Entering Bahrain
107of 233 nationalities can turn up without arranging anything
What Bahrain asks of each nationality on arrival.
You may not need a visa at all
A visa or residence permit from one of these countries changes what Bahrain asks of you, whatever your passport says.
| If you hold | You get instead | Stay |
|---|---|---|
| United Arab Emirates visa holders | Visa on arrival | 30 days |
| United Kingdom visa holders | Visa on arrival | 30 days |
| United States visa holders | Visa on arrival | 30 days |
Entry rules by nationality
The same ladder as a passport page, read from the other side of the border. Bars are drawn against the largest group.
- Visa freeNothing to arrange5
- Visa on arrivalIssued at the border102
- e-VisaApplied for online32
- Visa requiredEmbassy or consulate94
Visa free5 nationalities
Visa on arrival102 nationalities
- 脜land Islands路 14 days
- American Samoa路 14 days
- Andorra路 14 days
- Anguilla路 3 months
- Argentina路 14 days
- Aruba路 14 days
- Australia路 14 days
- Austria路 14 days
- Belgium路 14 days
- Bermuda路 3 months
- Bolivia路 14 days
- Brazil路 14 days
- British Indian Ocean Territory路 3 months
- British Virgin Islands路 3 months
- Brunei路 14 days
- Bulgaria路 14 days
- Canada路 14 days
- Cayman Islands路 3 months
- Chile路 14 days
- China路 14 days
- Colombia路 14 days
- Cook Islands路 14 days
- Croatia路 14 days
- Cura莽ao路 14 days
- Cyprus路 14 days
- Czechia路 14 days
- Denmark路 14 days
- Ecuador路 14 days
- Estonia路 14 days
- Falkland Islands路 3 months
- Faroe Islands路 14 days
- Finland路 14 days
- France路 14 days
- French Polynesia路 14 days
- Gabon路 14 days
- Georgia路 14 days
- Germany路 14 days
- Gibraltar路 3 months
- Greece路 14 days
- Greenland路 14 days
- Guam路 14 days
- Guernsey路 3 months
- Guyana
- Hong Kong路 14 days
- Hungary路 14 days
- Iceland路 14 days
- Ireland路 3 months
- Isle of Man路 3 months
- Italy路 14 days
- Japan路 14 days
- Jersey路 3 months
- Kazakhstan路 14 days
- Latvia路 14 days
- Liechtenstein路 14 days
- Lithuania路 14 days
- Luxembourg路 14 days
- Macau路 14 days
- Malaysia路 30 days
- Malta路 14 days
- Mexico路 14 days
- Monaco路 14 days
- Montserrat路 3 months
- Netherlands路 14 days
- New Caledonia路 14 days
- New Zealand路 14 days
- Niue路 14 days
- Norfolk Island路 14 days
- Northern Mariana Islands路 14 days
- Norway路 14 days
- Paraguay路 14 days
- Peru路 14 days
- Pitcairn Islands路 3 months
- Poland路 14 days
- Portugal路 14 days
- Puerto Rico路 14 days
- Romania路 14 days
- Russia路 30 days
- Saint Barth茅lemy路 14 days
- Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha路 3 months
- Saint Martin路 14 days
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon路 14 days
- San Marino路 14 days
- Singapore路 14 days
- Sint Maarten路 14 days
- Slovakia路 14 days
- Slovenia路 14 days
- South Korea路 14 days
- Spain路 14 days
- Suriname
- Sweden路 14 days
- Switzerland路 14 days
- Thailand路 14 days
- T眉rkiye路 14 days
- Turks and Caicos Islands路 3 months
- Ukraine路 30 days
- United Kingdom路 3 months
- United States路 14 days
- United States Virgin Islands路 14 days
- Uruguay路 14 days
- Vatican City路 14 days
- Venezuela路 14 days
- Wallis and Futuna路 14 days
e-Visa32 nationalities
- Antigua and Barbuda路 14 days
- Azerbaijan
- Bahamas路 14 days
- Barbados路 14 days
- Belize
- Cameroon路 14 days
- Cuba
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- Egypt路 14 days
- Ghana路 14 days
- Grenada
- India路 3 months
- Indonesia路 30 days
- Ivory Coast路 14 days
- Jamaica
- Jordan路 14 days
- Kenya路 14 days
- Mauritius路 14 days
- Morocco路 14 days
- Mozambique路 14 days
- Pakistan路 14 days
- Qatar路 14 days
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Senegal路 14 days
- Seychelles路 14 days
- South Africa路 14 days
- Taiwan路 14 days
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Western Sahara路 14 days
Visa required94 nationalities
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Algeria
- Angola
- Armenia
- Bangladesh
- Belarus
- Benin
- Bhutan
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Cambodia
- Cape Verde
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Comoros
- Congo
- Costa Rica
- Djibouti
- DR Congo
- El Salvador
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Fiji
- Gambia
- Guatemala
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Iran
- Iraq
- Israel
- Kiribati
- Kosovo
- Kyrgyzstan
- Laos
- Lebanon
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Maldives
- Mali
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritania
- Micronesia
- Moldova
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Myanmar
- Namibia
- Nauru
- Nepal
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- North Korea
- North Macedonia
- Palau
- Palestine
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea
- Philippines
- Rwanda
- Samoa
- S茫o Tom茅 and Pr铆ncipe
- Serbia
- Sierra Leone
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
- South Sudan
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Syria
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania
- Timor-Leste
- Togo
- Tonga
- Tunisia
- Turkmenistan
- Tuvalu
- Uganda
- Uzbekistan
- Vanuatu
- Vietnam
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
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