Original Visa Advisor analysis

Arab Passport Access to Latin America: 2026 Data Report

A route-by-route comparison of entry rules for 22 Arab passports across 19 Latin American destinations, covering 418 nationality-destination combinations.

Published August 5, 2026 By Emam Zanoun, founder and research lead Methodology

Scope at a glance

418entry-rule combinations
22Arab passports
19Latin American destinations
1shared operational dataset

This is a regional comparison, not a global passport ranking. “Easier access” means visa-free entry, visa on arrival or electronic authorisation in this dataset; it does not guarantee admission at the border.

What the data says

Two findings to start with

Broadest regional access in this sample

United Arab Emirates records 17 of 19 destinations as visa-free, on-arrival or electronically authorised.

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Most broadly accessible destination in this sample

Cuba records easier access for 22 of the 22 covered Arab passports.

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The tables below retain the underlying categories rather than collapsing them into a proprietary score. Ties are ordered first by the number of visa-free destinations and then alphabetically.

Passport view

Access by Arab passport

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#Passport Visa-freeOn arrival / electronic Prior visaSecurity review Easier access total
1 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates 1522017 / 19
2 🇶🇦 Qatar 1324015 / 19
3 🇰🇼 Kuwait 721009 / 19
4 🇧🇭 Bahrain 621108 / 19
5 🇴🇲 Oman 621108 / 19
6 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia 621108 / 19
7 🇲🇦 Morocco 421306 / 19
8 🇵🇸 Palestine 321405 / 19
9 🇹🇳 Tunisia 221504 / 19
10 🇩🇿 Algeria 211603 / 19
11 🇯🇴 Jordan 111702 / 19
12 🇰🇲 Comoros 021702 / 19
13 🇪🇬 Egypt 021702 / 19
14 🇱🇧 Lebanon 021702 / 19
15 🇲🇷 Mauritania 021702 / 19
16 🇩🇯 Djibouti 011801 / 19
17 🇮🇶 Iraq 011801 / 19
18 🇱🇾 Libya 011801 / 19
19 🇸🇴 Somalia 011801 / 19
20 🇸🇩 Sudan 011801 / 19
21 🇸🇾 Syria 011801 / 19
22 🇾🇪 Yemen 011801 / 19

Destination view

Accessibility by Latin American destination

#Destination Visa-free passportsOn arrival / electronic Prior visaSecurity review Easier access total
1 🇨🇺 Cuba 0220022 / 22
2 🇧🇴 Bolivia 0139013 / 22
3 🇪🇨 Ecuador 11011011 / 22
4 🇳🇮 Nicaragua 701507 / 22
5 🇸🇻 El Salvador 601606 / 22
6 🇭🇳 Honduras 601606 / 22
7 🇬🇹 Guatemala 501705 / 22
8 🇵🇦 Panama 501705 / 22
9 🇧🇷 Brazil 401804 / 22
10 🇨🇴 Colombia 401804 / 22
11 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic 401804 / 22
12 🇦🇷 Argentina 202002 / 22
13 🇨🇷 Costa Rica 202002 / 22
14 🇵🇪 Peru 202002 / 22
15 🇺🇾 Uruguay 202002 / 22
16 🇻🇪 Venezuela 202002 / 22
17 🇨🇱 Chile 102101 / 22
18 🇲🇽 Mexico 102101 / 22
19 🇵🇾 Paraguay 102101 / 22

How to read and reuse the dataset

Each row represents one passport-destination pair. Status values distinguish visa-free entry, visa on arrival, electronic authorisation, a prior visa and additional security review. Duration, fee and processing fields reproduce the operational route record and should be checked again before a non-refundable booking.

The report aggregates the same records used by Visa Advisor route guides and the interactive map. It does not infer missing rules from neighbouring nationalities. A guide link is marked indexable in the CSV only when it passes the site's unchanged editorial publication gate.

When citing the dataset, link to this report page rather than the CSV alone so readers retain the definitions, scope and limitations.

Citation and archived version

The dated research package is archived under DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21808787. Its public repository preserves the reusable CSV, documentation and version history.

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