Visa requirements for Kuwaiti citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Kuwait. As of March 2024, Kuwaiti citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 104 countries and territories, ranking the Kuwaiti passport 54th in terms of travel freedom according to the Henley Passport Index. [1]
Kuwaiti citizens do not need a visa to enter other member states of the GCC.
Country | Visa requirement | Allowed stay | Notes (excluding departure fees) |
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![]() | Visa not required [9] | 180 days | |
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![]() | eVisa / Visa on arrival [13] | 30 days |
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![]() | Visa not required [15] | 3 months | |
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![]() | Visa on arrival [17] | 30 days | |
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![]() | Visa not required [19] | 30 days |
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![]() | eVisa / Visa on arrival [22] [23] | 30 days / 8 days |
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![]() | Visa on arrival [25] | 90 days | |
![]() | Visa not required [26] | 90 days |
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![]() | Visa not required [27] | 90 days | |
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![]() | Visa on arrival [29] | 30 days | |
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![]() | eVisa / Visa on arrival [33] | 30 days | |
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![]() | eVisa [41] | 90 days | |
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![]() | eVisa [46] | 3 months |
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![]() | Visa on arrival [52] | 31 days | |
![]() | Visa not required [53] | 21 days | |
![]() | Visa not required [54] | 30 days | |
![]() | Visa not required [55] | 90 days | |
![]() | Visa not required [56] | 3 months | |
![]() | Visa not required [57] | 90 days | |
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![]() | Visa not required [61] | 30 days | |
![]() | eVisa / Visa on arrival [62] | up to 90 days |
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![]() | Visa not required [71] | 1 year | |
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![]() | Visa not required [76] | 90 days | |
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![]() | eVisa / Visa on arrival [78] | 90 days | |
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![]() | Visa not required [80] | 3 months | |
![]() | Visa not required [81] | 90 days | |
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![]() | Visa on arrival [85] | 30 days | |
![]() | Visa not required [86] [87] | 15 days | |
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![]() | Visa not required [95] | 3 months | |
![]() | Visa not required [96] | 30 days [97] | |
![]() | Electronic Travel Authorisation [98] | 3 months | |
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![]() | Visa not required [101] | 30 days | |
![]() | Visa not required [102] | 60 days | |
![]() | eVisa / Visa on arrival [103] | 30 days |
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![]() | Visa not required [108] | 6 months | |
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![]() | eVisa / Visa on arrival [116] | 90 days | |
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![]() | Visa not required [118] | 90 days | |
![]() | Free Visa on arrival [119] | 30 days | |
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![]() | Visa on arrival [122] | 90 days | |
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![]() | Visa not required [124] | 90 days | |
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![]() | Visa not required [126] | 30 days | |
![]() | Visa required [127] | Visa free if hold a valid residence permit, a valid 'C'-type, or a valid 'D'-type visa issued by a Schengen member state | |
![]() | Visa required [128] | ||
![]() | Visa on arrival [129] | 1 month | |
![]() | eVisa [130] | 1 year |
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![]() | Visa not required [131] | 90 days [132] | |
![]() | Visa not required [133] | 90 days | |
![]() | Visa on arrival [134] | 30 days | |
![]() | eVisa [135] | 28 days |
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![]() | Visa on arrival [138] | 90 days | |
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![]() | Electronic Travel Authority [140] | 3 months |
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![]() | Visa not required [144] | 90 days | |
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![]() | Visa not required [150] | 90 days |
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![]() | Free Visa on arrival [152] | 30 days | |
![]() | Visa not required [153] | 90 days | |
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![]() | Visa not required [157] | 30 days | |
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![]() | eVisa [161] | 16 days |
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![]() | eVisa / Visa on arrival [163] | 30 days | |
![]() | Visa not required [164] | 3 months | |
![]() | Visa not required [165] | 6 weeks | |
![]() | Visa not required [166] | 1 month | |
![]() | Visa not required [167] | 60 days | |
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![]() | Visa not required [169] | 15 days [170] [171] | |
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![]() | Visa not required [173] | 90 days | |
![]() | Visa not required [174] | 90 days |
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![]() | Free Visitor's Permit on arrival [175] | 3 months | |
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![]() | Visa not required [177] | 30 days | |
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![]() | Electronic Travel Authorisation [186] | 30 days | |
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![]() | Visa not required [195] | 30 days | |
![]() | eVisa / Visa on arrival [196] | 90 days | |
![]() | Visa not required [197] | 60 days | |
![]() | Visa on arrival [198] | 30 days | |
![]() | Visa on arrival [199] | 7 days | |
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![]() | Visa not required [202] | 3 months | |
![]() | Visa not required [203] | 90 days within last 180 days | |
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![]() | Visa on arrival [205] | 1 month | |
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![]() | eVisa [208] | 30 days | |
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![]() | Electronic Travel Authorisation [210] | 6 months | |
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![]() | Visa not required [213] [214] | 10 days |
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![]() | Visa on arrival [220] | 3 months | |
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![]() | eVisa / Visa on arrival [222] | 3 months |
Visa requirements for Kuwaiti citizens for visits to various territories, disputed areas and restricted zones:
Visitor to | Visa requirement | Notes (excluding departure fees) |
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![]() | Visa not required [223] | 90 days |
![]() | eVisa [224] | 30 days |
Territory | Conditions of access | Notes |
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China | ||
![]() | Visa not required [225] | 30 days |
![]() | Visa on arrival [226] | 30 days |
Denmark | ||
![]() | Visa required [227] | |
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France | ||
![]() | Visa required [229] | |
![]() | Visa required [230] | |
![]() | Visa required | Visa required for overseas collectivities of Saint Barthélemy and Saint Martin |
![]() | Visa required [231] | |
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Netherlands | ||
![]() | Visa required [236] | |
![]() | Visa required [237] | Includes Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba. |
![]() | Visa required [238] | |
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New Zealand | ||
![]() | Visa not required [240] | 31 days |
![]() | Visa required [241] | |
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United Kingdom | ||
![]() | Visa required [243] | Stays longer than 28 days per 12-month period require a permit. [244] |
![]() | eVisa [245] | Holders of a valid visa issued by the United Kingdom do not require a visa. [246] |
![]() | Visa not required [247] | |
![]() | Special permit required | Special permit required. [248] |
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![]() | Visa not required | 14 days visa free and landing fee US$35 or tax of US$5 if not going ashore. [254] [255] [256] |
![]() | eVisa [257] [258] |
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![]() | eVisa | Visitor's Pass granted on arrival valid for 4/10/21/60/90 days for 12/14/16/20/25 pound sterling. [259] |
![]() | 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. [260] |
![]() | Permit required | Pre-arrival permit from the Commissioner required (72 hours/1 month for 110/160 pounds sterling). [261] [262] |
![]() | Visa required [263] | Holders of a valid visa issued by Canada, United Kingdom or the USA do not required a visa for a maximum stay of 90 days. |
United States | ||
![]() | Visa required [264] | |
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Antarctica and adjacent islands | ||
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Territory | Conditions of access | Notes |
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![]() Belovezhskaya Pushcha National Park | Visa not required | 3 days; [281] must first obtain an electronic pass [282] |
![]() Hainan | Visa on arrival [283] | 15 days. Available at Haikou Meilan International Airport and Sanya Phoenix International Airport. Visa not required for 15 days for traveling as part of a tourist group (5 or more people) [284] |
![]() Tibet Autonomous Region | TTP required | Tibet Travel Permit required (10 US Dollars). [285] [286] [287] |
![]() | Visa required | Visa issued by Russia is required. [288] |
![]() ![]() | Pre-registration required | Online pre-registration is required. Transit Control Card must also be obtained at the airport prior to departure. [289] |
![]() | Travel permit required | To travel in the rest of the country, a Travel Permit for Foreigners is required (20 Eritrean nakfa). [290] |
![]() ![]() | 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. [291] [292] |
![]() | 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. [293] [294] |
![]() Kish Island | Visa not required | Visitors to Kish Island do not require a visa. [295] |
![]() | Visa on arrival | Visa on arrival for 15 days is available at Erbil and Sulaymaniyah airports. [296] |
![]() Lau Province | Special permission required | Special permission required. [297] |
![]() Clipperton Island | Special permit required | Special permit required. [298] |
![]() | Special permission required | Special permission required for the town of Baikonur and surrounding areas in Kyzylorda Oblast, and the town of Gvardeyskiy near Almaty. [299] |
![]() | 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) |
![]() | Visa not required | These states have their own immigration authorities and passport is required to travel to them, however the same visa applies. [300] |
![]() | 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. [301] |
![]() Jan Mayen | Permit required | Permit issued by the local police required for staying for less than 24 hours [302] and permit issued by the Norwegian police for staying for more than 24 hours. [303] |
![]() | Restricted area | 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. [304] |
![]() | Special authorization required | Several closed cities and regions in Russia require special authorization. [305] |
![]() | 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. [306] |
![]() 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. [307] [308] [309] |
![]() | Access Permit required [310] | Access Permit is required for travelling inside the zone, except Civil Use Areas. |
![]() | Restricted zone. | |
![]() | Restricted zone. | |
![]() | Special permits required | Special permits required for Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Atoll, Palmyra Atoll and Wake Island. [311] [312] [313] [314] [315] [316] [317] |
![]() Margarita Island | Visa not required | All visitors are fingerprinted. [318] |
![]() Phú Quốc | Visa not required | 30 days [319] |
![]() | Special permission required | Special permission needed for travel outside Sana’a or Aden. [320] |
Many countries have entry restrictions on foreigners that go beyond the common requirement of having either a valid visa or a visa exemption. Such restrictions may be health related or impose additional documentation requirements on certain classes of people for diplomatic or political purposes.
Many countries require a minimum number of blank pages to be available in the passport being presented, typically one or two pages. [321] 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 [322] to have a current International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis, as does the South American territory of French Guiana. [323]
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. [324] [325]
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 [326] [327] or even accept passports that have already expired (but not been cancelled). [328]
Some countries, such as Japan, [329] Ireland and the United Kingdom, [330] 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, [331] 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, [332] Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Laos, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Mongolia, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Oman, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Peru, [333] Philippines, [334] 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. [335]
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 [336] and South Africa.
Some countries, including Australia, Canada, Fiji, New Zealand and the United States, [337] 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 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. [338]
Kuwait, [339] Lebanon, [340] Libya, [341] Syria, [342] and Yemen [343] 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. [344]
Fingerprinting countries/regions include Afghanistan, [345] [346] Argentina, [347] Brunei, Cambodia, [348] China, [349] Ethiopia, [350] Ghana, Guinea, [351] India, Japan, [352] [353] Kenya (both fingerprints and a photo are taken), [354] Malaysia upon entry and departure, [355] Mongolia, Saudi Arabia, [356] Singapore, South Korea, [357] Taiwan, Thailand, [358] Uganda, [359] 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), [360] [361] [362] intends to implement facial recognition for passengers departing from international airports to identify people who overstay their visa. [363]
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 [364] and the United Arab Emirates conducts iris scanning on visitors who need to apply for a visa. [365] [366]
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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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.
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.
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