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Visitors to '''[[Kuwait]]''' must obtain a [[visa (document)|visa]] unless they come from one of the visa exempt countries or countries eligible for visa on arrival.<ref>{{cite web|title=Visa Information - Kuwait|url=https://www.timaticweb.com/cgi-bin/tim_website_client.cgi?FullText=1&COUNTRY=KW&SECTION=VI&SUBSECTION=00&user=KLMB2C&subuser=KLMB2C|work=[[Timatic]]|publisher=[[IATA]]|accessdate=17 December 2013}}</ref> All visitors except GCC citizens must hold a passport valid for 6 months. |
Visitors to '''[[Kuwait]]''' must obtain a [[visa (document)|visa]] unless they come from one of the visa exempt countries or countries eligible for visa on arrival.<ref>{{cite web|title=Visa Information - Kuwait|url=https://www.timaticweb.com/cgi-bin/tim_website_client.cgi?FullText=1&COUNTRY=KW&SECTION=VI&SUBSECTION=00&user=KLMB2C&subuser=KLMB2C|work=[[Timatic]]|publisher=[[IATA]]|accessdate=17 December 2013}}</ref> All visitors except GCC citizens must hold a passport valid for 6 months. Nationals of [[Israel]] or any other person holding a passport containing any Israeli stamp or visa issued by Israel is banned from entering the country. |
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Revision as of 00:57, 28 October 2015
Visitors to Kuwait must obtain a visa unless they come from one of the visa exempt countries or countries eligible for visa on arrival.[1] All visitors except GCC citizens must hold a passport valid for 6 months. Nationals of Israel or any other person holding a passport containing any Israeli stamp or visa issued by Israel is banned from entering the country.
Visa policy map
Visa exemption
Citizens of the following countries do not require a visa to visit Kuwait and may use National ID Cards to enter the country:
Nationals of 
China holding normal passports endorsed for public affairs do not require a visa.
Holders of diplomatic or official passports of Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Cyprus, China, Egypt, Honduras, Ireland, Malta, Mongolia, Morocco, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Portugal, Turkey, United Kingdom and Vietnam and just diplomatic passports of Armenia, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Mexico, Spain, Tajikistan and Ukraine also do not require a visa.
Visa on arrival
Citizens of the following 53 countries and territories may obtain a visa valid for 3 months on arrival to Kuwait if arriving by air:[7]
1 - Except Croatia.
Passengers arriving by sea or land must obtain visa in advance.[8]
Entry ban
Nationals of 
Afghanistan, 
Iran, 
Iraq, 
Syria and 
Yemen are barred from entering Kuwait due to "difficult security conditions" in those countries.[9] Citizens of 
Bangladesh are also barred from entering Kuwait. Citizens of 
Pakistan are only issued issuing family and commercial visas.[10]
Additionally entry and transit is refused to 
Israeli citizens, even if not leaving the aircraft and proceeding by the same flight.[11]
References
Sources
- List of countries whose citizens can obtain Visas upon arrival at all Kuwaiti ports of entry, Embassy of the State of Kuwait - Washington, DC