Syria · Passport Index 2026
Syria · Passport Index 2026Syrian passport: visa-free countries
Ranked #105 in the world, with 26 places you can visit easily: no visa, a visa at the airport, or a short online form.
- 7 Visa not required
- 17 Visa on arrival
- 2 eTA required
- 45 eVisa
- 124 Visa required
- 3 Admission refused
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Visa-free countries for Syrian passport holders
Just show your passport at the border.
Visa on arrival
Get your visa at the airport when you land. No need to apply in advance.
eVisa and online permits
Apply online before you fly; no embassy visit.
Where the Syrian passport can go
Every country coloured by its entry rule. Tap one for the details.
How the Syrian passport compares
Passports ranked close to it on the Passport Index 2026.
By region of the world
For each part of the world: how many countries' travellers can come easily. Easy means no visa, a visa at the airport, or a short online form.
- Oceania4 of 14 countries
- Asia10 of 49 countries
- Africa11 of 54 countries
- Americas1 of 35 countries
- Europe0 of 46 countries
All 198 destinations for Syrian passport holders
198 of 198 destinations
- DominicaVisa not requiredCaribbean21 days
- IranVisa not requiredSouthern Asia90 days
- MalaysiaVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia90 days
- MicronesiaVisa not requiredMicronesia30 days
- PalestineVisa not requiredWestern Asia
- SamoaVisa not requiredPolynesia60 days
- SeychellesVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- BahrainVisa on arrivalWestern Asia14 days
- BurundiVisa on arrivalEastern Africa30 days
- CambodiaVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- Cape VerdeVisa on arrivalWestern Africa90 days
- ComorosVisa on arrivalEastern Africa45 days
- Guinea-BissauVisa on arrivalWestern Africa90 days
- LebanonVisa on arrivalWestern Asia
- MacauVisa on arrivalEastern Asia
- MadagascarVisa on arrivalEastern Africa60 days
- MaldivesVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia30 days
- MozambiqueVisa on arrivalEastern Africa30 days
- PalauVisa on arrivalMicronesia30 days
- RwandaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa30 days
- TanzaniaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa90 days
- Timor-LesteVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- TuvaluVisa on arrivalPolynesia30 days
- YemenVisa on arrivalWestern Asia90 days
- KenyaeTA requiredEastern Africa90 days
- South AfricaeTA requiredSouthern Africa
- AfghanistaneVisaSouthern Asia
- AlbaniaeVisaSoutheast Europe
- Antigua and BarbudaeVisaCaribbean
- AustraliaeVisaAustralia and New Zealand
- BahamaseVisaCaribbean
- BenineVisaWestern Africa30 days
- BhutaneVisaSouthern Asia
- BoliviaeVisaSouth America30 days
- BotswanaeVisaSouthern Africa90 days
- Burkina FasoeVisaWestern Africa
- CamerooneVisaMiddle Africa
- ColombiaeVisaSouth America
- DjiboutieVisaEastern Africa90 days
- DR CongoeVisaMiddle Africa7 days
- EcuadoreVisaSouth America
- Equatorial GuineaeVisaMiddle Africa
- GaboneVisaMiddle Africa90 days
- GuineaeVisaWestern Africa90 days
- Hong KongeVisaEastern Asia
- IraqeVisaWestern Asia
- Ivory CoasteVisaWestern Africa90 days
- KyrgyzstaneVisaCentral Asia60 days
- LesothoeVisaSouthern Africa14 days
- LiberiaeVisaWestern Africa
- MalawieVisaEastern Africa90 days
- NamibiaeVisaSouthern Africa
- NigeriaeVisaWestern Africa90 days
- PakistaneVisaSouthern Asia90 days
- Papua New GuineaeVisaMelanesia60 days
- QatareVisaWestern Asia
- Saint Kitts and NeviseVisaCaribbean
- São Tomé and PríncipeeVisaMiddle Africa
- Sierra LeoneeVisaWestern Africa90 days
- SingaporeeVisaSouth-Eastern Asia
- SomaliaeVisaEastern Africa30 days
- South SudaneVisaMiddle Africa
- SurinameeVisaSouth America
- ThailandeVisaSouth-Eastern Asia
- TogoeVisaWestern Africa15 days
- TurkmenistaneVisaCentral Asia
- UgandaeVisaEastern Africa90 days
- VenezuelaeVisaSouth America
- VietnameVisaSouth-Eastern Asia
- ZambiaeVisaEastern Africa90 days
- ZimbabweeVisaSouthern Africa90 days
- AlgeriaVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- AndorraVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- AngolaVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- ArgentinaVisa requiredSouth America
- ArmeniaVisa requiredWestern Asia
- AustriaVisa requiredCentral Europe
- AzerbaijanVisa requiredWestern Asia
- BangladeshVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- BarbadosVisa requiredCaribbean
- BelarusVisa requiredEastern Europe
- BelgiumVisa requiredWestern Europe
- BelizeVisa requiredCentral America
- Bosnia and HerzegovinaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- BrazilVisa requiredSouth America
- BruneiVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- BulgariaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- CanadaVisa requiredNorth America
- Central African RepublicVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- ChadVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- ChileVisa requiredSouth America
- ChinaVisa requiredEastern Asia
- CongoVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- Costa RicaVisa requiredCentral America
- CroatiaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- CubaVisa requiredCaribbean
- CyprusVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- Czech RepublicVisa requiredCentral Europe
- DenmarkVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- Dominican RepublicVisa requiredCaribbean
- El SalvadorVisa requiredCentral America
- EritreaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- EstoniaVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- EswatiniVisa requiredSouthern Africa
- EthiopiaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- FijiVisa requiredMelanesia
- FinlandVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- FranceVisa requiredWestern Europe
- GambiaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- GeorgiaVisa requiredWestern Asia
- GermanyVisa requiredWestern Europe
- GhanaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- GreeceVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- GrenadaVisa requiredCaribbean
- GuatemalaVisa requiredCentral America
- GuyanaVisa requiredSouth America
- HaitiVisa requiredCaribbean
- HondurasVisa requiredCentral America
- HungaryVisa requiredCentral Europe
- IcelandVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- IndiaVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- IndonesiaVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- IrelandVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- IsraelVisa requiredWestern Asia
- ItalyVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- JamaicaVisa requiredCaribbean
- JapanVisa requiredEastern Asia
- JordanVisa requiredWestern Asia
- KazakhstanVisa requiredCentral Asia
- KiribatiVisa requiredMicronesia
- KosovoVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- KuwaitVisa requiredWestern Asia
- LaosVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- LatviaVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- LiechtensteinVisa requiredWestern Europe
- LithuaniaVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- LuxembourgVisa requiredWestern Europe
- MaltaVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- Marshall IslandsVisa requiredMicronesia
- MauritaniaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- MauritiusVisa requiredEastern Africa
- MexicoVisa requiredNorth America
- MoldovaVisa requiredEastern Europe
- MonacoVisa requiredWestern Europe
- MongoliaVisa requiredEastern Asia
- MontenegroVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- MoroccoVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- MyanmarVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- NauruVisa requiredMicronesia
- NepalVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- NetherlandsVisa requiredWestern Europe
- New ZealandVisa requiredAustralia and New Zealand
- NicaraguaVisa requiredCentral America
- NigerVisa requiredWestern Africa
- North KoreaVisa requiredEastern Asia
- North MacedoniaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- NorwayVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- OmanVisa requiredWestern Asia
- PanamaVisa requiredCentral America
- ParaguayVisa requiredSouth America
- PeruVisa requiredSouth America
- PhilippinesVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- PolandVisa requiredCentral Europe
- PortugalVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- RomaniaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- RussiaVisa requiredEastern Europe
- Saint LuciaVisa requiredCaribbean
- Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVisa requiredCaribbean
- San MarinoVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- Saudi ArabiaVisa requiredWestern Asia
- SenegalVisa requiredWestern Africa
- SerbiaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- SlovakiaVisa requiredCentral Europe
- SloveniaVisa requiredCentral Europe
- Solomon IslandsVisa requiredMelanesia
- South KoreaVisa requiredEastern Asia
- SpainVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- Sri LankaVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- SudanVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- SwedenVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- SwitzerlandVisa requiredWestern Europe
- TaiwanVisa requiredEastern Asia
- TajikistanVisa requiredCentral Asia
- TongaVisa requiredPolynesia
- Trinidad and TobagoVisa requiredCaribbean
- TunisiaVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- TürkiyeVisa requiredWestern Asia
- UkraineVisa requiredEastern Europe
- United Arab EmiratesVisa requiredWestern Asia
- United KingdomVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- United StatesVisa requiredNorth America
- UruguayVisa requiredSouth America
- UzbekistanVisa requiredCentral Asia
- VanuatuVisa requiredMelanesia
- Vatican CityVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- EgyptAdmission refusedNorthern Africa
- LibyaAdmission refusedNorthern Africa
- MaliAdmission refusedWestern Africa
Questions
How many countries can Syrian passport holders visit without a visa?
7 countries need no visa at all, and 19 more give a visa at the airport or a quick online permit.
Where does the Syria passport rank?
#101 of 199 passports, with 25 destinations reachable without applying ahead.
Which big countries can Syrian passport holders visit visa-free?
Iran, Malaysia, Palestine, Samoa Seychelles, and 2 more.
Where can Syrian passport holders get a visa at the airport?
17 countries, including Tanzania, Mozambique, Yemen Madagascar, and 13 more.
Which countries let Syrian passport holders apply online?
47 countries, including Pakistan, Nigeria, DR Congo Vietnam, and 43 more. Always use the official government website.
How many countries need an embassy visa for Syrian passport holders?
124, including India, China, United States Indonesia, and 120 more. Apply weeks before you travel.
Can Syrian passport holders visit the US, UK or Europe without a visa?
United States: visa needed; United Kingdom: visa needed; Canada: visa needed; Australia: evisa; Japan: visa needed; France: visa needed.
Which part of the world is easiest for Syrian passport holders?
Oceania: 29% of its countries let you in without applying first.
Which nearby countries can Syrian passport holders visit easily?
Palestine, Bahrain, Lebanon and Yemen.
Does the Syria passport work for official or diplomatic travel?
Official and diplomatic passports often have their own rules. Each destination page shows them where they differ from a regular passport.
Reviewed by @snuck