rules.

See recorded sources
Limits of the record
  • The consulted official source does not publish the route-specific conditions needed to answer this rectangle.

What important funds, accommodation, invitation, insurance, onward-travel or passport evidence may be required?

The applicant must explain in detail the reason for taking the permit. Other evidence items of the article are not available in readable form.

See recorded sources
Limits of the record
  • Inference: 'oggolaanshaha soo noq-noqoshada' (Art 17) is read as the Multiple-Entry Permit; article heading and items 1-3 are not in the extract (scanned PDF).

Where/how is permission obtained when required, and under what important circumstances can a stay be extended or changed?

A foreigner who entered on this permit and whose time is running short may be granted an extension of up to one (1) month, but may not come back within that extended period if they leave the country.

See recorded sources
Limits of the record
  • Inference: 'oggolaanshaha soo noq-noqoshada' (Art 17) is read as the Multiple-Entry Permit; where/how to apply is not in the extract.

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

Your story.
Your next step.

Explore pathways in Somalia →