Visa requirements for Tunisian citizens

Tunisian 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, Tunisia and 32 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).

67 countries ask holders of the Tunisian passport for a visa beforehand, although their own citizens enter Tunisia without one: Andorra, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Australia and 62 others.

The reverse holds for 33 countries: holders of the Tunisian passport get in without a visa obtained in advance, but their citizens need one for Tunisia (Belize, Burundi, Cambodia, Comoros, Djibouti and 28 others).

91 countries ask holders of the Tunisian passport for a visa obtained before travel from an embassy, a consulate or a visa centre. 35 of them have an embassy or consulate on record in Tunisia.

56 countries have no embassy or career consulate on record in Tunisia, so the application usually goes to one of their posts in another country. Counting the post an official diplomatic list names for Tunisia, or else the nearest one within 2,000 km, those posts are most often in Italy (22), Belgium (4), Libya (3) and the United Kingdom (3).

The United States refused 26% of visitor-visa (B1/B2) applications from citizens of Tunisia in fiscal year 2025, by the State Department’s adjusted refusal rate. 88 of the 197 nationalities with a published rate had a lower one and 108 a higher one; the middle value was 32%.

Schengen consulates in Tunisia refused 20% 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 34th highest rate. The figure counts every nationality applying there, not only citizens.

Visa-free travel with the Tunisian passport

By continent, the Tunisian passport is visa-free in 18 countries in Africa, 8 countries in Asia, 7 countries in the Americas and 3 countries in Oceania. The longest visa-free stays for Tunisian citizens are allowed in Barbados (180 days), Fiji (120 days), Vanuatu (120 days), Benin (90 days), Brazil (90 days) and Ivory Coast (90 days).

Visa on arrival

Tunisian citizens can get a visa at the airport or land border of Burundi, Cambodia, Cape Verde, the Comoros, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Ghana and 22 others.

E-Visa and electronic travel authorisation

An e-Visa, applied for online before the trip, is how Tunisian citizens enter Albania, Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Australia, the Bahamas, Bahrain, Bhutan and 35 others. South Korea asks instead for an electronic travel authorisation (ETA), a lighter online check than a visa.

Tunisia’s neighbours

Algeria and Libya admit Tunisian citizens without a visa.

How the passport compares

Among neighbouring passports, the Algerian passport ranks 153rd (55 destinations) and the Libyan passport ranks 184th (41 destinations). Of the 198 passports in the data, 99 can enter visa-free and 99 need a visa from an embassy or consulate for Tunisia.