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Visa requirements for North Korean citizens

Travel allowances and restrictions

Visa requirements for North Korean citizens

Travel allowances and restrictions

Visa requirements for North Korean citizens are administrative entry restrictions imposed on citizens of North Korea by the authorities of other states.

As of 2025, North Korean citizens have visa-free or visa on arrival access to 40 countries and territories, ranking the North Korea passport 95th in the world according to the Henley Passport Index.

Visa requirements map

Visa requirements for North Korean citizens holding ordinary passports

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Visa requirements

CountryVisa requirementAllowed stayNotes (excluding departure fees)
Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Andorra
Angola
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Armenia120 days
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh30 days
Barbados
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Benin30 days
Bhutan
Bolivia30 days
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana3 months
Brazil
Brunei
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi1 month
Cambodia30 days
Cameroon
Canada
Cape Verde45 days
Central African Republic
Chad
Chile
People's Republic of China
Colombia
Comoros45 days
Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo7 days
Costa Rica
Côte d'Ivoire3 months
Croatia
Cuba90 days
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Djibouti90 days
Dominica21 days
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Estonia
Eswatini
Ethiopia
Fiji
Finland
France
Gabon90 days
Gambia90 days
Georgia30 days
Germany
Ghana
Greece
Grenada
Guatemala
Guinea90 days
Guinea-Bissau90 days
Guyana90 days
Haiti3 months
Honduras
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran30 days
Iraq30 days
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya90 days
Kiribati
South Korea
Kuwait
KyrgyzstanUnlimited
Laos30 days
Latvia
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Madagascar60 days
Malawi90 days
Malaysia
Maldives30 days
Mali
Malta
Marshall Islands
Mauritania30 days
Mauritius
Mexico
Federated States of Micronesia30 days
Moldova
Monaco
Mongolia
Montenegro
Morocco
Mozambique30 days
Myanmar28 days
Namibia
Nauru
Nepal90 days
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua90 days
Niger
Nigeria90 days
North Macedonia
Norway
Oman
Pakistan3 months
Palau30 days
Panama
Papua New Guinea60 days
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Qatar
Romania
Russia30 days
Rwanda30 days
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines3 month
Samoa90 days
San Marino
São Tomé and Príncipe
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Serbia
Seychelles3 months
Sierra Leone3 months
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Solomon Islands
Somalia30 days
South Africa
South Sudan
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Suriname90 days
Sweden
Switzerland
Syria
Tajikistan
Tanzania90 days
Thailand60 days
Timor-Leste30 days
Togo15 days
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Tuvalu1 month
Uganda3 months
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States
Uruguay
Uzbekistan30 days
Vanuatu
Vatican City
Venezuela
Vietnam
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe

Territories

Visa requirements for citizens for visits to various territories, disputed areas and restricted zones:

Visitor toVisa requirementNotes (excluding departure fees)Europe
Kosovo

Foreign travel statistics

These are the numbers of visits by North Korean citizens to various countries:

DestinationNumber of visitorsYearRef.
United States162023
China251,0002018
Czech Republic212019
Germany1172019
Poland462019
Sweden2582019
South Korea8092018
Ukraine182020
Russia92402024

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