🇰🇼 Kuwait visa requirements by nationality
As of 2026, 5 of the world’s 198 passports can enter Kuwait without applying for a visa in advance: 5 visa-free, 53 with a visa on arrival and 0 with an electronic travel authorisation. A further 0 can apply online before travelling, and 139 must obtain a visa from an embassy or consulate.
Visa-free access to Kuwait by continent
All passports and their Kuwait status
- AfghanistanVisa required
- AlbaniaVisa required
- AlgeriaVisa required
- AndorraVisa on arrival
- AngolaVisa required
- Antigua & BarbudaVisa required
- ArgentinaVisa required
- ArmeniaVisa required
- AustraliaVisa on arrival
- AustriaVisa on arrival
- AzerbaijanVisa required
- BahamasVisa required
- BahrainVisa-free
- BangladeshVisa required
- BarbadosVisa required
- BelarusVisa required
- BelgiumVisa on arrival
- BelizeVisa required
- BeninVisa required
- BhutanVisa on arrival
- BoliviaVisa required
- Bosnia & HerzegovinaVisa required
- BotswanaVisa required
- BrazilVisa required
- BruneiVisa on arrival
- BulgariaVisa on arrival
- Burkina FasoVisa required
- BurundiVisa required
- CambodiaVisa on arrival
- CameroonVisa required
- CanadaVisa on arrival
- Cape VerdeVisa required
- Central African RepublicVisa required
- ChadVisa required
- ChileVisa required
- ChinaVisa required
- ColombiaVisa required
- ComorosVisa required
- Congo - BrazzavilleVisa required
- Congo - KinshasaVisa required
- Costa RicaVisa required
- Côte d’IvoireVisa required
- CroatiaVisa on arrival
- CubaVisa required
- CyprusVisa on arrival
- CzechiaVisa on arrival
- DenmarkVisa on arrival
- DjiboutiVisa required
- DominicaVisa required
- Dominican RepublicVisa required
- EcuadorVisa required
- EgyptVisa required
- El SalvadorVisa required
- Equatorial GuineaVisa required
- EritreaVisa required
- EstoniaVisa on arrival
- EswatiniVisa required
- EthiopiaVisa required
- FijiVisa required
- FinlandVisa on arrival
- FranceVisa on arrival
- GabonVisa required
- GambiaVisa required
- GeorgiaVisa on arrival
- GermanyVisa on arrival
- GhanaVisa required
- GreeceVisa on arrival
- GrenadaVisa required
- GuatemalaVisa required
- GuineaVisa required
- Guinea-BissauVisa required
- GuyanaVisa required
- HaitiVisa required
- HondurasVisa required
- Hong Kong SAR ChinaVisa on arrival
- HungaryVisa on arrival
- IcelandVisa on arrival
- IndiaVisa required
- IndonesiaVisa required
- IranVisa required
- IraqVisa required
- IrelandVisa on arrival
- IsraelVisa required
- ItalyVisa on arrival
- JamaicaVisa required
- JapanVisa on arrival
- JordanVisa required
- KazakhstanVisa required
- KenyaVisa required
- KiribatiVisa required
- KosovoVisa required
- KyrgyzstanVisa required
- LaosVisa on arrival
- LatviaVisa on arrival
- LebanonVisa required
- LesothoVisa required
- LiberiaVisa required
- LibyaVisa required
- LiechtensteinVisa on arrival
- LithuaniaVisa on arrival
- LuxembourgVisa on arrival
- Macao SAR ChinaVisa required
- MadagascarVisa required
- MalawiVisa required
- MalaysiaVisa on arrival
- MaldivesVisa required
- MaliVisa required
- MaltaVisa on arrival
- Marshall IslandsVisa required
- MauritaniaVisa required
- MauritiusVisa required
- MexicoVisa required
- MicronesiaVisa required
- MoldovaVisa required
- MonacoVisa on arrival
- MongoliaVisa required
- MontenegroVisa required
- MoroccoVisa required
- MozambiqueVisa required
- Myanmar (Burma)Visa required
- NamibiaVisa required
- NauruVisa required
- NepalVisa required
- NetherlandsVisa on arrival
- New ZealandVisa on arrival
- NicaraguaVisa required
- NigerVisa required
- NigeriaVisa required
- North KoreaVisa required
- North MacedoniaVisa required
- NorwayVisa on arrival
- OmanVisa-free
- PakistanVisa required
- PalauVisa required
- Palestinian TerritoriesVisa required
- PanamaVisa required
- Papua New GuineaVisa required
- ParaguayVisa required
- PeruVisa required
- PhilippinesNo admission
- PolandVisa on arrival
- PortugalVisa on arrival
- QatarVisa-free
- RomaniaVisa on arrival
- RussiaVisa required
- RwandaVisa required
- SamoaVisa required
- San MarinoVisa on arrival
- São Tomé & PríncipeVisa required
- Saudi ArabiaVisa-free
- SenegalVisa required
- SerbiaVisa on arrival
- SeychellesVisa required
- Sierra LeoneVisa required
- SingaporeVisa on arrival
- SlovakiaVisa on arrival
- SloveniaVisa on arrival
- Solomon IslandsVisa required
- SomaliaVisa required
- South AfricaVisa required
- South KoreaVisa on arrival
- South SudanVisa required
- SpainVisa on arrival
- Sri LankaVisa required
- St. Kitts & NevisVisa required
- St. LuciaVisa required
- St. Vincent & GrenadinesVisa required
- SudanVisa required
- SurinameVisa required
- SwedenVisa on arrival
- SwitzerlandVisa on arrival
- SyriaVisa required
- TaiwanVisa required
- TajikistanVisa required
- TanzaniaVisa required
- ThailandVisa required
- Timor-LesteVisa required
- TogoVisa required
- TongaVisa required
- Trinidad & TobagoVisa required
- TunisiaVisa required
- TürkiyeVisa on arrival · 90d
- TurkmenistanVisa required
- TuvaluVisa required
- UgandaVisa required
- UkraineVisa on arrival
- United Arab EmiratesVisa-free
- United KingdomVisa on arrival
- United StatesVisa on arrival
- UruguayVisa required
- UzbekistanVisa required
- VanuatuVisa required
- Vatican CityVisa on arrival
- VenezuelaVisa required
- VietnamVisa required
- YemenVisa required
- ZambiaVisa required
- ZimbabweVisa required
Frequently Asked Questions
How many countries can enter Kuwait without a visa?
5 passports enter Kuwait visa-free, 53 receive a visa on arrival and 0 use an electronic travel authorisation — 198 passports in total are covered here. 0 more can apply for an e-visa online.
Does this page tell me whether I need a visa for Kuwait?
Yes, if you tell us your passport. Pick your passport once and every page on this site answers for it. We never assume your nationality silently: when a passport is guessed from your device it is labelled as a guess.
Is this information official?
Partly. Where we have an official government source for a passport we use it and say so on the page. Everything else comes from an open, community-maintained dataset and is guidance for planning, not legal advice. Visa rules change without notice; confirm with the destination’s own authority before booking.
Data last rebuilt 2026-08-26. Official government data is used for these passports: TR; all others come from the open passport-index dataset and are guidance only — confirm with an official source before you travel.
Important: this content is general information
Visa rules can change without notice. Always confirm your situation with an official source before you travel: Also check with the embassy or consulate of your destination country in your own country. The information on this page is guidance, not legal advice.