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Yemen → Cape Verde: Short-stay tourist

What you need before you submit, checked against official requirements, not guesswork.

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Required documents

8 items

Identity

  • Compliant photograph

    Required

    A photo meeting the visa application's photo requirements.

    Source: Government of Cabo Verde

  • Valid passport

    Required

    Valid for at least 3 months beyond your stay in Cabo Verde (exceptions exist for re-entering foreign residents and for humanitarian or national-interest reasons).

    Source: Government of Cabo Verde

  • Visa application

    Required

    Apply at the nearest Cabo Verdean embassy or consular post before travelling, or online through the EASE portal where that's available. A tourism visa is valid for up to 90 days and must be used within 60 days of being issued.

    Source: Government of Cabo Verde

Financial

Travel

  • EASE pre-registration

    Required

    Every traveller, exempt or not, must pre-register their trip through the EASE portal with their passport details and travel date, and pay the Airport Security Tax (TSA) where applicable, up to 5 days before arrival.

    Source: Government of Cabo Verde

Other

  • Children: entry is not authorized if the parent or person in charge is refused entry

    Cabo Verde's immigration authority says that, except in exceptional and duly justified cases, entry of a foreign minor is not authorized when the holder of parental responsibilities, or the person the minor is entrusted to, is not admitted to Cabo Verde. If the minor is not admitted, the person they were entrusted to is refused entry as well.

    Source: Alta Autoridade para a Imigração, Cabo Verde: Entrada, permanência e saída de Cabo Verde (the page shows no date)

  • If you're a minor: a visa is granted only with the authorization of whoever has parental authority or custody

    Cabo Verde's immigration authority lists, among the cases where a visa is not granted, a foreigner who is a minor under the law that governs their personal status, unless the person who exercises parental authority or has custody authorizes it. The page does not say what form the authorization takes, so ask the Direção de Estrangeiros e Fronteiras or a Cabo Verde mission.

    Source: Alta Autoridade para a Imigração, Cabo Verde: Entrada, permanência e saída de Cabo Verde (the page shows no date)

  • If you're under 16 and travel without a parent: written authorization from the parent, with a certified signature

    Cabo Verde's immigration authority (Alta Autoridade para a Imigração) says entry is refused to foreign minors under 16 when they are not accompanied by the person who exercises parental authority, or when that person's written authorization is not presented, with the signature recognized by a notary or by Cabo Verde's consular services. Entry is also refused when nobody in Cabo Verde takes responsibility for the child's stay. The page shows no date.

    Source: Alta Autoridade para a Imigração, Cabo Verde: Entrada, permanência e saída de Cabo Verde (the page shows no date)

Why applications on this route get refused

  • Travelled after the visa's validity window had passed

    A tourism visa must be used within 60 days of its issue date, a valid-looking visa can still be unusable if you wait too long to travel.

    How to avoid it: Check both the issue date and the validity date before booking your trip, not just whether the visa itself looks current.

  • Didn't pre-register through EASE before arrival

    This applies to every traveller regardless of visa status, and the source states it should be done up to five days before arrival.

    How to avoid it: Complete EASE pre-registration and pay the Airport Security Tax, where applicable, well before your flight.

Sources

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