Algeria visa requirements · checked 26 September 2026
Visa & Entry Requirements for AlgeriaMost travellers need a visa for Algeria: 190 of 198 passports must apply at an embassy or consulate, while 7 passports enter visa-free.
Algeria's Ministry of Foreign Affairs says that, except for those not subject to this formality, foreigners wishing to travel to Algeria must first obtain a visa from diplomatic and consular posts. Algeria's embassy in Brussels says groups of tourists on trips organised through approved travel agencies to the great South can be issued a visa on arrival.
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United States
Visa required
United Kingdom
Visa required
Germany
Visa required
India
Visa required
China
Visa required
Canada
Visa required
Australia
Visa required
Poland
Visa required
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Visa for Algeria — requirements summaryAll travellers must meet the entry rules set by Algeria, and they depend on your nationality. Find your passport below — you may be able to enter visa-free, or need an eVisa, a visa on arrival or a visa from an embassy.
| Passport | Requirement | Max stay | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
 Afghanistan |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Albania |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Andorra |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Angola |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Antigua and Barbuda |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Argentina |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Armenia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
| Australia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Austria |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Azerbaijan |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Bahamas |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Bahrain |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Bangladesh |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Barbados |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Belarus |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Belgium |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Belize |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Benin |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Bhutan |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Bolivia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Botswana |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Brazil |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Brunei |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Bulgaria |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Burkina Faso |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Burundi |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Cambodia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Cameroon |
Visa required | — | Details → |
| Canada |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Cape Verde |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Central African Republic |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Chad |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Chile |
Visa required | — | Details → |
| China |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Colombia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Comoros |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Costa Rica |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Côte d'Ivoire |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Croatia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Cuba |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Cyprus |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Czechia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Denmark |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Djibouti |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Dominica |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Dominican Republic |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 DR Congo |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Ecuador |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Egypt |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 El Salvador |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Equatorial Guinea |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Eritrea |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Estonia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Eswatini |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Ethiopia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Fiji |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Finland |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 France |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Gabon |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Gambia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Georgia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
| Germany |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Ghana |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Greece |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Grenada |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Guatemala |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Guinea |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Guinea-Bissau |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Guyana |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Haiti |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Honduras |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Hong Kong |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Hungary |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Iceland |
Visa required | — | Details → |
| India |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Indonesia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Iran |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Iraq |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Ireland |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Israel |
No admission | — | Details → |
 Italy |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Jamaica |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Japan |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Jordan |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Kazakhstan |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Kenya |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Kiribati |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Kosovo |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Kuwait |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Kyrgyzstan |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Laos |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Latvia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Lebanon |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Lesotho |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Liberia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Libya |
Visa-free | — | Details → |
 Liechtenstein |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Lithuania |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Luxembourg |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Macau |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Madagascar |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Malawi |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Malaysia |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Maldives |
Visa-free | — | Details → |
 Mali |
Visa-free | — | Details → |
 Malta |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Marshall Islands |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Mauritania |
Visa-free | — | Details → |
 Mauritius |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Mexico |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Micronesia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Moldova |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Monaco |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Mongolia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Montenegro |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Morocco |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Mozambique |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Myanmar |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Namibia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Nauru |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Nepal |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Netherlands |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 New Zealand |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Nicaragua |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Niger |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Nigeria |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 North Korea |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 North Macedonia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Norway |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Oman |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Pakistan |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Palau |
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 Palestine |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Panama |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Papua New Guinea |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Paraguay |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Peru |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Philippines |
Visa required | — | Details → |
| Poland |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Portugal |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Qatar |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Republic of the Congo |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Romania |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Russia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Rwanda |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Saint Kitts and Nevis |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Saint Lucia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Samoa |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 San Marino |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Sao Tome and Principe |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Saudi Arabia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Senegal |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Serbia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Seychelles |
Visa-free | — | Details → |
 Sierra Leone |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Singapore |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Slovakia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Slovenia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Solomon Islands |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Somalia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 South Africa |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 South Korea |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 South Sudan |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Spain |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Sri Lanka |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Sudan |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Suriname |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Sweden |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Switzerland |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Syria |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Taiwan |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Tajikistan |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Tanzania |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Thailand |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Timor-Leste |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Togo |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Tonga |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Trinidad and Tobago |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Tunisia |
Visa-free | — | Details → |
 Türkiye |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Turkmenistan |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Tuvalu |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Uganda |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Ukraine |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 United Arab Emirates |
Visa required | — | Details → |
| United Kingdom |
Visa required | — | Details → |
| United States |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Uruguay |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Uzbekistan |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Vanuatu |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Vatican City |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Venezuela |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Vietnam |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Yemen |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Zambia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Zimbabwe |
Visa required | — | Details → |
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Algeria visa types, fees and processing timesFee and processing time not published — confirm with the embassy or consulate before you apply.
Fee and processing time not published — confirm with the embassy or consulate before you apply.
Fee and processing time not published — confirm with the embassy or consulate before you apply.
Entry requirements for AlgeriaAlgeria's Ministry of Foreign Affairs lists a passport 'valid for at least of six months' among the visa application documents. The UK Foreign Office tells British nationals their passport must have an expiry date at least 6 months after the date they arrive.
Entry visa to Algeria✓ Checked 9 Oct 2026
WHO lists Algeria as requiring proof of yellow fever vaccination from travellers aged 9 months and over arriving from countries determined by WHO to be at risk of yellow fever transmission, including travellers who transited more than 12 hours through the airport of such a country.
WHO, International Travel and Health, Annex 1 — countries requiring proof of vaccination against yellow fever✓ Checked 3 Oct 2026
Algeria's Ministry of Foreign Affairs lists a travel insurance and repatriation assistance certificate among the documents to accompany a visa application.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Algeria — Entry visa to Algeria✓ Checked 3 Oct 2026
No official source we could read states a return or onward ticket requirement. For a tourist visa, Algeria's Ministry of Foreign Affairs asks for an accommodation certificate, a hotel booking or a travel-agency certificate.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Algeria — Entry visa to Algeria✓ Checked 9 Oct 2026
No official source we could read states a proof-of-funds requirement for tourists or a fixed amount. Algeria's Ministry of Foreign Affairs asks for proof of resources with cultural and transit visa applications.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Algeria — Entry visa to Algeria✓ Checked 9 Oct 2026
Any professional or private host who lodges a foreigner, on any basis, must declare it to the police station, the national gendarmerie brigade or, failing that, the municipality where the property is, within 24 hours. A host who fails to make this declaration is fined 5,000 to 20,000 dinars.
Journal officiel de la République algérienne No. 36 (2 July 2008) — Law 08-11 on the entry, stay and movement of foreigners✓ Checked 12 Oct 2026
A foreigner must leave Algeria when the visa or the legal permitted stay expires; the maximum stay per entry is 90 days. Unless the situation is regularised, a foreigner staying irregularly may be escorted to the border by order of the wali. The UK government says that an overstayer is likely to be detained by immigration police at the airport on departure and may face criminal prosecution and up to 3 months in prison.
Journal officiel de la République algérienne No. 36 (2 July 2008) — Law 08-11 of 25 June 2008 on the conditions of entry, stay and movement of foreigners in Algeria✓ Checked 12 Oct 2026
The UK FCDO says to declare cash at your point of entry and exit if you carry more than 5,000 euros or the equivalent in other currencies, and that failing to declare, or declaring falsely, is an offence that may lead to criminal prosecution. It says only travellers with residency status may bring in and take out Algerian banknotes, up to a maximum of 10,000 dinars.
UK FCDO — Algeria travel advice (entry requirements)✓ Checked 3 Oct 2026
Algeria visa requirements statisticsWe track the entry rules of Algeria for 198 passports. The most common situation is visa required, which applies to 190 passports (96%). 4% of passports can enter without a visa. The least common is no admission (1 passport).
Open your passport in the table for the exact rules — maximum stay, fees, how to apply and the official source. Entry rules change at short notice: confirm with the embassy of Algeria or its official immigration website before you travel.
Frequently asked questions about Algeria visasData: TravelRequirements.info — Entry Requirements Dataset, AXG Sp. z o.o. (CC BY 4.0) — official sources are linked on each passport page. Gaps filled from the Passport Index dataset (MIT).
Travelling from Algeria?
Algeria passport holders can visit 22 countries without a visa. Open a country for the exact rules.
