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EVENTS / AFCON 2027 / PREPARE

Crossing the borders

Understand separate permissions and proposed regional arrangements.

In this guide (3 sections)

AFCON is a three-country event. It does not automatically create a three-country entry permission.

Existing joint tourist visa

Uganda NCIC describes an East African Tourist Visa covering Uganda, Kenya and Rwanda only. It has published first-entry, tourist-use, duration and exit conditions. Tanzania is excluded. Confirm the issuing authority and actual border order before relying on it. E12, official NCIC source.

Kenya's eTA eligibility portal labels an East African Tourist eTA as coming soon. This is not evidence of a currently operating three-host-country travel pass. E14.

Proposed AFCON facilitation

CAF and the three governments have discussed a PAMOJA Visa Framework, along with immigration, customs and mobility coordination. A published intention to develop a scheme is not legal commencement or an operative entitlement. E15.

Prepare every crossing

Possible leg Check
Kenya → Uganda Both countries' permissions or a valid applicable joint instrument
Uganda → Tanzania Tanzania admission, any required insurance and the actual airport or border used, including if Arusha is your planned base
Tanzania → Kenya Kenya re-entry rights and earlier eTA conditions
Mainland Tanzania ↔ Zanzibar Specific flight/port connections, current policy coverage and Zanzibar-specific insurance conditions

This is a checking sequence—not an assertion that any specific bus, ferry, road, airport or border crossing operates at the proposed hour. Verify operators, opening times, applicable documents and re-entry before paying.

Publish a fan-pass rule only after authorities provide: commencement date, eligible passports, covered entry points, validity, fees, application channel, return entries and legal text. See A02.