Tanzania Visa Cost Calculator

Most leisure travellers need only Tanzania's single-entry tourist visa — the $50 baseline everything else is measured against. At $75, the multi-entry option suits anyone whose Tanzania trip is really two trips — one border hop in the middle changes the math fast. Tanzania's business category runs $125 and asks for an invitation from the company you are visiting — budget for the letter as well as the fee.

Transit visas are the bargain tier: $15 covers a layover in Tanzania of 24–72 hours depending on the rules attached to your nationality. Tanzania's eVisa fee is paid by card at application time; if your nationality does need a consular visa, budget the same $50 base plus any courier or service charges.

Four inputs drive a Tanzania application: a passport valid six months beyond your stay, one compliant photo, proof of accommodation, and evidence you can fund the trip. Even the simplest route wants the core kit in digital form: Tanzania's online portal takes the same documents a consulate would, as scans instead of paper. Payment timing varies by channel: online by card for the Tanzania eVisa/ETA, or at application time by card or money order where a consulate handles the file.

Expect silence rather than updates: Tanzania rarely confirms receipt mid-review, so screenshot every submission page as you go. Late bookers pay the express premium — half as much again on the fee to compress Tanzania's decision from weeks to days.

Start with the passport: Tanzania wants six months of validity left and two blank pages, and will reject against either. Tanzania's photo rule is the standard white-background print; bring a spare, because the application keeps the one you hand over. Tanzania officers look for steady balances rather than lump sums, so statements covering 90 days beat a fresh deposit every time.

A booked (not necessarily paid) return ticket and accommodation covering every night in Tanzania complete the core file. Business applicants add the Tanzania host company's invitation; transit applicants add the confirmed onward ticket — those two categories fail on missing paperwork more than fee errors.

Count on one to three weeks in the standard queue; Tanzania publishes business-day estimates that exclude weekends and local holidays. Express handling compresses the wait to 1–3 business days and multiplies the fee by 1.5 — $75 instead of $50 for a tourist visa to Tanzania.

Most Tanzania refusals trace to fixable defects: an expiring passport, thin bank statements, or accommodation that stops a night short of the return flight. A refusal is not terminal: fix the named defect and reapply — Tanzania does not penalise a corrected second application. eVisa decisions for Tanzania often arrive inside 72 hours, making it the de facto express lane at standard price where your nationality qualifies.