Visa requirements for Bruneian citizens

Bruneian citizens can enter all 29 Schengen states without a visa, for up to 90 days in any 180-day period across the whole area.

Of the 198 countries whose entry rules are known in both directions, Brunei and 64 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 Bruneian passport for a visa beforehand while its own citizens enter Brunei without one.

The reverse holds for 75 countries: holders of the Bruneian passport get in without a visa obtained in advance, but their citizens need one for Brunei (Albania, Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados and 70 others).

27 countries ask holders of the Bruneian passport for a visa obtained before travel from an embassy, a consulate or a visa centre. 1 of them has an embassy or consulate on record in Brunei.

26 countries have no embassy or career consulate on record in Brunei, so the application usually goes to one of their posts in another country. Counting the post an official diplomatic list names for Brunei, or else the nearest one within 2,000 km, those posts are most often in Indonesia (6), Malaysia (6) and the Philippines (4).

The United States refused 8.3% of visitor-visa (B1/B2) applications from citizens of Brunei in fiscal year 2025, by the State Department’s adjusted refusal rate. 23 of the 197 nationalities with a published rate had a lower one and 173 a higher one; the middle value was 32%.

Visa-free travel with the Bruneian passport

By continent, the Bruneian passport is visa-free in 43 countries in Europe, 23 countries in Asia, 21 countries in the Americas, 12 countries in Africa and 4 countries in Oceania. The longest visa-free stays for Bruneian citizens are allowed in Georgia (360 days), Antigua and Barbuda (180 days), Barbados (180 days), Dominica (180 days), Peru (180 days) and El Salvador (180 days).

Visa on arrival

Bruneian citizens can get a visa at the airport or land border of Bahrain, Burundi, Cape Verde, the Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Guinea-Bissau and 21 others.

E-Visa and electronic travel authorisation

An e-Visa, applied for online before the trip, is how Bruneian citizens enter Armenia, Azerbaijan, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Cameroon and 25 others. Australia, Canada, Ivory Coast, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Suriname and 2 others ask instead for an electronic travel authorisation (ETA), a lighter online check than a visa.

Brunei’s neighbours

Malaysia admits Bruneian citizens without a visa.

How the passport compares

Among neighbouring passports, the Malaysian passport ranks 6th (161 destinations). Of the 198 passports in the data, 59 can enter visa-free, 5 get a visa on arrival, 133 need a visa from an embassy or consulate and 1 is not admitted for Brunei.