YemenAsia · West Asia / Middle East
0 visa-free · Data updated 2026-09-09
Entry overview
Restricted
Entry needs a special permit or an organised tour; independent travel is limited.
Permitted stay
At the discretion of the border officer
Policy note:Entry permit required; check official advisories before travelling
Entry overview
Yemen sits in West Asia / Middle East, part of Asia, and is one of the 233 countries and territories covered by VisaMap. This page summarises how to enter Yemen, the visa categories available, standard document checklists, the application process and frequently asked questions. Always confirm current rules with official sources before departure.
Visa categories available
Tourist visa
The most common short-stay category, used for sightseeing and visiting family or friends. Typically requires a passport, photo, itinerary, hotel bookings and proof of funds; some countries also require an interview and biometrics.
When your destination offers no visa-free, VOA or e-Visa route for your passport.
Special permit / restricted entry
Requires prior government approval, an invitation letter, or travel via an authorised tour group; independent travel is limited.
Confirm through official channels whether ordinary tourists are admitted before planning.
Standard documents
- 1Passport valid at least 6 months beyond arrival with two blank pages
- 2Recent passport photo on a white background (35×45mm or as required)
- 3Return or onward flight booking
- 4Proof of accommodation for the whole stay
- 5Proof of funds covering the trip (3–6 months of bank statements, deposit certificate or payslips)
- 6Travel medical insurance for the whole trip (Schengen requires €30,000 minimum cover)
- 7Invitation letter or government approval
- 8Confirmation from an authorised tour operator
Application process
- 1
Step 1
Identify the consulate with jurisdiction and book an appointment.
- 2
Step 2
Prepare documents to the checklist, translating and legalising where needed.
- 3
Step 3
Attend to lodge documents and biometrics, and interview if required.
- 4
Step 4
Pay the fee, track progress and check the visa details when you collect your passport.
FAQ
Do United States passport holders need a visa for Yemen?+
According to our policy database, United States passport holders enter Yemen under “Restricted”, normally for at the discretion of the border officer. Rules change — always confirm with official sources before you fly.
Are visa validity and permitted stay the same thing for Yemen?+
No. Validity is the window in which you may use the visa; permitted stay is how long you may remain per entry. Multi-entry visas may also cap total days (for example 90 days in any 180).
Can I extend my stay or change my status in Yemen?+
Some places allow in-country extensions or a change of status, usually with a valid reason, proof of funds and an application before your current stay expires. Check with the local immigration authority before travelling.
Do I need a transit visa to connect through Yemen?+
If you stay airside and do not change terminals, most countries do not require one. If you need to enter the country, collect baggage or change airports, a transit visa or transit exemption may apply.
Can I work or study long term in Yemen on this basis?+
Visa-free, VOA and tourist entries normally exclude paid work and long-term study — you need a dedicated work, study or residence permit.
Entry rules by passport
Yemen · 233
(233)- 🇦🇫AfghanistanRestricted
- 🇦🇽Åland IslandsRestricted
- 🇦🇱AlbaniaRestricted
- 🇩🇿AlgeriaRestricted
- 🇦🇸American SamoaRestricted
- 🇦🇩AndorraRestricted
- 🇦🇴AngolaRestricted
- 🇦🇮AnguillaRestricted
- 🇦🇬Antigua and BarbudaRestricted
- 🇦🇷ArgentinaRestricted
- 🇦🇲ArmeniaRestricted
- 🇦🇼ArubaRestricted
- 🇦🇺AustraliaRestricted
- 🇦🇹AustriaRestricted
- 🇦🇿AzerbaijanRestricted
- 🇧🇸BahamasRestricted
- 🇧🇭BahrainRestricted
- 🇧🇩BangladeshRestricted
- 🇧🇧BarbadosRestricted
- 🇧🇾BelarusRestricted
- 🇧🇪BelgiumRestricted
- 🇧🇿BelizeRestricted
- 🇧🇯BeninRestricted
- 🇧🇲BermudaRestricted
- 🇧🇹BhutanRestricted
- 🇧🇴BoliviaRestricted
- 🇧🇦Bosnia and HerzegovinaRestricted
- 🇧🇼BotswanaRestricted
- 🇧🇷BrazilRestricted
- 🇻🇬British Virgin IslandsRestricted
- 🇧🇳BruneiRestricted
- 🇧🇬BulgariaRestricted
- 🇧🇫Burkina FasoRestricted
- 🇧🇮BurundiRestricted
- 🇨🇻Cabo VerdeRestricted
- 🇰🇭CambodiaRestricted
- 🇨🇲CameroonRestricted
- 🇨🇦CanadaRestricted
- 🇰🇾Cayman IslandsRestricted
- 🇨🇫Central African RepublicRestricted
- 🇹🇩ChadRestricted
- 🇨🇱ChileRestricted
- 🇨🇳ChinaRestricted
- 🇨🇽Christmas IslandRestricted
- 🇨🇨Cocos (Keeling) IslandsRestricted
- 🇨🇴ColombiaRestricted
- 🇰🇲ComorosRestricted
- 🇨🇬CongoRestricted
- 🇨🇰Cook IslandsRestricted
- 🇨🇷Costa RicaRestricted
- 🇭🇷CroatiaRestricted
- 🇨🇺CubaRestricted
- 🇨🇼CuraçaoRestricted
- 🇨🇾CyprusRestricted
- 🇨🇿CzechiaRestricted
- 🇩🇰DenmarkRestricted
- 🇩🇯DjiboutiRestricted
- 🇩🇲DominicaRestricted
- 🇩🇴Dominican RepublicRestricted
- 🇨🇩DR CongoRestricted
- 🇪🇨EcuadorRestricted
- 🇪🇬EgyptRestricted
- 🇸🇻El SalvadorRestricted
- 🇬🇶Equatorial GuineaRestricted
- 🇪🇷EritreaRestricted
- 🇪🇪EstoniaRestricted
- 🇸🇿EswatiniRestricted
- 🇪🇹EthiopiaRestricted
- 🇫🇰Falkland IslandsRestricted
- 🇫🇴Faroe IslandsRestricted
- 🇫🇯FijiRestricted
- 🇫🇮FinlandRestricted
- 🇫🇷FranceRestricted
- 🇬🇫French GuianaRestricted
- 🇵🇫French PolynesiaRestricted
- 🇬🇦GabonRestricted
- 🇬🇲GambiaRestricted
- 🇬🇪GeorgiaRestricted
- 🇩🇪GermanyRestricted
- 🇬🇭GhanaRestricted
- 🇬🇮GibraltarRestricted
- 🇬🇷GreeceRestricted
- 🇬🇱GreenlandRestricted
- 🇬🇩GrenadaRestricted
- 🇬🇺GuamRestricted
- 🇬🇹GuatemalaRestricted
- 🇬🇬GuernseyRestricted
- 🇬🇳GuineaRestricted
- 🇬🇼Guinea-BissauRestricted
- 🇬🇾GuyanaRestricted
- 🇭🇹HaitiRestricted
- 🇭🇳HondurasRestricted
- 🇭🇰Hong KongRestricted
- 🇭🇺HungaryRestricted
- 🇮🇸IcelandRestricted
- 🇮🇳IndiaRestricted
- 🇮🇩IndonesiaRestricted
- 🇮🇷IranRestricted
- 🇮🇶IraqRestricted
- 🇮🇪IrelandRestricted
- 🇮🇲Isle of ManRestricted
- 🇮🇱IsraelRestricted
- 🇮🇹ItalyRestricted
- 🇨🇮Ivory CoastRestricted
- 🇯🇲JamaicaRestricted
- 🇯🇵JapanRestricted
- 🇯🇪JerseyRestricted
- 🇯🇴JordanRestricted
- 🇰🇿KazakhstanRestricted
- 🇰🇪KenyaRestricted
- 🇰🇮KiribatiRestricted
- 🇽🇰KosovoRestricted
- 🇰🇼KuwaitRestricted
- 🇰🇬KyrgyzstanRestricted
- 🇱🇦LaosRestricted
- 🇱🇻LatviaRestricted
- 🇱🇧LebanonRestricted
- 🇱🇸LesothoRestricted
- 🇱🇷LiberiaRestricted
- 🇱🇾LibyaRestricted
- 🇱🇮LiechtensteinRestricted
- 🇱🇹LithuaniaRestricted
- 🇱🇺LuxembourgRestricted
- 🇲🇴MacaoRestricted
- 🇲🇬MadagascarRestricted
- 🇲🇼MalawiRestricted
- 🇲🇾MalaysiaRestricted
- 🇲🇻MaldivesRestricted
- 🇲🇱MaliRestricted
- 🇲🇹MaltaRestricted
- 🇲🇭Marshall IslandsRestricted
- 🇲🇷MauritaniaRestricted
- 🇲🇺MauritiusRestricted
- 🇾🇹MayotteRestricted
- 🇲🇽MexicoRestricted
- 🇫🇲MicronesiaRestricted
- 🇲🇩MoldovaRestricted
- 🇲🇨MonacoRestricted
- 🇲🇳MongoliaRestricted
- 🇲🇪MontenegroRestricted
- 🇲🇸MontserratRestricted
- 🇲🇦MoroccoRestricted
- 🇲🇿MozambiqueRestricted
- 🇲🇲MyanmarRestricted
- 🇳🇦NamibiaRestricted
- 🇳🇷NauruRestricted
- 🇳🇵NepalRestricted
- 🇳🇱NetherlandsRestricted
- 🇳🇨New CaledoniaRestricted
- 🇳🇿New ZealandRestricted
- 🇳🇮NicaraguaRestricted
- 🇳🇪NigerRestricted
- 🇳🇬NigeriaRestricted
- 🇳🇺NiueRestricted
- 🇰🇵North KoreaRestricted
- 🇲🇰North MacedoniaRestricted
- 🇲🇵Northern Mariana IslandsRestricted
- 🇳🇴NorwayRestricted
- 🇴🇲OmanRestricted
- 🇵🇰PakistanRestricted
- 🇵🇼PalauRestricted
- 🇵🇸PalestineRestricted
- 🇵🇦PanamaRestricted
- 🇵🇬Papua New GuineaRestricted
- 🇵🇾ParaguayRestricted
- 🇵🇪PeruRestricted
- 🇵🇭PhilippinesRestricted
- 🇵🇱PolandRestricted
- 🇵🇹PortugalRestricted
- 🇵🇷Puerto RicoRestricted
- 🇶🇦QatarRestricted
- 🇷🇪RéunionRestricted
- 🇷🇴RomaniaRestricted
- 🇷🇺RussiaRestricted
- 🇷🇼RwandaRestricted
- 🇸🇭Saint HelenaRestricted
- 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and NevisRestricted
- 🇱🇨Saint LuciaRestricted
- 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and MiquelonRestricted
- 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesRestricted
- 🇼🇸SamoaRestricted
- 🇸🇲San MarinoRestricted
- 🇸🇹Sao Tome and PrincipeRestricted
- 🇸🇦Saudi ArabiaRestricted
- 🇸🇳SenegalRestricted
- 🇷🇸SerbiaRestricted
- 🇸🇨SeychellesRestricted
- 🇸🇱Sierra LeoneRestricted
- 🇸🇬SingaporeRestricted
- 🇸🇽Sint MaartenRestricted
- 🇸🇰SlovakiaRestricted
- 🇸🇮SloveniaRestricted
- 🇸🇧Solomon IslandsRestricted
- 🇸🇴SomaliaRestricted
- 🇿🇦South AfricaRestricted
- 🇰🇷South KoreaRestricted
- 🇸🇸South SudanRestricted
- 🇪🇸SpainRestricted
- 🇱🇰Sri LankaRestricted
- 🇸🇩SudanRestricted
- 🇸🇷SurinameRestricted
- 🇸🇪SwedenRestricted
- 🇨🇭SwitzerlandRestricted
- 🇸🇾SyriaRestricted
- 🇹🇼Taiwan, ChinaRestricted
- 🇹🇯TajikistanRestricted
- 🇹🇿TanzaniaRestricted
- 🇹🇭ThailandRestricted
- 🇹🇱Timor-LesteRestricted
- 🇹🇬TogoRestricted
- 🇹🇴TongaRestricted
- 🇹🇹Trinidad and TobagoRestricted
- 🇹🇳TunisiaRestricted
- 🇹🇷TürkiyeRestricted
- 🇹🇲TurkmenistanRestricted
- 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos IslandsRestricted
- 🇹🇻TuvaluRestricted
- 🇻🇮U.S. Virgin IslandsRestricted
- 🇺🇬UgandaRestricted
- 🇺🇦UkraineRestricted
- 🇦🇪United Arab EmiratesRestricted
- 🇬🇧United KingdomRestricted
- 🇺🇸United StatesRestricted
- 🇺🇾UruguayRestricted
- 🇺🇿UzbekistanRestricted
- 🇻🇺VanuatuRestricted
- 🇻🇦Vatican CityRestricted
- 🇻🇪VenezuelaRestricted
- 🇻🇳VietnamRestricted
- 🇪🇭Western SaharaRestricted
- 🇿🇲ZambiaRestricted
- 🇿🇼ZimbabweRestricted
- 🇾🇪YemenHome country
Visa category guide
Visa-free entry
Visa free · Suited to short tourism, family visits, transit and informal business meetings — paid work is not allowed.
Electronic travel authorisation (eTA / ESTA)
eTA · Mandatory for visa-exempt travellers heading to countries that pre-screen arrivals electronically — without it you will be denied boarding.
Visa on arrival
Visa on arrival · A fallback for late bookings — expect queues at peak times.