The public first step exposes required labels, exact error text and 100-character limits for email and the security answer. Later application screens were not opened because doing so would create a live application. No passport regex or later-screen limits are claimed, and no local validator is mounted.
Use the current exemption and referral lists. Do not infer the route from residence or a second passport you will not carry.
Tourists normally choose Ordinary Visa. United States passport holders use Multiple Visa for tourism. Choose Transit only for onward travel to another country.
Use an address you control and check the spelling. The official HTML allows at most 100 characters.
Copy the number from the passport you will carry. The public page publishes no character pattern, so this guide does not invent one.
Select the issuing country for the same passport number entered above.
Choose one of the portal questions and keep the exact question with the application ID.
Use an answer you can reproduce exactly. The official HTML sets a 100-character maximum.
Before submitting, confirm at least six months of validity and at least one unused visa page.
Use a colour full-face photo on a plain background. Maximum 45 mm by 35 mm, maximum 500 KB, JPG or JPEG.
Ordinary Visa uses a return ticket. Transit Visa uses an entry visa and/or onward ticket for the destination country.
The official site shows a confirmation on screen. Screenshot it — that's your backup.
Within a few minutes from a go.tz address, with the record details.
The portal emails the decision and lets the applicant download a Visa Grant Notice through status tracking. Carry it with the same passport; final entry clearance remains with the immigration officer.
Screenshot is fine. PDF is fine. Even the email app open on your phone is fine.
Rare. Officer looks you up by passport number — your record is already in the system.
The public first page exposes five required fields. Its HTML gives a 100-character maximum for email and security answer, plus the exact validation messages shown in the cards above. Continuing would create a real application, so later screens were not opened and no later field constraints are claimed.
Use the passport you will present. A visa-exempt traveller should not open a paid application. A referral-case traveller must apply online, wait for approval and allow at least 2 months.
Ordinary Visa is the normal tourism route except for United States passport holders. They use Multiple Visa. Transit Visa is only for onward transit and requires destination visa and/or onward-ticket evidence.
The first page asks for email, passport number, issuing country, a security question and its answer. Save the resulting application ID with the exact question and answer. The email and answer each allow no more than 100 characters.
The passport needs at least 6 months of validity and one unused visa page. Use the same passport number and issuing country throughout the application and at travel.
Use a colour full-face photo on a plain background. The official limit is 45 mm by 35 mm, 500 KB, JPG or JPEG. Ordinary applicants prepare the passport bio page and return ticket. Transit applicants prepare onward evidence.
The normal published period is within 10 days, excluding referral cases. Wait for the approval notification or download the grant notice through the official status page before travel.
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