Visa requirements for Azerbaijani citizens

Azerbaijani 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, Azerbaijan and 22 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).

8 countries ask holders of the Azerbaijani passport for a visa beforehand, although their own citizens enter Azerbaijan without one: Bahrain, Hong Kong, Israel, Japan, Kuwait and 3 others.

The reverse holds for 49 countries: holders of the Azerbaijani passport get in without a visa obtained in advance, but their citizens need one for Azerbaijan (Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados and 44 others).

87 countries ask holders of the Azerbaijani passport for a visa obtained before travel from an embassy, a consulate or a visa centre. 29 of them have an embassy or consulate on record in Azerbaijan.

58 countries have no embassy or career consulate on record in Azerbaijan, so the application usually goes to one of their posts in another country. Counting the post an official diplomatic list names for Azerbaijan, or else the nearest one within 2,000 km, those posts are most often in Turkey (16), Iran (11), Israel (2) and Syria (2).

The United States refused 21% of visitor-visa (B1/B2) applications from citizens of Azerbaijan in fiscal year 2025, by the State Department’s adjusted refusal rate. 70 of the 197 nationalities with a published rate had a lower one and 126 a higher one; the middle value was 32%.

Schengen consulates in Azerbaijan refused 9.8% 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 54th highest rate. The figure counts every nationality applying there, not only citizens.

Visa-free travel with the Azerbaijani passport

By continent, the Azerbaijani passport is visa-free in 12 countries in Asia, 9 countries in the Americas, 8 countries in Europe, 4 countries in Africa and 2 countries in Oceania. The longest visa-free stays for Azerbaijani citizens are allowed in Georgia (360 days), Antigua and Barbuda (180 days), Armenia (180 days), Vanuatu (120 days), the United Arab Emirates (90 days) and Albania (90 days).

Visa on arrival

Azerbaijani citizens can get a visa at the airport or land border of Bangladesh, Burundi, Cambodia, Cape Verde, the Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt and 27 others.

E-Visa and electronic travel authorisation

An e-Visa, applied for online before the trip, is how Azerbaijani citizens enter Australia, Bahrain, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Burkina Faso and 33 others. Ivory Coast, Kenya and Suriname ask instead for an electronic travel authorisation (ETA), a lighter online check than a visa.

Azerbaijan’s neighbours

Georgia, Iran, Armenia, Turkey and Russia admit Azerbaijani citizens without a visa.

How the passport compares

Among neighbouring passports, the Georgian passport ranks 72nd (120 destinations), the Russian passport ranks 79th (115 destinations), the Turkish passport ranks 86th (112 destinations), the Armenian passport ranks 127th (67 destinations) and the Iranian passport ranks 186th (40 destinations). Of the 198 passports in the data, 21 can enter visa-free, 9 get a visa on arrival, 76 need an e-Visa, 91 need a visa from an embassy or consulate and 1 is not admitted for Azerbaijan.