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Western Asia travel guide
Kuwait
Entry rules for every passport, key facts and neighbouring destinations.
Visa required
Full requirements →
Key facts
- Official name
- State of Kuwait
- Capital
- Kuwait City
- Currency
- Kuwaiti dinar (KWD د.ك)
- Languages
- Arabic
- Calling code
- +965
- Area
- 17,818 km²
- Region
- Western Asia
Who can get in easily
58 of 198 passports can enter Kuwait without arranging a visa in advance.
- Visa-free
- Visa on arrival
- eTA
- eVisa
- Visa required
Visa requirements for Kuwait by passport
IndiaVisa required
United StatesVisa on arrival90 days
United KingdomVisa on arrival90 days
United Arab EmiratesVisa-free
ChinaVisa required
SingaporeVisa on arrival90 days
PakistanVisa required
BangladeshVisa required
Sri LankaVisa required
NepalVisa required
NigeriaVisa required
PhilippinesVisa required
CanadaVisa on arrival90 days
AustraliaVisa on arrival90 days
GermanyVisa on arrival90 days
Pick any passport above to see the full requirements, or use the selector at the top.
Nearby countries
Iraq
Saudi ArabiaSources: Wikipedia's "Visa requirements for … citizens" articles (CC BY-SA 4.0) for 199 passports; Passport Index Data (imorte), scraped from passportindex.org, published 17 Feb 2026 for the rest. Last checked 11 Oct 2026.