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Kuwait visa requirements

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

Access data checked August 24, 20268 official sources collected
Citizenship1Visa-free5Visa on arrival53Visa required140
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199 passports

Citizenship

1

Visa-free

5

Visa on arrival

53

Visa required

140
Policy history

Official evidence timeline

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

  1. Current official routeCitizenship

    Kuwaiti nationals: outside foreign visitor scope

    A Kuwaiti ordinary passport belongs to a Kuwaiti citizen and is not a foreign visitor-visa case.

    • This does not decide dual-national document choice, foreign residence, exit, security, or individual admission treatment.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    Kuwait

    Official sourceKuwait News Agency: KUNA: Amiri decree issued new law concerning foreigners' residency
  2. Current official routeVisa-free

    GCC citizens: visa-free entry using national identification

    Kuwait's 2024 residency-law report says GCC citizens may enter and leave Kuwait using their national identity cards under Ministry of Interior regulations and inter-state agreements; this is normalized as visa_free rather than a resident or sponsor visa.

    • This is a GCC-citizenship right for Bahraini, Omani, Qatari, Saudi and UAE nationals. It is not an eVisa or visa-on-arrival route and does not extend to a non-GCC passport holder merely resident in a GCC state.
    • The cited report makes the national-ID entry right subject to Ministry of Interior regulations and agreements with the relevant GCC states; identity, border, security and individual-admission requirements remain applicable.
    • This ordinary-passport classification does not establish work, study, residence, family, companion, transit, crew, diplomatic, official, emergency-document or other special-case treatment.
    5 passport nationalities covered

    United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia

    Official sourceKuwait News Agency: KUNA: Amiri decree issued new law concerning foreigners' residency
  3. Current official routeVisa on arrival

    Named ordinary passports: visa on arrival

    The current Ministry of Interior Kuwait Visa endpoint explicitly marks these 53 nationality records as visaOnArrival.

    • The current endpoint establishes visa-on-arrival eligibility for these nationalities but does not itself state a complete purpose, document, duration, passport-type or port-condition schedule. This record does not manufacture conditions absent from that source.
    • The Ministry of Interior online-visa terms separately require online applicants to use the official site, normally have a passport valid for six months, provide specified travel documents, and observe a maximum 90-day stay unless the issued visa says otherwise. Those online-application conditions are not treated as a replacement for the available arrival route.
    • Any eVisa alternative, and any entry route based on residence, profession, sponsor, family, employment, study, transit, diplomatic or special-document facts, is separate from this nationality-wide ordinary-passport arrival classification.
    • Issuance or entry remains subject to Ministry of Interior security review and border discretion.
    53 passport nationalities covered

    Spain, Australia, Germany, Andorra, Ukraine, Ireland, Iceland, Estonia, Portugal, Czechia, Denmark, Sweden, Vatican City, United Kingdom, Norway, Austria, United States, Japan, Greece, Italy, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bhutan, Brunei, Poland, Türkiye, South Korea, Hungary, Georgia, Romania, San Marino, Slovakia, Slovenia, Singapore, Switzerland, France, Finland, Cyprus, Croatia, Cambodia, Canada, Latvia, Laos, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Liechtenstein, Malta, Malaysia, Macao (SAR China), Monaco, New Zealand, Netherlands, Hong Kong (SAR China)

    Official sourcesMinistry of Interior: Kuwait Visa: live visa-on-arrival nationality endpointMinistry of Interior: Kuwait Visa: Terms and ConditionsDirectorate General of Civil Aviation: Kuwait International Airport: Visa Services
  4. 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

    Official sourceState of Palestine Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Protocol: Visa Regulations for Palestinian Passports as of 2026
  5. 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

    Official sourceMinistry of Foreign Affairs and the Diaspora: List of countries Seychelles passport holders need visas
  6. Current official routeVisa required

    Colombian ordinary passports: Kuwait advance visitor visa

    Colombia's current Foreign Ministry table says Colombian visitors require a consular Kuwaiti visa without eVisa or arrival issuance.

    • Applies to an ordinary Colombian passport holder travelling as a short visitor.
    • The table describes consular processing and no eVisa or visa on arrival.
    • Work, residence, special documents and final admission remain outside scope.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    Colombia

    Official sourceMinistry of Foreign Affairs of Colombia: Lista de países que exigen visa de turismo a colombianos
  7. Current official routeVisa required

    Serbian ordinary passports: Kuwait advance visitor visa

    Serbia MFA says Serbian citizens require a Kuwait visa and cannot use eVisa or visa-on-arrival routes.

    • Obtain the necessary visa before travel; the source expressly excludes eVisa and border-arrival issuance.
    • The passport must be valid at least one year for tourist travel; work, residence, transit and special documents remain outside scope.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    Serbia

    Official sourceMinistry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia: Kuwait