Visa requirements for Yemeni citizens

Yemeni 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, Yemen 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).

10 countries ask holders of the Yemeni passport for a visa beforehand, although their own citizens enter Yemen without one: Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Hong Kong, Jordan and 5 others.

The reverse holds for 31 countries: holders of the Yemeni passport get in without a visa obtained in advance, but their citizens need one for Yemen (Burundi, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Comoros, Djibouti and 26 others).

110 countries ask holders of the Yemeni passport for a visa obtained before travel from an embassy, a consulate or a visa centre. 19 of them have an embassy or consulate on record in Yemen.

91 countries have no embassy or career consulate on record in Yemen, so the application usually goes to one of their posts in another country. Counting the post an official diplomatic list names for Yemen, or else the nearest one within 2,000 km, those posts are most often in Saudi Arabia (16), Ethiopia (14), the United Arab Emirates (5) and Qatar (4).

The United States refused 68% of visitor-visa (B1/B2) applications from citizens of Yemen in fiscal year 2025, by the State Department’s adjusted refusal rate. 179 of the 197 nationalities with a published rate had a lower one and 17 a higher one; the middle value was 32%.

Visa-free travel with the Yemeni passport

By continent, the Yemeni passport is visa-free in 3 countries in Asia, 3 countries in the Americas, 2 countries in Africa and 1 country in Oceania. The longest visa-free stays for Yemeni citizens are allowed in Haiti (90 days), Malaysia (90 days), the Seychelles (90 days), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (90 days), Micronesia (30 days) and Sudan (30 days).

Visa on arrival

Yemeni citizens can get a visa at the airport or land border of Burundi, Cambodia, Cape Verde, the Comoros, Djibouti, Guinea-Bissau, Iran and 15 others.

E-Visa and electronic travel authorisation

An e-Visa, applied for online before the trip, is how Yemeni 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 Yemeni citizens are not admitted

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

Yemen’s neighbours

For the neighbouring countries, the rules are: Saudi Arabia (visa required) and Oman (e-Visa).

How the passport compares

Among neighbouring passports, the Saudi passport ranks 99th (87 destinations) and the Omani passport ranks 105th (83 destinations). Of the 198 passports in the data, 1 can enter visa-free, 11 get a visa on arrival, 185 need a visa from an embassy or consulate and 1 is not admitted for Yemen.