Check current flight, airport, entry, border and travel warning information that could affect a trip to Algeria.
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Travel to most of Algeria continues, with international flights, airports and normal entry procedures operating. However, travellers should be aware of significant security warnings affecting several border and remote desert areas, and the land border between Algeria and Morocco remains closed.
Current Travel Conditions
What Travellers Should Know
Visa requirements
Visa requirements depend on nationality. Many foreign visitors need to obtain an Algerian visa before travelling. Limited visa-on-arrival arrangements may be available for certain organised trips to southern Algeria.
Passport validity
Travellers should check the passport requirements that apply to their nationality. Current UK guidance requires British travellers to have at least six months of passport validity from the date of arrival.
Algeria-Morocco border
The land border between Algeria and Morocco remains closed. Travellers should not plan an overland itinerary that depends on crossing directly between the two countries.
Southern and border regions
Several governments warn against travel to areas near Algeria’s borders with countries including Libya, Mali, Niger and Mauritania because of terrorism and kidnapping risks. Additional warnings apply to parts of the border with Tunisia.
Yellow fever
Travellers arriving from countries where yellow fever transmission is a risk may be required to provide proof of yellow fever vaccination.
Latest Travel Changes
Regional travel warnings remain in place
Significant security warnings continue to apply to several remote and border regions of Algeria. Travellers planning journeys outside the main northern population centres should check the advice for their exact route.
Morocco land border remains closed
The Algeria-Morocco land border remains closed. Travellers planning to visit both countries should arrange an alternative route rather than expecting to cross overland.
Before You Travel
Check your airline, airport information, Algerian visa and entry requirements, the status of your intended border crossing and the travel advice issued by your own government before departure.
If travelling into southern Algeria or near an international border, check the specific regional security situation before beginning your journey.
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