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Kuwait visa for citizens of Portugal

Citizens of Portugal get a Kuwait 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 Portugal: the passport opens 121 countries visa-free; Lisbon — Kuwait City: ≈ 5,280 km, about 7 hours of flying.

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

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Kuwait visa rules at a glance

With a Portugal passport you can visit 121 countries visa-free, 27 with a visa on arrival and 36 with an e-visa; 14 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Portugal passport ranks 14th of 199.
Portugal passport: visa-free access to 121 countries; Kuwait passport: 57.
Citizens of Portugal and Kuwait can travel together visa-free to 47 countries, for example: Morocco, Tunisia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania, Kosovo, Belarus, Ukraine, Turkey, Palestine, Georgia, Armenia, Sao Tome and Principe, Dominica, Barbados, and Saint Lucia.
Citizens of Kuwait, in turn, need an embassy visa to travel to Portugal. Portugal visa for citizens of Kuwait

Travelling to Kuwait: good to know

Lisbon — Kuwait City: about 5,280 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 7 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +3 hours.
Local time: Lisbon 12:00 — Kuwait City 15:00.
Local currency: Kuwaiti Dinar.
Languages: Arabic.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ KWD 0.31.
Kuwait is the 85th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Portugal.