Visa requirements for citizens of the Republic of Lebanon are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other sovereign countries and territories placed on citizens of the Republic of Lebanon.
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As of 2024, Lebanese citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 46 countries and territories, ranking the Lebanese passport 96th in the world according to the Henley Passport Index.[1]
Citizens of the Republic of Lebanon do not need a passport when travelling to Syria, they may use just their domestic national identification cards called in Arabic: بطاقة الهوية (bițāqat al-hawiya) and in French: carte nationale d'identité.
Visa requirements map
editVisa requirements
editGeneral visa requirements of fully internationally recognized sovereign countries and territories towards citizens of the Republic of Lebanon:
Country | Visa requirement | Allowed stay | Notes (excluding departure fees) |
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Afghanistan | Visa required[2] | ||
Albania | eVisa[5][6] |
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Algeria | Visa required[7] |
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Andorra | Visa required[8] |
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Angola | Visa required[10] |
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Antigua and Barbuda | eVisa[11][12] |
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Argentina | Visa required[14] |
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Armenia | eVisa / Visa on arrival[15][16] | 120 days |
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Australia | Online Visa required[17][18] |
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Austria | Visa required[19] | ||
Azerbaijan | Visa not required[20] | 30 days |
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Bahamas | eVisa[21] |
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Bahrain | eVisa / Visa on arrival[22] | 14 days |
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Bangladesh | Visa required[26] |
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Barbados | Visa not required[29] | 90 days | |
Belarus | Visa required[30] |
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Belgium | Visa required[38] | ||
Belize | Visa required[39] |
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Benin | eVisa[41][42] |
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Bhutan | eVisa[44][45] |
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Bolivia | Online Visa / Visa on arrival[46] | 30 days[47] | |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Visa required[50] |
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Botswana | eVisa[53][54] | 3 months | |
Brazil | Visa required[55] |
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Brunei | Visa required[56] |
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Bulgaria | Visa required[57] | ||
Burkina Faso | eVisa[58][59] |
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Burundi | Visa on arrival[60] | 1 month |
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Cambodia | eVisa / Visa on arrival[61][62] | 30 days |
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Cameroon | eVisa[64][65] |
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Canada | Visa required[66] |
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Cape Verde | Visa on arrival[70] | 90 days |
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Central African Republic | Visa required[72] |
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Chad | Visa required[74] |
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Chile | Visa required[75] |
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China | Visa required[76] |
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Colombia | Online Visa[78][79] |
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Comoros | Visa on arrival[81] | 45 days |
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Republic of the Congo | Visa required[82] |
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Democratic Republic of the Congo | eVisa[83][84] | 7 days |
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Costa Rica | Visa required[85] |
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Côte d'Ivoire | eVisa[86][87] | 3 months |
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Croatia | Visa required[88] |
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Cuba | Tourist card Required[89] | 90 days |
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Cyprus | Visa required[91] |
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Czech Republic | Visa required[93] | ||
Denmark | Visa required[94] | ||
Djibouti | eVisa[95][96] | 90 days |
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Dominica | Visa not required[97] | 21 days |
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Dominican Republic | Visa required[99] |
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Ecuador | Visa not required[100] | 90 days |
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Egypt | Visa not required (conditions apply)[101][102][103][104] | 90 days |
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El Salvador | Visa required[105] | ||
Equatorial Guinea | eVisa[106][107] |
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Eritrea | Visa required[108] |
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Estonia | Visa required[110] | ||
Eswatini | Visa required[111] | ||
Ethiopia | eVisa / Visa on arrival[112][113] | Up to 90 days |
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Fiji | Visa required[116] |
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Finland | Visa required[117] | ||
France | Visa required[118] | ||
Gabon | eVisa[119][120] | 90 days |
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Gambia | Visa required[121] |
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Georgia | Visa not required[122] | 1 year |
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Germany | Visa required[123] | ||
Ghana | Visa required[124] |
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Greece | Visa required[126] | ||
Grenada | Visa required[127] | ||
Guatemala | Visa required[128] |
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Guinea | eVisa[130][131] | 90 days |
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Guinea-Bissau | Visa on arrival[132] | 90 days | |
Guyana | Visa required[133] |
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Haiti | Visa not required[134] | 3 months |
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Honduras | Visa required[137] |
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Hungary | Visa required[139] |
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Iceland | Visa required[140] | ||
India | Visa required[141] |
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Indonesia | eVisa[142][143] | 60 days |
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Iran | Visa not required[145] | 30 days |
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Iraq | Free visa on arrival[148][149][150] | 30 days |
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Ireland | Visa required[151] | ||
Israel | Visa required[152] | ||
Italy | Visa required[155] | ||
Jamaica | Visa required[156] |
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Japan | Visa required[158] |
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Jordan | Visa not required[163] | 3 months |
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Kazakhstan | eVisa[164][165] |
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Kenya | Electronic Travel Authorisation[166][167] | 90 days |
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Kiribati | Visa required[168] | ||
North Korea | Visa required[169] |
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South Korea | Visa required[170][171][172] |
1 - Holders of e-Visas or e-resident permits are only permitted visa-free entry if they depart from Australia.
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Kuwait | Visa required[176] |
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Kyrgyzstan | eVisa[178][179] | 60 days |
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Laos | Visa required[181] | ||
Latvia | Visa required[182] | ||
Lesotho | eVisa[183][184] |
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Liberia | Visa required[185] |
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Libya | eVisa[186][187] | ||
Liechtenstein | Visa required[188] | ||
Lithuania | Visa required[189] | ||
Luxembourg | Visa required[190] | ||
Madagascar | Visa on arrival[191] | 60 days |
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Malawi | eVisa[193][194] | 90 days |
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Malaysia | Visa not required[195] | 90 days |
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Maldives | Free visa on arrival[201] | 30 days |
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Mali | Visa required[203] |
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Malta | Visa required[204] |
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Marshall Islands | Visa on arrival[205] | 90 days | |
Mauritania | Visa on arrival[206] |
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Mauritius | Visa on arrival[208] | 60 days |
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Mexico | Visa required[209] |
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Micronesia | Visa not required[210] | 30 days |
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Moldova | Visa required[211] |
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Monaco | Visa required[213] | ||
Mongolia | Visa required[214] |
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Montenegro | Visa required[215] |
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Morocco | Visa required[216] |
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Mozambique | eVisa / Visa on arrival[217][218] | 30 days | |
Myanmar | Visa required[219] |
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Namibia | Visa required[220] | ||
Nauru | Visa required[221] |
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Nepal | Online Visa / Visa on arrival[222] | 90 days |
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Netherlands | Visa required[224] | ||
New Zealand | Visa required[225] |
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Nicaragua | Visa required[227] |
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Niger | Visa required[228] |
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Nigeria | eVisa[229][230] | 90 days |
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North Macedonia | Visa required[231] |
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Norway | Visa required[232] | ||
Oman | Visa not required[235] | 14 days |
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Pakistan | eVisa[237] | 90 days |
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Palau | Free visa on arrival[238] | 30 days |
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Panama | Visa required[240] |
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Papua New Guinea | eVisa[241][242] | 60 days |
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Paraguay | Visa required[243] |
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Peru | Visa required[244] | ||
Philippines | Visa required[245] |
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Poland | Visa required[246] | ||
Portugal | Visa required[247] | ||
Qatar | Visa not required[248][249] | 30 days |
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Romania | Visa required[251] |
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Russia | Visa required[253] |
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Rwanda | Visa not required[257] | 30 days | |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | eVisa[258][259] |
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Saint Lucia | Visa required[260] |
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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Visa required[262] |
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Samoa | Visa not required[263] | 60 days |
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San Marino | Visa required[265] |
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São Tomé and Príncipe | eVisa[266][267] |
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Saudi Arabia | Visa required[268] | ||
Senegal | Visa required[271] | ||
Serbia | Visa required[272] |
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Seychelles | Electronic Border System[274][275] | 3 months |
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Sierra Leone | eVisa / Visa on arrival[276][277] | 3 months / 30 days |
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Singapore | Visa required[278] |
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Slovakia | Visa required[281] |
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Slovenia | Visa required[282] |
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Solomon Islands | Visa required[283] |
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Somalia | Visa on arrival[284] | 30 days |
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South Africa | Visa required[285] | ||
South Sudan | eVisa[286][287] |
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Spain | Visa required[288] | ||
Sri Lanka | eVisa / Visa on arrival[289][290] | 60 days / 30 days |
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Sudan | Visa required[292] |
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Suriname | Visa not required[293][294] | 90 days | |
Sweden | Visa required[297] | ||
Switzerland | Visa required[298] | ||
Syria | Visa required[301] | ||
Tajikistan | eVisa / Visa on arrival[304][305] | 60 days / 45 days |
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Tanzania | Visa required[307] |
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Thailand | eVisa[308][309] | 60 days | |
Timor-Leste | Visa on arrival[310] | 30 days | |
Togo | eVisa[313][314] | 15 days | |
Tonga | Visa required[315] | ||
Trinidad and Tobago | Visa required[316] |
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Tunisia | Visa required[317] |
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Turkey | Visa not required[318] | 90 days |
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Turkmenistan | Visa required[319] |
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Tuvalu | Visa on arrival[321] | 1 month |
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Uganda | eVisa[323][324] | 3 months |
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Ukraine | Visa required[327] |
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United Arab Emirates | Visa required[328] |
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United Kingdom | Visa required[334] |
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United States | Visa required[114] |
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Uruguay | Visa required[339] |
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Uzbekistan | eVisa[340][341] | 30 days |
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Vanuatu | Visa required[343] | ||
Vatican City | Visa required[344] | ||
Venezuela | Visa required[345] |
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Vietnam | eVisa[347][348] |
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Yemen | Visa required[349] |
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Zambia | eVisa[350][351] | 90 days |
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Zimbabwe | eVisa[352][353] | 3 months |
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Dependent, Disputed, or Restricted Territories
editVisa requirements for citizens of the Republic of Lebanon for visits to various territories, disputed areas, partially recognized countries not mentioned in the list above, and restricted zonesand restricted zones:
Territory | Visa requirement | Notes |
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Abkhazia | Visa required[354] | |
Mount Athos | Special permit required | |
Belovezhskaya Pushcha National Park | Visa not required | |
Republic of Crimea | Visa required |
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Donetsk People's Republic | Restricted area |
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Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus | Visa not required |
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UN Buffer Zone in Cyprus | Access Permit required[364] |
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Faroe Islands | Visa required[365] | |
Gibraltar | Visa required[366] |
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Guernsey | Visa required[367] | |
Isle of Man | Visa required[368] | |
Jan Mayen | Permit required |
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Jersey | Visa required[371] | |
Kosovo | Visa required[372] | |
Lugansk People's Republic | Restricted area | |
Closed cities of Russia | Special authorisation required |
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Principality of Sealand | Visa required | |
South Ossetia | Visa not required | |
Svalbard | Visa not required[376] |
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Transnistria | Visa not required | |
Africa | ||
British Indian Ocean Territory | Special permit required |
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Eritrea outside Asmara | Travel permit required |
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Mayotte | Visa required[381] | |
Réunion | Visa required[381] | |
Ascension Island | eVisa[382][383] | |
Saint Helena | eVisa[385] |
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Tristan da Cunha | Permission required |
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Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic | Unknown |
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Somaliland | Visa required[388] | |
Sudan outside Khartoum | Travel permit required |
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Darfur | Travel permit required |
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Asia | ||
Baikonur & Gvardeyskiy | Special permission required |
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India PAP/RAP | PAP/RAP required |
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Iraqi Kurdistan | Visa required | Visa on arrival for 30 days is available at Erbil and Sulaymaniyah airports |
Kazakhstan | Special permission required |
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Kish Island | Visa not required |
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Maldives outside Malé | Permission required | |
North Korea outside Pyongyang | Special permit required |
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Mecca and Medina | Special access required |
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North Sentinel Island | Restricted zone | |
Palestine | Visa required[400] |
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Sabah and Sarawak | Visa not required |
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Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province | OIVR permit required |
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Closed cities of Turkmenistan | Special permit required | |
Qeshm | Visa not required | |
Korean Demilitarized Zone | Restricted zone | |
UNDOF Zone and Ghajar | Restricted zone | |
Phú Quốc | Visa not required |
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Yemen outside Sana'a or Aden | Special permission required | |
Caribbean and North Atlantic | ||
Closed city of Mercury, Nevada, United States | Special permission required |
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Caribbean and North Atlantic. | ||
Anguilla | eVisa[411] |
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Aruba | Visa required[413] |
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Bermuda | Visa required[414] |
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Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba | Visa required[415] |
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British Virgin Islands | Visa required[416] | |
Cayman Islands | Visa required[417] | |
San Andrés and Leticia | Tourist Card on arrival |
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Curacao | Visa required[419] |
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French Guiana | Visa required[420] | |
French West Indies | Visa required |
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Greenland | Visa required | |
Margarita Island | Visa required |
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Montserrat | eVisa[423] |
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Puerto Rico | Visa required[424] |
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Saint Pierre and Miquelon | Visa required[381] | |
Sint Maarten | Visa required[425] |
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Turks and Caicos Islands | Visa required[426] |
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U.S. Virgin Islands | Visa required[427] |
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Oceania | ||
American Samoa | Visa required[428] | |
Ashmore and Cartier Islands | Special authorisation required |
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Clipperton Island | Special permit required |
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Cook Islands | Visa not required[431] |
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Lau Province | Special permission required |
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French Polynesia | Visa required[433] | |
Guam | Visa required[434] |
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New Caledonia | Visa required[381] | |
Niue | Visa not required[435] | |
Northern Mariana Islands | Visa required[438] | |
Pitcairn Islands | Visa not required | |
Tokelau | Entry permit required[442] | |
United States Minor Outlying Islands | Special permits required |
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Wallis and Futuna | Visa required[381] | |
South America | ||
Galápagos | Pre-registration is required |
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South Atlantic and Antarctica | ||
Falkland Islands | Visa required[451] | |
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | Permit required |
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Antarctica | Special Permits Required |
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Greater China | ||
China | Visa required[466] |
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Hainan | Visa required | |
Hong Kong | eVisa[469] |
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Macau | Visa not required |
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Tibet Autonomous Region | TTP is required | |
Taiwan | Visa required[472] |
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Non-ordinary passports
editHolders of diplomatic, official or service passports issued by the Republic of Lebanon have visa-free or visa on arrival access to the following additional countries and territories (both mutual and unilateral):
Type of passport | Visa-free access |
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Diplomatic, official or service passports | Armenia, Bahrain, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Chile, Cape Verde, Colombia, Cuba, Cyprus, Ethiopia, Guyana, Hungary, Iran, South Korea, Switzerland, Mali, Malta, Paraguay, Peru, Serbia, South Sudan, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela, Yemen, and Zimbabwe |
Non-visa restrictions
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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.
Blank passport pages
editMany countries require a minimum number of blank pages to be available in the passport being presented, typically one or two pages.[474] Endorsement pages, which often appear after the visa pages, are not counted as being valid or available.
Vaccination
editMany 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[475] to have a current International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis, as does the South American territory of French Guiana.[476]
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.[477][478]
Passport validity length
editVery 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[479][480] or even accept passports that have already expired (but not been cancelled).[481]
Some countries, such as Japan,[482] Ireland and the United Kingdom,[483] 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,[484] 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,[485] Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Laos, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Mongolia, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Oman, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Peru,[486] Philippines,[487] 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.[488]
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[489] and South Africa.
Criminal record
editSome countries, including Australia, Canada, Fiji, New Zealand and the United States,[490] 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.
Persona non grata
editThe government of a country can declare a diplomat persona non grata, banning him from entering the country or expelling him if he has already entered. 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.[491]
Israeli stamps
editKuwait,[492] Lebanon,[493] Libya,[494] Syria,[495] and Yemen[496] 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.
Biometrics
editSeveral 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.[497]
Fingerprinting countries/regions include Afghanistan,[498][499] Argentina,[500] Brunei, Cambodia,[501] China,[502] Ethiopia,[503] Ghana, Guinea,[504] India, Japan,[505][506] Kenya (both fingerprints and a photo are taken),[507] Malaysia upon entry and departure,[508] Mongolia, Saudi Arabia,[509] Singapore, South Korea,[510] Taiwan, Thailand,[511] Uganda,[512] 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 its own legislation),[513][514][515] intends to implement facial recognition for passengers departing from international airports to identify people who overstay their visa.[516]
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[517] and the United Arab Emirates conducts iris scanning on visitors who need to apply for a visa.[518][519]
Consular protection abroad
editDiplomatic Missions of the Republic of Lebanon are to advance the interests of the Republic of Lebanon, and to serve and protect the citizens of the Republic of Lebanon. There are currently 104 diplomatic missions of the Republic of Lebanon abroad. See also List of diplomatic missions of Lebanon.
See also
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