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Israel visa requirements

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

Access data checked August 24, 20266 official sources collected
Citizenship1ETA100Visa required98
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199 passports

Citizenship

1

ETA

100

Visa required

98
Policy history

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One group agreement or destination policy can support many passport relationships. Dates are recorded only when an official source establishes them.

  1. ETA

    Visa-exempt ordinary passports require ETA-IL

    The listed visa-exempt ordinary national passports require ETA-IL for qualifying visitor travel to Israel.

    • The cohort is limited to regular national passports and does not cover diplomatic, official, service, refugee, stateless, identity, or other travel documents.
    • ETA-IL covers visitor stays of up to 90 days and is valid for up to two years or until the passport expires, whichever comes first.
    • Citizens, qualifying permanent residents, official missions, some crew, and specified dual-document cases have separate rules.
    • ETA-IL does not guarantee admission; immigration officers make the entry decision after security and admissibility checks.
    100 passport nationalities covered

    Singapore, Japan, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, Sweden, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Austria, Greece, Malta, Portugal, Switzerland, Hungary, Poland, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Czechia, Latvia, New Zealand, Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia, Estonia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Iceland, United States, Bulgaria, Romania, Monaco, Cyprus, Chile, Hong Kong (SAR China), Andorra, Argentina, Brazil, San Marino, Barbados, The Bahamas, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Mexico, Uruguay, Mauritius, Costa Rica, Grenada, Panama, Paraguay, Dominica, Trinidad and Tobago, Macao (SAR China), St. Lucia, Ukraine, Peru, Serbia, Taiwan (Chinese Taipei), Solomon Islands, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Marshall Islands, Samoa, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Tonga, Tuvalu, Albania, Georgia, Micronesia, Palau Islands, Russian Federation, South Africa, Belize, Ecuador, Fiji, Vanuatu, Jamaica, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Kosovo, Botswana, Belarus, Suriname, Dominican Republic, Lesotho, eSwatini, Malawi, Philippines, Mongolia, Haiti

  2. Current official routeCitizenship

    Israeli citizens do not use ETA-IL

    An Israeli passport represents citizenship rather than a visitor-visa or ETA route.

    • Permanent residents with an Israeli identity number and Israeli dual-document situations are separate status-specific cases.
    • This does not determine treatment of a non-citizen document.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    Israel

  3. Current official routeVisa required

    Listed ordinary passports require an Israeli visitor visa

    The listed current regular national-passport rows require a visitor visa for ordinary short visitor travel to Israel.

    • This cohort does not cover diplomatic, official, service, refugee, stateless, identity, or other special travel documents.
    • Applications and admission remain individually assessed; security clearance or further documents can be required.
    • The eVisa-B2 pilot is residence-conditioned for Indian and Sri Lankan passport holders in India and Sri Lanka and is not a universal eVisa reclassification.
    • Work, residence, transit, group-tour, Palestinian-document, prior-history, and special border rules remain outside this visitor classification.
    97 passport nationalities covered

    Malaysia, Brunei, Seychelles, Antigua and Barbuda, Vatican City, Colombia, Nicaragua, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kiribati, Moldova, Venezuela, Qatar, Türkiye, Kuwait, Maldives, Timor-Leste, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Guyana, Oman, China, Bolivia, Kazakhstan, Thailand, Namibia, Morocco, Indonesia, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, The Gambia, Azerbaijan, Ghana, Tunisia, Benin, Uganda, Armenia, Cape Verde Islands, Zambia, Sierra Leone, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Kyrgyzstan, São Tomé and Príncipe, Uzbekistan, Burkina Faso, Cuba, Togo, Côte d'Ivoire, Gabon, India, Madagascar, Senegal, Algeria, Mauritania, Equatorial Guinea, Niger, Guinea, Mali, Tajikistan, Chad, Comoro Islands, Guinea-Bissau, Angola, Egypt, Jordan, Liberia, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Vietnam, Bhutan, Cambodia, Congo (Rep.), Djibouti, Laos, Congo (Dem. Rep.), Nigeria, Turkmenistan, Myanmar, Ethiopia, Lebanon, South Sudan, Sudan, Libya, Sri Lanka, Eritrea, Iran, Bangladesh, North Korea, Nepal, Somalia, Yemen, Pakistan, Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan