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Ethiopia for Australian passport holders: Visa on arrival

Your circumstances

Passport:
🇦🇺 Australian
Lives in:
Not specified (general rule)
Going to:
🇪🇹 Ethiopia
Purpose:
Holiday

Route summary

Visa on arrival

Visa on arrival or e-Visa

Australian passport holders can get an Ethiopian tourist visa on arrival, or apply in advance for the tourist e-Visa (US$62 for 30 days).

Conditions

  • Passport valid at least 6 months from the intended date of entry.
  • Tourist e-Visa processing is about 3 days; apply at least 3 days before arrival.

About this route

Route type
Visa on arrival: the visa is issued when you arrive.
Documents
Document list not published by the official source.
Fee
US$62 (as published).
Processing
Processing time not published by the official source.

Next step

Steps not published by the official source — use the official link to start.

Official application pageevisa.gov.et ↗ (opens in a new tab)

Last checked 10 Oct 2026 against evisa.gov.et · Official Ethiopia e-Visa site (evisa.gov.et, Immigration and Citizenship Service) – page text read from the site's JavaScript bundle 2026-10-10 (single-page app)

Documents

Document list not published by the official source.

Fees

Official government fee
US$62
Visa-centre / service fee (not a government fee)
None stated by the official source
Notes from the source
Tourist e-Visa fees (official site): single entry 30 days US$62; single entry 90 days US$152. Visa-on-arrival fee not stated on the site.

Visa-centre, service or other third-party charges are never official government fees.

Processing and validity

Processing time
Not published by the official source
Validity
Not published by the official source
Maximum stay
Tourist e-Visa: 30 or 90 days (single entry)

How to apply: Visa on arrival or e-Visa

Where to apply

Where: On arrival or online (evisa.gov.et)

Official application page: evisa.gov.et ↗ (opens in a new tab)

Quick answers

Do Australian passport holders need a visa for Ethiopia?

Visa on arrival or e-Visa. Australian passport holders can get an Ethiopian tourist visa on arrival, or apply in advance for the tourist e-Visa (US$62 for 30 days). Source: https://www.evisa.gov.et/

Business, work or just passing through?

The rules above are for a holiday: tourism and visiting family and friends. Business visits, paid work and transit are covered separately below.

Business visits to Ethiopia

Not verified yet (not yet covered). We haven't verified the business rules for Australian passport holders, and we don't publish rules we haven't checked against an official source. A rule that is awaiting verification or not yet covered is not a negative visa decision: it only means we haven't confirmed it on an official source yet. Until then, see evisa.gov.et.

Working in Ethiopia

⚠ Not from an official source: items marked below come from secondary sources (law firms, employer-of-record guides, IOM, Wikipedia), not the destination government. They are not verified and may be out of date; confirm with the embassy or immigration authority.

Main work visa routes for Ethiopia

These are the main routes and what they require. Whether you qualify depends on your circumstances; the official page decides.

Work and residence permits (after entry on a business visa)

⚠ Not from an official source

For: Foreign employees in Ethiopia

  • Enter on a business visa, then obtain work and residence permits
  • You may need to show Ethiopian staff will take over the role later

Source: G-P Globalpedia – Ethiopia visas & permits (employer-of-record guide) (Not official) (globalization-partners.com) · Not from an official source.

What the source says

"Once employees have entered the country, they’ll need to obtain work and residence permits." … "you may also need to prove that you have assigned workers from Ethiopia to take on these roles after the work permit period."

Checked 16 Oct 2026. Requirements, fees and thresholds change; confirm on the official page before applying.

Your work travel report

We only create the PDF report from rules checked against an official government source.

Transit through Ethiopia

Option 1
Visa-freeTransit (connecting flight at Addis Ababa Bole)

Connecting at Addis Ababa: no visa if you stay in the airport; transit visa to leave

Travellers changing flights at Addis Ababa Bole International Airport do not need a visa as long as they do not leave the airport or pass the immigration desk. If you leave the airport between flights you need a transit visa, which can be requested on arrival at Bole.

Conditions

  • Do not pass the immigration desk or leave the airport.
Government fee
Fee not officially published
Processing
Not verified yet
Validity
Not verified yet
Max stay
Not verified yet
Steps, documents & where to apply

How to apply

Steps not verified yet — follow the official source below.

Documents checklist

Document list not verified yet — check the official source.

✓ Checked on the live official page

Official wording

“Embassy of Ethiopia, Washington DC: 'Travelers arriving at Addis Ababa Bole International Airport for connecting flight are not required to have visa provided that they do not leave the airport or pass the Immigration Desk.' Embassy of Ethiopia, London (Transit Visa): 'if you leave the airport for any length of time between flights you will require a transit visa ... You may apply for a Transit Visa upon arrival at Addis Ababa Bole International Airport.'”

Alert me if this route changes

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Before you go to Ethiopia

Customs cash limits and the scams official travel advice warns about in Ethiopia.

Common tourist traps

  1. Distraction pickpocketing

    How it works: Groups, often including children and young people, jostle and distract people to steal phones and wallets.

    How to avoid it: Be vigilant when strangers approach you.

Emergency numbers in Ethiopia

  • Police emergency 911
  • Ambulance addis 907

Paraphrased from official travel advice: gov.uk · FCDO page updated 21 Oct 2026 · Last checked 24 Oct 2026.

Explore Ethiopia

Planning more than the paperwork? Our Ethiopia guide picks out places to visit, with a source for every tip.

Places to visit:
Harar Jugol · Konso Cultural Landscape
Read the full Ethiopia guide

Australian passport: of the 154 destinations with a rule verified from an official source, 105 visa-free, 20 visa on arrival, 25 eVisa or travel authorisation, 4 embassy visa.

Ethiopia: rules verified from an official source for 198 of 198 passports. Ethiopia guide and every passport →

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Plan your trip to Ethiopia

Verify with the embassy before you book. Visa rules change without notice. We link every rule to its official source and last checked it on 10 Oct 2026, but the embassy, official e-visa portal and your airline have the final say. MyVisaPort is not a visa agent and is not affiliated with any government.