Visa requirements for Kyrgyz citizens

Kyrgyz 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, Kyrgyzstan and 20 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).

64 countries ask holders of the Kyrgyz passport for a visa beforehand, although their own citizens enter Kyrgyzstan without one: Albania, Andorra, Argentina, Australia, Austria and 59 others.

The reverse holds for 41 countries: holders of the Kyrgyz passport get in without a visa obtained in advance, but their citizens need one for Kyrgyzstan (Antigua and Barbuda, Bangladesh, Barbados, Burundi, Cambodia and 36 others).

89 countries ask holders of the Kyrgyz passport for a visa obtained before travel from an embassy, a consulate or a visa centre. 13 of them have an embassy or consulate on record in Kyrgyzstan.

76 countries have no embassy or career consulate on record in Kyrgyzstan, so the application usually goes to one of their posts in another country. Counting the post an official diplomatic list names for Kyrgyzstan, or else the nearest one within 2,000 km, those posts are most often in India (10), Kazakhstan (5), Pakistan (4) and Nepal (3).

The United States refused 59% of visitor-visa (B1/B2) applications from citizens of Kyrgyzstan in fiscal year 2025, by the State Department’s adjusted refusal rate. 160 of the 197 nationalities with a published rate had a lower one and 36 a higher one; the middle value was 32%.

Schengen consulates in Kyrgyzstan refused 11% 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 49th highest rate. The figure counts every nationality applying there, not only citizens.

Visa-free travel with the Kyrgyz passport

By continent, the Kyrgyz passport is visa-free in 13 countries in Asia, 6 countries in the Americas, 5 countries in Europe, 1 country in Africa and 1 country in Oceania. The longest visa-free stays for Kyrgyz citizens are allowed in Georgia (360 days), Antigua and Barbuda (180 days), Armenia (180 days), Azerbaijan (90 days), Haiti (90 days) and Kazakhstan (90 days).

Visa on arrival

Kyrgyz citizens can get a visa at the airport or land border of Bangladesh, Burundi, Cambodia, Cape Verde, the Comoros, Djibouti, Guinea-Bissau and 26 others.

E-Visa and electronic travel authorisation

An e-Visa, applied for online before the trip, is how Kyrgyz citizens enter Albania, Australia, the Bahamas, Bahrain, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia and 41 others. Ivory Coast, Kenya and Suriname ask instead for an electronic travel authorisation (ETA), a lighter online check than a visa.

Kyrgyzstan’s neighbours

Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan admit Kyrgyz citizens without a visa. For the other neighbours, the rules are: China (visa required).

How the passport compares

Among neighbouring passports, the Kazakh passport ranks 112th (79 destinations), the Chinese passport ranks 113th (78 destinations), the Uzbek passport ranks 140th (61 destinations) and the Tajik passport ranks 150th (56 destinations). Of the 198 passports in the data, 80 can enter visa-free, 4 get a visa on arrival, 113 need an e-Visa and 1 need a visa from an embassy or consulate for Kyrgyzstan.