A village and terraced fields in a canyon, Yemen

Who needs a visa for Yemen?

Western Asia · Sana'a

Photo: mwanasimba from La Réunion / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0

Of 198 nationalities, 1 enters Yemen with no paperwork at all. The rest: 11 can get a visa at the border, 185 must be approved before they travel and 1 cannot travel there.

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

What do you need?

Who needs what

Visa free 1

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

Visa on arrival 11

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 185

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 Yemen

Region
Western Asia
Capital
Sana'a
Population
41,773,878 2025 · 37th of 197
Size
527,968 km² 49th largest of 199
Density
79 per km²
Language
Arabic
Currency
Yemeni rial YER
Borders
Oman Saudi Arabia

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.