Complete your Cape Verde arrival card online

The pre-registration is tied to one trip: one arrival date, one flight number and one airport. Official sources state no validity period, so plan on a new one for each trip.

We found no function on the official form for changing a submitted registration. Check your details carefully before you order.

The pre-registration does not decide how long you may stay. That depends on your visa or on the visa exemption for your nationality.

Official Cabo Verde documents give a recommendation, not a fixed window: the pre-registration should be done preferably five days prior to departure. The UK government's travel advice puts it as a rule: the form must be filled in at least 5 days before arrival. No earliest date is stated.

Order early enough for that. After we submit your pre-registration, we send the confirmation to the email address given in your order.

The Cape Verde EASE Pre-Registration is the online registration that travelers complete before they fly to Cape Verde (Cabo Verde). EASE is the online platform of the Republic of Cabo Verde and its border authority, the Direção de Estrangeiros e Fronteiras (Foreigners and Borders Directorate).

Pre-registration has been required since January 1, 2019. According to the official flyer, it is mandatory for all incoming travelers except those who are exempt. Travelers who do not need a visa must register too.

Exempt from registration, according to the official flyer, are among others: children under 2 years old, transfer passengers, and holders of a Cabo Verdean passport or natives of Cabo Verde with their spouses and their children under 18. The flyer has further exemptions, and a separate list for the airport security tax, so check the official portal if you think one applies to you. Every other traveler aged 2 or over needs a registration of their own.

The pre-registration covers arrival on international flights. The official form lists four airports of entry: Boa Vista, Praia, Sal and São Vicente. It has no option for arrival by sea, and nothing is filed for departure.

The official form opens with a selection page for the item to be paid, and then asks for the following:

1. Personal information: gender, first and last name as in the passport, date, country and place of birth, and nationality.
2. Additional personal information: home address, country of residence, phone number and an email address, which is confirmed with a verification code.
3. Travel information: passport number, issuing country, issue and expiration dates, reason for travel, arrival date, date of return, airport of entry, flight number and address in Cape Verde.
4. Summary: check the data and confirm that it is authentic and that you have sufficient means of subsistence.
5. Payment on the official platform. Keep the proof of pre-registration for your arrival.

Common mistakes to avoid:

• Leaving it to the last days: the official recommendation is five days before departure
• Arriving without a pre-registration: the TSA is then paid at the border, and the UK government says it is doubled
• Treating it as a visa: nationals of the countries on the official list need a visa from an embassy before they travel
• Registering twice: the official flyer says registration is done by the traveler or through a tour operator, so on a package holiday ask the operator first