Refreshed 11 Oct 2026
What changed in visa rules
Every refresh compares the new data with the previous snapshot. The latest one found 4,084 category changes worldwide and 1,600 changes to allowed stay.
Switched the main source to Wikipedia's visa articles (edited as recently as this week) from the Passport Index data of Feb 2026. Most changes below reflect that switch and eight months of rule changes, not changes made this week.
Easier for Iraqi passport holders 11
AfghanistanVisa required→eVisa
AngolaVisa required→eVisa
BahraineVisa→Visa on arrival14 days
FijiVisa required→eVisa
LesothoVisa required→eVisa
PakistaneVisa30 days→eTA30 days
SurinameeTA90 days→Visa-free90 days
SyriaeVisa→Visa-free
Trinidad and TobagoVisa required→eVisa
VenezuelaVisa required→eVisa
SamoaVisa on arrival90 days→Visa-free60 days
Harder for Iraqi passport holders 23
United Arab EmirateseVisa→Visa required
AustraliaeVisa→Visa required
Côte d'IvoireeTA90 days→eVisa
DjiboutiVisa on arrival90 days→eVisa
EcuadoreVisa→Visa required
EthiopiaeVisa90 days→Visa required
GuyanaeVisa→Visa required
IndonesiaeVisa→Visa required
IsraeleVisa→No admission
South KoreaeVisa→Visa required
KazakhstaneVisa→Visa required
LaosVisa on arrival30 days→Visa required
LiberiaeVisa→Visa required
LibyaeVisa→Visa required
MoldovaeVisa→Visa required
NamibiaeVisa→Visa required
OmaneVisa→Visa required
Saudi ArabiaeVisa→Visa required
SeychellesVisa-free90 days→eTA90 days
SingaporeeVisa→Visa required
El SalvadoreVisa→Visa required
ChadeVisa→Visa required
TanzaniaeVisa→Visa required
Changes for visitors to Iraq 20
- United Arab EmiratesVisa on arrival30 days→eVisa
BangladeshNo admission→Visa required
DR CongoeVisa→Visa required- EthiopiaeVisa→Visa required
GaboneVisa→Visa required
GambiaeVisa→Visa required
GuatemalaeVisa→Visa required
HonduraseVisa→Visa required
IrelandeVisa→Visa on arrival60 days- IsraeleVisa→No admission
KuwaitVisa on arrival30 days→eVisa
LuxembourgeVisa→Visa on arrival60 days
MacaoeVisa→Visa required- OmanVisa on arrival30 days→eVisa
QatarVisa on arrival30 days→eVisa- Saudi ArabiaVisa on arrival30 days→eVisa
- SeychelleseVisa→Visa required
South SudaneVisa→Visa required
ThailandeVisa→Visa required
TürkiyeeVisa→Visa-free30 days
Refresh history
- 11 Oct 2026Switched the main source to Wikipedia's visa articles (edited as recently as this week) from the Passport Index data of Feb 20264,084 category changes
- 17 Feb 2026Passport Index data update (January 2025 to February 2026)2,761 category changes