pls nairalanders is botswana a visa free to canada anybody with useful information on that should kindly help me out. my mailing adress is usherroyal@yahoo.com or reply me here thanks nairalanders

It was before, not now cus our guys have done what there are good in doing, For now almost all the African countries need Visa to Canada even South Africa.

Not anymore - they need visas to canada, uk & the us. I'm not so sure about Australia though.

South African passport need no visa to New Zealand.

thanks to you all that contribute so far may God continue to bless you all,Amen more contribution are also welcome thanks

@poster

Canada is indeed visa free to Botswana nationals

Dancewith, please post what you are sure about!! Bostswana passport is visa free to Canada?? that was years ago not now bro, things are not the same again, rem that South African passport is visa free to UK before?

nice-guy10:

Dancewith, please post what you are sure about!! Bostswana passport is visa free to Canada?? that was years ago not now bro, things are not the same again, rem that South African passport is visa free to UK before?

Visitor Visa Exemptions
Many people do not require a visa to visit Canada. These include:

citizens of Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Barbados, Belgium, Botswana, Brunei, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel (National Passport holders only), Italy, Japan, Korea (Republic of), Latvia (Republic of), Lithuania, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Namibia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Papua New Guinea, Poland, Portugal, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, San Marino, Singapore, Slovakia, Solomon Islands, Spain, Swaziland, Sweden, Slovenia, Switzerland, United States, and Western Samoa;

persons lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence who are in possession of their alien registration card (Green card) or can provide other evidence of permanent residence;

British citizens and British Overseas Citizens who are re-admissible to the United Kingdom;
citizens of British dependent territories who derive their citizenship through birth, descent, registration or naturalization in one of the British dependent territories of Anguilla, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Montserrat, Pitcairn, St. Helena or the Turks and Caicos Islands;

persons holding a British National (Overseas) Passport issued by the Government of the United Kingdom to persons born, naturalized or registered in Hong Kong;

persons holding a valid and subsisting Special Administrative Region passport issued by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China;

persons holding passports or travel documents issued by the Holy See.

Source; http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/visit/visas.asp

Obviously south africa is not botswana, and there are better countries in africa than south africa.

Countries and territories whose citizens require visas in order to enter Canada as visitors

Visitor visa exemptions

Citizens of the following countries and territories require a Visa to VISIT or TRANSIT Canada:

A
Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Angola
Argentina
Armenia
Azerbaijan

B
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Belarus
Belize
Benin
Bhutan
Bolivia
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Brazil
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi

C
Cambodia
Republic of Cameroon
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Chile
China, People’s
Republic of
Colombia
Comoros
Congo, Democratic
Republic of the
Congo, Republic of the
Costa Rica
Cuba
Czech Republic

D
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic

E
East Timor
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Ethiopia

F
Fiji

G
Gabon
Gambia
Georgia
Ghana
Grenada
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana

H
Haiti
Honduras

I
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Israel (only Israeli citizens holding valid Israeli “Travel Document in lieu of National Passport”)
Ivory Coast

J
Jamaica
Jordan

K
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kiribati
Korea, North
Kosovo
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan

L
Laos
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Lithuania (holders of non-biometric passports only)

M
Macao S.A.R.
Macedonia
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives Islands
Mali
Marshall Islands
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mexico
Micronesia, Fed. States
Moldova
Mongolia
Montenegro
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar (Burma)

N
Nauru
Nepal
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria

O
Oman

P
Pakistan
Palau
Palestinian Authority
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland (holders of non-biometric passports only)

Q
Qatar

R
Romania
Russia
Rwanda

S
Sao Tomé e Principe
Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of
Senegal
Serbia
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Somalia
South Africa
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Surinam
Syria

T
Taiwan
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Thailand
Togo
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Tuvalu

U
Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
Uruguay
Uzbekistan

V
Vanuatu
Venezuela
Vietnam

Y
Yemen

Z
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Visitor Visa Exemptions

Many people do not require a visa to visit Canada. These include:

* citizens of Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Barbados, Belgium, Botswana, Brunei, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel (National Passport holders only), Italy, Japan, Korea (Republic of), Latvia (Republic of), Lithuania, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Namibia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Papua New Guinea, Poland, Portugal, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, San Marino, Singapore, Slovakia, Solomon Islands, Spain, Swaziland, Sweden, Slovenia, Switzerland, United States, and Western Samoa;
* persons lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence who are in possession of their alien registration card (Green card) or can provide other evidence of permanent residence;
* British citizens and British Overseas Citizens who are re-admissible to the United Kingdom;
* citizens of British dependent territories who derive their citizenship through birth, descent, registration or naturalization in one of the British dependent territories of Anguilla, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Montserrat, Pitcairn, St. Helena or the Turks and Caicos Islands;
* persons holding a British National (Overseas) Passport issued by the Government of the United Kingdom to persons born, naturalized or registered in Hong Kong;
* persons holding a valid and subsisting Special Administrative Region passport issued by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China;
* persons holding passports or travel documents issued by the Holy See.




source: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/visit/visas.asp


Botwana citizens do not require visa to visit Canada

nice-guy10:

Dancewith, please post what you are sure about!! Bostswana passport is visa free to Canada?? that was years ago not now bro, things are not the same again, rem that South African passport is visa free to UK before?  

Nice-guy10, pls I do not make post I have not researched. check http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/visit/visas.asp

Thank you

indeed it is, they admissible to Canada without visas

My question to you all is which one of you is a Bostwana citizen I would have tot the better inquiry would have been "Is Nigeria A Visa Free country to Canada"

Sorry guys, Botswana is a visa free to Canada, the link you guys send is a fact, just wordering why Botswana dont need a visa to Canada and South Africa Need, knowing the fact that SA is far better than Botswana,

dinggle:

My question to you all is which one of you is a Bostwana citizen I would have tot the better inquiry would have been "Is Nigeria A Visa Free country to Canada"

They will start buying Botswana pasport now, b4 you know it, the canadian govt will remove Botswana from visa free list.

Typical of some Nigerians, the same thing happened to Malawi, they rushed their pasports untill the British govt removed them from visa free list.

Its left to Botswana to tighten themself up,

SHALOM

Is not easy for anyone getting Botswana passport, you can only buy SA passport if you have money, a Nigerian friend of mine was pick up in Botswana Home Affairs when trying to get one.

yes.with botswana passport u can enter canada,dublin,london on 6 months entry.i use botswana passport.it is not like nigeria passport that is not visa free to any country.botswana is a cool and organise country ,very different from what we have here.

nice-guy10:

Sorry guys, Botswana is a visa free to Canada, the link you guys send is a fact, just wordering why Botswana dont need a visa to Canada and South Africa Need, knowing the fact that SA is far better than Botswana,

The reason is simple. Botswana is a country of less than 2 million people. About 1,990,000 to be exact. This is less than anyy state in Nigeria
In contrast, South Africa is 49.3 million people. So it possibly is a question of risk. Should the entire Botswana people chose to immigrate to canada (an extremely unlikely scenario), the impact might not really be much compared to south africa

justwise:

They will start buying Botswana pasport now, b4 you know it, the canadian govt will remove Botswana from visa free list.

That's been happening for years now. Bots is full of Nigerians, Ghanaians, and mostly Zimbabweans married to Batswana. Thing is, with Bots - u can't have multiple citizenship. When you become 21, you have to choose 1, and that sucks!!

But, for anyone who's interested, Motswana women think Naija guys are hot lol. So, it should be relatively easy to marry one of them 

dancewith:

The reason is simple. Botswana is a country of less than 2 million people. About 1,990,000 to be exact. This is less than anyy state in Nigeria
In contrast, South Africa is 49.3 million people. So it possibly is a question of risk. Should the entire Botswana people chose to immigrate to canada (an extremely unlikely scenario), the impact might not really be much compared to south africa

Batswana are waaay less than that . . . they counted "foreigners" lol. Botswana - more cows than people, omg.

Yup! It is visa free.Infact, Swaziland is also 6 months visa free to Canada. . .

shilling:

That's been happening for years now. Bots is full of Nigerians, Ghanaians, and mostly Zimbabweans married to Batswana. Thing is, with Bots - u can't have multiple citizenship. When you become 21, you have to choose 1, and that sucks!!

But, for anyone who's interested, Motswana women think Naija guys are hot lol. So, it should be relatively easy to marry one of them
Batswana are waaay less than that . . . they counted "foreigners" lol. Botswana - [b]more cows than people, o[/b]mg.

You are very funny

It is visa free but if you are thinking of acquiring fake botswana passport,then FORGET it

1. its extremely difficult to do so,they are far less corrupt than the average nigerian is used to.They pride themselves as being the least corrupt in Africa
2. Those of you saying Botswana is poor are wrong.Their GDP is in the top 3 in Africa and their currency is the continents strongest.
3.The only African country that can afford free tertiary education for its citizens anywhere in the world
4.Very nationalistic and proud people
5. If you are caught with a fake botswana passport abroad and deported,they will show you pepper in jail.You might be jailed for more than 5 years
6. Acquiring Botswana citizenship by marriage takes 10 years and you must speak Motswana


ALL in ALL

not quite as easy as people think.My advice: LOOK elsewhere

MrPrsdent:

It is visa free but if you are thinking of acquiring fake botswana passport,then FORGET it

1. its extremely difficult to do so,they are far less corrupt than the average nigerian is used to.They pride themselves as being the least corrupt in Africa
2. Those of you saying Botswana is poor are wrong.Their GDP is in the top 3 in Africa and their currency is the continents strongest.
3.The only African country that can afford free tertiary education for its citizens anywhere in the world
4.Very nationalistic and proud people
5. If you are caught with a fake botswana passport abroad and deported,they will show you pepper in jail.You might be jailed for more than 5 years
6. Acquiring Botswana citizenship by marriage takes 10 years and you must speak Motswana


ALL in ALL

not quite as easy as people think.My advice: LOOK elsewhere

seconded !!!

BTW why do you think people take such risk,knowing full well that they would face the full wrath of the law if

when they get caught at the airport abroad

_{Sum1 here(tybrown)even claims he has/uses it!!}

MrPrsdent:

2. Those of you saying Botswana is poor are wrong.Their GDP is in the top 3 in Africa and their currency is the continents strongest.
3.The only African country that can afford free tertiary education for its citizens anywhere in the world

Their GDP is actually pretty low, you meant GDP per capita - which is ridiculously high. Yeah, and free education is awesome (although you pay back some of it if your major isn't science related).

MrPrsdent:

6. Acquiring Botswana citizenship by marriage takes 10 years and you must speak Motswana

Setswana.

Yeah, and even if you're given a Botswana passport, once you're over the age of 21, you have to renounce one cos they don't allow multiple citizenship which is pretty odd.

I completely agree with you - it's not worth it!! I'd rather be Nigerian than Motswana.

shilling:

Their GDP is actually pretty low, you meant GDP per capita - which is ridiculously high. Yeah, and free education is awesome (although you pay back some of it if your major isn't science related).
Setswana.

Yeah, and even if you're given a Botswana passport, once you're over the age of 21, you have to renounce one cos they don't allow multiple citizenship which is pretty odd.

I completely agree with you - it's not worth it!! I'd rather be Nigerian than Motswana.

@Shillings are you in Vancouver?

I need to ask you some questions if you are.

smanuel@gmx.com
Sean.

usherroyal:

pls nairalanders is botswana a visa free to canada anybody with useful information on that should kindly help me out. my mailing adress is usherroyal@yahoo.com or reply me here thanks nairalanders

a thread like this shouldn't exist what is your business
if they are visa free or not

@ eghost247
thread like this shouldn't exist what is your business
if they are visa free or not

may you get lost OLO DO,
is anything wrong with my post ?I hope this is travel thread if am not made a mistake.
this forum was set up for each of to gain more knowledge and to share
ideas as well as brainstorm I wonder how you are trying to stop and antagonized the main
aim of seting up this forum

@segzeybaba, tunnytox and others that have contributed positively to my post thank you all,you people have done a wonderful job.keep it up men,to the others that contributed negatively please change your mind setings.

usherroyal:

@ eghost247
thread like this shouldn't exist what is your business
if they are visa free or not

may you get lost OLO DO,
is anything wrong with my post ?I hope this is travel thread if am not made a mistake.
this forum was set up for each of to gain more knowledge and to share
ideas as well as brainstorm I wonder how you are trying to stop and antagonized the main
aim of seting up this forum

Oh please are u from botswana?
ok so its visa free
tell me what knowledge u have gained from it?
u want to try to get their passport
so u can spoil their visa free passport to Canada?

eghost247:

Oh please are u from botswana?
ok so its visa free
tell me what knowledge u have gained from it?
u want to try to get their passport
so u can spoil their visa free passport to Canada?

Yup, that will definitely happen, Malawi used to be visa free to the UK b4 Nigerians and Zimbabweans ruined it for them

Not only Mal

justwise:

Yup, that will definitely happen, Malawi used to be visa free to the UK b4 Nigerians and Zimbabweans ruined it for them

Not only Malawi even Gambia was visa free to Canada
at a time before our People bleeped it up for the Gambians
@Poster we both know the reason your asking about this