Embassies and consulates in Kuwait

Outside Kuwait City, Hawalli has 5 foreign missions.

Of the 198 passports in the visa data, 5 can enter visa-free, 52 get a visa on arrival, 1 need an e-Visa, 139 need a visa from an embassy or consulate and 1 is not admitted for Kuwait.

Schengen consulates in Kuwait received 146,194 short-stay visa applications in 2025, the 19th highest number of any country, and issued 137,078 visas. 5.7% of applications were refused (worldwide: 14.6%). In 2024 the rate was much the same, 6.7%. Applications fell by 14% compared with 2024 (170,754).

Most applications went to France (35,461), Spain (26,898), Italy (23,772) and Germany (22,664).

Among the states with at least 500 applications, the lowest refusal rate was France’s (2.7%) and the highest Hungary’s (15.1%). The sharpest rise since 2024 was at the consulates of Bulgaria (+6.9 points), the largest fall at those of Germany (−6.2 points).

Bulgaria and Romania began issuing Schengen visas on 31 March 2024, so their 2024 figures cover part of the year. The numbers include every nationality applying in Kuwait.

In fiscal year 2025 (October 2024 to September 2025) the United States issued 9,415 nonimmigrant visas to citizens of Kuwait, the 81st highest number of the 206 nationalities listed. Visitor visas (B1/B2) made up 84%, student visas 8% and diplomatic and official visas 6%. That is 36% fewer than in fiscal year 2024 (14,639).

From October 2025 to February 2026, citizens of Kuwait received 2,698, 30% fewer than in the same months a year earlier.

For visitor visas (B1/B2) the State Department reports an adjusted refusal rate of 6.1% for citizens of Kuwait in fiscal year 2025 (fiscal year 2024: 5.5%).

In the other direction, Kuwait runs 80 missions in 72 countries. Its largest networks are in Switzerland (3), the United Arab Emirates (2), Germany (2), Italy (2) and Pakistan (2).

Where the embassies are

Most embassies, 41 of 46, are in the capital, Kuwait City. Germany has the most missions in Kuwait, 2, followed by Egypt (2).

Travel advice for Kuwait

Foreign ministries’ advice on travel to Kuwait: the US State Department rates Kuwait at Level 3, reconsider travel (updated 22 October 2026), the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office does not advise against travel to Kuwait (updated 27 October 2026) and the German Foreign Office has no travel warning for Kuwait (updated 29 October 2026). The advice is aimed at each government’s own nationals.