Passport guide · KP
Visa requirements for North Korea passport holders
Citizens of North Korea can visit 8 of 184 destinations visa-free and 77 more with an eTA, eVisa or visa on arrival.
Last checked . Policies change. Confirm with the embassy or official visa portal before you travel.
8
Visa-free
2
eTA
18
Visa on arrival
3
Pre-approval + VOA
54
eVisa
1
eVisa + biometrics
97
Embassy / VFS
1
Not permitted
Visa-free
No visa needed — just goeTA
Electronic travel authorization (online)Visa on arrival
Get your visa at the borderPre-approval + VOA
Approve online, collect at arrivaleVisa
Fully online — no office visit- Afghanistan30 days
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Bahamas30 days
- Barbados
- Benin30 days
- Bhutan90 days
- Botswana90 days
- Burkina Faso30 days
- Cameroon
- Colombia90 days
- Cuba90 days
- Djibouti30 days
- DR Congo30 days
- Ecuador30 days
- Equatorial Guinea90 days
- Fiji30 days
- Gabon90 days
- Georgia30 days
- Guinea30 days
- Iran30 days
- Iraq30 days
- Kazakhstan30 days
- Laos30 days
- Libya
- Mauritania30 days
- Moldova
- Morocco
- Myanmar28 days
- Namibia90 days
- New Zealand270 days
- Nicaragua90 days
- Nigeria30 days
- Oman30 days
- Pakistan90 days
- Papua New Guinea30 days
- Philippines30 days
- Qatar
- Russia16 days
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- São Tomé and Príncipe
- Sierra Leone30 days
- Somalia30 days
- South Sudan
- Sri Lanka30 days
- Syria15 days
- Thailand15 days
- Togo15 days
- United Arab Emirates
- Uzbekistan30 days
- Vanuatu30 days
- Venezuela
- Vietnam90 days
- Zambia30 days
- Zimbabwe
eVisa + biometrics
Apply online, then a biometrics appointmentEmbassy / VFS
In-person at an embassy or visa center- Algeria30 days
- Andorra
- Angola30 days
- Argentina90 days
- Austria90 days
- Azerbaijan
- Bahrain30 days
- Belarus
- Belgium90 days
- Belize30 days
- Bolivia30 days
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Brazil90 days
- Bulgaria90 days
- Canada180 days
- Cape Verde30 days
- Central African Republic
- Chile90 days
- China
- Croatia90 days
- Cyprus90 days
- Czech Republic90 days
- Denmark90 days
- Dominican Republic
- El Salvador30 days
- Eritrea
- Estonia
- Eswatini
- Finland90 days
- France90 days
- Gambia30 days
- Germany90 days
- Ghana
- Greece90 days
- Grenada30 days
- Honduras
- Hungary90 days
- Iceland90 days
- India30 days
- Ireland90 days
- Israel90 days
- Italy90 days
- Jamaica30 days
- Kiribati
- Kuwait
- Latvia90 days
- Lebanon
- Liberia
- Liechtenstein90 days
- Lithuania90 days
- Luxembourg90 days
- Malaysia30 days
- Mali90 days
- Malta90 days
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritius
- Mexico180 days
- Monaco
- Mongolia
- Montenegro30 days
- Nauru
- Netherlands90 days
- Niger
- North Macedonia90 days
- Norway90 days
- Panama90 days
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Poland90 days
- Portugal
- Republic of the Congo30 days
- Romania90 days
- Saint Lucia
- San Marino
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Singapore30 days
- Slovakia90 days
- Slovenia90 days
- Solomon Islands
- South Africa90 days
- Spain90 days
- Sudan
- Sweden90 days
- Switzerland90 days
- Tajikistan
- Tonga30 days
- Trinidad and Tobago30 days
- Tunisia
- Türkiye30 days
- Turkmenistan
- Ukraine
- United Kingdom180 days
- United States
- Uruguay90 days
- Vatican City90 days
- Yemen30 days
Not permitted
Entry currently not allowedWhat the categories mean
- Visa-freeNo visa needed — just go
- eTAElectronic travel authorization (online)
- Visa on arrivalGet your visa at the border
- Pre-approval + VOAApprove online, collect at arrival
- eVisaFully online — no office visit
- eVisa + biometricsApply online, then a biometrics appointment
- Embassy / VFSIn-person at an embassy or visa center
- Not permittedEntry currently not allowed
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