Visa requirements for Afghan citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Afghanistan.
As of 2024, Afghan citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 28 countries and territories, ranking the Afghanistan passport 109th in the world according to the Henley Passport Index.[1]
Obtaining foreign visas from within Afghanistan is difficult as many embassies in Afghanistan have closed since Taliban takeover of the government in August 2021.[2]
Country | Visa requirement | Allowed stay | Notes (excluding departure fees) |
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Albania | eVisa[3][4] | ||
Algeria | Visa required[3] | ||
Andorra | Visa required[3] | ||
Angola | Visa required[3] | ||
Antigua and Barbuda | eVisa[3][5] | ||
Argentina | Visa required[3] | ||
Armenia | Visa required[3] | ||
Australia | Online Visa required[3][6] |
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Austria | Visa required[3] | ||
Azerbaijan | Visa required[3] | ||
Bahamas | eVisa[3][7] | ||
Bahrain | eVisa / Visa on arrival[3][8] | 14 days | |
Bangladesh | Visa on arrival[3] | ||
Barbados | Visa required[3] | ||
Belarus | Visa required[3] |
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Belgium | Visa required[3] | ||
Belize | Visa required[3] | ||
Benin | eVisa[3][9] | ||
Bhutan | eVisa[3][10] | ||
Bolivia | Online Visa[3][11] | ||
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Visa required[3] | ||
Botswana | eVisa[3][12] | 3 months | |
Brazil | Visa required[3] | ||
Brunei | Visa required[3] | ||
Bulgaria | Visa required[3] | ||
Burkina Faso | eVisa[3][13] | ||
Burundi | Visa on arrival[3] | 1 month | |
Cambodia | eVisa / Visa on arrival[3][14] | 30 days | |
Cameroon | eVisa[3][15] | ||
Canada | Visa required[3] |
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Cape Verde | Visa on arrival[3] | 3 months | |
Central African Republic | Visa required[3] | ||
Chad | Visa required[3] | ||
Chile | Visa required[3] | ||
China | Visa required[3] | ||
Colombia | Online Visa[3][17] | ||
Comoros | Visa on arrival[3] | 45 days | |
Republic of the Congo | Visa required[3] | ||
Democratic Republic of the Congo | eVisa[3][18] | 7 days | |
Costa Rica | Visa required[3] | ||
Côte d'Ivoire | eVisa[3][19] | 3 months | |
Croatia | Visa required[3] | ||
Cuba | Visa required[3] | ||
Cyprus | Visa required[3] | ||
Czech Republic | Visa required[3] | ||
Denmark | Visa required | ||
Djibouti | eVisa[3][20] | 90 days | |
Dominica | Visa not required[3] | 21 days | |
Dominican Republic | Visa required[3] | ||
Ecuador | Visa required[3] | ||
Egypt | Visa not required (conditional)[3] | 3 months |
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El Salvador | Visa required[3] | ||
Equatorial Guinea | eVisa[3][21] | ||
Eritrea | Visa required[3] | ||
Estonia | Visa required[3] | ||
Eswatini | Visa required[3] | ||
Ethiopia | Visa required[3][22] |
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Fiji | Visa required[3] | ||
Finland | Visa required[3] | ||
France | Visa required[3] | ||
Gabon | eVisa[3][23] | 90 days | |
Gambia | Visa required[3] | ||
Georgia | Visa required[3] |
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Germany | Visa required[3] |
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Ghana | Visa required[3] | ||
Greece | Visa required[3] | ||
Grenada | Visa required[3] | ||
Guatemala | Visa required[3] | ||
Guinea | eVisa[3][25] | 90 days | |
Guinea-Bissau | Visa on arrival[3] | 90 days | |
Guyana | Visa required[3] | ||
Haiti | Visa not required[3] | 3 months | |
Honduras | Visa required[3] | ||
Hungary | Visa required[3] | ||
Iceland | Visa required[3] | ||
India | eVisa[3][26] | 30 days | |
Indonesia | Visa required[3] | ||
Iran | Visa required[3] | ||
Iraq | Visa required[3] | ||
Ireland | Visa required[3] | ||
Israel | Visa required[3] |
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Italy | Visa required[3] | ||
Jamaica | Visa required[3] | ||
Japan | Visa required[3] |
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Jordan | Visa required[3] | ||
Kazakhstan | Visa required[3] | ||
Kenya | Electronic Travel Authorisation[3][28] | 90 days |
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Kiribati | Visa required[3] | ||
North Korea | Visa required[3] | ||
South Korea | Visa required[3] | ||
Kuwait | Visa required[3] | ||
Kyrgyzstan | eVisa[3][29] | 60 days | |
Laos | Visa required[3] | ||
Latvia | Visa required[3] | ||
Lebanon | Visa required[3] | ||
Lesotho | eVisa[3][30] | ||
Liberia | Visa required[3] | ||
Libya | Visa required[3] | ||
Liechtenstein | Visa required[3] | ||
Lithuania | Visa required[3] | ||
Luxembourg | Visa required[3] | ||
Madagascar | Visa on arrival[3] | 60 days | |
Malawi | eVisa[3][31] | 90 days | |
Malaysia | eVisa[3][32] | 30 days | |
Maldives | Free visa on arrival[3] | 30 days | |
Mali | Visa required[3] | ||
Malta | Visa required[3] | ||
Marshall Islands | Visa required[3] | ||
Mauritania | Visa on arrival[3] |
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Mauritius | Visa required[3] | ||
Mexico | Visa required[3] | ||
Micronesia | Visa not required[3] | 30 days | |
Moldova | Visa required[3] |
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Monaco | Visa required[3] | ||
Mongolia | Visa required[3] | ||
Montenegro | Visa required[3] | ||
Morocco | Visa required[3] | ||
Mozambique | eVisa / Visa on arrival[3][34] | 30 days | |
Myanmar | Visa required[3] | ||
Namibia | Visa required[3] | ||
Nauru | Visa required[3] | ||
Nepal | Visa required[3] | ||
Netherlands | Visa required[3] | ||
New Zealand | Visa required[3] |
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Nicaragua | Visa required[3] |
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Niger | Visa required[3] | ||
Nigeria | eVisa[3][37] | 90 days | |
North Macedonia | Visa required[3] | ||
Norway | Visa required[3] | ||
Oman | Visa required[3] | ||
Pakistan | Online Visa[3][38] | 3 months | |
Palau | Visa on arrival[3] | 30 days | |
Panama | Visa required[3] | ||
Papua New Guinea | eVisa[3][39] | 60 days |
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Paraguay | Visa required[3] | ||
Peru | Visa required[3] | ||
Philippines | Visa required[3] | ||
Poland | Visa required[3] | ||
Portugal | Visa required[3] | ||
Qatar | eVisa[3][40] |
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Romania | Visa required[3] | ||
Russia | Visa required[3] | ||
Rwanda | eVisa / Visa on arrival[3][41] | 30 days | |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | eVisa[3][42] | ||
Saint Lucia | Visa required[3] | ||
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Visa required[3] | ||
Samoa | Visa not required[3] | 60 days | |
San Marino | Visa required[3] | ||
São Tomé and Príncipe | Visa required[3] | ||
Saudi Arabia | Visa required[3] | ||
Senegal | Visa required[3] | ||
Serbia | Visa required[3] | ||
Seychelles | Electronic Border System[3][43] | 3 months |
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Sierra Leone | eVisa[3][44] | 3 months | |
Singapore | Visa required[3] | ||
Slovakia | Visa required[3] | ||
Slovenia | Visa required[3] | ||
Solomon Islands | Visa required[3] | ||
Somalia | Visa on arrival[3] | 30 days | |
South Africa | Visa required[3] | ||
South Sudan | eVisa[3][45] |
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Spain | Visa required[3] | ||
Sri Lanka | ETA / Visa on arrival[3][46] | 30 days |
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Sudan | Visa required[3] | ||
Suriname | eVisa[3][47] | 90 days | |
Sweden | Visa required[3] | ||
Switzerland | Visa required[3] | ||
Syria | Visa required[3] | ||
Tajikistan | Visa required[3] | ||
Tanzania | Visa required[3] | ||
Thailand | Visa required[3] | ||
Timor-Leste | Visa on arrival[3][48] | 30 days | |
Togo | eVisa[3][49] | 15 days | |
Tonga | Visa required[3] | ||
Trinidad and Tobago | Visa required[3] | ||
Tunisia | Visa required[3] | ||
Turkey | Visa required[3] | ||
Turkmenistan | Visa required[3] | ||
Tuvalu | Visa on arrival[3] | 1 month | |
Uganda | eVisa[3][50] | 3 months | |
Ukraine | Visa required[3] | ||
United Arab Emirates | Visa required[3] |
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United Kingdom | Visa required[3] | ||
United States | Visa required[3] |
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Uruguay | Visa required[3] | ||
Uzbekistan | Visa required[3] | ||
Vanuatu | Visa required[3] | ||
Vatican City | Visa required[3] | ||
Venezuela | Visa required[3] | ||
Vietnam | eVisa[3][54] |
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Yemen | Visa required[3] | ||
Zambia | eVisa[3][55] | 90 days | |
Zimbabwe | eVisa[3][56] | 3 month |
Visa requirements for Afghan citizens for visits to various territories, disputed areas, and restricted zones:
Visitor to | Visa requirement | Notes (excluding departure fees) |
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Africa | ||
British Indian Ocean Territory | Special permit required[57] | Special Permit required. |
Eritrea (outside Asmara) | Travel permit required[58] | To travel in the rest of Eritrea, a Travel Permit for Foreigners is required (20 Eritrean nakfa) |
Ascension Island | eVisa[59][60] | 3 months within any year. |
Saint Helena | eVisa[61][62] | |
Tristan da Cunha | Visa required[63] | Permission to land required for 15/30 pounds sterling (yacht/ship passenger) for Tristan da Cunha Island or 20 pounds sterling for Gough Island, Inaccessible Island or Nightingale Islands. |
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (Western Sahara controlled territory) |
Unknown | |
Somaliland | Visa on arrival[64][65] | 30 days for 30 US dollars, payable on arrival |
Asia | ||
Hong Kong | eVisa[66] | |
India PAP/RAP | PAP/RAP required | Protected Area Permit (PAP) required for all of Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Mizoram and parts of Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Uttarakhand. A restricted Area Permit (RAP) is required for all of Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep and parts of Sikkim. Some of these requirements are occasionally lifted for a year.[67][68][69][70][71] |
Macau | Visa on arrival[3][72][73] | |
North Korea outside Pyongyang | Special permit required | People are not allowed to leave the capital city; tourists can only leave the capital with a governmental tourist guide (no independent travel) |
Palestine | Visa required[3] | |
Taiwan | Visa required[74] | |
Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province | Special permits required | OIVR permit required (15+5 Tajikistani Somoni) and another special permit (free of charge) is required for Lake Sarez.[75][76][77] |
Tibet Autonomous Region | Travel permit required | Tibet Travel Permit required (10 U.S. Dollars).[78][79][80] |
Korean Demilitarized Zone | Restricted zone. | |
UNDOF Zone and Ghajar | Restricted zone. | |
Caribbean and North Atlantic | ||
Anguilla | Visa required[81] | |
Aruba | Visa required[82] | |
Bermuda | Visa required[83] | |
Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba | Visa required[84] | |
British Virgin Islands | Visa required[85] | |
Cayman Islands | Visa required[86] | |
Curacao | Visa required[87] | |
French Guiana | Visa required[88] | |
French West Indies | Visa required[89] | |
Montserrat | Visa required[90] | |
Puerto Rico | Visa required[91] | |
Sint Maarten | Visa required[92] | |
Turks and Caicos Islands | Visa required[93] | |
U.S. Virgin Islands | Visa required[66] | |
Europe | ||
Abkhazia | Visa required[94] | |
Kosovo | Visa required[3] | |
Mount Athos | Special permit required | Special permit required (4 days: €25 for Orthodox visitors, €35 for non-Orthodox visitors, €18 for students). There is a visitors' quota: a maximum of 100 Orthodox and ten non-Orthodox per day, and women are not allowed.[95][96] |
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus | Visa not required[97] | |
UN Buffer Zone in Cyprus | Access permit required[98] | Access Permit is required for traveling inside the zone, except in Civil Use Areas. |
Gibraltar | Visa required[99] | |
Jan Mayen | Permit required[99] | Permit issued by the local police required for a stay of fewer than 24 hours[100] and Permit issued by the Norwegian police for staying more than 24 hours.[101] |
South Ossetia | Visa required[102][103] | Three-day prior notification is required. |
Transnistria | Visa not required[104][105] | Registration is required after 24h. |
Oceania | ||
American Samoa | Visa required[106] | |
Ashmore and Cartier Islands | Authoristion required | Special authorization required.[107] |
Clipperton Island | Special permit required | Special permit required.[108] |
Cook Islands | Visa not required[3][109] | 31 days |
French Polynesia | Visa required[110] | |
Guam | Visa required[111] | |
Niue | Visa not required[3] | |
Pitcairn Islands | Visa not required[112][113][114] | 14 days visa-free and landing fee of 35 USD or tax of 5 USD if not going ashore. |
United States Minor Outlying Islands | Special permit required | Special permits required for Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Atoll, Palmyra Atoll and Wake Island.[115][116][117][118][119][120][121] |
South Atlantic and Antarctica | ||
Falkland Islands | Visa required[122] | |
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | Permit required | Pre-arrival permit from the Commissioner required (72 hours/1 month for 110/160 pounds sterling).[123][124] |
Antarctica | Special permits required for British Antarctic Territory, French Southern and Antarctic Lands, Argentine Antarctica, Australian Antarctic Territory, Chilean Antarctic Territory, Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Peter I Island, Queen Maud Land, Ross Dependency.[125][126][127][128][129][130][131][132][133][134][135][136] |
This section is transcluded from Non-visa travel restrictions. (edit | history) |
Many countries have entry restrictions on foreigners that go beyond the common requirement of having either a valid visa or a visa exemption. Such restrictions may be health related or impose additional documentation requirements on certain classes of people for diplomatic or political purposes.
Many countries require a minimum number of blank pages to be available in the passport being presented, typically one or two pages.[137] Endorsement pages, which often appear after the visa pages, are not counted as being valid or available.
Main articles: Vaccination requirements for international travel, International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis, and Vaccine passports during the COVID-19 pandemic |
Many African countries, including Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo, South Sudan, Uganda, and Zambia, require all incoming passengers older than nine months to one year[138] to have a current International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis, as does the South American territory of French Guiana.[139]
Some other countries require vaccination only if the passenger is coming from an infected area or has visited one recently or has transited for 12 hours in those countries: Algeria, Botswana, Cabo Verde, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Lesotho, Libya, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Seychelles, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tunisia, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.[140][141]
Very few countries, such as Paraguay, just require a valid passport on arrival.
However many countries and groupings now require only an identity card – especially from their neighbours. Other countries may have special bilateral arrangements that depart from the generality of their passport validity length policies to shorten the period of passport validity required for each other's citizens[142][143] or even accept passports that have already expired (but not been cancelled).[144]
Some countries, such as Japan,[145] Ireland and the United Kingdom,[146] require a passport valid throughout the period of the intended stay.
In the absence of specific bilateral agreements, countries requiring passports to be valid for at least 6 more months on arrival include Afghanistan, Algeria, Anguilla, Bahrain,[147] Bhutan, Botswana, British Virgin Islands, Brunei, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Curaçao, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Fiji, Gabon, Guinea Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel,[148] Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Laos, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Mongolia, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Oman, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Peru,[149] Philippines,[150] Qatar, Rwanda, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tokelau, Tonga, Turkey, Tuvalu, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Vanuatu, Venezuela, and Vietnam.[151]
Countries requiring passports valid for at least 4 months on arrival include Micronesia and Zambia.
Countries requiring passports with a validity of at least 3 months beyond the date of intended departure include Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Honduras, Montenegro, Nauru, Moldova and New Zealand. Similarly, the EEA countries of Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, all European Union countries (except Ireland) together with Switzerland also require 3 months validity beyond the date of the bearer's intended departure unless the bearer is an EEA or Swiss national.
Countries requiring passports valid for at least 3 months on arrival include Albania, North Macedonia, Panama, and Senegal.
Bermuda requires passports to be valid for at least 45 days upon entry.
Countries that require a passport validity of at least one month beyond the date of intended departure include Eritrea, Hong Kong, Lebanon, Macau, the Maldives[152] and South Africa.
Some countries, including Australia, Canada, Fiji, New Zealand and the United States,[153] routinely deny entry to non-citizens who have a criminal record while others impose restrictions depending on the type of conviction and the length of the sentence.
The government of a country can declare a diplomat persona non grata, banning entry into that country. In non-diplomatic use, the authorities of a country may also declare a foreigner persona non grata permanently or temporarily, usually because of unlawful activity.[154]
Kuwait,[155] Lebanon,[156] Libya,[157] Syria,[158] and Yemen[159] do not allow entry to people with passport stamps from Israel or whose passports have either a used or an unused Israeli visa, or where there is evidence of previous travel to Israel such as entry or exit stamps from neighbouring border posts in transit countries such as Jordan and Egypt.
To circumvent this Arab League boycott of Israel, the Israeli immigration services have now mostly ceased to stamp foreign nationals' passports on either entry to or exit from Israel (unless the entry is for some work-related purposes). Since 15 January 2013, Israel no longer stamps foreign passports at Ben Gurion Airport. Passports are still (as of 22 June 2017[update]) stamped at Erez when passing into and out of Gaza.[citation needed]
Iran refuses admission to holders of passports containing an Israeli visa or stamp that is less than 12 months old.
See also: Countries applying biometrics |
Several countries mandate that all travellers, or all foreign travellers, be fingerprinted on arrival and will refuse admission to or even arrest travellers who refuse to comply. In some countries, such as the United States, this may apply even to transit passengers who merely wish to change planes rather than go landside.[160]
Fingerprinting countries/regions include Afghanistan,[161][162] Argentina,[163] Brunei, Cambodia,[164] China,[165] Ethiopia,[166] Ghana, Guinea,[167] India, Japan,[168][169] Kenya (both fingerprints and a photo are taken),[170] Malaysia upon entry and departure,[171] Mongolia, Saudi Arabia,[172] Singapore, South Korea,[173] Taiwan, Thailand,[174] Uganda,[175] the United Arab Emirates and the United States.
Many countries also require a photo be taken of people entering the country. The United States, which does not fully implement exit control formalities at its land frontiers (although long mandated by domestic legislation),[176][177][178] intends to implement facial recognition for passengers departing from international airports to identify people who overstay their visa.[179]
Together with fingerprint and face recognition, iris scanning is one of three biometric identification technologies internationally standardised since 2006 by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) for use in e-passports[180] and the United Arab Emirates conducts iris scanning on visitors who need to apply for a visa.[181][182]