Syria
Bahrain passportEdit check
Visa on arrival, 6 months
The allowance is per visit: it starts again on your next entry.
Entry and stay only. What this covers
Entry conditions2 to check
- يُشمل المنع كل من يحمل تأشيرة أو ختم دخول أو خروج إلى إسرائيل في جواز سفره — the entry ban also covers any passport bearing an Israeli visa or entry/exit stamp; the traveller can check their own passport.
- دخول لمرة واحدة لمدة شهر، أو دخول مزدوج لمدة ثلاثة أشهر، أو دخول متعدد لمدة ستة أشهر — the visa obtained on arrival grants a stay of 1, 3 or 6 months depending on the option chosen.
Your stay
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Official wording
هل يحتاج مواطنو الخليج إلى تأشيرة مسبقة لدخول سوريا؟ لا يشترط نظام الدخول الحالي تأشيرة مسبقة على مواطني دول مجلس التعاون؛ إذ يحصلون عليها عند الوصول مقابل الرسم المحدد لجنسيتهم ضمن المجموعة المدرجة بها. تأشيرة الوصول هي الوسيلة الأكثر موثوقية حالياً
Aevamo’s reading
Law No. 2 of 2014 Article 2 creates the obligation that every person entering Syria must hold a passport bearing a Syrian-issued entry visa, and Article 7 authorises the Interior Minister to exempt anyone; Decision No. 128 of 2025 exercises that authority by fixing the visa fees and the fee-exempt nationalities.
Wego's 2026 guide answers whether Gulf nationals need a prior visa by saying the current entry system does not require one — they obtain the visa on arrival for their nationality's fee — and states that the arrival visa is the most reliable method. The GCC states in this row are ARE, BHR, KWT, OMN, QAT and SAU. The remaining Arab and CIS issuers in the row (DZA, MAR, SDN, TUN, YEM, TUR, AZE, BLR, GEO, KAZ, KGZ, MDA, TJK, TKM, UZB) are charged entry fees that Decision 128 settles at the port (تسدد قيمة رسوم السمات عند المعابر الحدودية أو المطارات) and the Interior directive reported by akhbaralyawm confirms their fees are paid upon arrival, so they too obtain the visa at the port rather than arranging it in advance.
Source details
How the documents behind this regime are dated
Decision No. 128 issued 1 July 2025, in force from 6 July 2025; Enab Baladi report dated 5 July 2025.
What this answer covers Limits & assumptions
Work and residence rights are separate from this check. This is the entry rule and the length of stay the instrument grants. It is not a decision about you: the officer at the border decides admission, and we do not evaluate the purpose of your trip, your passport's remaining validity, an onward ticket, funds, insurance or health requirements.
Informational planning, not legal or immigration advice. The source is linked so you can check our reading.