Brunei entry requirements, by passport
Brunei visa requirements at a glance: 64 of the 198 passports VisaRadar tracks can enter Brunei without arranging a visa beforehand: visa-free, with a visa on arrival, or with an electronic travel authorisation. The other 134 must obtain a visa before they travel.
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We'll take you straight to the entry requirements for Brunei for your nationality.
What we've verified for Brunei
Beyond the yes/no matrix, we've checked these against an official primary source (last checked 25 September 2026). The specifics depend on your nationality: open your passport's row in the table for the detail that applies to you.
- Required documents (4)
- Required vaccinations
- Customs limits (cash, alcohol, tobacco)
- Overstay penalties
- Stay and transit rules
Sources: exteriores.gob.es (travel advice of Spain's Ministry of Foreign Affairs for Brunei, updated 21 April 2026: six-month passport, caning and prison, 90-day visa waiver agreement, e-Arrival Card since 2024, yellow fever, safety); gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/brunei (UK Government: undamaged passport, dual nationality, stamp, detention and caning, e-Arrival and health declaration, land border opening hours, polio, alcohol and the Customs.BN app); sanidad.gob.es ("Listado de países") and who.int (WHO): yellow fever; data.unesco.org (World Heritage List). All checked on 25 September 2026. Also: exteriores.gob.es (travel advice for Brunei: alcohol allowance for non-Muslims, which the Ministry takes from the customs section of the Brunei airport website; re-read on 25 September 2026).
This table summarises the exact entry mechanism for every passport we track. The difference between entering visa-free, with an electronic authorisation, with an e-Visa, or with a traditional visa is explained in visa, e-Visa, and electronic authorisation: what's the difference. How we verify every row before publishing it is on methodology.
Base entry rules refreshed 12 October 2026. Published: 25 September 2026.
| Passport | Requirement | Max. stay |
|---|---|---|
| Visa-free | ||
| Australia | Visa on arrival | — |
| Austria | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Bahrain | Visa on arrival | — |
| Belgium | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Bulgaria | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Cambodia | Visa-free | 14 days |
| Canada | Visa-free | 90 days |
| China | Visa-free | 14 days |
| Costa Rica | Visa-free | 14 days |
| Croatia | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Cyprus | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Czech Republic | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Denmark | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Estonia | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Finland | Visa-free | 90 days |
| France | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Germany | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Greece | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Hong Kong | Visa-free | 14 days |
| Hungary | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Iceland | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Indonesia | Visa-free | 14 days |
| Ireland | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Italy | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Japan | Visa-free | 30 days |
| Kosovo | Visa-free | 14 days |
| Kuwait | Visa on arrival | — |
| Laos | Visa-free | 30 days |
| Latvia | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Liechtenstein | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Lithuania | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Luxembourg | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Macao | Visa-free | 14 days |
| Malaysia | Visa-free | 30 days |
| Maldives | Visa-free | 14 days |
| Malta | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Myanmar | Visa-free | 14 days |
| Netherlands | Visa-free | 90 days |
| New Zealand | Visa-free | 30 days |
| Norway | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Oman | Visa-free | 30 days |
| Peru | Visa-free | 14 days |
| Philippines | Visa-free | 14 days |
| Poland | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Portugal | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Qatar | Visa on arrival | — |
| Romania | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Russia | Visa-free | 14 days |
| Saudi Arabia | Visa on arrival | — |
| Singapore | Visa-free | 30 days |
| Slovakia | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Slovenia | Visa-free | 90 days |
| South Korea | Visa-free | 30 days |
| Spain | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Sweden | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Switzerland | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Taiwan | Visa-free | 14 days |
| Thailand | Visa-free | 14 days |
| Turkey | Visa-free | 30 days |
| Ukraine | Visa-free | 30 days |
| United Arab Emirates | Visa-free | 30 days |
| United Kingdom | Visa-free | 90 days |
| United States | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Vietnam | Visa-free | 14 days |
| Visa required | ||
| Afghanistan | Visa required | — |
| Albania | Visa required | — |
| Algeria | Visa required | — |
| Andorra | Visa required | — |
| Angola | Visa required | — |
| Antigua and Barbuda | Visa required | — |
| Argentina | Visa required | — |
| Armenia | Visa required | — |
| Azerbaijan | Visa required | — |
| Bahamas | Visa required | — |
| Bangladesh | Visa required | — |
| Barbados | Visa required | — |
| Belarus | Visa required | — |
| Belize | Visa required | — |
| Benin | Visa required | — |
| Bhutan | Visa required | — |
| Bolivia | Visa required | — |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Visa required | — |
| Botswana | Visa required | — |
| Brazil | Visa required | — |
| Burkina Faso | Visa required | — |
| Burundi | Visa required | — |
| Cameroon | Visa required | — |
| Cape Verde | Visa required | — |
| Central African Republic | Visa required | — |
| Chad | Visa required | — |
| Chile | Visa required | — |
| Colombia | Visa required | — |
| Comoros | Visa required | — |
| Cuba | Visa required | — |
| Djibouti | Visa required | — |
| Dominica | Visa required | — |
| Dominican Republic | Visa required | — |
| DR Congo | Visa required | — |
| Ecuador | Visa required | — |
| Egypt | Visa required | — |
| El Salvador | Visa required | — |
| Equatorial Guinea | Visa required | — |
| Eritrea | Visa required | — |
| Eswatini | Visa required | — |
| Ethiopia | Visa required | — |
| Fiji | Visa required | — |
| Gabon | Visa required | — |
| Gambia | Visa required | — |
| Georgia | Visa required | — |
| Ghana | Visa required | — |
| Grenada | Visa required | — |
| Guatemala | Visa required | — |
| Guinea | Visa required | — |
| Guinea-Bissau | Visa required | — |
| Guyana | Visa required | — |
| Haiti | Visa required | — |
| Honduras | Visa required | — |
| India | Visa required | — |
| Iran | Visa required | — |
| Iraq | Visa required | — |
| Israel | Entry not permitted | — |
| Ivory Coast | Visa required | — |
| Jamaica | Visa required | — |
| Jordan | Visa required | — |
| Kazakhstan | Visa required | — |
| Kenya | Visa required | — |
| Kiribati | Visa required | — |
| Kyrgyzstan | Visa required | — |
| Lebanon | Visa required | — |
| Lesotho | Visa required | — |
| Liberia | Visa required | — |
| Libya | Visa required | — |
| Madagascar | Visa required | — |
| Malawi | Visa required | — |
| Mali | Visa required | — |
| Marshall Islands | Visa required | — |
| Mauritania | Visa required | — |
| Mauritius | Visa required | — |
| Mexico | Visa required | — |
| Micronesia | Visa required | — |
| Moldova | Visa required | — |
| Monaco | Visa required | — |
| Mongolia | Visa required | — |
| Montenegro | Visa required | — |
| Morocco | Visa required | — |
| Mozambique | Visa required | — |
| Namibia | Visa required | — |
| Nauru | Visa required | — |
| Nepal | Visa required | — |
| Nicaragua | Visa required | — |
| Niger | Visa required | — |
| Nigeria | Visa required | — |
| North Korea | Visa required | — |
| North Macedonia | Visa required | — |
| Pakistan | Visa required | — |
| Palau | Visa required | — |
| Palestine | Visa required | — |
| Panama | Visa required | — |
| Papua New Guinea | Visa required | — |
| Paraguay | Visa required | — |
| Republic of the Congo | Visa required | — |
| Rwanda | Visa required | — |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | Visa required | — |
| Saint Lucia | Visa required | — |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Visa required | — |
| Samoa | Visa required | — |
| San Marino | Visa required | — |
| Sao Tome and Principe | Visa required | — |
| Senegal | Visa required | — |
| Serbia | Visa required | — |
| Seychelles | Visa required | — |
| Sierra Leone | Visa required | — |
| Solomon Islands | Visa required | — |
| Somalia | Visa required | — |
| South Africa | Visa required | — |
| South Sudan | Visa required | — |
| Sri Lanka | Visa required | — |
| Sudan | Visa required | — |
| Suriname | Visa required | — |
| Syria | Visa required | — |
| Tajikistan | Visa required | — |
| Tanzania | Visa required | — |
| Timor-Leste | Visa required | — |
| Togo | Visa required | — |
| Tonga | Visa required | — |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Visa required | — |
| Tunisia | Visa required | — |
| Turkmenistan | Visa required | — |
| Tuvalu | Visa required | — |
| Uganda | Visa required | — |
| Uruguay | Visa required | — |
| Uzbekistan | Visa required | — |
| Vanuatu | Visa required | — |
| Vatican | Visa required | — |
| Venezuela | Visa required | — |
| Yemen | Visa required | — |
| Zambia | Visa required | — |
| Zimbabwe | Visa required | — |
Brunei rules for every passport
Vaccinations, customs limits and penalties are the same for every traveller.
Vaccinations
- Yellow fever: a certificate is required from travellers over one year of age arriving from a country with risk of transmission and from those who have spent more than 12 hours in transit at an airport in one of them. The UK Government adds that polio vaccination is also required in some circumstances.
Customs limits
- Alcohol
- The sale of alcohol is banned in Brunei. Non-Muslim visitors over 17 may bring in, for personal consumption, 12 cans of beer and two bottles of spirits, about two litres, which must be declared in the Customs.BN app or on arrival at the airport. Trying to obtain alcohol any other way inside the country may be an offence.
Overstay penalties
Illegal entry, overstaying or an expired passport are punished with penalties ranging from caning to three months in prison, according to Spain's Ministry of Foreign Affairs; the UK Government mentions detention and caning.
Grounds for refusal
- A passport with less than six months' validity, damaged or with pages missing.
- Not having completed the electronic arrival card.
- Holding Bruneian nationality and travelling on another passport.
- Arriving from a yellow fever risk country without the certificate.
Travel insurance
Each destination decides whether to require insurance, and some check it at the border. If yours does, make sure the policy covers the whole trip.
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Do you need a different visa for Bandar Seri Begawan, Kuala Belait, or Seria?
No. Brunei sets the requirements, so entering through Bandar Seri Begawan asks for the same as entering through Kuala Belait or Seria. If you're arriving overland or through a small border post, check that separately: some countries apply their own rules to specific crossings.
What does change is where you file the application when a visa is needed, and that depends on the country you live in rather than the city you're travelling to.
What draws travellers to Brunei
Brunei has no properties on the World Heritage List. It is a small sultanate on the north coast of Borneo, and what visitors see is the capital, Bandar Seri Begawan, with the Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien mosque and Kampong Ayer, a village of stilt houses on the Brunei River, and the jungle: Ulu Temburong National Park, reached by longboat, protects primary rainforest. It is a Muslim country with strict rules, and the sale of alcohol is banned. Spain's Ministry of Foreign Affairs describes it as safe, with no risk of instability and very little crime, and only advises against travelling alone at night in rural areas because of the dangerous jungle wildlife.
Sources for this section: data.unesco.org (World Heritage List: no properties inscribed in Brunei); Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs travel advice for Brunei. Accessed 25 September 2026.
Things to see and do in Brunei
Tours, skip-the-line tickets and day trips, most with free cancellation up to 24 hours before.
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Where can Brunei passport holders travel visa-free? →
Informational only. Always verify requirements with the official embassy or consulate before you travel.