Visa requirements for North Macedonian citizens

North Macedonian 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, North Macedonia and 67 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).

13 countries ask holders of the North Macedonian passport for a visa beforehand, although their own citizens enter North Macedonia without one: Australia, Brunei, Canada, Costa Rica, Ireland and 8 others.

The reverse holds for 50 countries: holders of the North Macedonian passport get in without a visa obtained in advance, but their citizens need one for North Macedonia (Armenia, Bangladesh, Belarus, Burundi, Cambodia and 45 others).

41 countries ask holders of the North Macedonian passport for a visa obtained before travel from an embassy, a consulate or a visa centre. 3 of them have an embassy or consulate on record in North Macedonia.

38 countries have no embassy or career consulate on record in North Macedonia, so the application usually goes to one of their posts in another country. Counting the post an official diplomatic list names for North Macedonia, or else the nearest one within 2,000 km, those posts are most often in Italy (8), Serbia (6), Belgium (5) and Albania (3).

The United States refused 26% of visitor-visa (B1/B2) applications from citizens of North Macedonia in fiscal year 2025, by the State Department’s adjusted refusal rate. 86 of the 197 nationalities with a published rate had a lower one and 110 a higher one; the middle value was 32%.

Visa-free travel with the North Macedonian passport

By continent, the North Macedonian passport is visa-free in 42 countries in Europe, 20 countries in the Americas, 12 countries in Asia, 5 countries in Africa and 1 country in Oceania. The longest visa-free stays for North Macedonian citizens are allowed in Antigua and Barbuda (180 days), Peru (180 days), El Salvador (180 days), Andorra (90 days), the United Arab Emirates (90 days) and Albania (90 days).

Visa on arrival

North Macedonian citizens can get a visa at the airport or land border of Armenia, Bangladesh, Burundi, Cambodia, Cape Verde, the Comoros, Djibouti and 26 others.

E-Visa and electronic travel authorisation

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

North Macedonia’s neighbours

Albania, Greece, Bulgaria, Serbia and Kosovo admit North Macedonian citizens without a visa.

How the passport compares

Among neighbouring passports, the Greek passport ranks 19th (160 destinations), the Bulgarian passport ranks 28th (159 destinations), the Serbian passport ranks 71st (121 destinations), the Albanian passport ranks 92nd (107 destinations) and the Kosovar passport ranks 109th (81 destinations). Of the 198 passports in the data, 80 can enter visa-free and 118 need a visa from an embassy or consulate for North Macedonia.