View over Baku towards the Caspian Sea, Azerbaijan

Who needs a visa for Azerbaijan?

Western Asia · Baku

Photo: Diego Delso / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

Of 198 nationalities, 21 enter Azerbaijan with no paperwork at all. The rest: 9 can get a visa at the border, 167 must be approved before they travel and 1 cannot travel there.

Apply on the official Azerbaijan government site

This is the government's own portal. We are not paid to send you there.

What do you need?

Who needs what

Visa free 21

Nothing to apply for and nothing to pay before you travel.

eVisa (electronic visa) 76

A real visa application, made online instead of at an embassy. It is assessed, it takes days rather than minutes, and it can be refused.

Visa on arrival 9

Issued at the border rather than beforehand. Bring the fee in cash in the currency the border post accepts. It is a permission, not a guarantee.

Visa required 91

You must apply and be approved before you travel. Airlines will refuse to board you without it.

No admission 1

A government policy, not a paperwork problem. No agent or service can work around it.

About Azerbaijan

Region
Western Asia
Capital
Baku
Population
10,246,996 2025 · 94th of 197
Size
86,600 km² 112th largest of 199
Density
118 per km²
Languages
Azerbaijani, Russian
Currency
Azerbaijani manat AZN
Borders
Armenia Georgia Iran Russia Türkiye

Capital, area, languages and currency from the open country dataset, pulled 21 September 2026. Population from the World Bank, series updated 13 July 2026. Density is calculated from the two figures above.