Visa requirements for Algerian citizens

Algerian citizens need a Schengen visa, which covers all member states for up to 90 days in any 180-day period.

Of the 198 countries whose entry rules are known in both directions, Algeria and 7 of them let each other’s citizens in without a visa obtained in advance (visa-free, on arrival or with an ETA; an e-visa counts as a visa).

No country asks holders of the Algerian passport for a visa beforehand while its own citizens enter Algeria without one.

The reverse holds for 47 countries: holders of the Algerian passport get in without a visa obtained in advance, but their citizens need one for Algeria (Angola, Barbados, Benin, Burundi, Cambodia and 42 others).

93 countries ask holders of the Algerian passport for a visa obtained before travel from an embassy, a consulate or a visa centre. 37 of them have an embassy or consulate on record in Algeria.

56 countries have no embassy or career consulate on record in Algeria, so the application usually goes to one of their posts in another country. Counting the post an official diplomatic list names for Algeria, or else the nearest one within 2,000 km, those posts are most often in Spain (21), Belgium (5), France (4) and Italy (4).

The United States refused 51% of visitor-visa (B1/B2) applications from citizens of Algeria in fiscal year 2025, by the State Department’s adjusted refusal rate. 142 of the 197 nationalities with a published rate had a lower one and 54 a higher one; the middle value was 32%.

Schengen consulates in Algeria refused 31% of short-stay visa applications in 2025 (all Schengen consulates worldwide: 15%). Among the 74 countries where they received at least 10,000 applications, that is the 21st highest rate. The figure counts every nationality applying there, not only citizens.

Visa-free travel with the Algerian passport

By continent, the Algerian passport is visa-free in 11 countries in Africa, 5 countries in the Americas, 4 countries in Asia and 1 country in Oceania. The longest visa-free stays for Algerian citizens are allowed in Barbados (90 days), Benin (90 days), Ecuador (90 days), the Gambia (90 days), Haiti (90 days) and Mauritania (90 days).

Visa on arrival

Algerian citizens can get a visa at the airport or land border of Burundi, Cambodia, Cape Verde, the Comoros, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Ghana and 24 others.

E-Visa and electronic travel authorisation

An e-Visa, applied for online before the trip, is how Algerian citizens enter Albania, Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, the Bahamas, Bahrain and 44 others. Ivory Coast, Morocco and Suriname ask instead for an electronic travel authorisation (ETA), a lighter online check than a visa.

Algeria’s neighbours

Libya, Mauritania, Tunisia and Mali admit Algerian citizens without a visa. For the other neighbours, the rules are: Niger (visa required) and Morocco (ETA for up to 90 days).

How the passport compares

Among neighbouring passports, the Moroccan passport ranks 118th (72 destinations), the Tunisian passport ranks 130th (66 destinations), the Nigerien passport ranks 156th (54 destinations), the Mauritanian passport ranks 159th (53 destinations) and the Malian passport ranks 162nd (51 destinations). Of the 198 passports in the data, 7 can enter visa-free, 190 need a visa from an embassy or consulate and 1 is not admitted for Algeria.