KUWAIT CITY, Oct 7: An official memorandum showed that the Kuwaiti citizen, holder of a regular passport, can enter 50 countries without a prior visa, while he can obtain an electronic visa to enter 11 countries, and from the airport upon arrival to 32 countries around the world, reports Al-Rai daily. In response to a query by MP Osama Al-Zaid, Foreign Minister Sheikh Salem Al-Sabah, said there are 104 countries on various continents for which the Kuwaiti citizen needs to apply for a visa from the embassies of these respective countries or through the offices approved by them, reports Al-Rai daily. The memorandum indicated that the 50 countries that a citizen can enter without a visa are as follows -- 10 countries in Europe, 3 in the Australasia region and its neighboring countries, 7 in Asia, 4 in Africa, 13 in the Americas, and 13 Arab countries.

The countries for which Kuwaiti obtains a visa from the embassy are 36 in Europe, 7 in the Australasia region and its neighboring countries, 10 in Asia, 28 in Africa, 20 in the Americas, and 3 in Arab countries. The 11 countries in which a citizen obtains an electronic entry visa are 4 in Europe, 3 in Asia, 2 in Africa, and 2 in the Americas. As for the countries where the citizen obtains a visa from the airport are 5 in Australasia and its neighboring countries, 12 in Asia, 13 in Africa, 1 in the Americas, and one Arab country.