Botswana visa status checker

How to check your Botswana application

Applications submitted through Botswana’s official e-Visa service.

Step-by-step instructions

1. Open the Botswana e-Visa portal and choose Check Status.
2. Use the reference and other application information requested by that service, matching your original confirmation.
3. Read the retrieved record and follow any further-action instructions in the official application channel.

Choose the correct application type

Continue Submission and Check Status are separate options on the portal. Select the existing request rather than creating a new application.

Information to keep ready

Keep your application acknowledgement, submission date, visa category and the name of the submitting office available. The official service determines which identifiers are required. Enter personal information only in that service; VisaWand does not need your passport number, login password or application reference.

If the record cannot be found

Compare the service and reference with your receipt and check the fields requested on the official screen. A technical error or missing result does not establish a decision. Follow the handling office’s help instructions if the record still cannot be retrieved.

After an update or decision

Read the actual notice and any document request, collection instruction or deadline. Passport movement, the validity of an issued permission and progress of a pending application are separate checks. Use the decision notice to confirm the outcome and next action.

Official resources

• Government of Botswana e-Visa service ↗evisa.gov.bw
• FCDO Botswana travel advice ↗www.gov.uk

Travel-advice references provide entry and consular context. They do not supply a private application result, and nationality-specific entry advice must not be applied to every passport.

Tracking guidance reviewed 21 October 2026. Follow the official service if its procedure changes.