Visa requirements for Palestinian citizens

Palestinian 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, Palestine and 23 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).

133 countries ask holders of the Palestinian passport for a visa beforehand, although their own citizens enter Palestine without one: Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina and 128 others.

The reverse holds for 12 countries: holders of the Palestinian passport get in without a visa obtained in advance, but their citizens need one for Palestine (Bangladesh, Burundi, Comoros, Djibouti, Guinea-Bissau and 7 others).

109 countries ask holders of the Palestinian 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 Palestine.

108 countries have no embassy or career consulate on record in Palestine, so the application usually goes to one of their posts in another country. Counting the post an official diplomatic list names for Palestine, or else the nearest one within 2,000 km, those posts are most often in Israel (35), Turkey (10), Syria (4) and Egypt (3).

The United States refused 60% of visitor-visa (B1/B2) applications from citizens of Palestine in fiscal year 2025, by the State Department’s adjusted refusal rate. 162 of the 197 nationalities with a published rate had a lower one and 34 a higher one; the middle value was 32%.

Visa-free travel with the Palestinian passport

By continent, the Palestinian passport is visa-free in 5 countries in the Americas, 2 countries in Asia, 2 countries in Africa and 1 country in Oceania. The longest visa-free stays for Palestinian citizens are allowed in Bolivia (90 days), Ecuador (90 days), Nicaragua (90 days), the Seychelles (90 days), Venezuela (90 days) and Micronesia (30 days).

Visa on arrival

Palestinian citizens can get a visa at the airport or land border of Bangladesh, Burundi, Cambodia, Cape Verde, the Comoros, Djibouti, Guinea-Bissau and 16 others.

E-Visa and electronic travel authorisation

An e-Visa, applied for online before the trip, is how Palestinian citizens enter Albania, Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, the Bahamas, Bahrain, Benin, Bhutan and 46 others. Ivory Coast, Kenya and Suriname ask instead for an electronic travel authorisation (ETA), a lighter online check than a visa.

Where Palestinian citizens are not admitted

According to the visa data used here, Palestinian citizens are currently not admitted to Madagascar.

Palestine’s neighbours

Jordan admits Palestinian citizens without a visa. For the other neighbours, the rules are: Israel (e-Visa) and Egypt (visa required).

How the passport compares

Among neighbouring passports, the Israeli passport ranks 50th (141 destinations), the Jordanian passport ranks 165th (50 destinations) and the Egyptian passport ranks 168th (49 destinations). Of the 198 passports in the data, 156 can enter visa-free and 42 need a visa from an embassy or consulate for Palestine.