The list of visa waiver countries has been updated since April 2023. The most up to date list is here - https://evisa.gov.mz/waiver

Unsurprisingly the list of countries are mostly African with a smattering of Portuguese-speaking countries as well.

I'll apply for my eVisa later on and post back on results.

OK - just tried registering.

1) I went to https://evisa.gov.mz and selected Tourist Visa. (Other options = Business, Investment, Crew (airline), Humanitarian, Sports or Culture)
2) I created an account. Account types are either Oil & Gas or Personal.
3) Within 3 min I received the email to activate my account. The email is bilingual English / Portuguese.
4) Once I verified my account, I logged in and started filling things out.
5) As mentioned up-thread, passport type is P or PA, PB, PC, PD ... PZ, P0, P1, P2, ... P9. There is no explanation of what the difference is, but as advised up-thread I simply chose type P.
6) Passport Type is Diplomatic, Service, or Normal. (I wonder what a "Service" passport is?)
7) Visa type was defaulted to Tourist with Multiple Entries. You can select 30d, 60d, or 90d.
8) Docs requested are:

Recent Passport size Photograph
Passport copy, not less than 6 months validity
Proof of financial means
Proof of paid hotel reservation
Return ticket

The form notes that the fee = 650 Meticals = $14 CAD, �9, $10 USD at current exchange rates.

10) A pop-up window asks "Dear passenger, please confirm that you have informed yourself if you need Visa, by clicking on the checkbox below, before proceeding with your Visa application.". You need to click yes to proceed.
11) Enter passport details, purpose of trip, date of entry, etc.
12) Where would you like to receive the visa? Answer - Border (It's the only choice)
13) Issuance Location - a long list ensues. Again, as advised up-thread I choose Aeroporto Mavalane. This is very non-obvious!
14) Now enter personal details - name, address, etc. DOB format = DD/MM/YYYY
15) For postal code, I entered 0000 then put details in the (one-line) address field. No punctuation allowed in this field so I just used spaces. The line isn't very long so you might run out of space.
16) You need to enter address of the hotel include province and district which I didn't know. Google is my friend. I supposed I could have just chosen one at random.
17) Enter email & phone # of hotel
18) Answer questions - have you ever been denied a visa etc.
19) Proof of Financial Means is an odd one. I took a screenshot of my bank account (probably should have waited for payday so it looks like I have more $$$!) then erased the account numbers.
20) Clicked submit and I got a green "REQUEST CREATED SUCCESSFULLY" along with "YOU WILL RECEIVE AN EMAIL RESPONSE WITHIN 5 WORKING DAYS"

So now I wait and see what happens.

Overall the process is adequately painless. The original post from ozymandias24 is instrumental in understanding how to fill this thing out. But aside from needing to figure out which district my hotel is in, it really wasn't a big deal.

Well I never received any email response. So this morning I logged in to the site and saw that my application has a status of "READY FOR ISSUANCE". Under "Action" there's a little download icon which I clicked. Sure enough "Announcement.pdf" appeared in my downloads folder and it's the visa with a giant QR code, the pic I submitted, and other details.

BUT ...

It notes "Applicant must pay the fee on site / O pedido deve ser pago na fronteira." Fair enough - there are no charges on my AMEX so this definitely not prepaid. The big thing though is that validity is 29/09/2025 (day after I applied - again, fair enough) and the valid until is 28/11/2025. i.e 30d validity.

So this particular visa is useless to me since I'm only going in December.

Evidently I'll need to apply again and choose a longer validity / apply a little closer to when I'm actually going.

Update - last night (28 Nov) I filled out the form again.

This morning I received an email with the visa attached as pdf. Oddly enough, my "30-day" visa is valid from 29/11/2025 to 28/01/2026

Once again, it notes "Applicant must pay the fee on site / O pedido deve ser pago na fronteira.".

So looks like I'm all set! Will give a final report back post trip.

Quick wrap up - when I arrived at Aeroporto Mavalane, I saw several people queuing at a counter where you paid for the visa. I handed over my printed copy of the pdf and the guy asked for my credit card. I had reserved using the AMEX so that's the card I handed over, only to be told "no". OK ... no AMEX I guess so I gave my Visa card instead. (I was to find throughout Mozambique that AMEX is not accepted anywhere.)

Anyhow, the fee was exactly as advertised. Once charged, I was given an impressive-looking official receipt and another printout of my pdf; seems my printout wasn't sufficient - they need to print it out even though it's the same thing.

With receipt and printout in hand, I was able to then queue for immigration where passports were being stamped with great enthusiasm by both male and female officers. I wonder if they get repetitive stress injuries from the amount of force they put into their stamping. In any case, it was amusing to see and hear such vigour going into passport stamping.

Formalities over (less than 10 min) I was able to claim my luggage and then head out into Maputo.

Thanks again to ozymandias24 for posting the initial set of instructions - super helpful!

Glad to hear the system is working!