Tanzania visa status checker

How to check your Tanzania application

Tanzania e-Visa applications for mainland Tanzania and Zanzibar.

Step-by-step instructions

1. Locate the application identification number issued when you submitted the online visa application.
2. Open the official Tanzania visa portal and choose Visa Status. Enter the information requested for your application.
3. Read the outcome and check your registered email. Where available, download the Visa Grant Notice from the portal.

Choose the correct application type

The Immigration Department’s guidelines direct applicants to use the portal if an email notification has not arrived. Residence-permit applications have a separate service.

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

• Tanzania eVisa: official application system ↗visa.immigration.go.tz
• Tanzania eVisa guidelines ↗visa.immigration.go.tz
• FCDO Tanzania 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.