Kuwait

Who needs a visa for Kuwait?

Of 198 nationalities, 5 enter Kuwait with no paperwork at all. The rest: 52 can get a visa at the border, 140 must be approved before they travel and 1 cannot travel there.

Visa free 5
eVisa 1
Visa on arrival 52
Visa required 139
No admission 1

We have not found a Kuwait government portal we can link to with confidence, so we link to none — a lookalike is worse than nothing. Apply through Kuwait's own immigration service or its embassy.

What do you need?

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Who needs what

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Visa free 5

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

eVisa (electronic visa) 1

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 52

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 139

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.