Do I need a visa for Palestine?
Whether you need a visa for Palestine depends on the passport you hold. Of the 21 most-checked passports, 18 enter visa-free and 3 need to apply for something in advance. Find your passport in the table below for the exact rule, the stay length, the passport validity required, and any arrival registration you have to complete separately.
Now pick the passport you travel on.
Entry rules by passport
Select your nationality for the full answer: stay length, passport validity, pre-registration and how to apply.
| Passport | What you need | Max stay |
|---|---|---|
| Lithuania | Visa-free | No stated limit |
| Germany | Visa-free | No stated limit |
| United Kingdom | Visa-free | No stated limit |
| United States | Visa-free | No stated limit |
| France | Visa-free | No stated limit |
| Poland | Visa-free | No stated limit |
| Netherlands | Visa-free | No stated limit |
| Spain | Visa-free | No stated limit |
| Italy | Visa-free | No stated limit |
| Brazil | Visa-free | No stated limit |
| India | Visa-free | No stated limit |
| China | Visa-free | No stated limit |
| Türkiye | Visa-free | No stated limit |
| Nigeria | Visa required | No stated limit |
| South Africa | Visa-free | No stated limit |
| Philippines | Visa-free | No stated limit |
| Pakistan | Visa required | No stated limit |
| Bangladesh | Visa required | No stated limit |
| Indonesia | Visa-free | No stated limit |
| Egypt | Visa-free | No stated limit |
| Vietnam | Visa-free | No stated limit |
What to do next
The part most visa checkers leave out: what actually needs doing before you fly.
Confirm with the official source
Rules change without notice, and only the immigration authority of Palestinian Territories can tell you where you stand. Search for its official site before you travel.
Check your passport
Your passport must be valid for at least 3 months beyond your arrival date. Renew first if you are close, because this is the most common reason travellers are turned away.
Check the rule for your own passport
What Palestinian Territories asks for depends on the passport you travel on, and the table above differs from row to row. Open your nationality for the stay length, the validity required and whether anything has to be applied for.
Common questions
Entry to Palestine, answered from the same rules the table shows.
It depends on the passport you hold. Of the 21 most-checked passports listed above, 18 enter Palestine without a visa, 3 have to apply for something before travelling. Find your nationality in the table for the exact rule, the stay it allows and what has to be applied for.
18 of the 21 most-checked passports listed above: Lithuania, Germany, United Kingdom, United States, France, Poland, Netherlands and Spain and 10 more. The rest have to apply in advance.
3 months. Renew before you travel if you are close to that, because it is one of the most common reasons travellers are refused boarding — by the airline, before they ever reach the border.
Not for any of the 21 most-checked passports listed above. Nationalities outside that list may still be offered one, so check the rule for the passport you hold.
Not for any of the 21 most-checked passports listed above. Nationalities outside that list may still have one available.
No separate arrival registration is listed for Palestine. Your airline may still ask for advance passenger information, which is not the same thing and is handled at check-in.
Travelling somewhere else?
Check any passport against any destination