Tunisia entry requirements, by passport
Tunisia visa requirements at a glance: 99 of the 198 passports VisaRadar tracks can enter Tunisia without arranging a visa beforehand: visa-free, with a visa on arrival, or with an electronic travel authorisation. The other 99 must obtain a visa before they travel.
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What we've verified for Tunisia
Beyond the yes/no matrix, we've checked these against an official primary source (last checked 17 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 (3)
- Required vaccinations
- Health-insurance rules
- Customs limits (cash, alcohol, tobacco)
- Overstay penalties
- Stay and transit rules
Sources: exteriores.gob.es (travel advice of Spain's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation for Tunisia: visa exemption for stays under 90 days, passport validity, national ID not accepted, requirements for arrival by sea, penalties for illegal stay, currency rules and the ban on exporting dinars, areas advised against); douane.gov.tn (official portal of Tunisian Customs, "Tabac et boissons alcoolisées" and "Avez-vous quelque chose à déclarer ?": tobacco and alcohol allowances, list of goods banned on entry and exit, online currency declaration); Law No. 68-7 of 8 March 1968 on the condition of foreigners in Tunisia, Articles 4, 5, 7, 9 and 23 (Journal officiel of 8-12 March 1968; text included in the "Recueil des textes juridiques tunisiens relatifs à la migration", 2017 edition, of the National Migration Observatory, migration.nat.tn); interieur.gov.tn (portal of the Tunisian Ministry of the Interior, the authority the Border Police reports to); whc.unesco.org (World Heritage List) (checked 17 September 2026); sanidad.gob.es (Spain's Ministry of Health, "Listado de países: requisitos y recomendaciones de vacunación contra la fiebre amarilla"), who.int (WHO, "Country list: yellow fever vaccination requirements and recommendations") and pasteur.tn (Institut Pasteur de Tunis, the centre accredited for international vaccination): yellow fever requirement (checked 20 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 2 November 2026. Published: 18 September 2026.
| Passport | Requirement | Max. stay |
|---|---|---|
| Visa-free | ||
| Algeria | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Andorra | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Angola | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Antigua and Barbuda | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Argentina | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Australia | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Austria | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Bahrain | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Barbados | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Belarus | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Belgium | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Benin | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Brazil | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Brunei | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Bulgaria | Visa-free | 60 days |
| Burkina Faso | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Canada | Visa-free | 120 days |
| Cape Verde | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Chile | Visa-free | 90 days |
| China | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Costa Rica | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Croatia | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Czech Republic | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Denmark | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Dominica | Visa-free | — |
| Equatorial Guinea | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Estonia | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Fiji | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Finland | Visa-free | 90 days |
| France | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Gabon | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Gambia | Visa-free | — |
| Germany | Visa-free | 120 days |
| Greece | Visa-free | 30 days |
| Guinea | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Guinea-Bissau | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Honduras | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Hong Kong | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Hungary | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Iceland | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Indonesia | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Iran | Visa-free | 15 days |
| Iraq | Visa-free | 15 days |
| Ireland | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Italy | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Ivory Coast | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Japan | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Jordan | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Kazakhstan | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Kiribati | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Kuwait | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Latvia | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Libya | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Liechtenstein | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Lithuania | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Luxembourg | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Malaysia | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Maldives | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Mali | Visa-free | — |
| Malta | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Mauritania | Visa-free | — |
| Mauritius | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Mexico | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Moldova | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Monaco | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Montenegro | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Morocco | Visa-free | — |
| Namibia | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Netherlands | Visa-free | 90 days |
| New Zealand | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Niger | Visa-free | — |
| North Macedonia | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Norway | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Oman | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Poland | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Portugal | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Qatar | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Romania | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Russia | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Saint Lucia | Visa-free | 90 days |
| San Marino | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Saudi Arabia | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Senegal | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Seychelles | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Singapore | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Slovakia | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Slovenia | Visa-free | 90 days |
| South Africa | Visa-free | 90 days |
| South Korea | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Spain | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Sweden | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Switzerland | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Turkey | Visa-free | 90 days |
| United Arab Emirates | Visa-free | 90 days |
| United Kingdom | Visa-free | 90 days |
| United States | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Vatican | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Visa required | ||
| Afghanistan | Visa required | — |
| Albania | Visa required | — |
| Armenia | Visa required | — |
| Azerbaijan | Visa required | — |
| Bahamas | Visa required | — |
| Bangladesh | Visa required | — |
| Belize | Visa required | — |
| Bhutan | Visa required | — |
| Bolivia | Visa required | — |
| Botswana | Visa required | — |
| Burundi | Visa required | — |
| Cambodia | Visa required | — |
| Cameroon | Visa required | — |
| Central African Republic | Visa required | — |
| Chad | Visa required | — |
| Colombia | Visa required | — |
| Comoros | Visa required | — |
| Cuba | Visa required | — |
| Cyprus | Visa required | — |
| Djibouti | Visa required | — |
| Dominican Republic | Visa required | — |
| DR Congo | Visa required | — |
| Ecuador | Visa required | — |
| Egypt | Visa required | — |
| El Salvador | Visa required | — |
| Eritrea | Visa required | — |
| Eswatini | Visa required | — |
| Ethiopia | Visa required | — |
| Georgia | Visa required | — |
| Ghana | Visa required | — |
| Grenada | Visa required | — |
| Guatemala | Visa required | — |
| Guyana | Visa required | — |
| Haiti | Visa required | — |
| India | Visa required | — |
| Israel | Visa required | — |
| Jamaica | Visa required | — |
| Kenya | Visa required | — |
| Kosovo | Visa required | — |
| Kyrgyzstan | Visa required | — |
| Laos | Visa required | — |
| Lebanon | Visa required | — |
| Lesotho | Visa required | — |
| Liberia | Visa required | — |
| Macao | Visa required | — |
| Madagascar | Visa required | — |
| Malawi | Visa required | — |
| Marshall Islands | Visa required | — |
| Micronesia | Visa required | — |
| Mongolia | Visa required | — |
| Mozambique | Visa required | — |
| Myanmar | Visa required | — |
| Nauru | Visa required | — |
| Nepal | Visa required | — |
| Nicaragua | Visa required | — |
| Nigeria | Visa required | — |
| North Korea | Visa required | — |
| Pakistan | Visa required | — |
| Palau | Visa required | — |
| Palestine | Visa required | — |
| Panama | Visa required | — |
| Papua New Guinea | Visa required | — |
| Paraguay | Visa required | — |
| Peru | Visa required | — |
| Philippines | Visa required | — |
| Republic of the Congo | Visa required | — |
| Rwanda | Visa required | — |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Visa required | — |
| Samoa | Visa required | — |
| Sao Tome and Principe | Visa required | — |
| Serbia | Visa required | — |
| Sierra Leone | Visa required | — |
| Solomon Islands | Visa required | — |
| Somalia | Visa required | — |
| South Sudan | Visa required | — |
| Sri Lanka | Visa required | — |
| Sudan | Visa required | — |
| Suriname | Visa required | — |
| Syria | Visa required | — |
| Taiwan | Visa required | — |
| Tajikistan | Visa required | — |
| Tanzania | Visa required | — |
| Thailand | Visa required | — |
| Timor-Leste | Visa required | — |
| Togo | Visa required | — |
| Tonga | Visa required | — |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Visa required | — |
| Turkmenistan | Visa required | — |
| Tuvalu | Visa required | — |
| Uganda | Visa required | — |
| Ukraine | Visa required | — |
| Uruguay | Visa required | — |
| Uzbekistan | Visa required | — |
| Vanuatu | Visa required | — |
| Venezuela | Visa required | — |
| Vietnam | Visa required | — |
| Yemen | Visa required | — |
| Zambia | Visa required | — |
| Zimbabwe | Visa required | — |
Tunisia rules for every passport
Vaccinations, customs limits and penalties are the same for every traveller.
Vaccinations
- Yellow fever: an international vaccination certificate is required from travellers over 1 year of age arriving from a country with risk of transmission.
- Spain's Ministry of Foreign Affairs nonetheless advises checking with an international vaccination centre before travelling.
Customs limits
- Cash
- The Tunisian dinar is not convertible and both its import and its export are prohibited (it appears on Tunisian customs' list of goods banned on entry and on exit). Euros may be brought in, but amounts whose counter-value exceeds 5,000 dinars must be expressly declared; customs offers an online currency declaration service. Keep the receipts of any exchange operations carried out in Tunisia to justify taking currency out.
- Alcohol
- Allowance published by Tunisian Customs: 2 litres of drinks below 25% ABV and 1 litre of drinks above 25% ABV.
- Tobacco
- Allowance published by Tunisian Customs: 200 cigarettes, 100 cigarillos, 50 cigars or 500 grams of tombac.
Overstay penalties
Article 23 of Law 68-7 punishes with one month to one year in prison and a fine of 6 to 120 dinars any foreigner who enters or leaves Tunisia without complying with Articles 4 and 5, and anyone who fails to apply for a residence visa within the legal deadline. Spain's Ministry of Foreign Affairs sums up the practical consequence: illegal stay in Tunisia is punished with penalties ranging from fines to six months in prison, and overstaying the 90 days causes delays and problems on leaving the country. An administrative penalty of 20 dinars per week of overstay, collected in cash by the Border Police on departure, is widely reported but could not be confirmed against an official Tunisian text: we do not present it as established.
Grounds for refusal
- Turning up with only a national ID card: a passport is required to enter Tunisia.
- A passport with less than three months' validity from the planned date of departure.
- Arriving by sea as a non-resident without a paid hotel booking and a return ticket.
- Trying to enter or leave through a point that is not an authorised border post (Article 4 of Law 68-7).
- Having been subject to expulsion, to a refusal of a residence permit or to a ban on residing in Tunisia during a previous stay: Article 7 expressly excludes these people from the visa exemption.
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 Tunis, Sousse, or Djerba?
No. Tunisia sets the requirements, so entering through Tunis asks for the same as entering through Sousse or Djerba. 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 Tunisia
Tunisia packs into a small country three things you normally have to look for separately: first-rate Roman ruins, living medinas and desert. The amphitheatre of El Jem, one of the largest in the Roman world, and the archaeological site of Carthage, the Punic capital razed and refounded by Rome on the Gulf of Tunis, have been on the World Heritage List since 1979, the same year as the Medina of Tunis, a still-inhabited maze of souks, madrasas and palaces. Kairouan, founded in the 7th century, keeps the Great Mosque that served as a model for the rest of the Maghreb; the Medina of Sousse preserves its ribat and kasbah; Dougga, inland, is the best-preserved Roman town in North Africa; and Kerkuane is the only Punic town never rebuilt over. The island of Djerba joined the list in 2023 for its dispersed settlement pattern and its historic coexistence of communities. The country has ten World Heritage sites in all, among them Ichkeul National Park, a wintering lake for hundreds of thousands of migratory birds. To the south, the cave dwellings of Matmata and the salt chotts open onto the Sahara. Spain's Ministry of Foreign Affairs advises against travel to the border areas with Algeria: including Mount Chaambi: and with Libya, especially around Ben Guerdane, and to the eastern strip of the Jendouba and El Kef governorates.
Sources for this section: whc.unesco.org (World Heritage List: 10 sites in Tunisia, including El Jem 1979, Carthage 1979, Medina of Tunis 1979, Ichkeul 1980, Kerkuane 1985/86, Kairouan 1988, Medina of Sousse 1988, Dougga 1997, Djerba 2023); Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs travel advice for Tunisia (areas advised against). Accessed 17 September 2026.
Things to see and do in Tunisia
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Where can Tunisia passport holders travel visa-free? →
Informational only. Always verify requirements with the official embassy or consulate before you travel.