No visa needed

Do citizens of Kuwait need a visa for Panama?

Citizens of Kuwait don’t need a visa for Panama and can stay up to 90 days. You need a valid passport; border officers may ask for a return ticket and accommodation. For a longer stay you need a visa or an extension.

For citizens of Kuwait: the passport opens 57 countries visa-free; Kuwait City — Panama City: ≈ 12,960 km, about 16.5 hours of flying.

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

At a glance

No visa needed

Stay: 90 days

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

Yes, citizens of Kuwait don’t need a visa for Panama for up to 90 days. A valid passport is enough.

Panama 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; Panama passport: 88.
Citizens of Kuwait and Panama can travel together visa-free to 29 countries, for example: Palestine, Georgia, Turkey, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, Kosovo, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Belarus, Seychelles, Zambia, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, and Philippines.
Citizens of Panama, in turn, need an embassy visa to travel to Kuwait. Kuwait visa for citizens of Panama

Travelling to Panama: good to know

Kuwait City — Panama City: about 12,960 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 16.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: −8 hours.
Local time: Kuwait City 12:00 — Panama City 04:00.
Local currency: Panamanian Balboa and US Dollar.
Languages: Spanish.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ PAB 1.00.
Panama is the 177th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Kuwait.