Visa requirements for Kosovar citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Kosovo.
As of 2025 [update] , Kosovar citizens had visa-free, visa on arrival or e-Visa access to 80 countries, ranking the Kosovar passport 63rd in terms of travel freedom according to the Henley Passport Index. [1]
On 18 April 2023, the European Parliament approved visa liberalisation for nationals of Kosovo with no objections. [2]
From 1 January 2024, holders of a Kosovar passport were allowed to enter the Schengen Area, as well as Cyprus without a visa for short stays, or 90 days within a 180-day period.
Visa requirements for holders of normal Kosovo passports traveling for tourist purposes:
Country | Visa requirement | Allowed stay | Notes (excluding departure fees) |
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Afghanistan | Visa required [3] |
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Albania | ID card valid [5] | 90 days |
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Algeria | Visa required [7] | ||
Andorra | Visa not required [8] [2] | 90 days |
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Angola | Visa required [9] | ||
Antigua and Barbuda | eVisa [10] [11] | ||
Argentina | Travel certificate required [12] |
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Armenia | visa required [13] | ||
Australia | Online Visa required [14] [15] |
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Austria | Visa not required [2] | 90 days |
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Azerbaijan | Admission refused [16] | Nationals of Republic of Kosovo are not allowed to enter and transit. [17] | |
Bahamas | eVisa [18] | 3 months |
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Bahrain | Visa required [19] | ||
Bangladesh | Visa on arrival [20] | 30 days | |
Barbados | Visa required [21] | ||
Belarus | Admission refused [22] | Nationals of Republic of Kosovo are not allowed to enter and transit. | |
Belgium | Visa not required [2] | 90 days |
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Belize | Visa required [23] |
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Benin | eVisa [24] [25] | 30 days |
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Bhutan | eVisa [26] [27] | ||
Bolivia | Online Visa / Visa on arrival [28] | 30 days [29] | |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Visa required [30] |
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Botswana | Visa required [33] | ||
Brazil | Visa required [34] | ||
Brunei | Visa required [35] | ||
Bulgaria | Visa not required [2] | 90 days |
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Burkina Faso | Visa required [36] | ||
Burundi | Visa on arrival [37] | ||
Cambodia | eVisa / Visa on arrival [38] [39] | 30 days | |
Cameroon | eVisa [40] [41] |
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Canada | Visa required [43] | ||
Cape Verde | Visa on arrival [44] |
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Central African Republic | Visa required [46] | ||
Chad | Visa required [47] | ||
Chile | Visa required [48] | ||
China | Visa required [49] |
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Colombia | eVisa [52] [53] | ||
Comoros | Visa on arrival [54] | 45 days | |
Republic of the Congo | Visa required [55] | ||
Democratic Republic of the Congo | Visa required [56] | ||
Costa Rica | Visa required [57] |
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Côte d'Ivoire | eVisa [58] [59] | 3 months |
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Croatia | Visa not required [2] | 90 days |
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Cuba | Admission refused [60] | Nationals of Republic of Kosovo are not allowed to enter and transit. | |
Cyprus | Visa not required [2] | 90 days |
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Czech Republic | Visa not required [2] | 90 days |
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Denmark | Visa not required [2] | 90 days |
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Djibouti | Visa required [61] | ||
Dominica | Visa not required [62] | 21 days | |
Dominican Republic | Visa required [63] |
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Ecuador | Visa not required [64] | 90 days | |
Egypt | eVisa [65] [66] | 30 days | |
El Salvador | Visa required [67] |
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Equatorial Guinea | eVisa [68] [69] | ||
Eritrea | Visa required [70] | ||
Estonia | Visa not required [2] | 90 days |
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Eswatini | Visa required [71] | ||
Ethiopia | eVisa / Visa on arrival [72] [73] | 90 days |
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Fiji | Visa required [76] | ||
Finland | Visa not required [2] | 90 days |
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France | Visa not required [2] | 90 days |
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Gabon | eVisa [77] [78] | 90 days |
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Gambia | Visa required [79] | ||
Georgia | Admission refused [80] | Nationals of Republic of Kosovo are not allowed to enter and transit. | |
Germany | Visa not required [2] | 90 days |
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Ghana | Visa required [81] | ||
Greece | Visa not required [2] | 90 days |
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Grenada | Visa required [82] | ||
Guatemala | Visa required [83] |
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Guinea | eVisa [84] [85] | 90 days | |
Guinea-Bissau | Visa on arrival [86] | 90 days | |
Guyana | Visa required [87] | ||
Haiti | Visa not required [88] | 90 days | |
Honduras | Visa required [89] |
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Hungary | Visa not required [2] | 90 days |
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Iceland | Visa not required [2] | 90 days |
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India | Visa required [90] | ||
Indonesia | Visa required [91] | ||
Iran | eVisa [92] [93] | 30 days | |
Iraq | Visa required [94] | ||
Ireland | Visa required [95] |
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Israel | Visa not required [97] | 90 days | |
Italy | Visa not required [2] | 90 days |
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Jamaica | Visa required [98] [99] |
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Japan | Visa required [100] | ||
Jordan | eVisa / Visa on arrival [101] [102] |
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Kazakhstan | Admission refused [103] | Nationals of Republic of Kosovo are not allowed to enter and transit. | |
Kenya | Electronic Travel Authorisation [104] [105] | 90 days |
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Kiribati | Visa required [106] | ||
North Korea | Visa required [107] |
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South Korea | Visa required [108] | ||
Kuwait | Visa required [109] | ||
Kyrgyzstan | Admission refused [110] | Nationals of Republic of Kosovo are not allowed to enter and transit. | |
Laos | Visa on arrival [111] | 30 days |
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Latvia | Visa not required [2] | 90 days |
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Lebanon | Admission refused [115] | Nationals of Republic of Kosovo are not allowed to enter and transit. | |
Lesotho | eVisa [116] [117] | ||
Liberia | Visa required [118] | ||
Libya | eVisa [119] [120] | ||
Liechtenstein | Visa not required [2] | 90 days |
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Lithuania | Visa not required [2] | 90 days |
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Luxembourg | Visa not required [2] | 90 days |
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Madagascar | Visa on arrival [121] | 60 days | |
Malawi | eVisa [122] [123] | 90 days | |
Malaysia | eVisa [124] [125] | 30 days | |
Maldives | Free visa on arrival [126] | 30 days |
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Mali | Visa required [127] | ||
Malta | Visa not required [2] | 90 days |
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Marshall Islands | Visa on arrival [128] | 90 days | |
Mauritania | Visa on arrival [129] |
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Mauritius | Visa required [130] | ||
Mexico | Visa required [131] | ||
Micronesia | Visa not required [132] | 30 days | |
Moldova | eVisa [133] [134] | ||
Monaco | Visa not required [2] | 90 days |
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Mongolia | Visa required [135] | ||
Montenegro | ID card valid [136] | 90 days |
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Morocco | Visa required [138] | ||
Mozambique | Visa required [139] | ||
Myanmar | Visa required [140] | ||
Namibia | Visa required [141] | ||
Nauru | Visa required [142] | ||
Nepal | Online Visa / Visa on arrival [143] | 90 days [144] |
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Netherlands | Visa not required [2] | 90 days |
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New Zealand | Visa required [145] |
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Nicaragua | Visa required [147] |
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Niger | Visa required [148] | ||
Nigeria | eVisa [149] [150] | 90 days | |
North Macedonia | ID card valid [151] | 90 days |
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Norway | Visa not required [2] | 90 days |
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Oman | Visa required [152] | ||
Pakistan | eVisa [153] | 90 days | |
Palau | Free visa on arrival [154] | 30 days |
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Panama | Visa required [155] |
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Papua New Guinea | eVisa [156] [157] | 60 days |
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Paraguay | Visa required [158] | ||
Peru | Visa required [159] | ||
Philippines | Visa required [160] | ||
Poland | Visa not required [2] | 90 days |
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Portugal | Visa not required [2] | 90 days |
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Qatar | Visa required [161] |
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Romania | Visa not required [2] | 90 days |
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Russia | Particular visit regime [162] | Kosovar Passport can be used to enter Russia in special cases such as to attend or participate in events under the auspices of the International Olympic Committee and other international sporting organisations, which Kosovo is a member of. Russia issues visas in the form of special forms inserted into the Kosovar Passports. [163] | |
Rwanda | eVisa / Visa on arrival [164] [165] | 30 days | |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | eVisa [166] [167] | ||
Saint Lucia | Visa required [168] | ||
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Visa not required [169] | 30 days | |
Samoa | Visa not required [170] | 60 days | |
San Marino | Visa not required [2] | 90 days |
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São Tomé and Príncipe | Visa required [171] |
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Saudi Arabia | Visa required [172] | ||
Senegal | Visa required [173] |
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Serbia | ID card valid | 60 days |
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Seychelles | Admission refused [174] | Nationals of Republic of Kosovo are not allowed to enter and transit. | |
Sierra Leone | eVisa [175] [176] | 3 months | |
Singapore | Visa required [177] | ||
Slovakia | Visa not required [2] | 90 days |
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Slovenia | Visa not required [2] | 90 days |
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Solomon Islands | Visa required [178] | ||
Somalia | Visa on arrival [179] | 30 days |
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South Africa | Visa required [180] | ||
South Sudan | eVisa [181] [182] |
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Spain | Visa not required [2] [183] | 90 days |
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Sri Lanka | Visa on arrival [184] | 30 days | |
Sudan | Visa required [185] | ||
Suriname | Visa not required [186] [187] | 90 days | |
Sweden | Visa not required [2] | 90 days |
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Switzerland | Visa not required [2] | 90 days |
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Syria | E-visa [190] | ||
Taiwan | Visa not required | 90 days [191] 。 | |
Tajikistan | Admission refused [192] | Nationals of Republic of Kosovo are not allowed to enter and transit. | |
Tanzania | eVisa / Visa on arrival [193] [194] | 90 days | |
Thailand | Visa not required [195] [196] | 60 days | |
Timor-Leste | Visa on arrival [197] | 30 days | |
Togo | eVisa [198] [199] | 15 days | |
Tonga | Visa required [200] | ||
Trinidad and Tobago | Visa required [201] | ||
Tunisia | Visa required [202] | ||
Turkey | Visa not required [203] | 90 days | |
Turkmenistan | Admission refused [204] | Nationals of Republic of Kosovo are not allowed to enter and transit. | |
Tuvalu | Visa on arrival [205] | 30 days | |
Uganda | eVisa [206] [207] | 3 months | |
Ukraine | Visa required [208] | ||
United Arab Emirates | Visa not required [209] | 90 days | |
United Kingdom | Visa required [210] | ||
United States | Visa required [211] | ||
Uruguay | Visa required [212] | ||
Uzbekistan | Admission refused [213] | Nationals of Republic of Kosovo are not allowed to enter and transit. | |
Vanuatu | Visa required [214] | ||
Vatican City | Visa not required [215] [2] | 90 days |
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Venezuela | Visa required [216] | ||
Vietnam | eVisa [217] [218] | ||
Yemen | Visa required [221] | ||
Zambia | Visa required [222] | ||
Zimbabwe | eVisa [223] [224] | 3 months |
Visa requirements for Kosovar citizens for visits to various territories, disputed areas, partially recognised countries and restricted zones:
Visitor to | Visa requirement | Notes (excluding departure fees) |
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Europe | ||
Abkhazia | Visa required [225] | |
Akrotiri and Dhekelia | Visa not required [226] | 28 days |
Mount Athos | Special permit required | Special permit required (4 days: 25 euro for Orthodox visitors, 35 euro for non-Orthodox visitors, 18 euro for students). There is a visitors' quota: maximum 100 Orthodox and 10 non-Orthodox per day and women are not allowed. [227] [228] |
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus | Visa not required | 3 months. [229] |
UN Buffer Zone in Cyprus | Access Permit required [230] | Access Permit is required for travelling inside the zone, except Civil Use Areas. |
Faroe Islands | Visa not required [231] | |
Gibraltar | Visa required [232] | |
Guernsey | Visa required [233] | |
Isle of Man | Visa required [234] | |
Jan Mayen | Visa required | Permit issued by the local police required for staying for less than 24 hours [235] and permit issued by the Norwegian police for staying for more than 24 hours. [236] |
Jersey | Visa required [237] | |
South Ossetia | Visa required | |
Svalbard | Unlimited stay [238] |
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Transnistria | Permission required | |
Africa | ||
British Indian Ocean Territory | Visa required | Special permit required. [239] |
Canary Islands | Visa not required [240] | 90 days |
Eritrea outside Asmara | Visa required | To travel in the rest of the country, a Travel Permit for Foreigners is required (20 Eritrean nakfa). [241] |
Madeira | Visa not required [242] | 90 days |
Mayotte | Visa required | |
Réunion | Visa required | |
Ascension Island | eVisa [243] [244] | 3 months within any year period. |
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. [245] |
Tristan da Cunha | Visa 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. [246] |
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic | Undefined visa regime in the Western Sahara controlled territory. | |
Somaliland | Visa on arrival | 30 days for 30 US dollars, payable on arrival. [247] [248] |
Sudan | Permit required | All foreigners traveling more than 25 kilometers outside of Khartoum must obtain a travel permit. |
Darfur | Permit required | Separate travel permit is required. [249] |
Asia | ||
Hainan | Visa required [250] | Haikou Meilan International Airport and Sanya Phoenix International Airport. Visa not required for 21 days for traveling as part of a tourist group (2 or more people). [Note 7] |
Hong Kong | Admission refused | Kosovar passports are not accepted. Entry or Transit is possible instead of Kosovar passports. |
India PAP/RAP | 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. [251] [252] [253] [254] [255] [256] |
Iraqi Kurdistan | eVisa [257] | 30 days |
Kish Island | Visa not required | 14 days. Visitors to Kish Island do not require a visa. [258] |
Macao | Visa on arrival | [259] |
Sabah and Sarawak | Visa required | These states have their own immigration authorities and passport is required to travel to them, however the same visa applies. [260] |
Maldives | Permission required | With the exception of the capital Malé, tourists are generally prohibited from visiting non-resort islands without the express permission of the Government of Maldives. [261] |
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 moving). |
Palestine | Visa not required [262] | Arrival by sea to Gaza Strip not allowed. [263] |
Tibet Autonomous Region | TTP required | Tibet Travel Permit required (10 US Dollars). [264] [265] [266] |
Korean Demilitarized Zone | Restricted zone. | |
UNDOF Zone and Ghajar | Restricted zone. | |
Phú Quốc | Visa not required | 30 days. [267] |
Yemen | Special permission required | Special permission needed for travel outside Sana'a or Aden. [268] |
Caribbean and North Atlantic | ||
Anguilla | e-Visa | |
Aruba | Visa required | Visa is not required for Holders of a valid "D" visa issued by a Schengen Member State. [269] [270] |
Azores | Visa not required [271] | 90 days |
Bermuda | Visa required | |
Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba | Visa required | [272] |
British Virgin Islands | Visa required | |
Cayman Islands | Visa required | |
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. [273] |
Curacao | Visa required | |
French Guiana | Visa required [274] | |
French West Indies | Visa required [275] | French West Indies refers to Martinique, Guadeloupe, Saint Martin and Saint Barthélemy. [276] |
Greenland | Visa not required [231] | |
Margarita Island | Visa required | All visitors are fingerprinted. |
Montserrat | e-Visa | [277] |
Puerto Rico | Visa required | |
Sint Maarten | Visa required | [278] |
Turks and Caicos Islands | Visa required | |
U.S. Virgin Islands | Visa required | |
Oceania | ||
American Samoa | Visa required | |
Ashmore and Cartier Islands | Special authorisation required | Special authorisation required. [279] |
Clipperton Island | Visa required | Special permit required. [280] |
Cook Islands | Visa not required | 31 days. [281] |
French Polynesia | Visa required | |
New Caledonia | Visa required | |
Wallis and Futuna | Visa required | |
Lau Province | Special permission required | Special permission required. [282] |
Guam | Visa required | |
Niue | Visa not required | 30 days. [283] |
Northern Mariana Islands | Visa required | |
Pitcairn Islands | Visa not required | 14 days visa free and landing fee 35 USD or tax of 5 USD if not going ashore. [284] [285] [286] |
United States Minor Outlying Islands | Special permits required | Special permits required for Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Atoll, Palmyra Atoll and Wake Island. [287] [288] [289] [290] [291] [292] [293] |
South America | ||
Galápagos | Pre-registration required | Online pre-registration is required. Transit Control Card must also be obtained at the airport prior to departure. [294] |
South Atlantic and Antarctica | ||
Falkland Islands | Visa required | |
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). [295] [296] |
Antarctica | Special permits required for British Antarctic Territory, [297] [298] French Southern and Antarctic Lands, [299] [300] [301] Argentine Antarctica, [302] Australian Antarctic Territory, [303] Heard Island and McDonald Islands, [304] Chilean Antarctic Territory, Peter I Island, [305] Queen Maud Land, [306] Ross Dependency. [307] |
Kuwait, [308] Lebanon, [309] Libya, [310] and Yemen [311] 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.
Citizens of the Republic of Kosovo can use their ID cards instead of passports to enter these countries.
Visa requirements for Kuwaiti citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Kuwait. As of january 2025, Kuwaiti citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 101 countries and territories, ranking the Kuwaiti passport 50th in terms of travel freedom according to the Henley Passport Index.
Visa requirements for citizens of the Republic of China (Taiwan) are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on nationals of the Republic of China (Taiwan) who have also established household registration in Taiwan. The law of Taiwan has various distinctions on its nationals' right of abode to its territory for those with or without household registration in Taiwan (NWHR and NWOHR).
Visa requirements for Belizean citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Belize. As of January 2024, Belizean citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 104 countries and territories, ranking the Belizean passport 54th overall, and last among Central American countries, in terms of travel freedom according to the Henley Passport Index.
Visa requirements for Moldovan citizens are administrative entry restrictions imposed on citizens of Moldova by the authorities of other states.
Visa requirements for Djiboutian citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Djibouti. As of 2 July 2022, Djiboutian citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 48 countries and territories, ranking the Djibouti passport 98th in terms of travel freedom according to the Henley Passport Index.
Visa requirements for Portuguese citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Portugal.
Visa requirements for Ukrainian citizens are administrative entry restrictions imposed by the authorities of other states on citizens of Ukraine.
Visa requirements for Spanish citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Spain.
Visa requirements for Trinidad and Tobago citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Trinidad and Tobago. As of 23 July 2024, Trinidad and Tobago citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 151 countries and territories, ranking the Trinidad and Tobago passport 27th, tied with Costa Rican passport in terms of travel freedom according to the Henley Passport Index. As a member of CARICOM, Trinidad and Tobago passport holders that are skilled nationals with a CSME Certificate have access to freedom of movement in all CARICOM full member states.
Visa requirements for Uruguayan citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Uruguay.
Visa requirements for Salvadoran citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of El Salvador.
Visa requirements for Jamaican citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Jamaica. As of 2024, Jamaican citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 89 countries and territories, ranking the Jamaican passport 55th, tied with Guyanese passport and Nauruan passport in terms of travel freedom according to Henley Passport Index.,
Visa requirements for Dominican Republic citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of the Dominican Republic. Along with Cuba and Haiti the Dominican republic passport is considered the weakest passport in Latin America for traveling. Despite several promises by the Government the Dominican Republic still doesn't have the biometric passport. In June 2024 the Government again promised the beginning of introduction of the biometric passports for February 2025.
Visa requirements for Somali citizens are administrative entry restrictions imposed on citizens of Somalia by the authorities of other states.
Visa requirements for Equatorial Guinean citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of the Equatorial Guinea. As of 15 December 2024, Equatorial Guinean citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 57 countries and territories, ranking the Equatorial Guinean passport 85th in terms of travel freedom according to the Henley Passport Index.
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Visa requirements for Malian citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of the Mali. As of 2 October 2024, Malian citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 55 countries and territories, ranking the Malian passport 86th in terms of travel freedom according to the Henley Passport Index.
Visa requirements for Mauritanian citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of the Mauritania. As of 11 April 2024, Mauritanian citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 59 countries and territories, ranking the Mauritanian passport 84th in terms of travel freedom, in a tie with Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea, and Togo according to the Henley Passport Index.
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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.