On this page below you will find all the information you need for your visa application

If you do not understand how it works, you can always call us. Tel. 0031 70 215 4995


Jouw keuze: Bestemming: Zambia1 > Soort visum: Family/friends visit
Visa costs
VisaVisa costs VAT freeMediation fee excl. VATInvitation costs VAT freeTotal costs excl. VATTotal costs incl. VAT
Single entree€ 50.00€ 80.00€ 0.00€ 130.00€ 146.80
Double entree€ 80.00€ 80.00€ 0.00€ 160.00€ 176.80
Multiple entree€ 80.00€ 80.00€ 0.00€ 160.00€ 176.80

The tourist visa is valid for 3 months from the time of issue by the consulate.

From the moment you enter Zambia, you can stay in Zambia for up to 30 days per entrance.

Procedure at the consulate is approximately 11 working days.

Please note that Dutch and Zambian national holidays do not count as working days.

The documents that are required for your visa

You can get a visa for Zambia on arrival for up to 90 days as a tourist and up to 30 days with business purposes.

Pay attention; 

However, there is no guarantee that access will actually be granted. Requirements and restrictions may change. The local immigration officer can refuse your entry into Zambia.

  • Our order form, click here to open
  • To avoid errors, please complete this form digitally, print and sign
  • Everything you write on this form will appear on the invoice
  • With this form, we also have your contact details if we need to call or email you
  • We will send you the invoice by email.
  • With this form, you authorise us to apply for your visa.
  • The application form, click here to print and fill out the form twice!
  • You must complete both forms in block letters and place your signature on the forms.
  • A signature may not be scanned.
  • The data and your signature may only be placed in the colours black or dark blue. Other colours are not allowed.
  • Your passport.
  • We need to have the passport physically, so no copy.
  • Your passport must still be valid for at least 6½ months after the validity of the visa (ie one and a half year valid if it is an annual visa).
  • The passport must have at least two blank facing visa pages.
  • Two (2 x) color passport photos.
  • Note that these photos are according to the Dutch standard of ‘passport photo’, that is to say, looking forward, white background, do not laugh and do not show teeth.
  • Wearing glasses in the photo is not permitted
  • Nine times out of ten, the consulate does not accept a photo from your own printer. If you do so, make sure you use gloss paper and there are no stripes visible from the print.
  • Do not staple the photo to the application form, but rather use a Pritt stick. If you do not have a Pritt stick, please include your loose photo and we will attach it to the form for you.
  • Do not stick the photos with adhesive tape

Other conditions that you must pay extra attention to:

  • The photos may not be older than 3 months
  • The photos may not be the same as on the passport unless the passport is not older than 3 months
  • The photos must have a white background.
  • A copy of the passport of the applicant
  • Note that you also need to provide the original passport as requested on this page

If you are staying with family/friends, you must receive an invitation from the inviting party.

The invitation must state;

  • Indicate the name and address of the inviting party.
  • Provide the full name of the applicant + passport details.
  • Guarantee for the stay.
  • Describe the reasons for the trip.
  • Indicate the duration of the trip.

If you are invited by someone of Zambian nationality; a copy of his/her NRC card.

If you are invited by another nationality; a copy of his/her passport and work permit.

  • A booking confirmation of your flight (return ticket)
  • The consulate wants to see when you enter the country and go out again
  • It may be a booking for a flight, bus, train, boat
  • Your name must be mentioned on it
  • The consulate must recognize the confirmation as being that it comes from a travel agency or an airline.
  • A confirmation of a flight by a customer of your will not be accepted because the consulate will say that anyone can do this. Think of logos, photos or other features that an official confirmation of an airline by mail in general meets
  • Our advice, make sure you take out cancellation insurance when purchasing your flight. In the event that you do not receive your visa, you will not suffer any financial

1.)

If you are Dutch, you do not need additional documents.

2.)

For the EU or Schengen country nationalities:

If nationality comes from an EU or Schengen country (not for a Dutch passport), you must show that you are registered in the Netherlands.
You have two options;

  • Option 1: a copy of the front- and backside of your residence permit.
  • Option 2: a copy of the extract from the population register (GBA).

3.)

Other nationalities from outside the EU or Schengen countries:

  • You need a copy of your Dutch residence permit’s front- and back-side for all nationalities from outside the EU and Schengen countries.
Please send registered mail to:
VisumService.nl/Zambia1
Po Box 1267
2280 CG Rijswijk (ZH)
The Netherlands
Or you can also deliver it personally or by courier to our office address:
VisumService.nl/Zambia1
Anna Paulownastraat 63
(through the grey door to ring the bell)
2518 BC The Hague
The Netherlands

Tips and explanation

Office address:
Anna Paulownastraat 63
2518 BC The Hague
The Netherlands

Business hours:
Monday – Friday 9:00 – 17:00

Route description

Contact us:
Tel +31(0)6-393 39 184
Tel +31(0)70 215 49 95
[email protected]