Western Asia
Western AsiaLebanon visa requirements
Travellers from 99 of 198 countries can visit Lebanon easily: no visa, a visa at the airport, or a short online form.
What 198 passports need to visit Lebanon
Find your own passport in the list below for the exact rule.
- No visa needed7 of 198 passportsJust show your passport at the border.
- Visa on arrival92 of 198 passportsGet it at the airport or border.
- Visa needed98 of 198 passportsApply at the embassy or consulate.
- Not allowed to enter1 of 198 passportsEntry is closed to this passport.
Types of Lebanon visa
- Tourist visa4 optionsFor holidays, visits to friends or relatives, short business visits and some unpaid events. Your passport determines whether you need a visa before travel.
- Transit visa5 optionsSome travellers can change flights at Beirut International Airport without a visa if they stay in the international transit area. Transit visas are also available.
- Business visit3 optionsShort meetings, business contacts, trade fairs and conference speaking are covered by the tourist visa. Some travellers have special visa-on-arrival routes.
- Study entry1 optionsA 7-day visa on arrival is listed for Syrian passport holders entering to study. A general student visa route is not described.
- Work visa and temporary residence3 optionsLebanon lists a 3-month work visa and a temporary residence route for employment. Employer involvement and labour approval are required.
- Family entry and dependant visas2 optionsSome spouses and children can get a visa on arrival when travelling with a Lebanese family member. Spouses and children of employment or permanent visa holders may also receive visas.
- Entry with medical documents1 optionsA 72-hour visa on arrival is listed for Syrian passport holders carrying medical documents. A general medical visa route is not described.
- Visa on arrival9 optionsEligible travellers can get a visa at Beirut International Airport or another port of entry. The standard free route allows 1 month, with a possible extension of 2 more months.
Find your passport
198 of 198 passports
- BahrainVisa not requiredWestern Asia180 days
- JordanVisa not requiredWestern Asia180 days
- KuwaitVisa not requiredWestern Asia180 days
- OmanVisa not requiredWestern Asia180 days
- QatarVisa not requiredWestern Asia180 days
- Saudi ArabiaVisa not requiredWestern Asia180 days
- United Arab EmiratesVisa not requiredWestern Asia180 days
- AlgeriaVisa on arrivalNorthern Africa30 days
- AndorraVisa on arrivalSouthern Europe30 days
- Antigua and BarbudaVisa on arrivalCaribbean30 days
- ArgentinaVisa on arrivalSouth America30 days
- ArmeniaVisa on arrivalWestern Asia30 days
- AustraliaVisa on arrivalAustralia and New Zealand30 days
- AustriaVisa on arrivalCentral Europe30 days
- AzerbaijanVisa on arrivalWestern Asia30 days
- BahamasVisa on arrivalCaribbean30 days
- BarbadosVisa on arrivalCaribbean30 days
- BelarusVisa on arrivalEastern Europe30 days
- BelgiumVisa on arrivalWestern Europe30 days
- BelizeVisa on arrivalCentral America
- BhutanVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia30 days
- BrazilVisa on arrivalSouth America30 days
- BulgariaVisa on arrivalSoutheast Europe30 days
- CanadaVisa on arrivalNorth America30 days
- ChileVisa on arrivalSouth America30 days
- ChinaVisa on arrivalEastern Asia30 days
- Costa RicaVisa on arrivalCentral America30 days
- CroatiaVisa on arrivalSoutheast Europe30 days
- CyprusVisa on arrivalSouthern Europe30 days
- Czech RepublicVisa on arrivalCentral Europe30 days
- DenmarkVisa on arrivalNorthern Europe30 days
- Dominican RepublicVisa on arrivalCaribbean30 days
- EgyptVisa on arrivalNorthern Africa30 days
- EstoniaVisa on arrivalNorthern Europe30 days
- FinlandVisa on arrivalNorthern Europe30 days
- FranceVisa on arrivalWestern Europe30 days
- GeorgiaVisa on arrivalWestern Asia30 days
- GermanyVisa on arrivalWestern Europe30 days
- GhanaVisa on arrivalWestern Africa30 days
- GreeceVisa on arrivalSouthern Europe30 days
- Hong KongVisa on arrivalEastern Asia30 days
- HungaryVisa on arrivalCentral Europe30 days
- IcelandVisa on arrivalNorthern Europe30 days
- IraqVisa on arrivalWestern Asia30 days
- IrelandVisa on arrivalNorthern Europe30 days
- ItalyVisa on arrivalSouthern Europe30 days
- JapanVisa on arrivalEastern Asia30 days
- KazakhstanVisa on arrivalCentral Asia30 days
- KyrgyzstanVisa on arrivalCentral Asia30 days
- LatviaVisa on arrivalNorthern Europe30 days
- LibyaVisa on arrivalNorthern Africa
- LiechtensteinVisa on arrivalWestern Europe30 days
- LithuaniaVisa on arrivalNorthern Europe30 days
- LuxembourgVisa on arrivalWestern Europe30 days
- MacauVisa on arrivalEastern Asia30 days
- MalaysiaVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- MaltaVisa on arrivalSouthern Europe30 days
- MexicoVisa on arrivalNorth America30 days
- MoldovaVisa on arrivalEastern Europe30 days
- MonacoVisa on arrivalWestern Europe30 days
- MontenegroVisa on arrivalSoutheast Europe30 days
- MoroccoVisa on arrivalNorthern Africa30 days
- NetherlandsVisa on arrivalWestern Europe30 days
- New ZealandVisa on arrivalAustralia and New Zealand30 days
- NigeriaVisa on arrivalWestern Africa30 days
- North MacedoniaVisa on arrivalSoutheast Europe30 days
- NorwayVisa on arrivalNorthern Europe30 days
- PanamaVisa on arrivalCentral America30 days
- ParaguayVisa on arrivalSouth America30 days
- PeruVisa on arrivalSouth America30 days
- PolandVisa on arrivalCentral Europe30 days
- PortugalVisa on arrivalSouthern Europe30 days
- RomaniaVisa on arrivalSoutheast Europe30 days
- RussiaVisa on arrivalEastern Europe30 days
- Saint Kitts and NevisVisa on arrivalCaribbean30 days
- SamoaVisa on arrivalPolynesia30 days
- San MarinoVisa on arrivalSouthern Europe30 days
- SerbiaVisa on arrivalSoutheast Europe30 days
- SingaporeVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- SlovakiaVisa on arrivalCentral Europe30 days
- SloveniaVisa on arrivalCentral Europe30 days
- SomaliaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa30 days
- South KoreaVisa on arrivalEastern Asia30 days
- SpainVisa on arrivalSouthern Europe30 days
- SudanVisa on arrivalNorthern Africa30 days
- SwedenVisa on arrivalNorthern Europe30 days
- SwitzerlandVisa on arrivalWestern Europe30 days
- SyriaVisa on arrivalWestern Asia
- TajikistanVisa on arrivalCentral Asia30 days
- TunisiaVisa on arrivalNorthern Africa30 days
- TürkiyeVisa on arrivalWestern Asia30 days
- TurkmenistanVisa on arrivalCentral Asia30 days
- UkraineVisa on arrivalEastern Europe30 days
- United KingdomVisa on arrivalNorthern Europe30 days
- United StatesVisa on arrivalNorth America30 days
- UruguayVisa on arrivalSouth America30 days
- UzbekistanVisa on arrivalCentral Asia30 days
- VenezuelaVisa on arrivalSouth America30 days
- YemenVisa on arrivalWestern Asia
- AfghanistanVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- AlbaniaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- AngolaVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- BangladeshVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- BeninVisa requiredWestern Africa
- BoliviaVisa requiredSouth America
- Bosnia and HerzegovinaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- BotswanaVisa requiredSouthern Africa
- BruneiVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- Burkina FasoVisa requiredWestern Africa
- BurundiVisa requiredEastern Africa
- CambodiaVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- CameroonVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- Cape VerdeVisa requiredWestern Africa
- Central African RepublicVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- ChadVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- ColombiaVisa requiredSouth America
- ComorosVisa requiredEastern Africa
- CongoVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- CubaVisa requiredCaribbean
- DjiboutiVisa requiredEastern Africa
- DominicaVisa requiredCaribbean
- DR CongoVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- EcuadorVisa requiredSouth America
- El SalvadorVisa requiredCentral America
- Equatorial GuineaVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- EritreaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- EswatiniVisa requiredSouthern Africa
- EthiopiaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- FijiVisa requiredMelanesia
- GabonVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- GambiaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- GrenadaVisa requiredCaribbean
- GuatemalaVisa requiredCentral America
- GuineaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- Guinea-BissauVisa requiredWestern Africa
- GuyanaVisa requiredSouth America
- HaitiVisa requiredCaribbean
- HondurasVisa requiredCentral America
- IndiaVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- IndonesiaVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- IranVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- Ivory CoastVisa requiredWestern Africa
- JamaicaVisa requiredCaribbean
- KenyaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- KiribatiVisa requiredMicronesia
- KosovoVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- LaosVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- LesothoVisa requiredSouthern Africa
- LiberiaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- MadagascarVisa requiredEastern Africa
- MalawiVisa requiredEastern Africa
- MaldivesVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- MaliVisa requiredWestern Africa
- Marshall IslandsVisa requiredMicronesia
- MauritaniaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- MauritiusVisa requiredEastern Africa
- MicronesiaVisa requiredMicronesia
- MongoliaVisa requiredEastern Asia
- MozambiqueVisa requiredEastern Africa
- MyanmarVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- NamibiaVisa requiredSouthern Africa
- NauruVisa requiredMicronesia
- NepalVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- NicaraguaVisa requiredCentral America
- NigerVisa requiredWestern Africa
- North KoreaVisa requiredEastern Asia
- PakistanVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- PalauVisa requiredMicronesia
- PalestineVisa requiredWestern Asia
- Papua New GuineaVisa requiredMelanesia
- PhilippinesVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- RwandaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- Saint LuciaVisa requiredCaribbean
- Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVisa requiredCaribbean
- São Tomé and PríncipeVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- SenegalVisa requiredWestern Africa
- SeychellesVisa requiredEastern Africa
- Sierra LeoneVisa requiredWestern Africa
- Solomon IslandsVisa requiredMelanesia
- South AfricaVisa requiredSouthern Africa
- South SudanVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- Sri LankaVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- SurinameVisa requiredSouth America
- TaiwanVisa requiredEastern Asia
- TanzaniaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- ThailandVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- Timor-LesteVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- TogoVisa requiredWestern Africa
- TongaVisa requiredPolynesia
- Trinidad and TobagoVisa requiredCaribbean
- TuvaluVisa requiredPolynesia
- UgandaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- VanuatuVisa requiredMelanesia
- Vatican CityVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- VietnamVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- ZambiaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- ZimbabweVisa requiredSouthern Africa
- IsraelAdmission refusedWestern Asia
Who can visit easily, by part 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.
- Europe42 of 46 countries
- Asia27 of 49 countries
- Americas18 of 35 countries
- Oceania3 of 14 countries
- Africa9 of 54 countries
Questions
How many passports can enter Lebanon without a visa?
99 of 198 passports can enter without applying before travel.
What is the most common entry rule for Lebanon?
Visa needed: it applies to 98 passports.
Which passports need an embassy visa for Lebanon?
98 passports, including India, Indonesia, Pakistan, Bangladesh DR Congo, and 93 more.
Do India passport holders need a visa for Lebanon?
Visa needed.
Do China passport holders need a visa for Lebanon?
Visa on arrival, for up to 30 days.
Do United States passport holders need a visa for Lebanon?
Visa on arrival, for up to 30 days.
Do Nigeria passport holders need a visa for Lebanon?
Visa on arrival, for up to 30 days.
Do Pakistan passport holders need a visa for Lebanon?
Visa needed.
Do Brazil passport holders need a visa for Lebanon?
Visa on arrival, for up to 30 days.
Which region's passports have the easiest access to Lebanon?
Europe: 42 of 46 passports enter without applying first.
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