Brunei visa exemption & requirements

As of 2024, regular passport holders from 55 countries visiting Brunei for tourism purposes including Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic and Denmark Do Not require a visa and will be granted permission for short-term stay on arrival.

Brunei Visa Required Visa Not Required E-visa Visa On Arrival

Brunei visa exempt countries

To enter Brunei for a short term visit, citizens of the following countries are able to travel in Brunei without a visa:

Africa

Nationals from 0 countries in Africa are exempt from Brunei visa, while those from 54 other countrie(s) will require a valid entry visa.

Country	Visa requirement	Allowed stay	E-visa Eligibility	Visa on arrival Eligibility
Algeria	Visa required		No	No
Angola	Visa required		No	No
Benin	Visa required		No	No
Botswana	Visa required		No	No
Burkina Faso	Visa required		No	No
Burundi	Visa required		No	No
Cameroon	Visa required		No	No
Cape Verde	Visa required		No	No
Central African Republic	Visa required		No	No
Chad	Visa required		No	No
Comoros	Visa required		No	No
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Visa required		No	No
Djibouti	Visa required		No	No
Egypt	Visa required		No	No
Equatorial Guinea	Visa required		No	No
Eritrea	Visa required		No	No
Ethiopia	Visa required		No	No
Gabon	Visa required		No	No
Gambia	Visa required		No	No
Ghana	Visa required		No	No
Guinea	Visa required		No	No
Côte d'Ivoire	Visa required		No	No
Kenya	Visa required		No	No
Lesotho	Visa required		No	No
Liberia	Visa required		No	No
Libya	Visa required		No	No
Madagascar	Visa required		No	No
Malawi	Visa required		No	No
Mali	Visa required		No	No
Mauritania	Visa required		No	No
Mauritius	Visa required		No	No
Morocco	Visa required		No	No
Mozambique	Visa required		No	No
Namibia	Visa required		No	No
Niger	Visa required		No	No
Nigeria	Visa required		No	No
Rwanda	Visa required		No	No
São Tomé and Príncipe	Visa required	N/A	No	No
Senegal	Visa required		No	No
Seychelles	Visa required		No	No
Sierra Leone	Visa required		No	No
Somalia	Visa required		No	No
South Africa	Visa required		No	No
Sudan	Visa required		No	No
Eswatini	Visa required		No	No
Tanzania	Visa required		No	No
Togo	Visa required		No	No
Tunisia	Visa required		No	No
Uganda	Visa required		No	No
Zambia	Visa required		No	No
Zimbabwe	Visa required		No	No
Republic of the Congo	Visa required		No	No
Guinea-Bissau	Visa required		No	No
South Sudan	Visa required		No	No

Asia

Nationals from 13 countries in Asia are exempt from Brunei visa, while those from 19 other countrie(s) will require a valid entry visa.

Country	Visa requirement	Allowed stay	E-visa Eligibility	Visa on arrival Eligibility
Afghanistan	Visa required		No	No
Armenia	Visa required		No	No
Azerbaijan	Visa required		No	No
Bangladesh	Visa required		No	No
Bhutan	Visa required		No	No
Cambodia	Visa not required	14 days	No	No
China	Visa required	14 days	No	Yes
Timor-Leste	Visa required		No	No
Georgia	Visa required		No	No
India	Visa required		No	No
Indonesia	Visa not required	14 days	No	No
Japan	Visa not required	14 days	No	No
Kazakhstan	Visa required		No	No
Kyrgyzstan	Visa required		No	No
Laos	Visa not required	30 days	No	No
Malaysia	Visa not required	30 days	No	No
Maldives	Visa not required	14 days	No	No
Mongolia	Visa required		No	No
Myanmar	Visa not required	14 days	No	No
Nepal	Visa required		No	No
North Korea	Visa required		No	No
Pakistan	Visa required		No	No
Philippines	Visa not required	14 days	No	No
Singapore	Visa not required	30 days	No	No
South Korea	Visa not required	30 days	No	No
Sri Lanka	Visa required		No	No
Tajikistan	Visa required		No	No
Thailand	Visa not required	14 days	No	No
Turkmenistan	Visa required		No	No
Uzbekistan	Visa required		No	No
Vietnam	Visa not required	14 days	No	No

Central America and Caribbean

Nationals from 1 countries in Central America and Caribbean are exempt from Brunei visa, while those from 19 other countrie(s) will require a valid entry visa.

Country	Visa requirement	Allowed stay	E-visa Eligibility	Visa on arrival Eligibility
Antigua and Barbuda	Visa required		No	No
Bahamas	Visa required		No	No
Barbados	Visa required		No	No
Belize	Visa required		No	No
Costa Rica	Visa not required	14 days	No	No
Cuba	Visa required		No	No
Dominica	Visa required		No	No
Dominican Republic	Visa required		No	No
El Salvador	Visa required		No	No
Grenada	Visa required		No	No
Guatemala	Visa required		No	No
Haiti	Visa required		No	No
Honduras	Visa required		No	No
Jamaica	Visa required		No	No
Nicaragua	Visa required		No	No
Panama	Visa required		No	No
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Visa required		No	No
Saint Lucia	Visa required		No	No
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Visa required		No	No
Trinidad and Tobago	Visa required		No	No

Europe

Nationals from 35 countries in Europe are exempt from Brunei visa, while those from 11 other countrie(s) will require a valid entry visa.

Country	Visa requirement	Allowed stay	E-visa Eligibility	Visa on arrival Eligibility
Albania	Visa required		No	No
Andorra	Visa required		No	No
Austria	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Belarus	Visa required		No	No
Belgium	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Visa required		No	No
Bulgaria	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Croatia	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Cyprus	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Czech Republic	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Denmark	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Estonia	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Finland	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
France	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Germany	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Greece	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Hungary	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Iceland	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Ireland	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Italy	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Latvia	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Liechtenstein	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Lithuania	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Luxembourg	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Macedonia	Visa required		No	No
Malta	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Moldova	Visa required		No	No
Monaco	Visa required		No	No
Montenegro	Visa required		No	No
Netherlands	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Norway	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Poland	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Portugal	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Romania	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Russia	Visa not required	14 days	No	No
San Marino	Visa required		No	No
Serbia	Visa required		No	No
Slovakia	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Slovenia	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Spain	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Sweden	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Switzerland	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Turkey	Visa not required	30 days	No	No
Ukraine	Visa not required	30 days	No	No
United Kingdom	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Kosovo	Visa required	N/A	No	No

Middle East

Nationals from 2 countries in Middle East are exempt from Brunei visa, while those from 11 other countrie(s) will require a valid entry visa.

Country	Visa requirement	Allowed stay	E-visa Eligibility	Visa on arrival Eligibility
Bahrain	Visa required	30 days	No	Yes
Iran	Visa required		No	No
Iraq	Visa required		No	No
Israel	Visa required		No	No
Jordan	Visa required		No	No
Kuwait	Visa required	30 days	No	Yes
Lebanon	Visa required		No	No
Oman	Visa not required	30 days	No	No
Qatar	Visa required	14 days	No	Yes
Saudi Arabia	Visa required	30 days	No	Yes
Syria	Visa required		No	No
United Arab Emirates	Visa not required	30 days	No	No
Yemen	Visa required		No	No

North America

Nationals from 2 countries in North America are exempt from Brunei visa, while those from 1 other countrie(s) will require a valid entry visa.

Country	Visa requirement	Allowed stay	E-visa Eligibility	Visa on arrival Eligibility
Canada	Visa not required	14 days	No	No
Mexico	Visa required		No	No
United States	Visa not required	90 days	No	No

Oceania

Nationals from 1 countries in Oceania are exempt from Brunei visa, while those from 13 other countrie(s) will require a valid entry visa.

Country	Visa requirement	Allowed stay	E-visa Eligibility	Visa on arrival Eligibility
Australia	Visa required	30 days	No	Yes
Fiji	Visa required		No	No
Kiribati	Visa required		No	No
Marshall Islands	Visa required		No	No
Micronesia	Visa required		No	No
Nauru	Visa required		No	No
New Zealand	Visa not required	30 days	No	No
Palau	Visa required		No	No
Papua New Guinea	Visa required		No	No
Samoa	Visa required		No	No
Solomon Islands	Visa required		No	No
Tonga	Visa required		No	No
Tuvalu	Visa required		No	No
Vanuatu	Visa required		No	No

South America

Nationals from 1 countries in South America are exempt from Brunei visa, while those from 11 other countrie(s) will require a valid entry visa.

Country	Visa requirement	Allowed stay	E-visa Eligibility	Visa on arrival Eligibility
Argentina	Visa required		No	No
Bolivia	Visa required		No	No
Brazil	Visa required		No	No
Chile	Visa required		No	No
Colombia	Visa required		No	No
Ecuador	Visa required		No	No
Guyana	Visa required		No	No
Paraguay	Visa required		No	No
Peru	Visa not required	14 days	No	No
Suriname	Visa required		No	No
Uruguay	Visa required		No	No
Venezuela	Visa required		No	No