# Kuwait visa requirements by passport Current entry categories for 199 passport nationalities. Access data checked August 24, 2026. Each relationship link exposes its current status, evidence history, and official application route where available. ## Citizenship (1) - [Kuwait](https://multipassrank.com/passport/kuwait) ## Visa-free (5) - [United Arab Emirates](https://multipassrank.com/united-arab-emirates-kuwait-visa-free) - [Qatar](https://multipassrank.com/qatar-kuwait-visa-free) - [Saudi Arabia](https://multipassrank.com/saudi-arabia-kuwait-visa-free) - [Bahrain](https://multipassrank.com/bahrain-kuwait-visa-free) - [Oman](https://multipassrank.com/oman-kuwait-visa-free) ## Visa on arrival (53) - [Singapore](https://multipassrank.com/singapore-kuwait-visa-on-arrival) - [Japan](https://multipassrank.com/japan-kuwait-visa-on-arrival) - [Italy](https://multipassrank.com/italy-kuwait-visa-on-arrival) - [Spain](https://multipassrank.com/spain-kuwait-visa-on-arrival) - [Switzerland](https://multipassrank.com/switzerland-kuwait-visa-on-arrival) - [Finland](https://multipassrank.com/finland-kuwait-visa-on-arrival) - [Germany](https://multipassrank.com/germany-kuwait-visa-on-arrival) - [South Korea](https://multipassrank.com/south-korea-kuwait-visa-on-arrival) - [Sweden](https://multipassrank.com/sweden-kuwait-visa-on-arrival) - [Belgium](https://multipassrank.com/belgium-kuwait-visa-on-arrival) - [France](https://multipassrank.com/france-kuwait-visa-on-arrival) - [Luxembourg](https://multipassrank.com/luxembourg-kuwait-visa-on-arrival) - [Norway](https://multipassrank.com/norway-kuwait-visa-on-arrival) - [United Kingdom](https://multipassrank.com/united-kingdom-kuwait-visa-on-arrival) - [Ireland](https://multipassrank.com/ireland-kuwait-visa-on-arrival) - [Netherlands](https://multipassrank.com/netherlands-kuwait-visa-on-arrival) - [Portugal](https://multipassrank.com/portugal-kuwait-visa-on-arrival) - [Austria](https://multipassrank.com/austria-kuwait-visa-on-arrival) - [Denmark](https://multipassrank.com/denmark-kuwait-visa-on-arrival) - [Malta](https://multipassrank.com/malta-kuwait-visa-on-arrival) - [New Zealand](https://multipassrank.com/new-zealand-kuwait-visa-on-arrival) - [Greece](https://multipassrank.com/greece-kuwait-visa-on-arrival) - [Canada](https://multipassrank.com/canada-kuwait-visa-on-arrival) - [United States](https://multipassrank.com/united-states-kuwait-visa-on-arrival) - [Hungary](https://multipassrank.com/hungary-kuwait-visa-on-arrival) - [Latvia](https://multipassrank.com/latvia-kuwait-visa-on-arrival) - [Lithuania](https://multipassrank.com/lithuania-kuwait-visa-on-arrival) - [Malaysia](https://multipassrank.com/malaysia-kuwait-visa-on-arrival) - [Poland](https://multipassrank.com/poland-kuwait-visa-on-arrival) - [Slovakia](https://multipassrank.com/slovakia-kuwait-visa-on-arrival) - [Australia](https://multipassrank.com/australia-kuwait-visa-on-arrival) - [Czechia](https://multipassrank.com/czechia-kuwait-visa-on-arrival) - [Estonia](https://multipassrank.com/estonia-kuwait-visa-on-arrival) - [Iceland](https://multipassrank.com/iceland-kuwait-visa-on-arrival) - [Slovenia](https://multipassrank.com/slovenia-kuwait-visa-on-arrival) - [Croatia](https://multipassrank.com/croatia-kuwait-visa-on-arrival) - [Liechtenstein](https://multipassrank.com/liechtenstein-kuwait-visa-on-arrival) - [Monaco](https://multipassrank.com/monaco-kuwait-visa-on-arrival) - [Cyprus](https://multipassrank.com/cyprus-kuwait-visa-on-arrival) - [Romania](https://multipassrank.com/romania-kuwait-visa-on-arrival) - [Bulgaria](https://multipassrank.com/bulgaria-kuwait-visa-on-arrival) - [Andorra](https://multipassrank.com/andorra-kuwait-visa-on-arrival) - [Hong Kong (SAR China)](https://multipassrank.com/hong-kong-sar-china-kuwait-visa-on-arrival) - [San Marino](https://multipassrank.com/san-marino-kuwait-visa-on-arrival) - [Brunei](https://multipassrank.com/brunei-kuwait-visa-on-arrival) - [Vatican City](https://multipassrank.com/vatican-city-kuwait-visa-on-arrival) - [Ukraine](https://multipassrank.com/ukraine-kuwait-visa-on-arrival) - [Macao (SAR China)](https://multipassrank.com/macao-sar-china-kuwait-visa-on-arrival) - [Georgia](https://multipassrank.com/georgia-kuwait-visa-on-arrival) - [Türkiye](https://multipassrank.com/turkiye-kuwait-visa-on-arrival) - [Cambodia](https://multipassrank.com/cambodia-kuwait-visa-on-arrival) - [Bhutan](https://multipassrank.com/bhutan-kuwait-visa-on-arrival) - [Laos](https://multipassrank.com/laos-kuwait-visa-on-arrival) ## Visa required (140) - [Chile](https://multipassrank.com/chile-kuwait-visa) - [Argentina](https://multipassrank.com/argentina-kuwait-visa) - [Brazil](https://multipassrank.com/brazil-kuwait-visa) - [Barbados](https://multipassrank.com/barbados-kuwait-visa) - [Israel](https://multipassrank.com/israel-kuwait-visa) - [The Bahamas](https://multipassrank.com/the-bahamas-kuwait-visa) - [Mexico](https://multipassrank.com/mexico-kuwait-visa) - [St. Vincent and the Grenadines](https://multipassrank.com/st-vincent-and-the-grenadines-kuwait-visa) - [Uruguay](https://multipassrank.com/uruguay-kuwait-visa) - [St. Kitts and Nevis](https://multipassrank.com/st-kitts-and-nevis-kuwait-visa) - [Antigua and Barbuda](https://multipassrank.com/antigua-and-barbuda-kuwait-visa) - [Seychelles](https://multipassrank.com/seychelles-kuwait-visa) - [Mauritius](https://multipassrank.com/mauritius-kuwait-visa) - [Costa Rica](https://multipassrank.com/costa-rica-kuwait-visa) - [Panama](https://multipassrank.com/panama-kuwait-visa) - [Paraguay](https://multipassrank.com/paraguay-kuwait-visa) - [St. Lucia](https://multipassrank.com/st-lucia-kuwait-visa) - [Grenada](https://multipassrank.com/grenada-kuwait-visa) - [Peru](https://multipassrank.com/peru-kuwait-visa) - [Trinidad and Tobago](https://multipassrank.com/trinidad-and-tobago-kuwait-visa) - [Dominica](https://multipassrank.com/dominica-kuwait-visa) - [Solomon Islands](https://multipassrank.com/solomon-islands-kuwait-visa) - [Taiwan (Chinese Taipei)](https://multipassrank.com/taiwan-chinese-taipei-kuwait-visa) - [Samoa](https://multipassrank.com/samoa-kuwait-visa) - [Guatemala](https://multipassrank.com/guatemala-kuwait-visa) - [El Salvador](https://multipassrank.com/el-salvador-kuwait-visa) - [Marshall Islands](https://multipassrank.com/marshall-islands-kuwait-visa) - [Serbia](https://multipassrank.com/serbia-kuwait-visa) - [Tonga](https://multipassrank.com/tonga-kuwait-visa) - [Tuvalu](https://multipassrank.com/tuvalu-kuwait-visa) - [Colombia](https://multipassrank.com/colombia-kuwait-visa) - [Honduras](https://multipassrank.com/honduras-kuwait-visa) - [Montenegro](https://multipassrank.com/montenegro-kuwait-visa) - [Nicaragua](https://multipassrank.com/nicaragua-kuwait-visa) - [Kiribati](https://multipassrank.com/kiribati-kuwait-visa) - [Micronesia](https://multipassrank.com/micronesia-kuwait-visa) - [North Macedonia](https://multipassrank.com/north-macedonia-kuwait-visa) - [Palau Islands](https://multipassrank.com/palau-islands-kuwait-visa) - [Bosnia and Herzegovina](https://multipassrank.com/bosnia-and-herzegovina-kuwait-visa) - [Albania](https://multipassrank.com/albania-kuwait-visa) - [Venezuela](https://multipassrank.com/venezuela-kuwait-visa) - [Moldova](https://multipassrank.com/moldova-kuwait-visa) - [Russian Federation](https://multipassrank.com/russian-federation-kuwait-visa) - [South Africa](https://multipassrank.com/south-africa-kuwait-visa) - [Timor-Leste](https://multipassrank.com/timor-leste-kuwait-visa) - [Belize](https://multipassrank.com/belize-kuwait-visa) - [Ecuador](https://multipassrank.com/ecuador-kuwait-visa) - [Fiji](https://multipassrank.com/fiji-kuwait-visa) - [Maldives](https://multipassrank.com/maldives-kuwait-visa) - [Nauru](https://multipassrank.com/nauru-kuwait-visa) - [Kosovo](https://multipassrank.com/kosovo-kuwait-visa) - [Vanuatu](https://multipassrank.com/vanuatu-kuwait-visa) - [Guyana](https://multipassrank.com/guyana-kuwait-visa) - [Jamaica](https://multipassrank.com/jamaica-kuwait-visa) - [China](https://multipassrank.com/china-kuwait-visa) - [Papua New Guinea](https://multipassrank.com/papua-new-guinea-kuwait-visa) - [Bolivia](https://multipassrank.com/bolivia-kuwait-visa) - [Botswana](https://multipassrank.com/botswana-kuwait-visa) - [Thailand](https://multipassrank.com/thailand-kuwait-visa) - [Belarus](https://multipassrank.com/belarus-kuwait-visa) - [Suriname](https://multipassrank.com/suriname-kuwait-visa) - [Kazakhstan](https://multipassrank.com/kazakhstan-kuwait-visa) - [Indonesia](https://multipassrank.com/indonesia-kuwait-visa) - [Lesotho](https://multipassrank.com/lesotho-kuwait-visa) - [Dominican Republic](https://multipassrank.com/dominican-republic-kuwait-visa) - [Namibia](https://multipassrank.com/namibia-kuwait-visa) - [Morocco](https://multipassrank.com/morocco-kuwait-visa) - [Azerbaijan](https://multipassrank.com/azerbaijan-kuwait-visa) - [eSwatini](https://multipassrank.com/eswatini-kuwait-visa) - [Ghana](https://multipassrank.com/ghana-kuwait-visa) - [Kenya](https://multipassrank.com/kenya-kuwait-visa) - [Malawi](https://multipassrank.com/malawi-kuwait-visa) - [Tanzania](https://multipassrank.com/tanzania-kuwait-visa) - [The Gambia](https://multipassrank.com/the-gambia-kuwait-visa) - [Rwanda](https://multipassrank.com/rwanda-kuwait-visa) - [Tunisia](https://multipassrank.com/tunisia-kuwait-visa) - [Armenia](https://multipassrank.com/armenia-kuwait-visa) - [Mongolia](https://multipassrank.com/mongolia-kuwait-visa) - [Philippines](https://multipassrank.com/philippines-kuwait-visa) - [Zambia](https://multipassrank.com/zambia-kuwait-visa) - [Cape Verde Islands](https://multipassrank.com/cape-verde-islands-kuwait-visa) - [Mozambique](https://multipassrank.com/mozambique-kuwait-visa) - [Uganda](https://multipassrank.com/uganda-kuwait-visa) - [Sierra Leone](https://multipassrank.com/sierra-leone-kuwait-visa) - [Benin](https://multipassrank.com/benin-kuwait-visa) - [Kyrgyzstan](https://multipassrank.com/kyrgyzstan-kuwait-visa) - [São Tomé and Príncipe](https://multipassrank.com/sao-tome-and-principe-kuwait-visa) - [Zimbabwe](https://multipassrank.com/zimbabwe-kuwait-visa) - [Uzbekistan](https://multipassrank.com/uzbekistan-kuwait-visa) - [Burkina Faso](https://multipassrank.com/burkina-faso-kuwait-visa) - [Côte d'Ivoire](https://multipassrank.com/cote-d-ivoire-kuwait-visa) - [Cuba](https://multipassrank.com/cuba-kuwait-visa) - [India](https://multipassrank.com/india-kuwait-visa) - [Madagascar](https://multipassrank.com/madagascar-kuwait-visa) - [Senegal](https://multipassrank.com/senegal-kuwait-visa) - [Niger](https://multipassrank.com/niger-kuwait-visa) - [Togo](https://multipassrank.com/togo-kuwait-visa) - [Gabon](https://multipassrank.com/gabon-kuwait-visa) - [Tajikistan](https://multipassrank.com/tajikistan-kuwait-visa) - [Guinea](https://multipassrank.com/guinea-kuwait-visa) - [Mauritania](https://multipassrank.com/mauritania-kuwait-visa) - [Equatorial Guinea](https://multipassrank.com/equatorial-guinea-kuwait-visa) - [Mali](https://multipassrank.com/mali-kuwait-visa) - [Chad](https://multipassrank.com/chad-kuwait-visa) - [Guinea-Bissau](https://multipassrank.com/guinea-bissau-kuwait-visa) - [Vietnam](https://multipassrank.com/vietnam-kuwait-visa) - [Algeria](https://multipassrank.com/algeria-kuwait-visa) - [Comoro Islands](https://multipassrank.com/comoro-islands-kuwait-visa) - [Angola](https://multipassrank.com/angola-kuwait-visa) - [Cameroon](https://multipassrank.com/cameroon-kuwait-visa) - [Congo (Rep.)](https://multipassrank.com/congo-rep-kuwait-visa) - [Jordan](https://multipassrank.com/jordan-kuwait-visa) - [Liberia](https://multipassrank.com/liberia-kuwait-visa) - [Central African Republic](https://multipassrank.com/central-african-republic-kuwait-visa) - [Haiti](https://multipassrank.com/haiti-kuwait-visa) - [Burundi](https://multipassrank.com/burundi-kuwait-visa) - [Egypt](https://multipassrank.com/egypt-kuwait-visa) - [Turkmenistan](https://multipassrank.com/turkmenistan-kuwait-visa) - [Lebanon](https://multipassrank.com/lebanon-kuwait-visa) - [Congo (Dem. Rep.)](https://multipassrank.com/congo-dem-rep-kuwait-visa) - [Djibouti](https://multipassrank.com/djibouti-kuwait-visa) - [Myanmar](https://multipassrank.com/myanmar-kuwait-visa) - [Nigeria](https://multipassrank.com/nigeria-kuwait-visa) - [Sri Lanka](https://multipassrank.com/sri-lanka-kuwait-visa) - [Eritrea](https://multipassrank.com/eritrea-kuwait-visa) - [Iran](https://multipassrank.com/iran-kuwait-visa) - [Libya](https://multipassrank.com/libya-kuwait-visa) - [North Korea](https://multipassrank.com/north-korea-kuwait-visa) - [South Sudan](https://multipassrank.com/south-sudan-kuwait-visa) - [Ethiopia](https://multipassrank.com/ethiopia-kuwait-visa) - [Sudan](https://multipassrank.com/sudan-kuwait-visa) - [Palestinian Territory](https://multipassrank.com/palestinian-territory-kuwait-visa) - [Bangladesh](https://multipassrank.com/bangladesh-kuwait-visa) - [Pakistan](https://multipassrank.com/pakistan-kuwait-visa) - [Nepal](https://multipassrank.com/nepal-kuwait-visa) - [Somalia](https://multipassrank.com/somalia-kuwait-visa) - [Yemen](https://multipassrank.com/yemen-kuwait-visa) - [Iraq](https://multipassrank.com/iraq-kuwait-visa) - [Syria](https://multipassrank.com/syria-kuwait-visa) - [Afghanistan](https://multipassrank.com/afghanistan-kuwait-visa) ## Official evidence timeline - **Current official route — Kuwaiti nationals: outside foreign visitor scope** (Citizenship) 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. Official source: - [Kuwait News Agency: KUNA: Amiri decree issued new law concerning foreigners' residency](https://www.kuna.net.kw/ArticleDetails.aspx?Language=en&id=3206555) - **Current official route — GCC citizens: visa-free entry using national identification** (Visa-free) 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. Official source: - [Kuwait News Agency: KUNA: Amiri decree issued new law concerning foreigners' residency](https://www.kuna.net.kw/ArticleDetails.aspx?Language=en&id=3206555) - **Current official route — Named ordinary passports: visa on arrival** (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. Official sources: - [Ministry of Interior: Kuwait Visa: live visa-on-arrival nationality endpoint](https://kuwaitvisa.moi.gov.kw/kuwaitVisa/portal/getVisaOnArrivalCountries) - [Ministry of Interior: Kuwait Visa: Terms and Conditions](https://kuwaitvisa.moi.gov.kw/terms) - [Directorate General of Civil Aviation: Kuwait International Airport: Visa Services](https://www.kuwaitairport.gov.kw/en/traveller-info/arrivals-procedures/visa-services/) - **Current official route — Palestinian ordinary passports: 2026 advance-visa visitor cohort** (Visa required) 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. Official source: - [State of Palestine Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Protocol: Visa Regulations for Palestinian Passports as of 2026](https://www.mofa.pna.ps/portals/0/ENGLISHVISAREGULATIONS2026.pdf) - **Current official route — Seychellois passports: named advance visitor-visa cohort** (Visa required) 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. Official source: - [Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Diaspora: List of countries Seychelles passport holders need visas](https://mfa.gov.sc/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/LIST-OF-COUNTRIES-SEYCHELLES-PASSPORT-HOLDERS-NEED-VISAS-Updated-July-2025.pdf) - **Current official route — Colombian ordinary passports: Kuwait advance visitor visa** (Visa required) 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. Official source: - [Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Colombia: Lista de países que exigen visa de turismo a colombianos](https://www.cancilleria.gov.co/sites/default/files/FOTOS2025/Lista-Paises-exigen-visa-mayo-2026.pdf) - **Current official route — Serbian ordinary passports: Kuwait advance visitor visa** (Visa required) 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. Official source: - [Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia: Kuwait](https://www.mfa.gov.rs/en/citizens/travel-abroad/visas-and-states-travel-advisory/kuwait) ## Useful links - [HTML destination page](https://multipassrank.com/destination/kuwait) - [All destinations](https://multipassrank.com/destinations) - [Dataset license](https://multipassrank.com/data-license)