Visa requirements for United States citizens
Visa requirements for United States citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states that are imposed on citizens of the United States.
As of 2024, holders of a United States passport may travel to 189 countries and territories without a travel visa, or with a visa on arrival. The United States passport currently ranks[Note 1] 6th in terms of travel freedom (tied with the passports of Canada, Czech Republic, and Poland), according to the Henley Passport Index.[1] It is also ranked 6th by the Global Passport Power Rank.[2]
Visa requirements map edit
Visa requirements edit
General visa requirements of sovereign countries towards United States citizens:
Country / Region | Visa requirement | Allowed stay | Notes (excluding departure fees) | Reciprocity |
---|---|---|---|---|
Afghanistan | Visa required[3][4][5] |
| Yes | |
Albania | Visa not required[9] | 1 year | No | |
Algeria | Visa required[10] |
| Yes | |
Andorra | Visa not required[11] | 3 months[12][13] | Yes | |
Angola | Visa not required[14][15] | 30 days |
| No |
Antigua and Barbuda | Visa not required[16] | 6 months[17] |
| No |
Argentina | Visa not required[18] | 90 days |
| No |
Armenia | Visa not required[20][21] | 180 days | No | |
Australia | Electronic Travel Authority[22][23] | 90 days | Yes | |
Austria | Visa not required[25] | 90 days |
| Yes |
Azerbaijan | eVisa / Visa on arrival (conditional)[26][27] | 30 days |
| No |
Bahamas | Visa not required[33][34] | 8 months |
| No |
Bahrain | eVisa / Visa on arrival[35] | 14 days[36] | No | |
Bangladesh | Visa on arrival[37][38] | 30 days[39] |
| No |
Barbados | Visa not required[41][42] | 6 months[43] | No | |
Belarus | Visa required[44][45] | Yes | ||
Belgium | Visa not required[46] | 90 days |
| Yes |
Belize | Visa not required[48] | 180 days[49] | No | |
Benin | eVisa[50][51] | 30 days |
| No |
Bhutan | eVisa[53][54] |
| Yes/No | |
Bolivia | Online Visa / Visa on arrival[56][57] | 30 days[58] |
| No |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Visa not required[60][61] | 90 days |
| No |
Botswana | Visa not required[63][64] | 90 days |
| No |
Brazil | Visa not required / eVisa[66][67] | 90 days |
| No |
Brunei | Visa not required[69][70] | 90 days | Yes | |
Bulgaria | Visa not required[71][72] | 90 days |
| No |
Burkina Faso | eVisa / Visa on arrival[74][75] | 1 month | No | |
Burundi | Visa on arrival[77] | 1 month |
| No |
Cambodia | eVisa / Visa on arrival[79][80] | 30 days |
| No |
Cameroon | eVisa[82][83] |
| — | |
Canada | Visa not required[85][86] | 6 months |
| Yes |
Cape Verde | EASE[89][90] | 30 days |
| No |
Central African Republic | Visa required[92][93] | — | ||
Chad | Visa required[95] |
| — | |
Chile | Visa not required[97] | 90 days[98][99] | Yes | |
China | Visa required[100] |
| — | |
Colombia | Visa not required[104][105] | 90 days |
| No |
Comoros | Visa on arrival[107][108] | 45 days | No | |
Republic of the Congo | Visa required[109] |
| — | |
Democratic Republic of the Congo | eVisa[110][111] | 7 days |
| — |
Costa Rica | Visa not required[112][113] | 90 days | No | |
Côte d'Ivoire | eVisa[114][115] | 3 months |
| No |
Croatia | Visa not required[117][118] | 90 days |
| Yes |
Cuba | Tourist card required[120][121] |
| No | |
Cyprus | Visa not required[128][129] | 90 days |
| No |
Czech Republic | Visa not required[131] | 90 days |
| Yes |
Denmark | Visa not required[133] | 90 days |
| Yes |
Djibouti | eVisa[135][136] | 90 days |
| No |
Dominica | Visa not required[137][138] | 6 months | No | |
Dominican Republic | Visa not required[139][140] | 30 days |
| No |
Ecuador | Visa not required[141] | 90 days |
| No |
Egypt | eVisa / Visa on arrival[143][144] | 30 days |
| No |
El Salvador | Visa not required[146][147] | 90 days |
| No |
Equatorial Guinea | eVisa[150][151] |
| Yes | |
Eritrea | Visa required[153] |
| — | |
Estonia | Visa not required[154] | 90 days |
| Yes |
Eswatini | Visa not required[156] | 30 days |
| No |
Ethiopia | eVisa / Visa on arrival[158] | up to 90 days |
| No |
Fiji | Visa not required[161] | 4 months[162] | No | |
Finland | Visa not required[163][164] | 90 days |
| Yes |
France | Visa not required[166][167] | 90 days |
| Yes |
Gabon | eVisa[173][174] | 90 days |
| No |
Gambia | Visa on arrival[176][177] |
| — | |
Georgia | Visa not required[178] | 1 year | No | |
Germany | Visa not required[179] | 90 days |
| Yes |
Ghana | Visa required[181][182] |
| — | |
Greece | Visa not required[184][185] | 90 days |
| Yes |
Grenada | Visa not required[187][188] | 3 months | No | |
Guatemala | Visa not required[189][190] | 90 days |
| No |
Guinea | eVisa[191][192] | 90 days | No | |
Guinea-Bissau | Visa on arrival[194] | 90 days | No | |
Guyana | Visa not required[195] | 90 days [196] | No | |
Haiti | Visa not required[197][198] | 3 months |
| No |
Honduras | Visa not required[200] | 3 months |
| No |
Hungary | Visa not required[201][202] | 90 days |
| Yes |
Iceland | Visa not required[204] | 90 days |
| Yes |
India | eVisa[206] | 30 days |
| No |
Indonesia | e-VOA / Visa on arrival[210] | 30 days[211] |
| No |
Iran | Visa required[213][214] |
| — | |
Iraq | Visa on arrival[215] | 60 days | No | |
Ireland | Visa not required[216][217][218] | 3 months |
| Yes |
Israel | Visa not required[219] | 90 days | Yes | |
Italy | Visa not required[222] | 90 days |
| Yes |
Jamaica | Visa not required[224] | 6 months |
| Yes |
Japan | Visa not required[226] | 90 days |
| Yes |
Jordan | eVisa / Visa on arrival[228][229] |
| No | |
Kazakhstan | Visa not required[231] | 30 days |
| No |
Kenya | Electronic Travel Authorisation[232][233] | 90 days |
| No |
Kiribati | Visa not required[234][235] | 90 days |
| No |
North Korea | Travel restricted by U.S. government[236][237][238][239] |
| — | |
South Korea | Visa not required[240][241] | 90 days |
| Yes |
Kosovo | Visa not required | 90 days[244] | No | |
Kuwait | eVisa / Visa on arrival[245][246] | 3 months | No | |
Kyrgyzstan | Visa not required[247] | 60 days | No | |
Laos | eVisa / Visa on arrival[248] | 30 days |
| No |
Latvia | Visa not required[252] | 90 days |
| Yes |
Lebanon | Free visa on arrival[254] | 30 days |
| No |
Lesotho | Visa not required[255] | 14 days |
| No |
Liberia | Visa required[257] |
| — | |
Libya | eVisa[258][259] |
| No | |
Liechtenstein | Visa not required[261] | 90 days |
| Yes |
Lithuania | Visa not required[263][264] | 90 days |
| Yes |
Luxembourg | Visa not required[266][267] | 90 days |
| Yes |
Madagascar | Visa on arrival[269] | 60 days | No | |
Malawi | Visa not required[270] | 30 days | No | |
Malaysia | Visa not required[271] | 3 months | No | |
Maldives | Free visa on arrival[273][274] | 30 days |
| No |
Mali | Visa required[275][276] |
| — | |
Malta | Visa not required[278][279] | 90 days |
| Yes |
Marshall Islands | Visa not required[281] | Unlimited |
| Yes |
Mauritania | Visa on arrival[282] | 30 Days |
| No |
Mauritius | Visa not required[283] | 90 days[284] | No | |
Mexico | Visa not required[285] | 180 days |
| No |
Micronesia | Visa not required[287] | 365 days |
| Yes |
Moldova | Visa not required[288] | 90 days |
| No |
Monaco | Visa not required[289][290] | 90 days |
| Yes |
Mongolia | Visa not required[291] | 90 days |
| No |
Montenegro | Visa not required[293] | 90 days |
| No |
Morocco | Visa not required[295] | 3 months[296] | No | |
Mozambique | Visa not required[297] | 30 days |
| No |
Myanmar | eVisa[298][299] | 28 days |
| No |
Namibia | Visa not required[300] | 3 months[301] | No | |
Nauru | Visa required[302] | 30 days |
| — |
Nepal | Online Visa / Visa on arrival[304] | 90 days[305] |
| No |
Netherlands | Visa not required[307] | 90 days |
| Yes |
New Zealand | Electronic Travel Authority[310] | 3 months[311][312] |
| Yes |
Nicaragua | Visa not required[315] | 90 days |
| No |
Niger | Visa required[317][318] | — | ||
Nigeria | eVisa[320][321] | 90 days |
| — |
North Macedonia | Visa not required[323] | 90 days |
| No |
Norway | Visa not required[325][326] | 90 days |
| Yes |
Oman | Visa not required / eVisa[329][330] | 14 days / 30 days |
| No |
Pakistan | ETA / Online Visa[332][333] | 30 days / 3 months | No | |
Palau | Visa not required[337] | 1 year |
| Yes |
Panama | Visa not required[338] | 180 days |
| No |
Papua New Guinea | eVisa[340][341] | 60 days |
| No |
Paraguay | Visa not required[343] | 90 days |
| No |
Peru | Visa not required[345] | 90 days |
| No |
Philippines | Visa not required[346][347] | 30 days |
| No |
Poland | Visa not required[348] | 90 days |
| Yes |
Portugal | Visa not required[351][352][353] | 90 days |
| Yes |
Qatar | Visa not required[354][355] | 30 days | No | |
Romania | Visa not required[356][357] | 90 days |
| No |
Russia | Visa required[359] | — | ||
Rwanda | eVisa / Visa on arrival[362][363] | 30 days |
| No |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | Visa not required[364][365] | 3 months | No | |
Saint Lucia | Visa not required[366][367] | 6 weeks | No | |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Visa not required[368] | 6 months[369] | No | |
Samoa | Visa not required[370] | 60 days | No | |
San Marino | Visa not required[371] | Yes | ||
São Tomé and Príncipe | Visa not required[372] | 15 days | No | |
Saudi Arabia | eVisa / Visa on arrival[374][375] | 90 days | No | |
Senegal | Visa not required[376] | 90 days | No | |
Serbia | Visa not required[378] | 90 days |
| No |
Seychelles | Electronic Border System[380][381] | 3 months |
| No |
Sierra Leone | eVisa / Visa on arrival[382][383] | 3 months / 30 days | No | |
Singapore | Visa not required[385] | 90 days[386] |
| Yes |
Slovakia | Visa not required[388][389] | 90 days |
| Yes |
Slovenia | Visa not required[391][392] | 90 days |
| Yes |
Solomon Islands | Free Visitor's permit on arrival[394] | 3 months |
| No |
Somalia | Visa on arrival[396] |
| No | |
South Africa | Visa not required[397] | 90 days |
| No |
South Sudan | eVisa[398][399] |
| No | |
Spain | Visa not required[400] | 90 days |
| Yes |
Sri Lanka | ETA / Visa on arrival[402][403] | 30 days[404] |
| No |
Sudan | Visa required[405][406] |
| — | |
Suriname | Visa not required[408][409] | 90 days | No | |
Sweden | Visa not required[412][413] | 90 days |
| Yes |
Switzerland | Visa not required[415] | 90 days |
| Yes |
Syria | Visa required[417][418] |
| — | |
Taiwan[420][421] | Visa not required | 90 days[420] |
| Yes |
Tajikistan | Visa not required / eVisa[422][423] | 30 days / 60 days |
| No |
Tanzania | eVisa / Visa on arrival[425][426] | 90 days | No | |
Thailand | Visa not required[427] | 30 days |
| No |
Timor-Leste | Visa on arrival[428] | 30 days |
| No |
Togo | eVisa[430][431] | 15 days[432] | No | |
Tonga | Free visa on arrival[433] | 31 days |
| No |
Trinidad and Tobago | Visa not required[434] | 90 days[435] | No | |
Tunisia | Visa not required[436] | 90 days[437] | No | |
Turkey | Visa not required[438][439] | 90 days |
| No |
Turkmenistan | Visa required[441] |
| — | |
Tuvalu | Visa on arrival[443] | 1 month |
| No |
Uganda | eVisa[445][446] | 3 months |
| No |
Ukraine | Visa not required[448] | 90 days |
| No |
United Arab Emirates | Visa not required[450][451] | 30 days |
| No |
United Kingdom | Visa not required[452][453] | 6 months[454] |
| Yes |
Uruguay | Visa not required[455] | 90 days[456] | No | |
Uzbekistan | eVisa[457][458] | 30 days |
| No |
Vanuatu | Visa not required[462] | 30 days |
| No |
Vatican City | Visa not required[464] | N/A |
| No |
Venezuela | Visa required[466] | — | ||
Vietnam | eVisa[467][468] | No | ||
Yemen | Visa required[470][471] |
| — | |
Zambia | Visa not required[473] | 30 days |
| No |
Zimbabwe | Visa on arrival[474] | 30 days |
| No |
Territories or administrative subdivisions with different visa policies edit
Visa requirements for United States citizens for visits to various territories, disputed areas, partially recognized countries not mentioned in the list above, recognized administrative subdivisions that operate on different visa policies and restricted zones:
Visitor to | Visa requirement | Allowed stay | Notes (excluding departure fees) |
---|---|---|---|
Africa | |||
Eritrea outside Asmara | Travel permit required |
| |
Ascension Island | eVisa[477][478] | 3 months |
|
Saint Helena | Visa Free with Payment |
| |
Tristan da Cunha | Permission required |
| |
Mayotte | Visa not required[481] | 90 days | |
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic | Undefined |
| |
Somaliland | Visa on arrival | 30 days |
|
Réunion | Visa not required[483] | 90 days | |
Sudan outside Khartoum | Travel permit required |
| |
Darfur | Travel permit required |
| |
Asia | |||
British Indian Ocean Territory | Special permit required |
| |
Hainan | Visa not required[486] | 30 days | |
Hong Kong | Visa not required | 90 days[487] | |
Protected and restricted areas of India | PAP/RAP required |
| |
Iraqi Kurdistan | eVisa[494] | 30 days | |
Baikonur & Priozersk | Special permission required |
| |
Kish Island | Visa not required |
| |
Macau | Visa not required | 30 days[497] | |
Sabah and Sarawak | Visa not required |
| |
Maldives outside Malé | Permission required |
| |
Palestine | Visa not required |
| |
Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province | OIVR permit required |
| |
Tibet Autonomous Region | TTP required |
| |
Mecca and Medina | Special access required | Non-Muslims and those following the Ahmadiyya religious movement are strictly prohibited from entry.[505] | |
Closed cities of Turkmenistan | Special permit required | ||
Phú Quốc | Visa not required | 30 days[507] | |
Yemen outside Sana’a or Aden | Special permission required | ||
Caribbean and North Atlantic | |||
Åland Islands | Visa not required[508] | 3 months | |
Anguilla | Visa not required | 3 months[509] | |
Aruba | Visa not required[510][511] | 30 days | |
Bermuda | Visa not required[512] | 6 months | |
Caribbean Netherlands (Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba) | Visa not required | 180 days | |
British Virgin Islands | Visa not required | 30 days | |
Cayman Islands | Visa not required | 6 months[513] | |
San Andrés and Leticia | Tourist Card on arrival |
| |
Curaçao | Visa not required | 6 months |
|
French West Indies (Martinique, Guadeloupe, Saint Martin and Saint Barthélemy) | Visa not required | 3 months | |
Greenland | Visa not required[516] | ||
Montserrat | Visa not required | 6 months | |
Puerto Rico | Freedom of movement | Unlimited |
|
Sint Maarten | Visa not required | 6 months | |
Turks and Caicos Islands | Visa not required | 90 days[520] | |
U.S. Virgin Islands | Freedom of movement | Unlimited |
|
Europe | |||
Abkhazia | Visa required[521] | ||
Brest and Grodno | Visa not required [may be outdated as of February 2022] | 10 days[522] | |
Crimea | Visa required [may be outdated as of February 2022] |
| |
Novorossiya | Restricted area [may be outdated as of February 2022] |
| |
Northern Cyprus | Visa not required | 3 months[525] | |
Faroe Islands | Visa not required[516] | ||
Gibraltar | Visa not required[526] | ||
Guernsey | Visa not required[527] | ||
Isle of Man | Visa not required[528] | ||
Jan Mayen | Permit required[526] | 24 hours |
|
Jersey | Visa not required[531] | ||
Closed cities of Russia | Special authorization required |
| |
South Ossetia | Visa not required | ||
Svalbard | Visa not required[534] | Unlimited |
|
Transnistria | Visa not required | 24 hours | |
Oceania | |||
American Samoa | Freedom of movement | Unlimited |
|
Ashmore and Cartier Islands | Special authorisation required |
| |
Clipperton Island | Special permit required |
| |
Cook Islands | Visa not required | 31 days[540] | |
Lau Province | Special permission required |
| |
French Polynesia | Visa not required | 90 days |
|
Guam | Freedom of movement | Unlimited | |
Niue | Visa not required | 30 days[544] | |
New Caledonia | Visa not required | 90 days |
|
Northern Mariana Islands | Freedom of movement | Unlimited |
|
Pitcairn Islands | Visa not required[546] | 14 days | |
Tokelau | Entry permit required[547] | ||
South America | |||
Misiones Isla Apipé and Isla del medio | Visa not required | 90 days |
|
Galápagos | Pre-registration required |
| |
French Guiana | Visa not required | 3 months[549] | International Certificate of Vaccination required. |
South Atlantic and Antarctica | |||
Falkland Islands | Visa not required[550] | 1 month |
|
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | Permit required |
| |
Antarctica | Special permits required | Special permits required for Bouvet Island, British Antarctic Territory, French Southern and Antarctic Lands, Argentine Antarctica, Australian Antarctic Territory, Chilean Antarctic Territory, Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Peter I Island, Queen Maud Land, Ross Dependency.[553][554][555][556][557][558][559][560][561][562][563][564] |
Pre-approved visas pick-up edit
Pre-approved visas can be picked up on arrival in the following countries instead of an embassy or consulate.
Pre-approved visas pick-up on arrival | Conditions |
---|---|
Bhutan[565] | For a maximum stay of 15 days if the application was submitted at least 2+1⁄2 months before arrival and if the clearance was obtained. |
Cameroon[566] | Must hold approval from the General Delegate of Security. |
Eritrea[567] | Must have a sponsor who must submit an application at least 48 hours before arrival. |
Liberia[568] | Available only if arriving from a country without a diplomatic mission of Liberia and if a sponsor obtained an approval. |
Nigeria[569] | Holders of a visa application who have a Nigerian company taking responsibility for them. |
Sudan[570] | Holders of an entry permit issued by the Ministry of Interior. |
Turkmenistan[571] | Holders of an invitation letter from the local company that was approved by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. |
Passport card edit
The United States passport card can be used as an alternative to the passport booklet only when travelling to and from Canada, Mexico, Bermuda, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, The Bahamas, British Virgin Islands, Caribbean Netherlands, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Jamaica, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Turks and Caico at maritime ports-of-entry or land border crossings.[572] The card is not valid for international air travel whatsoever; if traveling by air, the passport book is required.[573]
APEC Travel Business Card edit
The APEC Business Travel Card (ABTC) is meant to facilitate travel for U.S. citizens engaged in verified business in the APEC region.[574]
The U.S. ABTC should enable access to a dedicated fast-track lane for expedited immigration processing at some participating foreign APEC member airports.[575]
U.S. APEC Business Travel Card holders may also use the Global Entry kiosks at participating airports upon their U.S. return.[576]
As the U.S. is a transitional member of the ABTC scheme, however, the U.S. APEC Business Travel Card cannot be used in lieu of a visa to enter an APEC member country.[577] The program was initially set to expire on September 30, 2018, but the November 2017 signing of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Business Travel Cards Act of 2017 (S. 504) ensured it would permanently remain.[578]
Consular protection of U.S. citizens abroad edit
The United States has the second most diplomatic missions of any country in the world.[citation needed] See also List of diplomatic missions of the United States and List of diplomatic missions in the United States.
The Department of State regularly publishes travel warnings or travel alerts.
Non-visa restrictions edit
Blank passport pages edit
Many countries require a minimum number of blank pages to be available in the passport being presented, typically one or two pages.[579] Endorsement pages, which often appear after the visa pages, are not counted as being valid or available.
Vaccination edit
Many African countries, including Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo, South Sudan, Uganda, and Zambia, require all incoming passengers older than nine months to one year[580] to have a current International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis, as does the South American territory of French Guiana.[581]
Some other countries require vaccination only if the passenger is coming from an infected area or has visited one recently or has transited for 12 hours in those countries: Algeria, Botswana, Cabo Verde, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Lesotho, Libya, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Seychelles, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tunisia, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.[582][583]
Passport validity length edit
Very few countries, such as Paraguay, just require a valid passport on arrival.
However many countries and groupings now require only an identity card – especially from their neighbours. Other countries may have special bilateral arrangements that depart from the generality of their passport validity length policies to shorten the period of passport validity required for each other's citizens[584][585] or even accept passports that have already expired (but not been cancelled).[586]
Some countries, such as Japan,[587] Ireland and the United Kingdom,[588] require a passport valid throughout the period of the intended stay.
In the absence of specific bilateral agreements, countries requiring passports to be valid for at least 6 more months on arrival include Afghanistan, Algeria, Anguilla, Bahrain,[589] Bhutan, Botswana, British Virgin Islands, Brunei, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Curaçao, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Fiji, Gabon, Guinea Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel,[590] Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Laos, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Mongolia, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Oman, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Peru,[591] Philippines,[592] Qatar, Rwanda, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tokelau, Tonga, Turkey, Tuvalu, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Vanuatu, Venezuela, and Vietnam.[593]
Countries requiring passports valid for at least 4 months on arrival include Micronesia and Zambia.
Countries requiring passports with a validity of at least 3 months beyond the date of intended departure include Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Honduras, Montenegro, Nauru, Moldova and New Zealand. Similarly, the EEA countries of Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, all European Union countries (except Ireland) together with Switzerland also require 3 months validity beyond the date of the bearer's intended departure unless the bearer is an EEA or Swiss national.
Countries requiring passports valid for at least 3 months on arrival include Albania, North Macedonia, Panama, and Senegal.
Bermuda requires passports to be valid for at least 45 days upon entry.
Countries that require a passport validity of at least one month beyond the date of intended departure include Eritrea, Hong Kong, Lebanon, Macau, the Maldives[594] and South Africa.
Criminal record edit
Some countries, including Australia, Canada, Fiji, New Zealand and the United States,[595] routinely deny entry to non-citizens who have a criminal record while others impose restrictions depending on the type of conviction and the length of the sentence.
Persona non grata edit
The government of a country can declare a diplomat persona non grata, banning entry into that country. In non-diplomatic use, the authorities of a country may also declare a foreigner persona non grata permanently or temporarily, usually because of unlawful activity.[596]
Israeli stamps edit
Kuwait,[597] Lebanon,[598] Libya,[599] Syria,[600] and Yemen[601] do not allow entry to people with passport stamps from Israel or whose passports have either a used or an unused Israeli visa, or where there is evidence of previous travel to Israel such as entry or exit stamps from neighbouring border posts in transit countries such as Jordan and Egypt.
To circumvent this Arab League boycott of Israel, the Israeli immigration services have now mostly ceased to stamp foreign nationals' passports on either entry to or exit from Israel (unless the entry is for some work-related purposes). Since 15 January 2013, Israel no longer stamps foreign passports at Ben Gurion Airport. Passports are still (as of 22 June 2017[update]) stamped at Erez when passing into and out of Gaza.[citation needed]
Iran refuses admission to holders of passports containing an Israeli visa or stamp that is less than 12 months old.
Biometrics edit
Several countries mandate that all travellers, or all foreign travellers, be fingerprinted on arrival and will refuse admission to or even arrest travellers who refuse to comply. In some countries, such as the United States, this may apply even to transit passengers who merely wish to change planes rather than go landside.[602]
Fingerprinting countries/regions include Afghanistan,[603][604] Argentina,[605] Brunei, Cambodia,[606] China,[607] Ethiopia,[608] Ghana, Guinea,[609] India, Japan,[610][611] Kenya (both fingerprints and a photo are taken),[612] Malaysia upon entry and departure,[613] Mongolia, Saudi Arabia,[614] Singapore, South Korea,[615] Taiwan, Thailand,[616] Uganda,[617] the United Arab Emirates and the United States.
Many countries also require a photo be taken of people entering the country. The United States, which does not fully implement exit control formalities at its land frontiers (although long mandated by domestic legislation),[618][619][620] intends to implement facial recognition for passengers departing from international airports to identify people who overstay their visa.[621]
Together with fingerprint and face recognition, iris scanning is one of three biometric identification technologies internationally standardised since 2006 by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) for use in e-passports[622] and the United Arab Emirates conducts iris scanning on visitors who need to apply for a visa.[623][624] The United States Department of Homeland Security has announced plans to greatly increase the biometric data it collects at US borders.[625] In 2018, Singapore began trials of iris scanning at three land and maritime immigration checkpoints.[626][627]
Foreign travel statistics edit
These are the numbers of visits by U.S. nationals to various countries in 2015 (unless otherwise noted):
Destination | Number of visitors |
---|---|
American Samoa[note 2][628] | 17,560 |
Angola[629] | 17,259 |
Anguilla[note 3][630] | 44,983 |
Antarctica[note 3][631] | 14,893 |
Antigua and Barbuda[note 3][632] | 96,347 |
Aruba[note 4][633] | 576,793 |
Australia[note 3][634] | 781,000 |
Austria[note 5][note 2][635] | 702,900 |
Azerbaijan[note 3][636] | 15,178 |
Bahamas[note 2][637] | 1,159,259 |
Barbados[note 5][note 2][638] | 168,945 |
Belgium[note 2][639] | 299,907 |
Belize[note 2][note 5][640] | 254,544 |
Bermuda[note 3][641] | 551,976 |
Bhutan[note 3][642] | 9,220 |
Bolivia[note 2][643] | 58,403 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina[note 3][644] | 25,926 |
Botswana[645] | 49,451 |
Brazil[note 3][646] | 475,232 |
British Virgin Islands[note 6][647] | 442,434 |
Bulgaria[note 3][648] | 90,963 |
Burkina Faso[note 2][649] | 5,611 |
Cambodia[note 2][650] | 238,658 |
Cameroon[note 4][note 5][651] | 13,280 |
Canada[note 3][652] | 24,335,415 |
Cape Verde[note 5][653] | 4,282 |
Caribbean Netherlands:[note 4][note 7][654] | 5,900 |
Cayman Islands[note 3][note 7][655] | 340,955 |
Chile[note 3][656] | 211,718 |
China[note 3][657][658] | 2,312,900 |
Colombia[note 3][659] | 529,013 |
Congo[note 8][660] | 5,352 |
Cook Islands[note 3][661][662] | 8,372 |
Costa Rica[note 3][663] | 1,199,241 |
Croatia[note 3][664] | 451,947 |
Cuba[665] | 91,254 |
Curacao[note 2][666] | 59,714 |
Cyprus[note 3][667] | 25,388 |
Czech Republic[note 5][note 3][668] | 539,023 |
Dominica[669] | 17,773 |
Dominican Republic[note 3][670] | 2,073,963 |
Ecuador[note 4][671] | 259,406 |
El Salvador[note 9][672] | 447,628 |
Estonia[note 5][note 3][673] | 38,381 |
Eswatini[note 2][674] | 18,014 |
Fiji[note 3][675] | 81,198 |
Finland[note 5][note 3][676] | 124,997 |
France[677] | 3,622,362 |
French Polynesia[note 3][678] | 51,095 |
Gambia[note 8][679] | 4,058 |
Georgia[note 3][680] | 42,645 |
Germany[note 2][681] | 2,558,495 |
Greece[682] | 750,250 |
Greenland[note 2][683][684] | 2,767 |
Grenada[note 3][685] | 67,250 |
Guam[note 3][note 7][686] | 77,058 |
Guatemala[note 4][687] | 447,140 |
Guyana[note 10][688] | 82,966 |
Haiti[note 11][689] | 266,793 |
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Visa requirements for United States citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states that are imposed on citizens of the United States As of 2024 holders of a United States passport may travel to 189 countries and territories without a travel visa or with a visa on arrival The United States passport currently ranks Note 1 6th in terms of travel freedom tied with the passports of Canada Czech Republic and Poland according to the Henley Passport Index 1 It is also ranked 6th by the Global Passport Power Rank 2 Contents 1 Visa requirements map 1 1 Visa requirements 1 2 Territories or administrative subdivisions with different visa policies 2 Pre approved visas pick up 3 Passport card 4 APEC Travel Business Card 5 Consular protection of U S citizens abroad 6 Non visa restrictions 6 1 Blank passport pages 6 2 Vaccination 6 3 Passport validity length 6 4 Criminal record 6 5 Persona non grata 6 6 Israeli stamps 6 7 Biometrics 7 Foreign travel statistics 8 See also 9 References 10 Notes 11 External linksVisa requirements map edit nbsp Visa requirements for United States citizens holding ordinary passports United States Compact of free association Visa not required ETA Visa on arrival eVisa Visa available both on arrival or online Visa required Travel restricted either by local law or US regulations Visa requirements edit General visa requirements of sovereign countries towards United States citizens Country Region Visa requirement Allowed stay Notes excluding departure fees Reciprocity nbsp Afghanistan Visa required 3 4 5 Visitors born in Afghanistan do not require a visa 4 All visitors are fingerprinted and are required to register with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs upon arrival 4 The U S government forced all Afghan diplomatic missions in the U S to close in March 2022 Applicants must now obtain a visa from a mission in another country 6 7 5 The Taliban accepts visas issued by diplomatic missions not under its control 8 Yes nbsp Albania Visa not required 9 1 year No nbsp Algeria Visa required 10 Application for a tourist visa to Algeria must be accompanied either by a certificate of accommodation Persons may be denied entry if entering with a passport containing visas or stamps issued by Israel Yes nbsp Andorra Visa not required 11 3 months 12 13 Yes nbsp Angola Visa not required 14 15 30 days 30 days per stay max 90 days in a year Proof of onwards tickets and hotel reservations required Yellow Fever Vaccine no longer required of US citizens No nbsp Antigua and Barbuda Visa not required 16 6 months 17 Stringent application of rules regarding proof of sufficient funds return ticket and accommodation No nbsp Argentina Visa not required 18 90 days Extendable up to 180 days Visitors are fingerprinted Right thumb fingerprint and photographed upon entry 19 No nbsp Armenia Visa not required 20 21 180 days No nbsp Australia Electronic Travel Authority 22 23 90 days 90 days on each visit in 12 month period if granted May enter using SmartGate 24 Yes nbsp Austria Visa not required 25 90 days 90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area Residence permit Aufenthaltstitel for stays of longer than 90 days obtainable after arrival under certain conditions Yes nbsp Azerbaijan eVisa Visa on arrival conditional 26 27 30 days Travelers departing from New York can obtain a visa at the airport upon arrival in Baku 28 If staying in Azerbaijan for more than ten days visitors must register at the State Migration Service within three days of arrival 29 30 Applicants of Armenian ancestry or with Armenian visas in their passport may be denied a visa 31 Travellers with a visa or evidence of travel to the now defunct Republic of Artsakh stamps are permanently denied entry 32 may be outdated as of September 2023 No nbsp Bahamas Visa not required 33 34 8 months Passport Card or Enhanced Drivers License valid for Sea Travel No nbsp Bahrain eVisa Visa on arrival 35 14 days 36 No nbsp Bangladesh Visa on arrival 37 38 30 days 39 Available at Dhaka Chittagong and Sylhet international airports No visa required for Bangladeshi Americans and their spouse and children with a copy of a former Bangladeshi passport a Dual Nationality Certificate NVR a Bangladeshi NID or a digital birth registration certificate 40 No nbsp Barbados Visa not required 41 42 6 months 43 No nbsp Belarus Visa required 44 45 Yes nbsp Belgium Visa not required 46 90 days 90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area 47 Residence permit Titre de sejour Verblijfstitel Aufenthaltstitel obtainable after arrival for stays longer than 90 days under certain conditions Yes nbsp Belize Visa not required 48 180 days 49 No nbsp Benin eVisa 50 51 30 days International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis required 52 e Visas are available for 30 or 90 days No nbsp Bhutan eVisa 53 54 Sustainable Development Fee of 200 USD per day for almost all visitors to Bhutan 55 Yes No nbsp Bolivia Online Visa Visa on arrival 56 57 30 days 58 No Fee if visa obtained prior to arrival consular visa 59 160 dollar fee payable by US dollars that must be clean and not wrinkled or torn or local currency if obtaining at border No nbsp Bosnia and Herzegovina Visa not required 60 61 90 days 90 days within any 6 month period Registration with the local police within 24 hours of arrival is mandatory 62 No nbsp Botswana Visa not required 63 64 90 days 90 days within any 1 year period 65 No nbsp Brazil Visa not required eVisa 66 67 90 days Brazilian authorities have announced that United States citizens will require a visa beginning April 10 2025 68 No nbsp Brunei Visa not required 69 70 90 days Yes nbsp Bulgaria Visa not required 71 72 90 days 90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area 73 No nbsp Burkina Faso eVisa Visa on arrival 74 75 1 month International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis required 76 No nbsp Burundi Visa on arrival 77 1 month Visa on arrival obtainable at Bujumbura International Airport and all land borders 78 No nbsp Cambodia eVisa Visa on arrival 79 80 30 days Visa is also obtainable online All visitors are fingerprinted upon arrival and departure 81 No nbsp Cameroon eVisa 82 83 International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis and current immunization records required 84 nbsp Canada Visa not required 85 86 6 months Anyone with a criminal record including misdemeanors or alcohol related driving offenses in the US may not be able to enter Canada without first obtaining an approval for rehabilitation 87 or a Temporary Resident Permit TRP 88 Passport Card NEXUS card or Enhanced Drivers License valid for Land and Sea Travel US citizens exempt from obtaining Canada ETA and are in fact barred from doing so Green Card Holders exempt as well Yes nbsp Cape Verde EASE 89 90 30 days Must register online at least five days prior to arrival 91 No nbsp Central African Republic Visa required 92 93 International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis required 94 nbsp Chad Visa required 95 Passengers with an entry authorisation issued by the authorities of Chad can obtain a visa on arrival International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis required only if arriving from a high risk country as defined by the WHO 2 Registration within 72 hours is mandatory prior to arrival 96 Registration is good for the life of the passport nbsp Chile Visa not required 97 90 days 98 99 Yes nbsp China Visa required 100 Registration mandatory within 24 hours of arrival 101 All visitors between the ages of 14 and 70 are fingerprinted upon arrival and departure 24 hour visa free transit through China unless arriving in Fuzhou Huangshan Mudanjiang or Yanji 72 hour visa free transit through Changsha Guilin and Harbin 144 hour visa free transit through Beijing Chengdu Chongqing Dalian Guangzhou Hangzhou Jieyang Kunming Nanjing Ningbo Qinhuangdao Qingdao Shanghai Shenyang Shenzhen Shijiazhuang Tianjin Wuhan Xiamen and Xi an 102 Hong Kong Macau and Taiwan count as third countries under the 24 72 and 144 hours transit without visa TWOV policies Visas for U S citizens are valid for up to 10 years 103 nbsp Colombia Visa not required 104 105 90 days Extendable up to 180 days stay within a one year period 106 Colombian born U S citizens and U S citizens traveling with children may face special exit requirements No nbsp Comoros Visa on arrival 107 108 45 days No nbsp Republic of the Congo Visa required 109 International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis required A letter of invitation or written proof of a hotel reservation is required nbsp Democratic Republic of the Congo eVisa 110 111 7 days International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis required Registration required Visas must be issued at the DR Congo embassy in Washington D C nbsp Costa Rica Visa not required 112 113 90 days No nbsp Cote d Ivoire eVisa 114 115 3 months e Visa holders must arrive via Port Bouet Airport International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis required 116 No nbsp Croatia Visa not required 117 118 90 days 90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area 119 Yes nbsp Cuba Tourist card required 120 121 Tourist travel is prohibited under U S law for U S citizens permanent residents and others subject to U S jurisdiction 121 Under the Cuban Assets Control Regulations all persons subject to U S jurisdiction are not permitted to travel to Cuba unless licensed to engage in travel related transactions In addition to specific licenses granted by the Office of Foreign Assets Control OFAC there are 12 general licenses that people can choose to travel on without being required to notify OFAC note 1 and the broad and self reported nature of these licenses means travel is in practice subject to few restrictions 125 126 Cuba requires travelers to purchase a tourist card prior to arrival which can be obtained from the airline or a Cuban diplomatic mission Tourist cards are valid for one entry and a 30 day stay which can be extended once by 90 days at a hotel or immigration office in Cuba 127 126 Cuba requires travelers to have health insurance valid in Cuba which can be purchased from the airline 121 No nbsp Cyprus Visa not required 128 129 90 days 90 days within any 180 day period 130 No nbsp Czech Republic Visa not required 131 90 days 90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area 132 Yes nbsp Denmark Visa not required 133 90 days U S citizens can enter Denmark for up to 3 months every six months regardless of whether they have stayed in other Schengen countries prior to entry into Denmark 134 Yes nbsp Djibouti eVisa 135 136 90 days Evisas valid at any Port of Entry No nbsp Dominica Visa not required 137 138 6 months No nbsp Dominican Republic Visa not required 139 140 30 days Extendable up to 90 days Passport Card or Enhanced Drivers License valid for sea travel No nbsp Ecuador Visa not required 141 90 days Extendable for another 90 days per year 142 No nbsp Egypt eVisa Visa on arrival 143 144 30 days e Visa issued for 30 days Visa free travel for tourists arriving at Sharm El Sheikh St Catherine or Taba airports and remaining in the Sinai resorts up to 15 days 145 No nbsp El Salvador Visa not required 146 147 90 days Part of the Central America 4 Free Mobility Agreement 148 One ninety day extension may be granted if applied five days before the first expires 149 No nbsp Equatorial Guinea eVisa 150 151 International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis required if you are traveling from a country with risk of yellow fever 152 Yes nbsp Eritrea Visa required 153 Permit required to leave capital nbsp Estonia Visa not required 154 90 days 90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area 155 Yes nbsp Eswatini Visa not required 156 30 days Extendable up to 60 days 157 No nbsp Ethiopia eVisa Visa on arrival 158 up to 90 days Visa on arrival is obtainable only at Addis Ababa Bole International Airport 159 e Visa holders must arrive via Addis Ababa Bole International Airport e Visa is available for 30 or 90 days 160 Visitors are fingerprinted No nbsp Fiji Visa not required 161 4 months 162 No nbsp Finland Visa not required 163 164 90 days 90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area 165 Yes nbsp France Visa not required 166 167 90 days 90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area in Regions of France 168 A bilateral agreement pre dating the Schengen area may allow 90 days of stay in France regardless of days spent in other Schengen countries 169 170 171 172 Yes nbsp Gabon eVisa 173 174 90 days e Visas are available for one to six months e Visa holders must arrive via Libreville International Airport International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis required 175 Embassy visas are valid for 5 years and multiple entries for US citizens No nbsp Gambia Visa on arrival 176 177 International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis required only for travellers arriving high risk countries and having transited for more than 12 hours nbsp Georgia Visa not required 178 1 year No nbsp Germany Visa not required 179 90 days 90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area 180 Residence permit Aufenthaltstitel for stays of longer than 90 days obtainable after arrival under certain conditions Germany requires that all passports be signed Yes nbsp Ghana Visa required 181 182 Pre approved visa can be obtained on arrival International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis required 183 Visas for US citizens are either single entry or multiple entry and valid for 5 years The fee for single entry 3 month validity is 60 dollars and the fee for the multiple entry visa is 100 dollars nbsp Greece Visa not required 184 185 90 days 90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area 186 Yes nbsp Grenada Visa not required 187 188 3 months No nbsp Guatemala Visa not required 189 190 90 days Part of the Central America 4 Free Mobility Agreement 148 No nbsp Guinea eVisa 191 192 90 days International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis required 193 No nbsp Guinea Bissau Visa on arrival 194 90 days No nbsp Guyana Visa not required 195 90 days 196 No nbsp Haiti Visa not required 197 198 3 months Travel Currently almost impossible due to gang violence Only open borders are the sea borders Air borders are currently not open nor is the border with the Dominican Republic 199 No nbsp Honduras Visa not required 200 3 months Part of the Central America 4 Free Mobility Agreement 148 No nbsp Hungary Visa not required 201 202 90 days 90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area 203 Yes nbsp Iceland Visa not required 204 90 days 90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area 205 Yes nbsp India eVisa 206 30 days e Visa holders must arrive via 26 designated airports Note 2 or 3 designated seaports Note 3 207 An Indian e Tourist Visa may only be obtained twice within 1 calendar year citation needed Foreigners of Pakistani origin or who hold a Pakistani Passport are not eligible for an e Visa Foreigners who are not Pakistani nationals but whose parents or grandparents either paternal or maternal were born in or were permanent residents in Pakistan are also not eligible for an e Visa 208 Visitors are fingerprinted American citizens are eligible for a ten year multiple entry tourist visa not an e visa 209 American citizens of Pakistani heritage are not eligible for an e Visa nor are they eligible for a ten year multiple entry tourist visa and must apply for a regular visa No nbsp Indonesia e VOA Visa on arrival 210 30 days 211 Indonesian authorities have announced that citizens of the United States may be granted visa free entry within the upcoming month 212 No nbsp Iran Visa required 213 214 Iranian visas must be obtained from the Iranian Interests section of the Embassy of Pakistan Washington D C or an Iranian embassy in a third country U S visitors are fingerprinted and photographed upon entry Independent travelers must be accompanied by an authorized guide at all times Admission refused if passport contains stamps or visas issued by Israel nbsp Iraq Visa on arrival 215 60 days No nbsp Ireland Visa not required 216 217 218 3 months Residence permit for stays of longer than 90 days obtainable after arrival under certain conditions Yes nbsp Israel Visa not required 219 90 days Dual nationals of Israel and the United States who don t have an Israeli passport including infants may be required to obtain an Israeli passport in order to leave Israel 220 Entry prohibited for any person who knowingly issues a public call for boycotting Israel 221 Yes nbsp Italy Visa not required 222 90 days 90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area 223 A bilateral agreement pre dating the Schengen area may allow 90 days of stay in Italy regardless of days spent in other Schengen countries 171 Yes nbsp Jamaica Visa not required 224 6 months Departure tax collected by airline for all arrivals by air 225 Yes nbsp Japan Visa not required 226 90 days Persons who have been sentenced to 1 year or more of jail are NOT eligible for visa free travel to Japan and have to obtain visa 227 Yes nbsp Jordan eVisa Visa on arrival 228 229 Visa can be obtained upon arrival Not available at King Hussein Allenby Bridge 230 No nbsp Kazakhstan Visa not required 231 30 days Visa free was granted in 2014 under the Unilateral visa waiver for countries with high investment in Kazakhstan Economy No nbsp Kenya Electronic Travel Authorisation 232 233 90 days Applications can be submitted up to 90 days prior to travel and must be submitted at least 3 days in advance eTA fee is USD 32 50 Proof of reservation at the hotel where you plan to stay is required if staying with friends an invitation letter is also acceptable Yellow fever vaccination certificate is required if coming from endemic countries No nbsp Kiribati Visa not required 234 235 90 days May not exceed 90 days within any 12 months period No nbsp North Korea Travel restricted by U S government 236 237 238 239 U S passports holders must obtain a special passport validation from the U S federal government before travel 239 U S secretary of state Rex Tillerson authorized a ban on American travel to North Korea that went into effect in August 2017 following the death of Otto Warmbier a US student who was detained in North Korea and sentenced to 15 years of hard labor for allegedly stealing a propaganda poster nbsp South Korea Visa not required 240 241 90 days All visitors are fingerprinted From September 2021 travelers require the Korean Electronic Travel Authorization K ETA The validity period is 3 years from the date of approval 242 243 The government of the Republic of Korea announced that from April 1 2023 to December 31 2024 a K ETA is not required for 27 countries citizens visiting Korea for 90 days or less for business or tourism Yes nbsp Kosovo Visa not required 90 days 244 No nbsp Kuwait eVisa Visa on arrival 245 246 3 months No nbsp Kyrgyzstan Visa not required 247 60 days No nbsp Laos eVisa Visa on arrival 248 30 days 17 Note 4 of the 31 border crossings are only open to visa holders 249 e Visa may be used to enter Laos through Luang Prabang Pakse and Vientiane international airports 3 Thai Lao Friendship Bridges Note 5 and in Boten road and railroad 250 Visa on arrival is available at Luang Prabang Pakse and Vientiane international airports the 4 Thai Lao Friendship Bridges Note 6 and 6 border crossings Note 7 249 Visa on arrival is extendable for an additional 60 days at the Department of Immigration in Vientiane 251 No nbsp Latvia Visa not required 252 90 days 90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area 253 A bilateral agreement pre dating the Schengen area allows an additional 90 days of stay in Latvia to a total of 180 regardless of days spent in other Schengen countries Yes nbsp Lebanon Free visa on arrival 254 30 days Extendable for 2 additional months Visa waiver granted if there is no Israeli visa or seal and traveler has a telephone number an address in Lebanon and a non refundable return or circle trip ticket No nbsp Lesotho Visa not required 255 14 days Extendable up to 180 days 256 No nbsp Liberia Visa required 257 International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis required only for travellers from high risk countries Pre approved visa letter valid for 14 days from date of issuance is mandatory nbsp Libya eVisa 258 259 Holders of passports bearing an Israeli visa or entry exit stamps from Israel are not allowed to enter Libya 260 No nbsp Liechtenstein Visa not required 261 90 days 90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area 262 Yes nbsp Lithuania Visa not required 263 264 90 days 90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area Mandatory medical insurance 265 Yes nbsp Luxembourg Visa not required 266 267 90 days 90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area 268 Yes nbsp Madagascar Visa on arrival 269 60 days No nbsp Malawi Visa not required 270 30 days No nbsp Malaysia Visa not required 271 3 months All visitors are fingerprinted on arrival and departure 272 Immigration offenses such as visa overstaying are punishable by caning No nbsp Maldives Free visa on arrival 273 274 30 days Extendable up to 90 days No nbsp Mali Visa required 275 276 Letter of invitation required International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis required 277 nbsp Malta Visa not required 278 279 90 days 90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area 280 Yes nbsp Marshall Islands Visa not required 281 Unlimited The United States has a Compact of Free Association relationship with the Marshall Islands Micronesia and Palau Yes nbsp Mauritania Visa on arrival 282 30 Days International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis required only for travellers arriving from high risk countries No nbsp Mauritius Visa not required 283 90 days 284 No nbsp Mexico Visa not required 285 180 days Visitors must obtain a Multiple Immigration Form There is no charge for a tourist FMM for stays of less than 7 days when entering by land For visitors staying more than 7 days and entering by land it will cost 687 Mexican Pesos or nearly 40 USD The FMM is required for all visitors entering via air regardless of length of stay and the cost is included in the traveler s airfare and remitted by the airline 286 Passport Card or Enhanced Drivers License is valid for Land and Sea Travel No nbsp Micronesia Visa not required 287 365 days The United States has a Compact of Free Association relationship with the Marshall Islands Micronesia and Palau Yes nbsp Moldova Visa not required 288 90 days 90 days within any 180 day period Registration upon arrival is mandatory No nbsp Monaco Visa not required 289 290 90 days 90 days within any 180 day period Yes nbsp Mongolia Visa not required 291 90 days Registration required after 30 days 292 No nbsp Montenegro Visa not required 293 90 days Registration with the local police within 24 hours of arrival is mandatory 294 No nbsp Morocco Visa not required 295 3 months 296 No nbsp Mozambique Visa not required 297 30 days Travelers must register on the e Visa platform at least 48 hours prior to travel and pay a processing fee of 650 MT No nbsp Myanmar eVisa 298 299 28 days e Visa holders must arrive via Yangon Nay Pyi Taw or Mandalay airports or via land border crossings at Tachileik Myawaddy Kawthaung Rih Khaw Dar or Tamu e Visa available for both tourism allowed stay is 28 days or business allowed stay is 70 days purposes No nbsp Namibia Visa not required 300 3 months 301 No nbsp Nauru Visa required 302 30 days Visas are issued with validity of 30 days 303 Visa can be obtained in the Nauruan Press Office at the United Nations nbsp Nepal Online Visa Visa on arrival 304 90 days 305 Obtainable at Tribhuvan International Airport and certain land borders Total aggregate stay of no more than 150 days in any given calendar year 306 US Citizens are eligible for five year multiple entry visas No nbsp Netherlands Visa not required 307 90 days 90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area European Netherlands 308 Residence permit Verblijfstitel for stays of longer than 90 days obtainable after arrival under certain conditions 309 Yes nbsp New Zealand Electronic Travel Authority 310 3 months 311 312 May enter using eGate 313 International Visitor Conservation and Tourism Levy IVL must be paid upon requesting an Electronic Travel Authority IVL not required for American Samoan citizens 314 Holders of an Australian Permanent Resident Visa or Resident Return Visa may be granted a New Zealand Resident Visa on arrival permitting indefinite stay pursuant to the Trans Tasman Travel Arrangement Yes nbsp Nicaragua Visa not required 315 90 days Tourist card must be purchased upon arrival 316 Part of the Central America 4 Free Mobility Agreement 148 No nbsp Niger Visa required 317 318 International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis required 319 nbsp Nigeria eVisa 320 321 90 days Business eVisas on arrival available for Frequently Traveled Business Persons of International Reputes or Executives of Multi national Companies as well as for government officials 322 International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis required if arriving from a country with a risk of yellow fever transmission nbsp North Macedonia Visa not required 323 90 days Registration with the local police within 24 hours of arrival is mandatory 324 No nbsp Norway Visa not required 325 326 90 days 3 months within a 6 month period regardless of previous time spent in other Schengen countries but including time spent in other Nordic countries 327 328 Yes nbsp Oman Visa not required eVisa 329 330 14 days 30 days Visa exemption valid for 10 days 331 Holders of a visa or entrance stamp of the Emirate of Dubai that is valid for at least 21 days are visa exempt Holders of a visa for Qatar that is valid for travel to Oman and valid for at least one month are visa exempt when arriving directly from Qatar No nbsp Pakistan ETA Online Visa 332 333 30 days 3 months Electronic Travel Authorization to obtain a visa on arrival for tourism purposes 334 Electronic Travel Authorization to obtain a visa on arrival for business purposes 335 Online Visa eligible 336 No nbsp Palau Visa not required 337 1 year The United States has a Compact of Free Association relationship with the Marshall Islands Micronesia and Palau Yes nbsp Panama Visa not required 338 180 days Denial of entry or transit to any person who has a criminal conviction 339 No nbsp Papua New Guinea eVisa 340 341 60 days Extendable for 30 days 342 No nbsp Paraguay Visa not required 343 90 days Effective October 12 2021 U S citizens are no longer required to obtain a tourist visa for stays of up to 90 days 344 No nbsp Peru Visa not required 345 90 days Determined on arrival No nbsp Philippines Visa not required 346 347 30 days Naturalized US citizens of former Philippine nationality balikbayan allowed to stay for one year No nbsp Poland Visa not required 348 90 days 90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area Dual nationals must use their Polish passport 349 A bilateral agreement pre dating the Schengen area allows a stay in Poland regardless of days spent in other Schengen countries 350 172 Yes nbsp Portugal Visa not required 351 352 353 90 days 90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area Yes nbsp Qatar Visa not required 354 355 30 days No nbsp Romania Visa not required 356 357 90 days 90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area 358 No nbsp Russia Visa required 359 72 hour visa free transit for international cruise ship ferry passengers only if travelling with an organized tour and accompanied at all times by a tour operator Registration required after 7 business days 360 American citizens may receive multiple entry visas valid for three years 361 nbsp Rwanda eVisa Visa on arrival 362 363 30 days Visitors are fingerprinted International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis required only if arriving from high risk countries as defined by WHO No nbsp Saint Kitts and Nevis Visa not required 364 365 3 months No nbsp Saint Lucia Visa not required 366 367 6 weeks No nbsp Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Visa not required 368 6 months 369 No nbsp Samoa Visa not required 370 60 days No nbsp San Marino Visa not required 371 Yes nbsp Sao Tome and Principe Visa not required 372 15 days International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis required 373 No nbsp Saudi Arabia eVisa Visa on arrival 374 375 90 days No nbsp Senegal Visa not required 376 90 days International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis required 377 No nbsp Serbia Visa not required 378 90 days 90 days within any 180 day period 379 No nbsp Seychelles Electronic Border System 380 381 3 months Application can be submitted up to 30 days before travel Visitors must upload a reservation confirmation s for each visitor s location of stay in Seychelles Yellow fever vaccination certificate is required if coming from endemic countries Payment of the fee EUR 10 by credit or debit card Valid for one journey only and it expires once exit the country No nbsp Sierra Leone eVisa Visa on arrival 382 383 3 months 30 days International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis required 384 No nbsp Singapore Visa not required 385 90 days 386 All visitors are fingerprinted upon arrival and departure 387 US citizens can use Automated Border Control Yes nbsp Slovakia Visa not required 388 389 90 days 90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area Medical insurance required Sufficient funds of 50 USD per person per day required Registration within 3 working days required 390 Yes nbsp Slovenia Visa not required 391 392 90 days 90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area Registration with the local police required within 72 hours of arrival 393 Yes nbsp Solomon Islands Free Visitor s permit on arrival 394 3 months 3 months within 12 months 395 Visitors visa issued upon arrival for free No nbsp Somalia Visa on arrival 396 Available at Berbera Borama Burao Erigavo and Hargeisa airports citation needed 30 days available at Bosaso Airport Galcaio Airport and Mogadishu Airport citation needed No nbsp South Africa Visa not required 397 90 days Holders of passports without 2 blank pages may be refused entry No nbsp South Sudan eVisa 398 399 Printed visa authorization must be presented at the time of travel International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis required No nbsp Spain Visa not required 400 90 days 90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area 401 Yes nbsp Sri Lanka ETA Visa on arrival 402 403 30 days 404 Visa on arrival with Electronic Travel Authorization US style visa waiver get an ETA and travel No nbsp Sudan Visa required 405 406 If arriving from a country of high yellow fever risk and stayed for more than 12 hours then Yellow Fever vaccine required Exit visa required Registration within 3 days mandatory 407 nbsp Suriname Visa not required 408 409 90 days An entrance fee of 25 USD or 25 Euros must be paid online prior to arrival 410 Multiple entry e Visa is also available 411 No nbsp Sweden Visa not required 412 413 90 days 90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area 414 Yes nbsp Switzerland Visa not required 415 90 days 90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area 416 Yes nbsp Syria Visa required 417 418 Registration required within 15 days Persons with passports bearing Israeli visas or entry exit stamps are not allowed to enter 419 Visa not required for foreign citizens with proof of Syrian origin such as an identification card or passport Dual citizen males ages 17 42 need military service book If not forgiven by the military dual citizens may apply for a visit visa once a year through the embassy nbsp Taiwan 420 421 Visa not required 90 days 420 Visitors fingerprinted upon arrival Yes nbsp Tajikistan Visa not required eVisa 422 423 30 days 60 days e Visa also available 424 e Visa holders can enter through all border points No nbsp Tanzania eVisa Visa on arrival 425 426 90 days No nbsp Thailand Visa not required 427 30 days Maximum two visits annually if not arriving by air No nbsp Timor Leste Visa on arrival 428 30 days For arrivals by air only 429 No nbsp Togo eVisa 430 431 15 days 432 No nbsp Tonga Free visa on arrival 433 31 days Visas issued upon arrival at no charge to the passenger Valid for 31 days No nbsp Trinidad and Tobago Visa not required 434 90 days 435 No nbsp Tunisia Visa not required 436 90 days 437 No nbsp Turkey Visa not required 438 439 90 days 90 days within any 180 day period 440 No nbsp Turkmenistan Visa required 441 10 day visa on arrival if holding letter of invitation issued by a company registered in Turkmenistan with a prior approval from the Foreign Ministry 442 nbsp Tuvalu Visa on arrival 443 1 month Extendable up to 3 months 444 No nbsp Uganda eVisa 445 446 3 months Determined at the port of entry Must apply online at least 2 business days prior to travel Airlines may deny passengers permission to board flights to Uganda without proof that they had successfully applied for an e Visa Ugandan immigration authorities may require additional documentation including proof of a return plane ticket and detailed tour itinerary in Uganda International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis required 447 No nbsp Ukraine Visa not required 448 90 days 90 days within any 180 day period 449 No nbsp United Arab Emirates Visa not required 450 451 30 days Extension possible with a fee Iris scan taken on arrival U S passport holders can sign up for E Gate access on arrival departure at Dubai International Airport No nbsp United Kingdom Visa not required 452 453 6 months 454 Up to 90 days if arriving from Ireland Common Travel Area Yes nbsp Uruguay Visa not required 455 90 days 456 No nbsp Uzbekistan eVisa 457 458 30 days 5 day visa free transit at the international airports if holding a confirmed onward ticket for a flight to a third country 459 Registration within 3 days is mandatory 460 U S citizens under the age of 16 or over the age of 55 traveling to Uzbekistan for tourism purposes are eligible for visa free entry for a period of up to 90 days and 30 days respectively 461 No nbsp Vanuatu Visa not required 462 30 days Extendable up to 120 days 463 No nbsp Vatican City Visa not required 464 N A Open borders but de facto follows Italian visa policy No foreign accomidations residency restricted to Vatican citizens only 465 No nbsp Venezuela Visa required 466 nbsp Vietnam eVisa 467 468 e Visa is valid for 90 days and multiple entry Phu Quốc visa exemption for up to 30 days 469 No nbsp Yemen Visa required 470 471 Registration mandatory Exit visa required for stays over 30 days 472 nbsp Zambia Visa not required 473 30 days Also eligible for a universal visa allowing access to Zimbabwe All visitors are fingerprinted Two blank pages required International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis required only travellers arriving from certian places as defined by Govertment Please check the WHO 2020 Yellow Fever vaccination requirments document for exact list No nbsp Zimbabwe Visa on arrival 474 30 days Also eligible for a universal visa allowing access to Zambia Tourism purposes only 475 NoTerritories or administrative subdivisions with different visa policies edit Visa requirements for United States citizens for visits to various territories disputed areas partially recognized countries not mentioned in the list above recognized administrative subdivisions that operate on different visa policies and restricted zones Visitor to Visa requirement Allowed stay Notes excluding departure fees Africa nbsp Eritrea outside Asmara Travel permit required Travel Permit for Foreigners is required to travel outside of the capital 476 nbsp Ascension Island eVisa 477 478 3 months 3 months within any one year period nbsp Saint Helena Visa Free with Payment Visitor s Pass granted on arrival 479 nbsp Tristan da Cunha Permission required Permission to land required for 15 30 pounds sterling yacht ship passenger for Tristan da Cunha Island 20 pounds sterling for Gough Island Inaccessible Island or Nightingale Islands 480 nbsp Mayotte Visa not required 481 90 days nbsp Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Undefined Undefined visa regime in the Western Sahara same entry requirements with Morocco controlled territory nbsp Somaliland Visa on arrival 30 days Obtainable on arrival or at the Somaliland Mission in Alexandria VA 482 nbsp Reunion Visa not required 483 90 days nbsp Sudan outside Khartoum Travel permit required All foreigners traveling more than 25 kilometers outside of Khartoum must obtain a travel permit nbsp Darfur Travel permit required Separate travel permit is required 484 Asia nbsp British Indian Ocean Territory Special permit required Special permit required 485 nbsp Hainan Visa not required 486 30 days nbsp Hong Kong Visa not required 90 days 487 nbsp Protected and restricted areas of India PAP RAP required Protected Area Permit PAP required for whole states of Nagaland and Sikkim and parts of states Manipur Arunachal Pradesh Uttaranchal Jammu and Kashmir Rajasthan Himachal Pradesh Restricted Area Permit RAP required for all of Andaman and Nicobar Islands and parts of Sikkim Some of these requirements are occasionally lifted for a year 488 489 490 491 492 493 nbsp Iraqi Kurdistan eVisa 494 30 days nbsp Baikonur amp Priozersk Special permission required Special permission required for the city of Baikonur and surrounding areas in Kyzylorda Oblast and the town of Priozersk near Almaty 495 nbsp Kish Island Visa not required Tourists for Kish Island do not require a visa 496 nbsp Macau Visa not required 30 days 497 nbsp Sabah and Sarawak Visa not required These states have their own immigration authorities and a passport is required to travel to them but the same visa applies 498 nbsp Maldives outside Male Permission required Tourists are generally prohibited from visiting non resort islands without the express permission of the Government of the Maldives 499 nbsp Palestine Visa not required Travel to Gaza Strip may be restricted 500 nbsp Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Province OIVR permit required OIVR permit required Special permit required for Lake Sarez 501 502 503 nbsp Tibet Autonomous Region TTP required Tibet Travel Permit required in addition to Chinese visa 504 nbsp Mecca and Medina Special access required Non Muslims and those following the Ahmadiyya religious movement are strictly prohibited from entry 505 nbsp Closed cities of Turkmenistan Special permit required A special permit issued prior to arrival by Ministry of Foreign Affairs is required if visiting the following places Atamurat Cheleken Dashoguz Serakhs and Serhetabat 506 nbsp Phu Quốc Visa not required 30 days 507 nbsp Yemen outside Sana a or Aden Special permission required Special permission needed for travel outside Sana a or Aden 472 Caribbean and North Atlantic nbsp Aland Islands Visa not required 508 3 months nbsp Anguilla Visa not required 3 months 509 nbsp Aruba Visa not required 510 511 30 days nbsp Bermuda Visa not required 512 6 months nbsp Caribbean Netherlands Bonaire St Eustatius and Saba Visa not required 180 days nbsp British Virgin Islands Visa not required 30 days nbsp Cayman Islands Visa not required 6 months 513 nbsp San Andres and Leticia Tourist Card on arrival Visitors arriving at Gustavo Rojas Pinilla International Airport and Alfredo Vasquez Cobo International Airport must buy tourist cards on arrival 514 nbsp Curacao Visa not required 6 months Maximum consecutive period of six months each calendar year 515 nbsp French West Indies Martinique Guadeloupe Saint Martin and Saint Barthelemy Visa not required 3 months nbsp Greenland Visa not required 516 nbsp Montserrat Visa not required 6 months nbsp Puerto Rico Freedom of movement Unlimited U S citizens and U S nationals may live and work freely in Puerto Rico Passport EDL is not required for entry of U S Citizens 517 nbsp Sint Maarten Visa not required 6 months Maximum stay allowed is 6 months uninterrupted with the possibility to extend 518 519 nbsp Turks and Caicos Islands Visa not required 90 days 520 nbsp U S Virgin Islands Freedom of movement Unlimited U S citizens and U S nationals may live and work freely in the U S Virgin Islands Passport EDL is not required for entry of U S Citizens 517 Europe nbsp Abkhazia Visa required 521 nbsp Brest and Grodno Visa not required may be outdated as of February 2022 10 days 522 nbsp Crimea Visa required may be outdated as of February 2022 Visa issued by Russia is required 523 nbsp Novorossiya Restricted area may be outdated as of February 2022 Crossing from Ukraine requires visit purpose to be explained to Ukrainian passport control on exit and those who entered from Russia are not allowed to proceed further into Ukraine 524 nbsp Northern Cyprus Visa not required 3 months 525 nbsp Faroe Islands Visa not required 516 nbsp Gibraltar Visa not required 526 nbsp Guernsey Visa not required 527 nbsp Isle of Man Visa not required 528 nbsp Jan Mayen Permit required 526 24 hours Permit issued by the local police required for stays less than 24 hours 529 Permit issued by the Norwegian police required for stays of more than 24 hours 530 nbsp Jersey Visa not required 531 nbsp Closed cities of Russia Special authorization required Several closed cities and regions in Russia require special authorization 360 nbsp South Ossetia Visa not required Multiple entry visa to Russia and three day prior notification are required to enter South Ossetia 532 533 nbsp Svalbard Visa not required 534 Unlimited Anyone of any nationality may live and work freely in Svalbard per the Svalbard Treaty nbsp Transnistria Visa not required 24 hours Registration required after 24h 535 536 Oceania nbsp American Samoa Freedom of movement Unlimited Passport is required for entry because American Samoans by law are not US citizens rather they are US nationals U S citizens and U S nationals may live and work freely in American Samoa 537 nbsp Ashmore and Cartier Islands Special authorisation required Special authorisation required 538 nbsp Clipperton Island Special permit required Special permit required 539 nbsp Cook Islands Visa not required 31 days 540 nbsp Lau Province Special permission required Special permission required 162 nbsp French Polynesia Visa not required 90 days 90 days within any 180 day period 541 nbsp Guam Freedom of movement Unlimited U S citizens and U S nationals citizens may live and work freely in Guam Passport EDL is required for entry Under certain circumstances a government issued photo ID and proof of citizenship may be used in lieu a passport on a case by case basis 542 543 517 nbsp Niue Visa not required 30 days 544 nbsp New Caledonia Visa not required 90 days 90 days within any 180 day period 545 nbsp Northern Mariana Islands Freedom of movement Unlimited U S citizens and U S nationals citizens may live and work freely in the Northern Mariana Islands Passport EDL is not required for entry of U S Citizens 517 nbsp Pitcairn Islands Visa not required 546 14 days nbsp Tokelau Entry permit required 547 South America nbsp nbsp Misiones Isla Apipe and Isla del medio Visa not required 90 days By being Argentine territories the same visa policy applies nbsp Galapagos Pre registration required Online pre registration is required Transit Control Card must be obtained at the airport prior to departure 548 nbsp French Guiana Visa not required 3 months 549 International Certificate of Vaccination required South Atlantic and Antarctica nbsp Falkland Islands Visa not required 550 1 month A visitor permit is normally issued as a stamp in the passport on arrival nbsp South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Permit required Pre arrival permit from the Commissioner required 72 hours 1 month for 110 160 pounds sterling 551 552 nbsp Antarctica Special permits required Special permits required for nbsp Bouvet Island nbsp British Antarctic Territory nbsp French Southern and Antarctic Lands nbsp Argentine Antarctica nbsp Australian Antarctic Territory nbsp Chilean Antarctic Territory nbsp Heard Island and McDonald Islands nbsp Peter I Island nbsp Queen Maud Land nbsp Ross Dependency 553 554 555 556 557 558 559 560 561 562 563 564 Pre approved visas pick up editPre approved visas can be picked up on arrival in the following countries instead of an embassy or consulate Pre approvedvisas pick upon arrival Conditions nbsp Bhutan 565 For a maximum stay of 15 days if the application was submitted at least 2 1 2 months before arrival and if the clearance was obtained nbsp Cameroon 566 Must hold approval from the General Delegate of Security nbsp Eritrea 567 Must have a sponsor who must submit an application at least 48 hours before arrival nbsp Liberia 568 Available only if arriving from a country without a diplomatic mission of Liberia and if a sponsor obtained an approval nbsp Nigeria 569 Holders of a visa application who have a Nigerian company taking responsibility for them nbsp Sudan 570 Holders of an entry permit issued by the Ministry of Interior nbsp Turkmenistan 571 Holders of an invitation letter from the local company that was approved by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Passport card editThe United States passport card can be used as an alternative to the passport booklet only when travelling to and from Canada Mexico Bermuda Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Aruba The Bahamas British Virgin Islands Caribbean Netherlands Cayman Islands Dominica Dominican Republic Grenada Jamaica Montserrat Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Turks and Caico at maritime ports of entry or land border crossings 572 The card is not valid for international air travel whatsoever if traveling by air the passport book is required 573 APEC Travel Business Card editThe APEC Business Travel Card ABTC is meant to facilitate travel for U S citizens engaged in verified business in the APEC region 574 The U S ABTC should enable access to a dedicated fast track lane for expedited immigration processing at some participating foreign APEC member airports 575 U S APEC Business Travel Card holders may also use the Global Entry kiosks at participating airports upon their U S return 576 As the U S is a transitional member of the ABTC scheme however the U S APEC Business Travel Card cannot be used in lieu of a visa to enter an APEC member country 577 The program was initially set to expire on September 30 2018 but the November 2017 signing of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Business Travel Cards Act of 2017 S 504 ensured it would permanently remain 578 Consular protection of U S citizens abroad edit nbsp American diplomatic missions including embassies blue interests sections and other representations light blue The United States has the second most diplomatic missions of any country in the world citation needed See also List of diplomatic missions of the United States and List of diplomatic missions in the United States The Department of State regularly publishes travel warnings or travel alerts Non visa restrictions edit nbsp A United States passport with a biometric chip This section is transcluded from Non visa travel restrictions edit history Blank passport pages edit Many countries require a minimum number of blank pages to be available in the passport being presented typically one or two pages 579 Endorsement pages which often appear after the visa pages are not counted as being valid or available Vaccination edit Main articles Vaccination requirements for international travel International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis and Vaccine passports during the COVID 19 pandemic nbsp Cover of the new International Certificate of Vaccination issued by the Bureau of Quarantine in the Philippines since 2021Many African countries including Angola Benin Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Central African Republic Chad Democratic Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo Cote d Ivoire Equatorial Guinea Gabon Gambia Ghana Guinea Bissau Kenya Liberia Mali Mauritania Niger Rwanda Senegal Sierra Leone and Togo South Sudan Uganda and Zambia require all incoming passengers older than nine months to one year 580 to have a current International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis as does the South American territory of French Guiana 581 Some other countries require vaccination only if the passenger is coming from an infected area or has visited one recently or has transited for 12 hours in those countries Algeria Botswana Cabo Verde Chad Djibouti Egypt Eswatini Ethiopia Gambia Ghana Guinea Lesotho Libya Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Madagascar Malawi Mauritania Mauritius Mozambique Namibia Nigeria Papua New Guinea Seychelles Somalia South Africa Sudan Tunisia Uganda United Republic of Tanzania Zambia and Zimbabwe 582 583 Passport validity length edit Very few countries such as Paraguay just require a valid passport on arrival However many countries and groupings now require only an identity card especially from their neighbours Other countries may have special bilateral arrangements that depart from the generality of their passport validity length policies to shorten the period of passport validity required for each other s citizens 584 585 or even accept passports that have already expired but not been cancelled 586 Some countries such as Japan 587 Ireland and the United Kingdom 588 require a passport valid throughout the period of the intended stay In the absence of specific bilateral agreements countries requiring passports to be valid for at least 6 more months on arrival include Afghanistan Algeria Anguilla Bahrain 589 Bhutan Botswana British Virgin Islands Brunei Cambodia Cameroon Cape Verde Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chad Comoros Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Curacao Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Fiji Gabon Guinea Bissau Guyana Haiti India Indonesia Iran Iraq Israel 590 Jordan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Laos Madagascar Malaysia Marshall Islands Mongolia Myanmar Namibia Nepal Nicaragua Nigeria Oman Palau Papua New Guinea Peru 591 Philippines 592 Qatar Rwanda Samoa Saudi Arabia Singapore Solomon Islands Somalia Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Tanzania Thailand Timor Leste Tokelau Tonga Turkey Tuvalu Uganda United Arab Emirates Vanuatu Venezuela and Vietnam 593 Countries requiring passports valid for at least 4 months on arrival include Micronesia and Zambia Countries requiring passports with a validity of at least 3 months beyond the date of intended departure include Azerbaijan Bosnia and Herzegovina Honduras Montenegro Nauru Moldova and New Zealand Similarly the EEA countries of Iceland Liechtenstein Norway all European Union countries except Ireland together with Switzerland also require 3 months validity beyond the date of the bearer s intended departure unless the bearer is an EEA or Swiss national Countries requiring passports valid for at least 3 months on arrival include Albania North Macedonia Panama and Senegal Bermuda requires passports to be valid for at least 45 days upon entry Countries that require a passport validity of at least one month beyond the date of intended departure include Eritrea Hong Kong Lebanon Macau the Maldives 594 and South Africa Criminal record edit Some countries including Australia Canada Fiji New Zealand and the United States 595 routinely deny entry to non citizens who have a criminal record while others impose restrictions depending on the type of conviction and the length of the sentence Persona non grata edit The government of a country can declare a diplomat persona non grata banning entry into that country In non diplomatic use the authorities of a country may also declare a foreigner persona non grata permanently or temporarily usually because of unlawful activity 596 Israeli stamps edit nbsp Israeli border control Entry Permit issued as a stand alone document rather than a stamp affixed in a passport Kuwait 597 Lebanon 598 Libya 599 Syria 600 and Yemen 601 do not allow entry to people with passport stamps from Israel or whose passports have either a used or an unused Israeli visa or where there is evidence of previous travel to Israel such as entry or exit stamps from neighbouring border posts in transit countries such as Jordan and Egypt To circumvent this Arab League boycott of Israel the Israeli immigration services have now mostly ceased to stamp foreign nationals passports on either entry to or exit from Israel unless the entry is for some work related purposes Since 15 January 2013 Israel no longer stamps foreign passports at Ben Gurion Airport Passports are still as of 22 June 2017 update stamped at Erez when passing into and out of Gaza citation needed Iran refuses admission to holders of passports containing an Israeli visa or stamp that is less than 12 months old Biometrics edit See also Countries applying biometrics Several countries mandate that all travellers or all foreign travellers be fingerprinted on arrival and will refuse admission to or even arrest travellers who refuse to comply In some countries such as the United States this may apply even to transit passengers who merely wish to change planes rather than go landside 602 Fingerprinting countries regions include Afghanistan 603 604 Argentina 605 Brunei Cambodia 606 China 607 Ethiopia 608 Ghana Guinea 609 India Japan 610 611 Kenya both fingerprints and a photo are taken 612 Malaysia upon entry and departure 613 Mongolia Saudi Arabia 614 Singapore South Korea 615 Taiwan Thailand 616 Uganda 617 the United Arab Emirates and the United States Many countries also require a photo be taken of people entering the country The United States which does not fully implement exit control formalities at its land frontiers although long mandated by domestic legislation 618 619 620 intends to implement facial recognition for passengers departing from international airports to identify people who overstay their visa 621 Together with fingerprint and face recognition iris scanning is one of three biometric identification technologies internationally standardised since 2006 by the International Civil Aviation Organization ICAO for use in e passports 622 and the United Arab Emirates conducts iris scanning on visitors who need to apply for a visa 623 624 The United States Department of Homeland Security has announced plans to greatly increase the biometric data it collects at US borders 625 In 2018 Singapore began trials of iris scanning at three land and maritime immigration checkpoints 626 627 Foreign travel statistics editThis section is transcluded from United States passport edit history These are the numbers of visits by U S nationals to various countries in 2015 unless otherwise noted Destination Number of visitors nbsp American Samoa note 2 628 17 560 nbsp Angola 629 17 259 nbsp Anguilla note 3 630 44 983 nbsp Antarctica note 3 631 14 893 nbsp Antigua and Barbuda note 3 632 96 347 nbsp Aruba note 4 633 576 793 nbsp Australia note 3 634 781 000 nbsp Austria note 5 note 2 635 702 900 nbsp Azerbaijan note 3 636 15 178 nbsp Bahamas note 2 637 1 159 259 nbsp Barbados note 5 note 2 638 168 945 nbsp Belgium note 2 639 299 907 nbsp Belize note 2 note 5 640 254 544 nbsp Bermuda note 3 641 551 976 nbsp Bhutan note 3 642 9 220 nbsp Bolivia note 2 643 58 403 nbsp Bosnia and Herzegovina note 3 644 25 926 nbsp Botswana 645 49 451 nbsp Brazil note 3 646 475 232 nbsp British Virgin Islands note 6 647 442 434 nbsp Bulgaria note 3 648 90 963 nbsp Burkina Faso note 2 649 5 611 nbsp Cambodia note 2 650 238 658 nbsp Cameroon note 4 note 5 651 13 280 nbsp Canada note 3 652 24 335 415 nbsp Cape Verde note 5 653 4 282 nbsp Caribbean Netherlands note 4 note 7 654 nbsp Bonaire nbsp Saba nbsp Sint Eustatius 5 900 2 000 2 700 1 200 nbsp Cayman Islands note 3 note 7 655 340 955 nbsp Chile note 3 656 211 718 nbsp China note 3 657 658 2 312 900 nbsp Colombia note 3 659 529 013 nbsp Congo note 8 660 5 352 nbsp Cook Islands note 3 661 662 8 372 nbsp Costa Rica note 3 663 1 199 241 nbsp Croatia note 3 664 451 947 nbsp Cuba 665 91 254 nbsp Curacao note 2 666 59 714 nbsp Cyprus note 3 667 25 388 nbsp Czech Republic note 5 note 3 668 539 023 nbsp Dominica 669 17 773 nbsp Dominican Republic note 3 670 2 073 963 nbsp Ecuador note 4 671 259 406 nbsp El Salvador note 9 672 447 628 nbsp Estonia note 5 note 3 673 38 381 nbsp Eswatini note 2 674 18 014 nbsp Fiji note 3 675 81 198 nbsp Finland note 5 note 3 676 124 997 nbsp France 677 3 622 362 nbsp French Polynesia note 3 678 51 095 nbsp Gambia note 8 679 4 058 nbsp Georgia note 3 680 42 645 nbsp Germany note 2 681 2 558 495 nbsp Greece 682 750 250 nbsp Greenland note 2 683 684 2 767 nbsp Grenada note 3 685 67 250 nbsp Guam note 3 note 7 686 77 058 nbsp Guatemala note 4 687 447 140 nbsp Guyana note 10 688 82 966 nbsp Haiti note 11 689 266 793 span, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library, article, read, download, free, free download, mp3, video, mp4, 3gp, jpg, 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