Visa requirements for Sudanese citizens

Sudanese 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, Sudan and 2 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).

5 countries ask holders of the Sudanese passport for a visa beforehand, although their own citizens enter Sudan without one: Kuwait, Qatar, Turkey, United Arab Emirates and Yemen.

The reverse holds for 37 countries: holders of the Sudanese passport get in without a visa obtained in advance, but their citizens need one for Sudan (Bangladesh, Barbados, Benin, Burundi, Cambodia and 32 others).

107 countries ask holders of the Sudanese passport for a visa obtained before travel from an embassy, a consulate or a visa centre. 22 of them have an embassy or consulate on record in Sudan.

85 countries have no embassy or career consulate on record in Sudan, so the application usually goes to one of their posts in another country. Counting the post an official diplomatic list names for Sudan, or else the nearest one within 2,000 km, those posts are most often in Ethiopia (12), Egypt (10), Israel (9) and Saudi Arabia (5).

The United States refused 63% of visitor-visa (B1/B2) applications from citizens of Sudan in fiscal year 2025, by the State Department’s adjusted refusal rate. 169 of the 197 nationalities with a published rate had a lower one and 27 a higher one; the middle value was 32%.

Visa-free travel with the Sudanese passport

By continent, the Sudanese passport is visa-free in 6 countries in Africa, 4 countries in the Americas, 2 countries in Asia and 1 country in Oceania. The longest visa-free stays for Sudanese citizens are allowed in Barbados (90 days), Benin (90 days), Ghana (90 days), the Gambia (90 days), Haiti (90 days) and Malaysia (90 days).

Visa on arrival

Sudanese citizens can get a visa at the airport or land border of Bangladesh, Burundi, Cambodia, Cape Verde, the Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea and 18 others.

E-Visa and electronic travel authorisation

An e-Visa, applied for online before the trip, is how Sudanese citizens enter Albania, Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, the Bahamas, Bahrain, Bhutan, Bolivia and 43 others. Ivory Coast and Suriname ask instead for an electronic travel authorisation (ETA), a lighter online check than a visa.

Where Sudanese citizens are not admitted

According to the visa data used here, Sudanese citizens are currently not admitted to Libya and the United States.

Sudan’s neighbours

For the neighbouring countries, the rules are: South Sudan (e-Visa for up to 90 days), Chad (e-Visa), Egypt (visa required), Ethiopia (e-Visa for up to 90 days), Eritrea (visa on arrival), Libya (no admission) and the Central African Republic (visa required).

How the passport compares

Among neighbouring passports, the Chadian passport ranks 162nd (51 destinations), the Egyptian passport ranks 168th (49 destinations), the passport of the Central African Republic ranks 168th (49 destinations), the Ethiopian passport ranks 180th (43 destinations) and the South Sudanese passport ranks 181st (42 destinations). Of the 198 passports in the data, 4 can enter visa-free, 3 get a visa on arrival and 191 need a visa from an embassy or consulate for Sudan.