Embassies and consulates in Lebanon

Outside Beirut, missions are found in Tripoli (2) and Tyre (1); most of them are consulates general, consulates and honorary consulates.

Of the 198 passports in the visa data, 7 can enter visa-free, 96 get a visa on arrival, 94 need a visa from an embassy or consulate and 1 is not admitted for Lebanon.

Schengen consulates in Lebanon received 120,364 short-stay visa applications in 2025, the 20th highest number of any country, and issued 96,436 visas. 17.3% of applications were refused (worldwide: 14.6%). In 2024 the rate was much the same, 16.9%. Applications rose by 4% compared with 2024 (115,890).

Most applications went to France (54,456), Italy (13,909), Greece (13,874) and Spain (12,854).

Among the states with at least 500 applications, the lowest refusal rate was Bulgaria’s (4.6%) and the highest Germany’s (38.6%). The sharpest rise since 2024 was at the consulates of Greece (+10.2 points), the largest fall at those of Belgium (−14 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 Lebanon.

In fiscal year 2025 (October 2024 to September 2025) the United States issued 13,541 nonimmigrant visas to citizens of Lebanon, the 67th highest number of the 206 nationalities listed. Visitor visas (B1/B2) made up 85%, work and treaty visas 5% and exchange visitor visas 4%. That is 25% fewer than in fiscal year 2024 (17,970).

From October 2025 to February 2026, citizens of Lebanon received 4,635, 23% fewer than in the same months a year earlier.

For visitor visas (B1/B2) the State Department reports an adjusted refusal rate of 39.4% for citizens of Lebanon in fiscal year 2025 (fiscal year 2024: 35.0%).

Lebanon itself has 78 missions abroad, in 63 countries. Its largest networks are in Australia (4), Italy (3), Nigeria (3), the United Arab Emirates (2) and Brazil (2).

Where the embassies are

All 59 embassies are in the capital, Beirut. Italy has the most missions in Lebanon, 3.

Travel advice for Lebanon

Foreign ministries’ advice on travel to Lebanon: the US State Department rates Lebanon at Level 4, do not travel (updated 22 October 2026), the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office advises against all travel to parts of Lebanon (updated 10 August 2026) and the German Foreign Office has a partial travel warning (Teilreisewarnung) for parts of Lebanon (updated 29 October 2026). Each ministry writes for its own citizens.