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Before we sit down to plan, you should see what we see. Live African mobility data on one side, Pan-African passport pathways on the other. Orientation, not legal advice.

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Africa Mobility Index

The numbers behind every routing decision.

Visa-free counts, embassy processing windows, currency drift, corridor flows. Maintained by the desk, validated against bilateral agreements before booking.
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Passport pathways

We do not issue visas. We make them inevitable.

Six passport contexts we work in routinely. Each card pairs the consular reality with the itinerary and city desks best matched to that passport.

01Pathway

ECOWAS Member Passports

Citizens of the Economic Community of West African States

Passport examples
  • Nigeria
  • Ghana
  • Senegal
  • Côte d'Ivoire
  • Sierra Leone
  • Liberia
  • +9 more
Visa-free access

Free movement across all 15 ECOWAS member states; growing visa-on-arrival access continent-wide.

What we typically handle
  • Schengen visa via embassy of intended primary destination
  • UK Standard Visitor visa — biometrics in country
  • USA B1/B2 — interview at US embassy/consulate
  • Canada visitor visa via VAC
  • GCC employment visas widely available

Visa-free movement across ECOWAS makes a Lagos–Accra–Dakar circuit seamless.

Recommended itinerary
West Africa Roots Circuit
West Africa · 12 days
Matched city desks
Lagos, NGAccra, GHDakar, SN

We handle dossier preparation, financial documentation, and embassy appointment scheduling.

02Pathway

East African Community Passports

Citizens of EAC member states

Passport examples
  • Kenya
  • Uganda
  • Tanzania
  • Rwanda
  • Burundi
  • South Sudan
  • +2 more
Visa-free access

EAC e-passport; tourist & work travel across member states with national ID in some cases.

What we typically handle
  • Schengen visa — appointment via VFS / TLScontact
  • UK Visitor & Skilled Worker visa support
  • USA, Canada and Australia visitor & study visas
  • China business / tourist visa via embassy
  • EAC tourist visa for cross-region itineraries

EAC mobility plus the AU diplomatic gateway in Addis make this the natural soft-landing route.

Recommended itinerary
East Africa Soft Landing
East Africa · 21 days
Matched city desks
Kigali, RWAddis Ababa, ET

Royal Path's East Africa desk maintains current biometric appointment slots in Nairobi, Kampala and Kigali.

03Pathway

SADC Member Passports

Citizens of Southern African Development Community states

Passport examples
  • South Africa
  • Botswana
  • Namibia
  • Zambia
  • Zimbabwe
  • Mozambique
  • +6 more
Visa-free access

Visa-free / visa-on-arrival across most SADC; KAZA UniVisa for Zimbabwe & Zambia tourism.

What we typically handle
  • Schengen visa via embassy of primary destination
  • UK Visitor visa (often expedited for SA passport holders)
  • USA visitor & work visas with consular interview
  • Brazil, China, India business visa support
  • Australia ETA available for several SADC passports

SADC freedom of movement pairs naturally with the Cape Town + Joburg lifestyle/business spine.

Recommended itinerary
Southern Africa Lifestyle Scout
Southern Africa · 16 days

South African passport holders receive substantial visa-free access; we still pre-screen all routings.

04Pathway

North African (AMU) Passports

Citizens of the Arab Maghreb Union

Passport examples
  • Morocco
  • Algeria
  • Tunisia
  • Libya
  • Mauritania
  • Egypt
Visa-free access

Reciprocal visa-free travel across Maghreb; widening African Union passport rollout.

What we typically handle
  • Schengen visa — particularly via France, Spain, Italy
  • UK Standard Visitor visa with strong financials
  • USA B1/B2 — Cairo, Casablanca and Tunis consulates
  • GCC residency & employment visas
  • Turkey e-visa and Russia tourist visa

Cairo and Casablanca anchor the Maghreb–Nile heritage passage with familiar passport access.

Recommended itinerary
North African Heritage Passage
North Africa · 14 days
Matched city desks
Cairo, EGCasablanca, MA

Arabic-language dossier preparation handled in-house by our Cairo and Casablanca desks.

05Pathway

African Union & Diplomatic Passports

AU laissez-passer holders, diplomats, and government officials

Passport examples
  • AU laissez-passer
  • ECOWAS diplomatic
  • EAC diplomatic
  • National diplomatic & service passports
Visa-free access

Visa-free / visa-on-arrival across most AU member states; expedited processing globally.

What we typically handle
  • Diplomatic visa via host country MFA
  • Multilateral institution accreditation (UN, WB, IMF, AfDB)
  • Protocol coordination with embassies for delegation travel
  • Schengen diplomatic visa via Belgium / France

Addis (AU seat), Kigali (MICE) and Joburg (financial) form the diplomatic triangle.

Recommended itinerary
East Africa Soft Landing
East Africa · 21 days

Royal Path coordinates protocol notes verbale, courtesy meetings, and airport VIP handling.

06Pathway

Diaspora & Foreign Passport Holders

African heritage holders of foreign passports returning to the continent

Passport examples
  • USA
  • UK
  • Canada
  • France
  • Germany
  • Brazil
  • +2 more
Visa-free access

Visa-free / e-Visa for most African destinations; Right of Abode pathways in Ghana, Sierra Leone and others.

What we typically handle
  • Ghana Right of Abode for African descent holders
  • Sierra Leone citizenship by descent
  • Kenya Permanent Residence (heritage / spouse)
  • South Africa retirement & financially independent visas
  • Rwanda highly-skilled and investor permits

Diaspora returnees most often start with a roots circuit before lifestyle scouting in the south.

Recommended itinerary
West Africa Roots Circuit
West Africa · 12 days

Our diaspora desk evaluates each pathway and coordinates lawyers, biometrics and consular steps.

Confidential briefs

Need this tailored to your passport, your dates, your delegation?

The desk produces written briefs for family offices, corporate boards and embassies — visa windows, corridor pricing, ground-team availability. Quiet, dated, signed.

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Visa policies shift continuously. Treat the categories above as orientation. Every routing is re-validated against current bilateral agreements before we book a seat.

Begin

Two ways in. Pick the one that matches your moment.

A Path Builder brief is for when you know you're going. A conversation is for when you're still shaping the question.

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Path Builder · structured
Five questions, two minutes. Locks in our 4-hour reply and 72-hour dossier.
Contact · conversational
Open conversation. Use this if you want to scope, not yet brief.