Visa requirements for citizens of Liechtenstein

Liechtenstein belongs to the European free movement area, so citizens of Liechtenstein need no visa anywhere in the Schengen area and can use a national ID card.

Of the 198 countries whose entry rules are known in both directions, Liechtenstein and 93 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 passport of Liechtenstein for a visa beforehand while its own citizens enter Liechtenstein without one.

The reverse holds for 63 countries: holders of the passport of Liechtenstein get in without a visa obtained in advance, but their citizens need one for Liechtenstein (Armenia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belize and 58 others).

16 countries ask holders of the passport of Liechtenstein for a visa obtained before travel from an embassy, a consulate or a visa centre. 0 of them have an embassy or consulate on record in Liechtenstein.

16 countries have no embassy or career consulate on record in Liechtenstein, so the application usually goes to one of their posts in another country. Counting the post an official diplomatic list names for Liechtenstein, or else the nearest one within 2,000 km, those posts are most often in Switzerland (7), Belgium (3) and Germany (2).

The United States refused 0% of visitor-visa (B1/B2) applications from citizens of Liechtenstein in fiscal year 2025, by the State Department’s adjusted refusal rate. 0 of the 197 nationalities with a published rate had a lower one and 194 a higher one; the middle value was 32%.

Visa-free travel with the passport of Liechtenstein

By continent, the passport of Liechtenstein is visa-free in 43 countries in Europe, 29 countries in the Americas, 21 countries in Asia, 11 countries in Africa and 8 countries in Oceania. The longest visa-free stays for citizens of Liechtenstein are allowed in Georgia (360 days), the Bahamas (240 days), Antigua and Barbuda (180 days), Armenia (180 days), Barbados (180 days) and Costa Rica (180 days).

Visa on arrival

Citizens of Liechtenstein can get a visa at the airport or land border of Bahrain, Bangladesh, Burundi, Cambodia, the Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt and 27 others.

E-Visa and electronic travel authorisation

An e-Visa, applied for online before the trip, is how citizens of Liechtenstein enter Azerbaijan, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Cuba and 19 others. Australia, Canada, Israel, Ivory Coast, Kenya, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and 4 others ask instead for an electronic travel authorisation (ETA), a lighter online check than a visa.

Liechtenstein’s neighbours

Switzerland and Austria admit citizens of Liechtenstein without a visa.

How the passport compares

Among neighbouring passports, the Swiss passport ranks 6th (161 destinations) and the Austrian passport ranks 19th (160 destinations). Of the 198 passports in the data, 93 can enter visa-free and 105 need a visa from an embassy or consulate for Liechtenstein.