Visa requirements for Bahraini citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Bahrain. As of 2024, Bahraini citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 91 countries and territories, ranking the Bahraini passport 59th in the world according to the Visa Restrictions Index.[1]
Bahraini citizens do not need a visa to enter other member states of the GCC.
Country | Visa requirement | Allowed stay | Notes (excluding departure fees) | |
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Afghanistan | ||||
Albania | 90 days |
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Algeria | ||||
Andorra | ||||
Angola | ||||
Antigua and Barbuda | ||||
Argentina | 90 days |
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Armenia | [2] | 120 days | ||
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Austria | ||||
Azerbaijan | 30 days[4] | |||
Bahamas | 3 months | |||
Bangladesh | 30 days | |||
Barbados | 90 days | |||
Belarus | 30 days |
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Belgium | ||||
Belize | ||||
[5] | 30 days / 8 days |
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Bhutan | ||||
90 days | ||||
Bosnia and Herzegovina | ||||
Botswana | 90 days | |||
Brazil | ||||
30 days | ||||
Bulgaria | ||||
Burkina Faso | ||||
Burundi | 30 days | |||
Cambodia | 30 days | |||
Cameroon | ||||
Canada | ||||
Cape Verde | ||||
Central African Republic | ||||
Chad | ||||
Chile | ||||
Colombia | ||||
Comoros | ||||
30 days | ||||
Costa Rica | ||||
Cote d'Ivoire | ||||
Croatia | ||||
Cuba | 30 days | |||
Cyprus | ||||
Czech Republic | ||||
Djibouti | 31 days | |||
Dominica | 21 days | |||
Dominican Republic | ||||
Ecuador | 90 days | |||
Egypt | 3 months | |||
El Salvador | 90 days | |||
Equatorial Guinea | ||||
Eritrea | ||||
Estonia | ||||
Ethiopia | [6] | up to 90 days |
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Fiji | ||||
Finland | ||||
Gabon |
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Gambia | ||||
Georgia | 1 year | |||
Germany | ||||
Ghana | ||||
Greece | ||||
Grenada | ||||
Guatemala | 90 days | |||
Guinea | ||||
Guinea-Bissau | 90 days | |||
Guyana | ||||
Haiti | 3 months | |||
Honduras | 90 days | |||
Hungary | ||||
Iceland | ||||
India | ||||
Indonesia | 30 days | |||
15 days | ||||
Iraq |
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Ireland |
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Israel |
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Italy | ||||
Jamaica | ||||
Japan | ||||
Jordan | 3 months | |||
Kazakhstan | 30 days[9] | |||
Kenya | [10] | 3 months | ||
Kiribati | ||||
30 days | ||||
Kuwait |
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Kyrgyzstan | 60 days | |||
30 days | ||||
Latvia | ||||
Lebanon | 6 months | |||
Lesotho | [11] | |||
Liberia | ||||
Libya | ||||
Liechtenstein | ||||
Lithuania | ||||
Luxembourg | ||||
Madagascar | 90 days | |||
Malawi | ||||
Malaysia | 90 days | |||
Maldives | 30 days | |||
Mali | ||||
Malta | ||||
Marshall Islands | ||||
Mauritania |
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Mauritius | 90 days | |||
Mexico |
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30 days | ||||
Monaco | ||||
Mongolia | ||||
Montenegro | ||||
Morocco | 90 days | |||
Mozambique | 30 days | |||
Myanmar | 28 days | |||
Namibia | ||||
Nauru | ||||
Nepal | 90 days | |||
New Zealand | 3 months |
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Nicaragua | 90 days | |||
Niger | ||||
Nigeria | ||||
Norway | ||||
Oman |
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Pakistan | [14] | 90 days |
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Palau | 30 days | |||
Panama | ||||
Papua New Guinea | ||||
Paraguay | ||||
Peru | ||||
Philippines | 30 days | |||
Poland | ||||
Portugal | ||||
Qatar |
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Romania | ||||
16 days |
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Rwanda | [17] | 30 days | ||
Saint Kitts and Nevis | [18] | |||
Saint Lucia | ||||
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1 month | |||
Samoa | 60 days | |||
San Marino | ||||
[19] | ||||
Saudi Arabia |
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Senegal | 90 days | |||
Serbia | 90 days |
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Seychelles | 3 months | |||
Sierra Leone | ||||
Singapore | 30 days | |||
Slovakia | ||||
Slovenia | ||||
Solomon Islands | ||||
Somalia | ||||
South Africa | ||||
[20] |
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Spain | ||||
Sri Lanka | 30 days | |||
Sudan | ||||
Suriname | [22] | |||
Sweden | ||||
Switzerland | ||||
Tajikistan | 45 days |
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[27] | 3 months | |||
60 days | ||||
Timor-Leste | 30 days | |||
Togo | 7 days | |||
Tonga | ||||
Trinidad and Tobago | ||||
Tunisia | 3 months | |||
Turkey | 3 months | |||
Turkmenistan | ||||
Tuvalu | 1 month | |||
Uganda |
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Ukraine | [29] | 30 days | ||
United Arab Emirates |
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United Kingdom | [30] | 6 months | ||
United States | ||||
Uruguay | ||||
Uzbekistan | [31] | 10 days | ||
Vanuatu | 30 days | |||
90 days |
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Yemen | 3 months | |||
Zambia | ||||
Zimbabwe | 3 months |
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Visa requirements for Bahraini citizens for visits to various territories, disputed areas, partially recognized countries and restricted zones:
Visitor to | Visa requirement | Notes (excluding departure fees) | |
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Africa | |||
Special permit required.[33] | |||
outside Asmara | To travel in the rest of the country, a Travel Permit for Foreigners is required (20 Eritrean nakfa).[34] | ||
Mayotte | |||
Reunion | |||
[35] [36] |
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[37] [38] | |||
Undefined visa regime in the Western Sahara controlled territory. | |||
30 days for 30 US dollars, payable on arrival.[39] [40] | |||
Sudan outside Khartoum | All foreigners traveling more than 25 kilometers outside of Khartoum must obtain a travel permit. | ||
Darfur | Separate travel permit is required.[41] | ||
Asia | |||
Hainan | 14 days[42] [43] | ||
Hong Kong | 30 days | ||
India PAP/RAP | Protected Area Permit (PAP) required for whole states of Nagaland and Sikkim and parts of states Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, Uttaranchal, Jammu and Kashmir, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh. Restricted Area Permit (RAP) required for all of Andaman and Nicobar Islands and parts of Sikkim. Some of these requirements are occasionally lifted for a year.[44] [45] [46] [47] [48] [49] | ||
Kazakhstan closed cities | Special permission required for the town of Baikonur and surrounding areas in Kyzylorda Oblast, and the town of Gvardeyskiy near Almaty.[50] | ||
Kish Island | Visitors to Kish Island do not require a visa.[51] | ||
30 days | |||
Sabah and Sarawak | These states have their own immigration authorities and passport is required to travel to them, however the same visa applies.[52] | ||
outside Pyongyang | People are not allowed to leave the capital city, tourists can only leave the capital with a governmental tourist guide (no independent moving) | ||
[53] | Arrival by sea to Gaza Strip not allowed.[54] | ||
Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province | OIVR permit required (15+5 Tajikistani Somoni) and another special permit (free of charge) is required for Lake Sarez.[55] [56] [57] | ||
Tibet Autonomous Region | Tibet Travel Permit required (10 US Dollars).[58] [59] [60] | ||
Turkmenistan closed cities | A special permit, issued prior to arrival by Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is required if visiting the following places: Atamurat, Cheleken, Dashoguz, Serakhs and Serhetabat.[61] | ||
Korean Demilitarized Zone | Restricted zone. | ||
UNDOF Zone and Ghajar | Restricted zone. | ||
Caribbean and North Atlantic | |||
Anguilla | |||
Aruba | |||
Bermuda | Visa free for a maximum stay of 3 months if transiting through the United Kingdom. | ||
Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba | |||
San Andrés and Leticia | Visitors arriving at Gustavo Rojas Pinilla International Airport and Alfredo Vásquez Cobo International Airport must buy tourist cards on arrival.[62] | ||
Cayman Islands | [63] | ||
French Guiana | |||
French West Indies refers to Martinique, Guadeloupe, Saint Martin and Saint Barthélemy. | |||
Greenland | |||
Margarita Island | All visitors are fingerprinted.[64] | ||
Montserrat | |||
Puerto Rico | |||
Saint Pierre and Miquelon | |||
Turks and Caicos Islands | [65] | 30 days | |
Europe | |||
[66] | Do not need a visa a holder of a valid biometric residence permit issued by one of the Schengen member states or a valid multi-entry Schengen Visa, a holder of a valid Laissez-Passer issued by United Nations Organizations, NATO, OSCE, Council of Europe or European Union a holder of a valid travel documents issued by EU Member and Schengen States, United States of America, Canada, Australia and Japan based on the 1951 Convention on Refugee Status or the 1954 Convention on the Status of Stateless Persons, as well as holders of valid travel documents for foreigners (max. 15 days stay) | ||
Mount Athos | Special permit required (4 days: 25 euro for Orthodox visitors, 35 euro for non-Orthodox visitors, 18 euro for students). There is a visitors' quota: maximum 100 Orthodox and 10 non-Orthodox per day and women are not allowed.[67] [68] | ||
Brest and Grodno | Visa-free for 10 days[69] | ||
[70] | 90 days | ||
UN Buffer Zone in Cyprus | [71] | Access Permit is required for travelling inside the zone, except Civil Use Areas. | |
Faroe Islands | [72] | ||
Gibraltar | Visa not required if holding a Schengen multiple entry visa with a minimum remaining validity of 7 days or visiting on a day trip as part of an organised tour arranged through a Gibraltar-based tour operator. | ||
[73] | |||
[74] | |||
[75] | |||
Oceania | |||
American Samoa | [76] | ||
Ashmore and Cartier Islands | Special authorisation required.[77] | ||
Clipperton Island | Special permit required.[78] | ||
31 days | |||
Lau Province | Special permission required.[79] | ||
French Polynesia | |||
Guam | 45 days | ||
New Caledonia | [80] | ||
Niue | 30 days | ||
United States Minor Outlying Islands | Special permits required for Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Atoll, Palmyra Atoll and Wake Island.[81] [82] [83] [84] [85] [86] [87] | ||
Wallis and Futuna | |||
South America | |||
Galápagos | Online pre-registration is required. Transit Control Card must also be obtained at the airport prior to departure.[88] | ||
South Atlantic and Antarctica | |||
Pre-arrival permit from the Commissioner required (72 hours/1 month for 110/160 pounds sterling).[89] [90] | |||
Antarctica | Special permits required for,,, Australian Antarctic Territory, Chilean Antarctic Territory, Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Peter I Island, Queen Maud Land, Ross Dependency.[91] [92] [93] [94] [95] [96] [97] [98] [99] [100] [101] [102] |