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Kuwait visa requirements in 2026

What Kuwait's border demands, by nationality — 63 of the 202 nationalities we track can enter without a visa arranged in advance. Pick your passport below for your exact rules, fees and documents.

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Entry rules for everyone

These apply whichever passport you carry and however you enter.

Passport validity 6 months
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Who can enter Kuwait

Fiji — Embassy VisaTanzania, United Republic of — Embassy VisaWestern SaharaCanada — Visa On ArrivalUnited States — Visa On ArrivalKazakhstan — Embassy VisaUzbekistan — Embassy VisaPapua New Guinea — Embassy VisaIndonesia — Embassy VisaArgentina — Embassy VisaChile — Embassy VisaCongo, The Democratic Republic of the — Embassy VisaSomalia — Embassy VisaKenya — Embassy VisaSudan — Embassy VisaChad — Embassy VisaHaiti — Embassy VisaDominican Republic — Embassy VisaRussian Federation — Embassy VisaBahamas — Embassy VisaFalkland Islands (Malvinas)Norway — Visa On ArrivalGreenland — Visa On ArrivalFrench Southern Territories — Visa On ArrivalTimor-Leste — Embassy VisaSouth Africa — Embassy VisaLesotho — Embassy VisaMexico — Embassy VisaUruguay — Embassy VisaBrazil — Embassy VisaBolivia, Plurinational State of — Embassy VisaPeru — Embassy VisaColombia — Embassy VisaPanama — Embassy VisaCosta Rica — Embassy VisaNicaragua — Embassy VisaHonduras — Embassy VisaEl Salvador — Embassy VisaGuatemala — Embassy VisaBelize — Embassy VisaVenezuela, Bolivarian Republic of — Embassy VisaGuyana — Embassy VisaSuriname — Embassy VisaFrance — Visa On ArrivalEcuador — Embassy VisaPuerto RicoJamaica — Embassy VisaCuba — Embassy VisaZimbabwe — Embassy VisaBotswana — Embassy VisaNamibia — Embassy VisaSenegal — Embassy VisaMali — Embassy VisaMauritania — Embassy VisaBenin — Embassy VisaNiger — Embassy VisaNigeria — Embassy VisaCameroon — Embassy VisaTogo — Embassy VisaGhana — Embassy VisaCôte d'Ivoire — Embassy VisaGuinea — Embassy VisaGuinea-Bissau — Embassy VisaLiberia — Embassy VisaSierra Leone — Embassy VisaBurkina Faso — Embassy VisaCentral African Republic — Embassy VisaCongo — Embassy VisaGabon — Embassy VisaEquatorial Guinea — Embassy VisaZambia — Embassy VisaMalawi — Embassy VisaMozambique — Embassy VisaEswatini — Embassy VisaAngola — Embassy VisaBurundi — Embassy VisaIsraelLebanon — Embassy VisaMadagascar — Embassy VisaPalestine, State of — Embassy VisaGambia — Embassy VisaTunisia — Embassy VisaAlgeria — Embassy VisaJordan — Embassy VisaUnited Arab Emirates — Visa Not RequiredQatar — Visa Not RequiredKuwaitIraq — Embassy VisaOman — Visa Not RequiredVanuatu — Embassy VisaCambodia — Visa On ArrivalThailand — Embassy VisaLao People's Democratic Republic — Visa On ArrivalMyanmar — Embassy VisaViet Nam — Embassy VisaKorea, Democratic People's Republic of — Embassy VisaKorea, Republic of — Visa On ArrivalMongolia — Embassy VisaIndia — Embassy VisaBangladesh — Embassy VisaBhutan — Visa On ArrivalNepal — Embassy VisaPakistan — Embassy VisaAfghanistan — Embassy VisaTajikistan — Embassy VisaKyrgyzstan — Embassy VisaTurkmenistan — Embassy VisaIran, Islamic Republic of — Embassy VisaSyrian Arab Republic — Embassy VisaArmenia — Embassy VisaSweden — Visa On ArrivalBelarus — Embassy VisaUkraine — Visa On ArrivalPoland — Visa On ArrivalAustria — Visa On ArrivalHungary — Visa On ArrivalMoldova, Republic of — Embassy VisaRomania — Visa On ArrivalLithuania — Visa On ArrivalLatvia — Visa On ArrivalEstonia — Visa On ArrivalGermany — Visa On ArrivalBulgaria — Visa On ArrivalGreece — Visa On ArrivalTürkiye — Visa On ArrivalAlbania — Embassy VisaCroatia — Visa On ArrivalSwitzerland — Visa On ArrivalLuxembourg — Visa On ArrivalBelgium — Visa On ArrivalNetherlands — Visa On ArrivalPortugal — Visa On ArrivalSpain — Visa On ArrivalIreland — Visa On ArrivalNew CaledoniaSolomon Islands — Embassy VisaNew Zealand — Visa On ArrivalAustralia — Visa On ArrivalSri Lanka — Embassy VisaChina — Embassy VisaTaiwan, Province of China — Embassy VisaItaly — Visa On ArrivalDenmark — Visa On ArrivalUnited Kingdom — Visa On ArrivalIceland — Visa On ArrivalAzerbaijan — Embassy VisaGeorgia — Visa On ArrivalPhilippines — Embassy VisaMalaysia — Visa On ArrivalBrunei Darussalam — Visa On ArrivalSlovenia — Visa On ArrivalFinland — Visa On ArrivalSlovakia — Visa On ArrivalCzechia — Visa On ArrivalEritrea — Embassy VisaJapan — Visa On ArrivalParaguay — Embassy VisaYemen — Embassy VisaSaudi Arabia — Visa Not RequiredCyprus — Visa On ArrivalMorocco — Embassy VisaEgypt — Embassy VisaLibya — Embassy VisaEthiopia — Embassy VisaDjibouti — Embassy VisaUganda — Embassy VisaRwanda — Embassy VisaBosnia and Herzegovina — Embassy VisaNorth Macedonia — Embassy VisaSerbia — Visa On ArrivalMontenegro — Embassy VisaTrinidad and Tobago — Embassy VisaSouth Sudan — Embassy Visa
Visa Not Required Visa On Arrival E-Visa Embassy Visa
Visa Not Required 5
Bahrain
Oman
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
United Arab Emirates
Visa On Arrival 58
Andorra
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Bhutan
British Indian Ocean Territory
Brunei Darussalam
Bulgaria
Cambodia
Canada
Croatia
Cyprus
Czechia
Denmark
Estonia
Faroe Islands
Finland
France
French Southern Territories
Georgia
Germany
Greece
Greenland
Holy See (Vatican City State)
Hong Kong
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Italy
Japan
Korea, Republic of
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Latvia
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malaysia
Malta
Monaco
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania
San Marino
Serbia
Singapore
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Türkiye
Ukraine
United Kingdom
United States
E-Visa 58
Andorra
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Bhutan
British Indian Ocean Territory
Brunei Darussalam
Bulgaria
Cambodia
Canada
Croatia
Cyprus
Czechia
Denmark
Estonia
Faroe Islands
Finland
France
French Southern Territories
Georgia
Germany
Greece
Greenland
Holy See (Vatican City State)
Hong Kong
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Italy
Japan
Korea, Republic of
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Latvia
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malaysia
Malta
Monaco
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania
San Marino
Serbia
Singapore
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Türkiye
Ukraine
United Kingdom
United States
Embassy Visa 138
Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Angola
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Bahamas
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belarus
Belize
Benin
Bolivia, Plurinational State of
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cabo Verde
Cameroon
Central African Republic
Chad
Chile
China
Colombia
Comoros
Congo
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the
Costa Rica
Cuba
Côte d'Ivoire
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Eswatini
Ethiopia
Fiji
Gabon
Gambia
Ghana
Grenada
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
India
Indonesia
Iran, Islamic Republic of
Iraq
Jamaica
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kiribati
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
Kyrgyzstan
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Macao
Madagascar
Malawi
Maldives
Mali
Marshall Islands
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mexico
Micronesia, Federated States of
Moldova, Republic of
Mongolia
Montenegro
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia
Nauru
Nepal
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
North Macedonia
Pakistan
Palau
Palestine, State of
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Russian Federation
Rwanda
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa
Sao Tome and Principe
Senegal
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Africa
South Sudan
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Suriname
Syrian Arab Republic
Taiwan, Province of China
Tajikistan
Tanzania, United Republic of
Thailand
Timor-Leste
Togo
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkmenistan
Tuvalu
Uganda
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
Viet Nam
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Kuwait's entry routes
E-Visa
Validity
30 days from the date of issuance
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Terms are the destination's own, extracted from official pages. Your exact requirement depends on your passport — use the picker above.

Compiled from official government sources and kept under continuous re-verification. Entry rules can change at short notice — always confirm with the official source before you travel.