Visa requirements for Japanese citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Japan.
From 2018 to 2024 (with the exception of 2023), Japanese citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to the most countries and territories, [1] making the Japanese passport rank first in the world in terms of travel freedom according to the Henley Passport Index. [2] [3] It ranked 2nd in 2023. [1] [4]
Visa requirements for holders of normal passports travelling for tourist purposes:
Country / Region | Visa requirement | Allowed stay | Notes (excluding departure fees) |
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Afghanistan | Visa required [5] | ||
Albania | Visa not required [6] | 90 days | |
Algeria | Visa required [7] | ||
Andorra | Visa not required [8] | 90 days |
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Angola | Visa not required [9] [10] | 30 days |
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Antigua and Barbuda | Visa not required [13] | 6 months | |
Argentina | Visa not required [14] | 90 days | |
Armenia | Visa not required [15] | 180 days |
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Australia | Electronic Travel Authority [16] | 90 days | |
Austria | Visa not required [18] | 90 days |
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Azerbaijan | eVisa / Visa on arrival [19] [20] | 30 days |
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Bahamas | Visa not required [21] | 3 months | |
Bahrain | eVisa / Visa on arrival [22] | 14 days | |
Bangladesh | Visa on arrival [23] | 30 days |
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Barbados | Visa not required [24] | 6 months | |
Belarus | Visa not required [25] | 30 days |
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Belgium | Visa not required [26] | 90 days |
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Belize | Visa not required [27] | 90 days | |
Benin | eVisa [28] [29] | 30 days |
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Bhutan | eVisa [31] [32] | ||
Bolivia | Visa not required [33] | 90 days | |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Visa not required [34] | 90 days |
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Botswana | Visa not required [35] | 90 days |
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Brazil | Visa not required [36] | 90 days |
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Brunei | Visa not required [37] | 14 days | |
Bulgaria | Visa not required [38] | 90 days |
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Burkina Faso | eVisa [39] [40] | ||
Burundi | Visa on arrival [41] | 1 month |
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Cambodia | eVisa / Visa on arrival [43] [44] | 30 days | |
Cameroon | eVisa [45] [46] | ||
Canada | Electronic Travel Authorization [47] | 6 months | |
Cape Verde | Visa on arrival [50] | 30 days |
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Central African Republic | Visa required [52] | ||
Chad | Visa required [53] | ||
Chile | Visa not required [54] | 90 days | |
China | Visa required [55] |
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Colombia | Visa not required [58] | 180 days |
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Comoros | Visa on arrival [59] | 45 days |
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Republic of the Congo | Visa required [60] | ||
Democratic Republic of the Congo | eVisa [61] [62] | 7 days | |
Costa Rica | Visa not required [63] | 180 days | |
Côte d'Ivoire | eVisa [64] [65] | 3 months |
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Croatia | Visa not required [66] | 90 days |
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Cuba | eVisa [67] | 90 days |
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Cyprus | Visa not required [68] | 90 days |
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Czech Republic | Visa not required [69] | 90 days |
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Denmark | Visa not required [70] | 90 days |
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Djibouti | eVisa [71] [72] | 90 days | |
Dominica | Visa not required [73] | 6 months | |
Dominican Republic | Visa not required [74] | 90 days | |
Ecuador | Visa not required [75] | 90 days | |
Egypt | eVisa / Visa on arrival [76] [77] | 30 days | |
El Salvador | Visa not required [78] | 3 months | |
Equatorial Guinea | eVisa [79] [80] | ||
Eritrea | Visa required [81] | ||
Estonia | Visa not required [82] | 90 days |
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Eswatini | Visa not required [83] | 30 days | |
Ethiopia | eVisa / Visa on arrival [84] | 90 days |
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Fiji | Visa not required [87] | 4 months | |
Finland | Visa not required [88] | 90 days |
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France | Visa not required [89] | 90 days |
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Gabon | eVisa [90] [91] | 90 days |
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Gambia | Visa required [92] |
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Georgia | Visa not required [93] | 1 year | |
Germany | Visa not required [94] | 90 days |
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Ghana | Visa required [95] | ||
Greece | Visa not required [96] | 90 days |
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Grenada | Visa not required [97] | 3 months | |
Guatemala | Visa not required [98] | 90 days | |
Guinea | eVisa [99] [100] | 90 days |
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Guinea-Bissau | Visa on arrival [101] | 90 days |
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Guyana | Visa required [102] | ||
Haiti | Visa not required [103] | 3 months | |
Honduras | Visa not required [104] | 3 months | |
Hungary | Visa not required [105] | 90 days |
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Iceland | Visa not required [106] | 90 days |
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India | eVisa / Visa on arrival [107] [108] | 60 days |
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Indonesia | e-VOA / Visa on arrival [111] | 30 days [112] | |
Iran | Visa not required [113] | 15 days |
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Iraq | eVisa / Visa on arrival [114] [115] | 60 days |
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Ireland | Visa not required [117] | 3 months | |
Israel | Visa not required [118] | 3 months | |
Italy | Visa not required [119] | 90 days |
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Jamaica | Visa not required [120] | 30 days | |
Jordan | eVisa / Visa on arrival [121] [122] | 30 days |
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Kazakhstan | Visa not required [123] | 30 days | |
Kenya | Electronic Travel Authorisation [124] [125] | 90 days |
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Kiribati | Visa not required [127] | 90 days | |
North Korea | Visa required [128] | ||
South Korea | Electronic Travel Authorization [129] | 90 days |
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Kuwait | eVisa / Visa on arrival [131] [132] | 3 months | |
Kyrgyzstan | Visa not required [133] | 60 days | |
Laos | Visa not required [134] | 15 days | |
Latvia | Visa not required [135] | 90 days |
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Lebanon | Free visa on arrival [136] | 1 month |
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Lesotho | Visa not required [137] | 90 days | |
Liberia | Visa required [138] | ||
Libya | eVisa [139] [140] | ||
Liechtenstein | Visa not required [141] | 90 days |
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Lithuania | Visa not required [142] | 90 days |
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Luxembourg | Visa not required [143] | 90 days |
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Madagascar | Visa on arrival [144] | 60 days | |
Malawi | eVisa / Visa on arrival [145] [146] | 90 days | |
Malaysia | Visa not required [147] | 90 days | |
Maldives | Free visa on arrival [148] | 30 days | |
Mali | Visa required [149] | ||
Malta | Visa not required [150] | 90 days |
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Marshall Islands | Visa on arrival [151] | 90 days |
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Mauritania | Visa on arrival [152] | 30 days |
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Mauritius | Visa not required [155] | 90 days | |
Mexico | Visa not required [156] | 180 days | |
Micronesia | Visa not required [157] | 30 days | |
Moldova | Visa not required [158] | 90 days |
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Monaco | Visa not required [159] | 90 days |
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Mongolia | Visa not required [160] | 30 days | |
Montenegro | Visa not required [161] | 90 days | |
Morocco | Visa not required [162] | 3 months | |
Mozambique | Visa not required [163] [164] | 30 days |
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Myanmar | eVisa [165] [166] | 28 days | |
Namibia | Visa not required [167] | 3 months | |
Nauru | Visa required [168] | ||
Nepal | Online Visa / Visa on arrival [169] | 90 days [170] | |
Netherlands | Visa not required [171] | 90 days |
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New Zealand | Electronic Travel Authority [172] | 3 months |
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Nicaragua | Visa not required [175] | 90 days | |
Niger | Visa required [176] | ||
Nigeria | eVisa [177] [178] | 90 days | |
North Macedonia | Visa not required [179] | 90 days | |
Norway | Visa not required [180] | 90 days |
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Oman | Visa not required / eVisa [181] [182] | 14 days / 30 days |
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Pakistan | eVisa [183] [184] | 90 days | |
Palau | Free visa on arrival [185] | 30 days | |
Panama | Visa not required [186] | 90 days | |
Papua New Guinea | eVisa [187] [188] | 60 days |
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Paraguay | Visa not required [189] | 90 days | |
Peru | Visa not required [190] | 90 days | |
Philippines | Visa not required [191] | 30 days | |
Poland | Visa not required [192] | 90 days |
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Portugal | Visa not required [193] | 90 days |
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Qatar | Visa not required [194] | 30 days | |
Romania | Visa not required [195] | 90 days |
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Russia | eVisa [196] [197] | 16 days |
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Rwanda | eVisa / Visa on arrival [199] [200] | 30 days |
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Saint Kitts and Nevis | Visa not required [201] | 3 months | |
Saint Lucia | Visa not required [202] | 6 weeks | |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Visa not required [203] | 3 month | |
Samoa | Visa not required [204] | 90 days | |
San Marino | Visa not required [205] | 90 days |
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São Tomé and Príncipe | Visa not required [206] | 15 days [207] | |
Saudi Arabia | eVisa / Visa on arrival [208] [209] | 90 days | |
Senegal | Visa not required [210] | 90 days | |
Serbia | Visa not required [211] | 90 days |
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Seychelles | Electronic Border System [212] [213] | 3 months |
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Singapore | Visa not required [214] | 30 days | |
Sierra Leone | eVisa / Visa on arrival [215] [216] | 3 months / 30 days | |
Slovakia | Visa not required [217] | 90 days |
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Slovenia | Visa not required [218] | 90 days |
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Solomon Islands | Free Visitor's Permit on arrival [219] | 3 months |
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Somalia | Visa on arrival [220] | 30 days |
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South Africa | Visa not required [221] | 90 days | |
South Sudan | eVisa [222] [223] |
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Spain | Visa not required [224] | 90 days |
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Sri Lanka | eVisa / Free Visa on arrival [225] [226] | 60 days / 30 days |
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Sudan | Visa required [229] | ||
Suriname | Visa not required [230] [231] | 90 days | |
Sweden | Visa not required [234] | 90 days |
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Switzerland | Visa not required [235] | 90 days |
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Syria | eVisa [236] | ||
Taiwan | Visa not required [237] | 90 days | |
Tajikistan | Visa not required / eVisa [238] | 30 days / 60 days |
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Tanzania | eVisa / Visa on arrival [240] [241] | 90 days | |
Thailand | Visa not required [242] | 60 days |
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Timor-Leste | Visa on arrival [243] | 30 days |
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Togo | eVisa [244] [245] | 15 days | |
Tonga | Free visa on arrival [246] | 31 days | |
Trinidad and Tobago | Visa not required [247] | 90 days | |
Tunisia | Visa not required [248] | 90 days | |
Turkey | Visa not required [249] | 3 months | |
Turkmenistan | Visa required [250] | * For Japanese citizens coming to Turkmenistan for tourism purposes, a discounted rate has been established for issuing a one-time visa for up to 10 days. [251] [252] For Japanese tourists 10 days visa fee is 25 USD. [253] Visa will be issued during 3 to 7 days by Embassy of Turkmenistan in Tokyo, depending on number of applications. | |
Tuvalu | Visa on arrival [255] | 1 month | |
Uganda | eVisa [256] [257] | 3 months |
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Ukraine | Visa not required [258] | 90 days |
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United Arab Emirates | Visa not required [259] | 30 days | |
United Kingdom | Visa not required [260] | 6 months | |
United States | Visa Waiver Program [261] [262] | 90 days |
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Uruguay | Visa not required [266] | 90 days | |
Uzbekistan | Visa not required [267] | 30 days | |
Vanuatu | Visa not required [268] | 30 days | |
Vatican City | Visa not required [269] | 90 days |
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Venezuela | Visa not required [270] | 90 days | |
Vietnam | Visa not required [271] | 45 days |
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Yemen | Visa required [273] | ||
Zambia | Visa not required [274] | 30 days |
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Zimbabwe | Visa on arrival [275] | 30 days |
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Visa requirements for Japanese citizens for visits to various territories, disputed areas, partially recognized countries and restricted zones:
Visitor to | Visa requirement | Notes (excluding departure fees) |
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Europe | ||
Abkhazia | Visa required | Tourists from all countries (except Georgia) can visit Abkhazia for a period not exceeding 24 hours as part of an organized tourist group. [276] |
Mount Athos | Special permit required | Special permit required (4 days: EUR 25 for Orthodox visitors, EUR 35 for non-Orthodox visitors, EUR 18 for students). There is a visitors' quota: maximum 100 Orthodox and 10 non-Orthodox per day and women are not allowed. [277] [278] |
Brest and Grodno | Visa not required | Visa-free for 10 days [279] |
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus | Visa not required | 3 months [280] |
UN Buffer Zone in Cyprus | Access Permit required | Access Permit is required for travelling inside the zone, except Civil Use Areas. [281] |
Faroe Islands | Visa not required | 90 days. [282] |
Åland | Visa not required | 90 days within any 180-day period |
Büsingen am Hochrhein and Heligoland | Visa not required | 90 days within any 180-day period |
Livigno and Campione d'Italia | Visa not required | 90 days within any 180-day period |
Gibraltar | Visa not required | Up to 6 months. [283] |
Guernsey | Visa not required | 90 days within a 12-month period. [284] |
Isle of Man | Visa not required | Up to 6 months. [285] |
Jersey | Visa not required | Up to 6 months. [286] |
Jan Mayen | Permit required | Permit issued by the local police required for staying for less than 24 hours [287] and permit issued by the Norwegian police for staying for more than 24 hours. [288] [289] |
Svalbard | Visa not required | Unlimited period under Svalbard Treaty. [290] |
Kosovo | Visa not required | 90 days [291] |
Azores and Madeira | Visa not required | 90 days within any 180-day period |
Russia | Special authorization required | Several closed cities and regions in Russia require special authorization. [292] |
Samnaun | Visa not required | 90 days within any 180-day period |
South Ossetia | Visa not required | Multiple entry visa to Russia and three-day prior notification are required to enter South Ossetia. [293] [294] |
Transnistria | Visa not required | Registration required after 24h. [295] [296] |
Africa | ||
Eritrea outside Asmara | Travel permit required | To travel in the rest of the country, a Travel Permit for Foreigners is required (20 Eritrean nakfa). [297] |
Mayotte | Visa not required | 90 days within any 180-day period. [298] |
Réunion | Visa not required | 90 days within any 180-day period. [298] |
Ascension Island | eVisa | 3 months within any year period. [299] [300] |
Saint Helena | Visitor's Pass required | Visitor's Pass granted on arrival valid for 4/10/21/60/90 days for 12/14/16/20/25 pound sterling. [301] |
Tristan da Cunha | Permission required | Permission to land required for 15/30 pounds sterling (yacht/ship passenger) for Tristan da Cunha Island or 20 pounds sterling for Gough Island, Inaccessible Island or Nightingale Islands. [302] |
Canary Islands , Ceuta and Melilla | Visa not required | 90 days within any 180-day period. |
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic | Undefined | Undefined visa regime in the Western Sahara, same entry requirements with Morocco, controlled territory. |
Somaliland | Visa on arrival | 30 days for USD 30, payable on arrival. [303] [304] |
Sudan outside Khartoum | Travel permit required | All foreigners traveling more than 25 kilometers outside of Khartoum must obtain a travel permit. |
Darfur | Travel permit required | Separate travel permit is required. [305] |
Asia | ||
British Indian Ocean Territory | Special permit required | Special permit required. [306] |
India PAP/RAP | PAP/RAP required |
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Iraqi Kurdistan | eVisa | 30 days. [312] |
Baikonur and Priozersk | Special permission required |
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Kish Island | Visa not required | Visitors to Kish Island do not require a visa. [314] |
Sabah and Sarawak | Visa not required | These states have their own immigration authorities and passport is required to travel to them, however the same visa applies. [315] |
Maldives outside Malé | Permission required | Tourists are generally prohibited from visiting non-resort islands without the express permission of the Government of Maldives. [316] |
North Korea outside Pyongyang | Special permit required | People are not allowed to leave the capital city, tourists can only leave the capital with a governmental tourist guide (no independent movement) |
Palestine | Permit Required | Arrival by sea to the Gaza Strip not allowed. [317] [318] |
Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province | OIVR permit required | OIVR permit required (15+5 Tajikistani Somoni) and another special permit (free of charge) is required for Lake Sarez. [319] [320] [321] |
Hong Kong | Visa not required | 3 months [322] [323] |
Macau | Visa not required | 90 days. [324] |
Tibet Autonomous Region | TTP required | Tibet Travel Permit required (USD 10). [325] [326] |
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. [327] |
Korean Demilitarized Zone | Restricted area | |
UNDOF Zone and Ghajar | Restricted area | |
Yemen outside Sana’a or Aden | Special permission required | Special permission needed for travel outside Sana’a or Aden. [328] |
Americas | ||
Anguilla | Visa not required | 3 months. [329] |
Bermuda | Visa not required | Up to 6 months, decided on arrival. [330] |
British Virgin Islands | Visa not required | 30 days, extensions possible. [331] |
Cayman Islands | Visa not required | 6 months. [332] |
Montserrat | Visa not required | 6 months. [333] |
Turks and Caicos Islands | Visa not required | 90 days. [334] |
Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten | Visa not required | 3 months. [335] [336] |
Bonaire , Sint Eustatius and Saba | Visa not required | 3 months. [337] [338] |
French Guiana& Saint Pierre and Miquelon | Visa not required | 90 days within any 180-day period. [339] [298] |
French West Indies | Visa not required | 90 days within any 180-day period. French West Indies refers to Martinique, Guadeloupe, Saint Martin and Saint Barthélemy. [340] |
Greenland | Visa not required | 90 days. [282] |
Puerto Rico | Visa not required | Visa not required under the Visa Waiver Program, for 90 days on arrival from overseas for 2 years. ESTA required. [341] |
U.S. Virgin Islands | Visa not required | Visa not required under the Visa Waiver Program, for 90 days on arrival from overseas for 2 years. ESTA required. [342] |
Margarita Island | Visa not required | All visitors are fingerprinted. [343] |
San Andrés and Leticia | Tourist Card on arrival | Visitors arriving at Gustavo Rojas Pinilla International Airport and Alfredo Vásquez Cobo International Airport must buy tourist cards on arrival. [344] |
Galápagos | Pre-registration required | Online pre-registration is required. Transit Control Card must also be obtained at the airport prior to departure. [345] |
Oceania | ||
Ashmore and Cartier Islands | Special authorisation required | Special authorisation required. [346] |
Macquarie Island | Special authorisation permit | A written authorisation of the Director of National Parks and Wildlife is required. |
Cook Islands | Visa not required | 31 days. [347] |
Niue | Visa not required | 30 days. [348] [349] |
Tokelau | Entry permit required |
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Norfolk Island | Electronic Travel Authority |
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Christmas Island | Visa not required | 90 days. Passports and visas are not required when travelling from the Australian mainland. However, photographic identification must be produced for clearance through Customs and Immigration. Normal Australian Customs and Immigration procedures apply when entry is made from outside Australia. |
Cocos (Keeling) Islands | Visa not required | 90 days. Passports and visas are not required when travelling from the Australian mainland. However, photographic identification must be produced for clearance through Customs and Immigration. Normal Australian Customs and Immigration procedures apply when entry is made from outside Australia. |
Lau Province | Special permission required | Special permission required. [353] |
Clipperton Island | Special permit required | Special permit required. [354] |
French Polynesia | Visa not required | 90 days within any 180-day period. [355] |
New Caledonia | Visa not required | 90 days within any 180-day period. [298] |
Wallis and Futuna | Visa not required | 90 days within any 180-day period. [298] |
Pitcairn Islands | Visa not required | 14 days visa free and landing fee USD 35 or tax of USD 5 if not going ashore. [356] [357] [358] |
American Samoa | Electronic authorization | 30 days. [359] |
Guam | Visa not required | 45 days. [360] |
Northern Mariana Islands | Visa not required | 45 days. [361] |
United States Minor Outlying Islands | Special permits required | Special permits required for Midway Atoll, Wake Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Palmyra Atoll, Howland Island, Baker Island, Jarvis Island, and Navassa Island. [362] [363] [364] [365] [366] [367] [368] |
South Atlantic and Antarctica | ||
Falkland Islands | Visa not required | A visitor permit is normally issued as a stamp in the passport on arrival, The maximum validity period is 1 month. [369] |
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). [370] [371] |
Antarctica | Special permits required | Special permits required for British Antarctic Territory, French Southern and Antarctic Lands, Argentine Antarctica, Australian Antarctic Territory, Bouvet Island, Chilean Antarctic Territory, Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Peter I Island, Queen Maud Land, Ross Dependency. [372] [373] [374] [375] [376] [377] [378] [379] [380] [381] [382] [383] |
Pre-approved visas can be picked up on arrival in the following countries instead in embassy or consulate.
Pre-approved visas pick-up on arrival | Conditions |
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Bhutan [384] | 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 [385] | Must hold approval from the General Delegate of Security. |
Eritrea [386] | Must have a sponsor who must submit an application at least 48 hours before arrival. |
Liberia [387] | Available only if arriving from a country without a diplomatic mission of Liberia and if a sponsor obtained an approval. |
Nigeria [388] | Holders of a visa application who have a Nigerian company taking responsibility for them. |
Sudan [389] | Holders of an entry permit issued by the Ministry of Interior. |
Turkmenistan [390] | Holders of an invitation letter of the local company that was approved by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. |
Holders of an APEC Business Travel Card (ABTC) travelling on business do not require a visa to the following countries: [391]
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1 - Up to 180 days
2 - Up to 90 days
3 - Up to 90 days in a period of 180 days
4 - Up to 60 days
The card must be used in conjunction with a passport and has the following advantages: [392]
Many countries require a minimum number of blank pages to be available in the passport being presented, typically one or two pages. [393] Endorsement pages, which often appear after the visa pages, are not counted as being valid or available.
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 [394] to have a current International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis, as does the South American territory of French Guiana. [395]
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. [396] [397]
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 [398] [399] or even accept passports that have already expired (but not been cancelled). [400]
Some countries, such as Japan, [401] Ireland and the United Kingdom, [402] 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, [403] 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, [404] Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Laos, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Mongolia, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Oman, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Peru, [405] Philippines, [406] 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. [407]
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 [408] and South Africa.
Some countries, including Australia, Canada, Fiji, New Zealand and the United States, [409] 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.
The government of a country can declare a diplomat persona non grata , banning them from entering the country or expelling them if they have already entered. 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. [410]
Kuwait, [411] Lebanon, [412] Libya, [413] Syria, [414] and Yemen [415] 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.
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. [416]
Fingerprinting countries/regions include Afghanistan, [417] [418] Argentina, [419] Brunei, Cambodia, [420] China, [421] Ethiopia, [422] Ghana, Guinea, [423] India, Japan, [424] [425] Kenya (both fingerprints and a photo are taken), [426] Malaysia upon entry and departure, [427] Mongolia, Saudi Arabia, [428] Singapore, South Korea, [429] Taiwan, Thailand, [430] Uganda, [431] 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 its own legislation), [432] [433] [434] intends to implement facial recognition for passengers departing from international airports to identify people who overstay their visa. [435]
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 [436] and the United Arab Emirates conducts iris scanning on visitors who need to apply for a visa. [437] [438] The United States Department of Homeland Security has announced plans to greatly increase the biometric data it collects at US borders. [439] In 2018, Singapore began trials of iris scanning at three land and maritime immigration checkpoints. [440] [441]
This graph shows the full Global Ranking of the 2022 Henley Passport Index.
As the index uses dense ranking, in certain cases, a rank is shared by multiple countries because these countries all have the same level of visa-free or visa-on-arrival access.
Many tourists, people on working holidays, and some students and workers coming to New Zealand must pay an International Visitor Conservation and Tourism Levy (IVL) of NZD $35.
Australian citizens and permanent residents can visit, work and live in New Zealand. You do not need a visa before you travel to New Zealand.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)The number of remaining blank pages a passport should have is also an issue. Some travellers have reported arriving with one or less than one full page left and waiting for hours at immigration, until an official reluctantly grants them entry. The FCO lists no hard and fast rules because, in many cases, there aren't any.
African countries that requires (sic) Yellow Fever vaccination certificate: Countries that require vaccination for all travellers older that 9 months or 1 year: Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameron, Central African Republic, Congo, Côte d'lvoire, DRC, Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Niger, Togo.
African countries that requires Yellow Fever vaccination certificate: Countries that requires (sic) vaccination for travellers from countries with risk of yellow fever transmission or transit 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, Zimbabwe.
Passport valid for travel to the United States – Your passport must be valid for at least six months beyond your period of stay in the United States (unless exempt by country-specific agreements). Each individual who needs a visa must submit a separate application, including any family members listed in your passport.
Countries whose citizens are allowed to enter Turkey with their expired passports: 1. Germany – Passports expired within the last year / ID's expired within the last year, 2. Belgium - Passports expired within the last 5 years, 3. France - Passports expired within the last 5 years, 4. Spain - Passports expired within the last 5 years, 5. Switzerland - Passports expired within the last 5 years, 6. Luxemburg - Passports expired within the last 5 years, 7. Portugal - Passports expired within the last 5 years, 8. Bulgaria – Valid ordinary passport
Q: Do I need at least 6 months passport validity in order to enter Japan? A: Japan does not have any regulations relating to passport validity, so long as your passport will be valid until after you leave Japan.
You're not from an EEA country: you must have a valid passport to enter the UK. It should be valid for the whole of your stay.
Travellers heading west from the UK to New Zealand may soon be able to avoid the onerous requirement to clear US border control during the refuelling stop at Los Angeles airport (LAX). Unlike almost every other country in the world, the US insists on a full immigration check even for passengers who simply intend to re-board their plane to continue onwards to a foreign destination. Air New Zealand, which flies daily from Heathrow via Los Angeles to Auckland, says there are currently "strict requirements for travellers" in transit at LAX. Through passengers to Auckland on flight NZ1 or Heathrow on NZ2 must apply in advance for an ESTA (online visa) even though they have no intention of staying in the US. They also have to undergo screening by the Transportation Security Administration.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)Effective April 27, 2018, border control authorities at all of China's ports of entry, including its airports, will start collecting the fingerprints of all foreign visitors aged between 14 and 70. Diplomatic passport holders and beneficiaries of reciprocal agreements are exempted..
Will visitors still have their digital photo and fingerprints taken at the immigration desk on arrival? Yes, the need to have photos and fingerprints taken upon arrival is to authenticate that the person who applied for the Visa is the same person at the port of entry
While a requirement for a biometric entry-exit system has been in law for over a decade, it is not yet a reality. Many reasons for the long gestating development have been documented in BPC's 2014 report Entry-Exit System: Progress, Challenges, and Outlook, including the technological, operational, and cost challenges of creating exit systems and infrastructure where none exist today. However, many critics, especially in Congress, simply accused the Department of Homeland security of dragging its feet... the major operational, logistical, and technical challenge in implementing exit capability at our ports has been the land borders. Unlike airports and seaports, the land border environment is not physically controlled, there is no means to get advance information on who is arriving, and the sheer volume of travel—both vehicular and pedestrian—creates challenges in any system to not further exacerbate delays. While biometric exit for land vehicular traffic is still in the "what if" stage, CBP is moving ahead and piloting systems and technology to use with the large population of pedestrian crossers at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Long demanded by lawmakers in Congress, it is considered a critical step to developing a coherent program to curb illegal immigration, as historically about 30 percent to 40 percent of illegal immigrants in the United States arrived on tourist visas or other legal means and then never left, according to estimates by Homeland Security officials.
Efforts to determine whether visitors actually leave have faltered. Departure monitoring would help officials hunt for foreigners who have not left, if necessary. Domestic security officials say, however, it would be too expensive to conduct fingerprint or facial recognition scans for land departures.
The breach of privacy is probably the biggest threat to the biometric technique of iris recognition. Secondly, a device error can false reject or false accept the identity which can also have some heinous consequences. Lastly, the method isn't the most cost-effective one. It is complex and therefore expensive. Furthermore, the maintenance of devices and data can also be relatively burdensome. However, thanks to the oil money and spending ability of Dubai, they are economically equipped to effectively embrace this system.
Unlike with documents, it's very hard for a traveler to present a forged copy of a fingerprint or iris. That's why the U.S. Department of Homeland Security plans to vastly expand the amount of biometric data it collects at the borders. According to Passcode, a new program will ramp up a process to scan fingers and eyes in order to stop people entering and exiting the country on someone else's passport.
Singapore has started scanning travellers' eyes at some of its border checkpoints, its immigration authority said on Monday, in a trial of expensive technology that could one day replace fingerprint verification.
The iris technology could potentially scan irises covertly, as opposed to the scanning of thumbprints which necessitates active participation.
Visa requirements for Albanian citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other nations placed on citizens of Albania.
Visa requirements for Israeli citizens refers to regulations pertaining to visas for holders of Israeli passports.
Visa requirements for Italian citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Italy.
Visa requirements for Argentine citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Argentina.
Visa requirements for Botswana citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Botswana. As of 15 June 2024, Botswana citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 91 countries and territories, ranking the Botswana passport 59th in terms of travel freedom according to the Henley Passport Index.
Visa requirements for Bruneian citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states which are imposed on citizens of Brunei.
Visa requirements for Chilean citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Chile entering with a Chilean passport.
Visa requirements for Cypriot citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Cyprus.
Visa requirements for Estonian citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Estonia. As of July 2024, Estonian citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 185 countries and territories, ranking the Estonian passport 9th in the world, tied with Lithuanian passport and Emirati passport, according to the Henley Passport Index.
Visa requirements for Finnish citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Finland.
Visa requirements for Singapore citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states which are imposed on citizens of Singapore.
Visa requirements for Latvian citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Latvia. As of January 2024, Latvian citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 186 countries and territories, ranking the Latvian passport 9th in terms of travel freedom according to the Henley-on-Thames Passport Index.
Visa requirements for Slovak citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Slovakia. As of July 2024, Slovak citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 184 countries and territories, ranking the Slovak passport 9th in terms of travel freedom according to the Henley Passport Index.
Visa requirements for Sudanese citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Sudan. As of 2 July 2019, Sudanese citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 37 countries and territories, ranking the Sudanese passport 103rd in terms of travel freedom according to the Henley Passport Index. Visa not required for Lebanon. After the 2023 Sudan conflict, obtaining a visa or a security clearance is required for all Sudanese citizens, including women and kids, to enter Egypt.
Visa requirements for Greek citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Greece.
Visa requirements for Norwegian citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Norway.
Visa requirements for Uruguayan citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Uruguay.
Visa requirements for Libyan citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Libya.
Visa requirements for Cambodian citizens are administrative entry restrictions imposed on citizens of Cambodia by the authorities of other states.
Visa requirements for Andorra citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Andorra. As of 11 January 2024, Andorran citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 172 countries and territories, ranking the Andorran passport 19th in terms of travel freedom according to the Henley Passport Index.