Visa on arrival

Iraq visa for citizens of Kuwait

Citizens of Kuwait get an Iraq visa on arrival at passport control. You don’t apply in advance, but border officers check your passport, return ticket and accommodation. Visago checks your documents before you travel. It costs $19.

For citizens of Kuwait: the passport opens 57 countries visa-free; Kuwait City — Baghdad: ≈ 560 km, about 1 hour of flying.

Checked by visa analyst Albert Brown, 13 years of experience · September 26, 2026

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Can I travel to Iraq without a visa on a Kuwait passport?

You don’t need to apply in advance: citizens of Kuwait get the visa on arrival. To avoid problems at the border, we check your documents for $19.

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Iraq visa rules at a glance

With a Kuwait passport you can visit 57 countries visa-free, 33 with a visa on arrival and 35 with an e-visa; 73 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Kuwait passport ranks 98th of 199.
Kuwait passport: visa-free access to 57 countries; Iraq passport: 8.
Citizens of Kuwait and Iraq can travel together visa-free to 8 countries, for example: Iran, Tunisia, Seychelles, Zambia, Malaysia, Dominica, Micronesia, and Haiti.
A language both countries share: Arabic.
Kuwait and Iraq share a border, so you can also travel overland.
Citizens of Iraq, in turn, need an embassy visa to travel to Kuwait. Kuwait visa for citizens of Iraq

Travelling to Iraq: good to know

Kuwait City — Baghdad: about 560 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 1 hour.
No time difference with your country’s capital.
Local currency: Iraqi Dinar.
Languages: Arabic, Aramaic, and Central Kurdish.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ IQD 1,309.
Iraq is the 3rd closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Kuwait.