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Iraq visa requirements

Current entry categories for 199 passport nationalities, paired with official evidence as it is reviewed.

Access data checked August 24, 202658 official sources collected
Citizenship1Visa-free2Visa on arrival12eVisa31Visa required153
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199 passports

Citizenship

1

Visa-free

2

Visa on arrival

12

eVisa

31

Visa required

153
Policy history

Official evidence timeline

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  1. Visa on arrival

    Malaysian ordinary passports: Iraq visit visa at entry points

    Iraq's Kuala Lumpur Embassy announces that holders of Malaysian passports receive visit visas at Iraqi air and land entry points, effective 11 September 2024.

    • Ordinary Malaysian-passport visitor baseline under the Iraqi Embassy's nationality-specific announcement; the visit visa is issued at an Iraqi airport or land point of entry.
    • The announcement does not establish duration, fee, work, residence, special-document, transit, Iraqi-origin, carrier or final-admission treatment.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    Malaysia

  2. Current official routeCitizenship

    Iraqi citizenship is outside foreign visitor-visa scope

    An Iraqi ordinary passport belongs to an Iraqi citizen, whereas the federal Residence Law defines the visitor-visa regime for foreigners.

    • Does not decide a dual national’s document choice, residence, departure, security screening, consular treatment, or treatment when travelling on a foreign passport.
    • Article 1(Third)(h) separately excludes Iraqis and their children who hold foreign passports; that individual origin/document exception is not converted into a nationality-wide classification for every foreign passport code.
    • The federal law separately carves out heads of state, diplomatic and consular personnel, crew, authorized ship/plane/train passengers, treaty beneficiaries, minors on relatives’ passports, and neighboring-border residents. Those special-document, route, treaty, and residence facts are outside this ordinary-passport policy.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    Iraq

  3. Current official routeeVisa

    United States ordinary passports: explicitly pre-travel electronic visas

    Current State Department guidance explicitly requires electronic visa approval before arrival for the listed destinations.

    • IQ: obtain an e-Visa through the Iraq e-Visa Portal before arrival; distinct KRG entry alternatives do not widen this nationwide classification.
    • GQ: complete the e-visa application, receive approval before arrival, and carry the printed approval.
    • Visitor purpose, passport validity, entry-point, special-document and final-admission conditions remain applicable.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    United States

  4. Current official routeeVisa

    Full British citizen passport: Iraq electronic visa

    FCDO says a full British citizen passport holder must apply before travel through the Government of Iraq e-visa portal.

    • The ordinary visitor visa must be applied for through the stated Iraqi government e-visa portal at least 24 hours before travel; FCDO says visit visas on arrival are no longer available for Iraq.
    • The KRI has a separate e-visa and arrival route that is valid only in the Kurdistan Region and is not this Iraq-wide baseline. Return/onward ticket and final-admission conditions remain applicable.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    United Kingdom

  5. Current official routeeVisa

    Canadian ordinary passports: Iraq electronic visitor-visa route

    Government of Canada guidance expressly identifies an online Iraqi visa route before travel for Canadian passport holders.

    • Canadian passport holders travelling by air via Baghdad may obtain the required federal Iraqi visa online before travel; an embassy or consulate route is also stated.
    • Kurdistan requires a separate electronic visa and a distinct Iraqi visa is needed to travel beyond it. This does not classify residence, work, study, transit, special documents, registration, security or final admission.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    Canada

  6. Current official routeeVisa

    Australian ordinary passports: explicitly electronic visitor visas

    Current Australian guidance or a destination-controlled official service establishes electronic visitor-visa issuance for these ordinary passports.

    • IQ: federal Iraq electronic visa is required before travel; Kurdistan has a separate regional route. CU: Cuba's online tourist visa replaces the Tourist Card.
    • All routes remain subject to passport, purpose, entry-point, security, health and final-admission conditions.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    Australia

  7. Current official routeeVisa

    Irish ordinary passports: expressly electronic visitor visas

    Current Irish DFA guidance expressly states an electronic visa route for the listed destinations.

    • IQ: the DFA states that visas can be obtained online via the Republic of Iraq Ministry of the Interior website. Federal-Iraq and Kurdistan-region rules, entry points, security, purpose and final admission remain separate.
    • GQ: the DFA expressly says Irish citizens can apply online for an electronic visa. Passport validity, health, purpose, entry-point and final-admission rules remain applicable.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    Ireland

  8. Current official routeeVisa

    German ordinary passports: named electronic visitor-visa routes

    Official guidance identifies an electronic visa issued before travel for the listed German ordinary-passport visitor routes.

    • IQ: federal Iraq ended visa-on-arrival issuance on 1 March 2025 and requires an e-visa before entry; Kurdistan has a distinct e-visa process. CU: the Cuban official tourism portal describes the internet tourist visa replacing the tourist card. GA: the temporary e-visa procedure is only for tourists. GQ: for air entry, an online e-visa is required; land entry requires mission processing. NG: since May 2025 only electronic visas are used, delivered with a QR code by email. TD: the entry visa must be applied for online at least seven days before travel.
    • This excludes separate non-tourist visa categories, route-specific limits, health forms, registration and final admission.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    Germany

  9. Current official routeeVisa

    French ordinary passports: named electronic visitor-visa routes

    Current French Government guidance identifies an electronic visitor visa issued before travel for the listed routes.

    • IQ: federal Iraq ended tourist visa-on-arrival issuance on 1 March 2025; use eservice.evisa.iq before departure. CU: the tourist visa is mandatory and applied for online through evisacuba.cu, with a confirmation code sent by email.
    • This excludes Iraq’s distinct Kurdistan route, non-tourist categories, carrier requirements and final admission.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    France

  10. Current official routeeVisa

    Dutch ordinary passports: expressly electronic visitor visas

    Official Dutch guidance explicitly identifies an electronic visa route for the listed ordinary Dutch-passport visitors.

    • LY: the official Libyan eVisa introduced in July 2026 is stated as valid for 30 days. IQ, CU and GA: Dutch guidance directs ordinary Dutch-passport holders to named government eVisa systems. NG: the guidance expressly identifies Nigeria Immigration Service's eVisa route as an alternative to embassy processing.
    • IQ Kurdistan-region procedures and Erbil airport issuance are distinct from the federal-Iraq eVisa baseline. Route-specific purpose, passport, preapproval, document, health, carrier and final-admission conditions remain applicable.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    Netherlands

  11. Current official routeVisa on arrival

    Spanish ordinary passports: named visitor visas issued at arrival

    Official current guidance identifies a visitor visa issued at the border for each listed Spanish ordinary-passport destination.

    • DJ: the international-airport route is discretionary and MAEC also records a short-stay e-visa route. IQ: Baghdad International Airport issuance follows online application; the online filing does not itself establish an e-visa. KM: airport issuance. TM: Ashgabat airport issuance is limited to a ten-day visa and requires the Turkmen migration-authorised invitation.
    • This records the expressly stated border-issuance route only; purpose, document, carrier, route and final-admission conditions continue to apply.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    Spain

  12. Current official routeeVisa

    Italian ordinary passports: federal Iraq electronic visitor visa

    Current Italian MFA guidance requires ordinary EU passports, including Italian ordinary passports, to obtain the federal-Iraq visitor visa exclusively through its designated portal.

    • This covers federal Iraq, excluding the Kurdistan Region. Since 2 March 2025, ordinary passport holders of EU countries obtain the visa exclusively through the designated portal, not at an airport.
    • Work, residence, transit, special documents, carrier controls and final admission remain separate.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    Italy

  13. Current official routeeVisa

    Finnish ordinary passports: federal Iraq electronic visitor visa

    Current Finnish Foreign Ministry guidance requires an ordinary-passport tourist to hold an electronic visa before arrival in Iraq.

    • A tourist using an ordinary Finnish passport must obtain the electronic visa before arriving. The Finnish guidance directs applicants to Iraq's eVisa service and says the rule also covers travel solely to the Kurdistan Region.
    • Work, residence, special passports, transit, carrier rules and final admission remain separate.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    Finland

  14. Current official routeVisa on arrival

    Belgian ordinary passports: named visitor visas issued at arrival

    Current Belgian guidance identifies border-issued visitor visas for these ordinary Belgian-passport routes.

    • IQ: ordinary-passport travellers who are not journalists or NGO employees may in principle obtain a visa on entry; Belgium prefers advance Embassy issuance. TM: a Migration Service letter of invitation enables arrival issuance; without it, tourist and transit visas are issued by the Turkmen Embassy in Brussels. CI: Abidjan-airport issuance requires Snedai pre-enrolment approval, with at least two working days processing.
    • Online preapproval or invitation followed by border issuance is visa_on_arrival, not evisa. Purpose, route, carrier and final-admission conditions remain applicable.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    Belgium

  15. Current official routeeVisa

    Norwegian ordinary passports: Iraq electronic visitor visa

    Current Norwegian Foreign Ministry guidance requires Norwegian citizens to obtain Iraq's eVisa before entry.

    • Obtain Iraq's electronic visa before travel using the ordinary Norwegian passport intended for entry. The Norwegian guidance separately notes that the Kurdistan Region has its own pre-travel electronic visa route.
    • Work, residence, special passports, transit, carrier rules and final admission remain separate.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    Norway

  16. Current official routeeVisa

    Macao SAR passports: named electronic visitor visas

    Macao DSI's current passport-specific records place Djibouti, Iraq, South Sudan and Ukraine in its expressly labelled e-visa route, with neither visa-free nor arrival-visa access marked.

    • The DSI records mark evisa: 1 and visaFree/visaOnArrival: 0 for each named destination; this is an expressly classified electronic-visa route, not an inference from the existence of an online application.
    • The South Sudan and Ukraine destination authorities expressly confirm electronic issuance before departure. Use the linked destination official e-visa service before travel; purpose, duration, documents, fees, carrier requirements, operational availability and final admission remain separate.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    Macao (SAR China)

  17. Current official routeeVisa

    Moldovan ordinary passports: named electronic visitor visas

    Moldova MFA's current ordinary-passport table records eVisa as the obtaining method for these destinations; Nigeria independently confirms its tourism eVisa is open to citizens of all countries and sent by email.

    • Obtain the electronic visitor visa before departure using the destination portal linked by Moldova MFA. Nigeria's tourism eVisa is specifically available to citizens of all countries and issues a certificate by email.
    • Cuba's listed eVisa route excludes maritime travel, for which Moldova MFA says a diplomatic mission is required. Purpose, duration, availability, closure, carrier checks and final admission remain separate.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    Moldova

  18. Current official routeVisa required

    Serbian ordinary passports: Iraq advance visitor visa

    Serbia MFA states that Serbian visitors must obtain an Iraqi visa at Iraq's Embassy in Belgrade before travel.

    • Obtain the visitor visa from Iraq's Embassy in Belgrade before travel. The Iraqi Kurdistan route is separate and does not authorize travel to other parts of Iraq.
    • Security warnings, hosts/guarantors, work, residence, special passports, carrier rules and final admission remain separate.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    Serbia

  19. Current official routeVisa required

    Austrian ordinary passports: Iraq advance visitor visa

    Austrian ordinary-passport visitors must obtain Iraq's visa at an Iraqi foreign mission before entry.

    • The exceptional direct-entry Kurdistan route is not the nationwide Iraq baseline.
    • This excludes security conditions, non-visitor purposes and final admission.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    Austria

  20. Current official routeVisa on arrival

    Swiss ordinary passports: Iraq arrival visitor visa

    Iraq's Foreign Ministry expressly includes Swiss passports among nationalities granted a visa on arrival at land, air and sea border crossings.

    • Use a valid ordinary Swiss passport. The stated border-issued visa is valid for 60 days and requires payment of the stated fee; health and safety entry conditions apply.
    • Iraq advises the named nationals to apply for an eVisa before travel from 1 March 2025, but that advice does not displace the explicitly stated available arrival-issuance route. Iraqi-origin travellers, residence, work, special passports, carrier checks and final admission remain separate.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    Switzerland

  21. Current official routeVisa required

    Slovak ordinary passports: Iraq advance visitor visa

    Slovak MFA guidance requires Slovak citizens to apply for Iraq's visa at the Iraqi Embassy in Vienna before travel.

    • The ordinary Slovak-passport visitor application is made at Iraq's Embassy in Vienna. The separate Kurdistan Regional Government rule and all work, residence, special-document, carrier and final-admission cases are excluded.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    Slovakia

  22. Current official routeVisa on arrival

    Lithuanian ordinary passports: Iraq visitor visa issued at arrival

    Iraq's current Foreign Ministry guidance includes European Union passports in its visitor visa-on-arrival cohort, which therefore includes ordinary Lithuanian passports.

    • Ordinary Lithuanian passport holder; the visa is issued at Iraqi land, air or sea border crossings and is stated as valid for 60 days.
    • Iraq separately advises, but does not require in place of this route, pre-travel eVisa use. Work, residence, special passports and final admission remain separate.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    Lithuania

  23. Current official routeeVisa

    Bulgarian ordinary passports: Iraq electronic visitor visa

    Bulgarian ordinary-passport visitors must apply in advance for Iraq's electronic visa.

    • The Bulgarian MFA states the requirement applied from 1 March 2025 to every Bulgarian citizen seeking Iraq entry.
    • This excludes work, residence, special documents and final admission.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    Bulgaria

  24. Current official routeVisa on arrival

    Croatian ordinary passports: Iraq arrival visitor visa

    Croatian MFA says ordinary Croatian passport holders can receive an Iraq visa on arrival for up to 60 days; eVisa filing is separately available.

    • The ordinary-passport arrival visa is stated to be valid for up to 60 days and requires passport validity at least six months beyond intended departure.
    • The separately available eVisa application is an alternative route, not a reason to label the ordinary baseline solely as eVisa.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    Croatia

  25. Current official routeVisa on arrival

    Estonian ordinary passports: Iraq visitor visa issued at arrival

    Iraq's current Foreign Ministry guidance includes European Union passports in its visitor visa-on-arrival cohort, which therefore includes ordinary Estonian passports.

    • Ordinary Estonian passport holder; the visa is issued at Iraqi land, air or sea border crossings and is stated as valid for 60 days.
    • Iraq separately advises, but does not require in place of this route, pre-travel eVisa use. Work, residence, special passports and final admission remain separate.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    Estonia

  26. Current official routeVisa on arrival

    Latvian ordinary passports: Iraq arrival visa

    Latvian citizen passport holders can obtain Iraq's entry visa at land, airport or port border points.

    • The stated border-issued visa is for up to 60 days, cannot be extended, and costs USD 75.
    • The guidance also applies to the Kurdistan region; work, residence, special documents and final admission remain separate.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    Latvia

  27. Current official routeVisa on arrival

    Maltese ordinary passports: Iraq visitor visa issued at arrival

    Iraq's current Foreign Ministry guidance includes European Union passports in its visitor visa-on-arrival cohort, which includes ordinary Maltese passports.

    • Ordinary Maltese passport holder; the visa is issued at Iraqi land, air or sea border crossings and is stated as valid for 60 days.
    • Iraq separately advises, but does not require in place of this route, pre-travel eVisa use. Work, residence, special passports, Iraqi-origin treatment and final admission remain separate.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    Malta

  28. Current official routeVisa on arrival

    Japanese ordinary passports: Iraq visitor visa issued at arrival

    Iraq's current Foreign Ministry guidance names Japanese passports in its visitor visa-on-arrival cohort.

    • Ordinary Japanese passport holder; the visa is issued at Iraqi land, air or sea border crossings and is stated as valid for 60 days.
    • Iraq separately advises, but does not require in place of this route, pre-travel eVisa use. Work, residence, special passports, Iraqi-origin treatment and final admission remain separate.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    Japan

  29. Current official routeeVisa

    Mainland Chinese ordinary passports: Iraq electronic visa

    Since 1 March 2025, Iraq requires Chinese citizens to obtain an electronic visa through the designated site before entry.

    • This is Iraq's federal route for an ordinary Chinese visitor.
    • The Kurdistan-region airport arrival route is territory-specific and is excluded.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    China

  30. Current official routeVisa required

    Palestinian ordinary passports: 2026 advance-visa visitor cohort

    The State of Palestine's current ordinary-passport schedule labels this exact destination cohort "Visa is required" and separately labels electronic and arrival-issued routes elsewhere in the same schedule. It is normalized as advance visa required.

    • This is the Ministry's ordinary-passport short-visitor baseline. The source separately labels eVisa and visa-on-arrival rows, so a bare "Visa is required" row is not recast as either route.
    • Georgia and Panama have separately stated waivers for holders of specified third-country visas. Those conditional document routes are excluded from this passport-only baseline.
    • Mission availability, passport recognition, individual admission, route, transit, work, residence, diplomatic, official, service and other special-document treatment are outside this policy.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    Palestinian Territory

  31. Current official routeVisa required

    Qatari ordinary passports: Iraq advance visit visa

    Qatar's Embassy in Baghdad directs regular Qatari passport holders to obtain an Iraqi visit visa from the nearest Iraqi embassy before departure.

    • The embassy describes a 30-day citizen stay and a visit visa issued by the nearest Iraqi embassy before departure.
    • Iraqi-origin, residence, work, special-document, regional and final-admission treatment remain outside this ordinary visitor policy.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    Qatar

  32. Current official routeVisa required

    Seychellois passports: named advance visitor-visa cohort

    Seychelles' July 2025 passport-holder schedule expressly requires these destinations to issue a visa before entry, rather than treating an online form or airport process as the visitor baseline.

    • Applies to the ordinary Seychellois passport short-visitor baseline in the Ministry's current named list.
    • The schedule's wording requires a visa before entry but does not establish an electronic or border-issued route, so this is normalized only as advance visa required.
    • Mission availability, individual grant, document, route, transit, work, residence, diplomatic, official and special-passport treatment remain outside scope.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    Seychelles

  33. Current official routeeVisa

    Polish ordinary passports: federal Iraq electronic visitor visa

    Polish tourists may obtain a federal-Iraq visitor visa through the official e-visa system before travel.

    • This is the federal-Iraq tourist route; the Iraqi Kurdistan Region has a separately scoped online system.
    • Airspace, border crossings, security checks, documentary requirements and final admission can change without notice.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    Poland