Visa requirements for Malaysian citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Malaysia.
As of 2024, Malaysian citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 183 countries and territories, ranking the Malaysian passport 12th in the world according to the Henley Passport Index, [1] making it the 2nd highest-ranked passport in Southeast Asia after Singapore, the 5th highest-ranked in Asia [2] and the 2nd highest-ranked passport in the developing world and among Muslim-majority countries, just behind United Arab Emirates.
Although Malaysian passports bear the inscription "This passport is valid for all countries except Israel" and the Malaysian government officially allows travel to Israel for Christian and Muslim pilgrims only, Israel still issues visas to Malaysian citizens according to its rules.
In September 2017, Malaysia announced a ban on all Malaysian citizens from travelling to North Korea, in the wake of strained Malaysia–North Korea relations following the assassination of Kim Jong-nam at Kuala Lumpur International Airport. [3]
Country / Region | Visa requirement | Allowed stay | Notes |
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Afghanistan | Visa required [4] | ||
Albania | Visa not required [5] | 90 days | |
Algeria | Visa not required [6] | 3 months | |
Andorra | Visa not required [7] | ||
Angola | Visa required [8] | ||
Antigua and Barbuda | Visa not required [9] | 180 days | |
Argentina | Visa not required [10] | 30 days [11] | |
Armenia | eVisa [12] [13] | 120 days |
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Australia | Electronic Travel Authority [14] | 3 months |
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Austria | Visa not required [15] | 90 days |
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Azerbaijan | Visa not required [16] | 30 days |
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Bahamas | Visa not required [17] | 3 months | |
Bahrain | eVisa / Visa on arrival [18] | 1 month |
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Bangladesh | Visa on arrival [19] | 30 days |
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Barbados | Visa not required [20] | 6 months | |
Belarus | Visa not required [21] | 30 days |
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Belgium | Visa not required [22] | 90 days |
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Belize | Visa not required [23] | ||
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 not required [30] | 90 days | |
Botswana | Visa not required [31] | 90 days | |
Brazil | Visa not required [32] | 90 days | |
Brunei | Visa not required [33] | 30 days | |
Bulgaria | Visa not required [34] | 90 days |
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Burkina Faso | eVisa [35] [36] | ||
Burundi | Visa on arrival [37] | 1 month | |
Cambodia | Visa not required [38] | 30 days | |
Cameroon | eVisa [39] [40] | ||
Canada | Visa required [41] | ||
Cape Verde | Visa on arrival [42] |
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Central African Republic | Visa required [43] | ||
Chad | Visa required [44] | ||
Chile | Visa not required [45] | 30 days | |
China | Visa not required [46] | 15 days | |
Colombia | Online Visa [49] [50] | ||
Comoros | Visa on arrival [51] | 45 days | |
Republic of the Congo | Visa required [52] | ||
Democratic Republic of the Congo | eVisa [53] [54] | 7 days | |
Costa Rica | Visa not required [55] | 90 days | |
Côte d'Ivoire | eVisa [56] [57] | 3 months |
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Croatia | Visa not required [59] | 90 days |
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Cuba | Visa not required [60] | 90 days | |
Cyprus | Visa not required [61] | 90 days |
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Czech Republic | Visa not required [62] | 3 months |
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Denmark | Visa not required [64] | 3 months |
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Djibouti | eVisa [66] [67] | 90 days | |
Dominica | Visa not required [68] | 6 months | |
Dominican Republic | Visa not required [69] | 30 days | |
Ecuador | Visa not required [70] | 90 days | |
Egypt | eVisa / Visa on arrival [71] [72] | 30 days / 15 days | |
El Salvador | Visa not required [73] | 3 months | |
Equatorial Guinea | eVisa [74] [75] | ||
Eritrea | Visa required [76] | ||
Estonia | Visa not required [77] | 90 days |
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Eswatini | Visa not required [78] | 30 days | |
Ethiopia | eVisa / Visa on arrival [79] [80] | up to 90 days |
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Fiji | Visa not required [81] | 4 months | |
Finland | Visa not required [82] | 90 days |
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France | Visa not required [83] | 90 days |
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Gabon | Visa not required [84] | 90 days | |
Gambia | Visa not required [85] | 90 days | |
Georgia | Visa not required [86] | 1 year | |
Germany | Visa not required [87] | 90 days |
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Ghana | Visa required [88] | ||
Greece | Visa not required [89] | 90 days |
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Grenada | Visa not required [90] | 3 months | |
Guatemala | Visa not required [91] | 90 days | |
Guinea | eVisa [92] [93] | 90 days | |
Guinea-Bissau | Visa on arrival [94] | 90 days | |
Guyana | Visa not required [95] | 60 days [96] | |
Haiti | Visa not required [97] | 3 months | |
Honduras | Visa not required [98] | 3 months | |
Hungary | Visa not required [99] | 90 days |
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Iceland | Visa not required [100] | 90 days |
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India | eVisa [101] | 30 days |
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Indonesia | Visa not required [104] | 30 days | |
Iran | Visa not required [105] | 15 days | |
Iraq | Visa required [106] | ||
Ireland | Visa not required [107] | 3 months | |
Israel | Travel Banned by the Malaysian government [108] |
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Italy | Visa not required [110] | 90 days |
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Jamaica | Visa not required [111] | 180 days | |
Japan | Visa not required [112] | 90 days | |
Jordan | eVisa / Free visa on arrival [113] [114] | 1 month |
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Kazakhstan | Visa not required [116] | 30 days | |
Kenya | Electronic Travel Authorisation [117] [118] | 3 months |
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Kiribati | Visa not required [119] | 90 days | |
North Korea | Travel Banned by the Malaysian government [120] |
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South Korea | Electronical Travel Authorization [122] | 90 days |
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Kuwait | eVisa / Visa on arrival [124] [125] | 3 months |
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Kyrgyzstan | Visa not required [126] | 30 days | |
Laos | Visa not required [127] | 30 days | |
Latvia | Visa not required [128] | 90 days |
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Lebanon | Free visa on arrival [129] | 1 month |
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Lesotho | Visa not required [130] | 90 days | |
Liberia | Visa required [131] | ||
Libya | Visa not required [132] [133] | 14 days |
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Liechtenstein | Visa not required [134] | 90 days |
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Lithuania | Visa not required [135] | 90 days |
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Luxembourg | Visa not required [136] | 90 days |
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Madagascar | Visa on arrival [137] | 60 days | |
Malawi | Visa not required [138] | 90 days | |
Maldives | Free visa on arrival [139] | 30 days |
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Mali | Visa required [140] | ||
Malta | Visa not required [141] | 90 days |
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Marshall Islands | Visa on arrival [142] | 90 days | |
Mauritania | Visa on arrival [143] |
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Mauritius | Visa not required [144] | 90 days | |
Mexico | Visa not required [145] | 180 days | |
Micronesia | Visa not required [146] | 30 days | |
Moldova | Visa not required [147] | 90 days |
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Monaco | Visa not required [148] | ||
Mongolia | Visa not required [149] | 30 days | |
Montenegro | Visa not required [150] | 90 days | |
Morocco | Visa not required [151] [152] | 90 days | |
Mozambique | eVisa / Visa on arrival [153] [154] | 30 days |
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Myanmar | eVisa [155] [156] | 28 days |
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Namibia | Visa not required [157] | 3 Months | |
Nauru | Visa required [158] |
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Nepal | Online Visa / Visa on arrival [160] | 90 days [161] | |
Netherlands | Visa not required [162] | 90 days |
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New Zealand | Electronic Travel Authority [163] | 3 months |
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Nicaragua | Visa not required [166] | 90 days | |
Niger | Visa required [167] | ||
Nigeria | eVisa [168] [169] | 90 days | |
North Macedonia | Visa not required [170] | 30 days | |
Norway | Visa not required [171] | 3 months |
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Oman | Visa not required / eVisa [174] [175] | 14 days / 30 days | |
Pakistan | eVisa [176] | 90 days |
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Palau | Free visa on arrival [177] | 30 days | |
Panama | Visa not required [178] | 90 days | |
Papua New Guinea | eVisa [179] [180] | 60 days |
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Paraguay | Visa required [182] | ||
Peru | Visa not required [183] | 90 days | |
Philippines | Visa not required [184] | 30 days | |
Poland | Visa not required [185] | 90 days |
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Portugal | Visa not required [186] | 90 days |
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Qatar | Visa not required [187] [188] | 90 days | |
Romania | Visa not required [189] | 90 days |
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Russia | eVisa [190] [191] | 16 days | |
Rwanda | Visa not required [192] | 30 days | |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | Visa not required [193] | 3 months | |
Saint Lucia | Visa on arrival [194] | 6 weeks | |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Visa not required [195] | 3 month | |
Samoa | Visa not required [196] | 60 days | |
San Marino | Visa not required [197] | ||
São Tomé and Príncipe | eVisa [198] [199] |
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Saudi Arabia | eVisa / Visa on arrival [200] [201] | 90 days | |
Senegal | Visa not required [202] | 90 days | |
Serbia | Visa required [203] [204] |
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Seychelles | Electronic Border System [205] [206] | 3 months |
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Sierra Leone | Free Visa on arrival [207] | 30 days | |
Singapore | Visa not required [208] | 30 days | |
Slovakia | Visa not required [209] | 90 days |
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Slovenia | Visa not required [210] | 90 days |
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Solomon Islands | Free Visitor's permit on arrival [211] | 3 months | |
Somalia | Visa on arrival [212] | 30 days |
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South Africa | Visa not required [213] | 90 days [214] | |
South Sudan | eVisa [215] [216] |
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Spain | Visa not required [217] | 90 days |
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Sri Lanka | eVisa / Free Visa on arrival [218] [219] | 60 days / 30 days |
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Sudan | Visa on arrival [222] | 3 months | |
Suriname | Visa not required [223] [224] | 30 days | |
Sweden | Visa not required [227] | 90 days |
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Switzerland | Visa not required [228] | 90 days |
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Syria | Free visa on arrival [229] [230] | 3 months | |
Tajikistan | Visa not required [231] | 30 days | |
Tanzania | Visa not required [232] | 3 months | |
Thailand | Visa not required [233] [234] | 60 days | |
Timor-Leste | Visa on arrival [235] | 30 days [236] |
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Togo | eVisa [238] [239] | 15 days |
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Tonga | Free visa on arrival [241] | 31 days |
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Trinidad and Tobago | Visa not required [243] | ||
Tunisia | Visa not required [244] | 3 months | |
Turkey | Visa not required [245] | 90 days |
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Turkmenistan | Visa required [246] | ||
Tuvalu | Free Visa on arrival [247] | 1 month | |
Uganda | Visa not required [248] | 3 months | |
Ukraine | Visa required [249] [250] |
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United Arab Emirates | Visa not required [251] | 30 days | |
United Kingdom | Visa not required [252] | 6 months | |
United States | Visa required [253] [254] |
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Uruguay | Visa not required [255] | 30 days | |
Uzbekistan | Visa not required [256] | 30 days | |
Vanuatu | Visa not required [257] | 30 days | |
Vatican City | Visa not required [258] | 90 days | |
Venezuela | Visa not required [259] | 90 days | |
Vietnam | Visa not required [260] | 30 days |
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Yemen | Visa on arrival [261] | 3 months | |
Zambia | Visa not required [262] | 90 days | |
Zimbabwe | Visa not required [263] | 3 months |
Date of visa changes |
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Malaysians have never required visas to the following countries:
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30 August 1962: The Philippines (as Federation of Malaya) [264] |
18 December 1980: Micronesia |
9 September 1983: South Korea |
1 November 1987: New Zealand [265] |
11 March 1993: Dominica [266] |
6 June 1994: Mongolia [267] |
1995: Kyrgyzstan |
26 May 1997: Cambodia |
26 May 1998: Cuba |
22 July 1999: Brazil [268] |
21 November 2001: Vietnam |
1 November 2002: Taiwan [269] |
1 July 2004: Laos |
20 September 2007: Kiribati [270] |
18 December 2007: Dominican Republic [271] |
8 May 2012: Panama [272] |
1 July 2013: Japan [273] |
11 January 2014: Moldova [274] |
19 August 2016: Tanzania [275] |
14 December 2016: Costa Rica [276] |
1 January 2017: Kazakhstan [277] |
12 February 2017: Belarus |
9 August 2017: Qatar [278] |
27 December 2017: Morocco [279] |
1 January 2018: Rwanda [280] |
10 February 2018: Uzbekistan [281] |
10 December 2020: Oman [282] |
1 January 2022: Tajikistan [283] |
1 July 2022: Suriname [284] |
1 December 2023: China (until 30 November 2024) [285] |
21 March 2024: Libya |
Visa requirements for Malaysia 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 | Electronic form submission and supporting documents submission via email or fax [286] |
Mount Athos | Special permit required | Special permit required (4 days: 25 EUR for Orthodox visitors, 35 EUR for non-Orthodox visitors, 18 EUR for students). There is a visitors' quota: maximum 100 Orthodox and 10 non-Orthodox per day and women are not allowed. [287] [288] |
Brest and Grodno, Belarus | Visa not required | Visa-free for 10 days [289] Entry to / exit from Brest, Zhabinsky, Kamenets, Pruzhansky districts of Brest region, as well as Svisloch district of the Grodno region must be through road checkpoints Brest (Terespol), Domachevo (Slovatici), Peschatka (Polovtsi), the point of a simplified pass Pererov (Bialowieza), railway crossing point Brest-Vostochny (Terespol) & checkpoint Brest airport. Entry to / exit from territory of special tourist and recreational park Augustow Canal must be through road checkpoints Bruzgi (Forge Belostotskaya) Privalka (Raigardas), point of a simplified check Forestry (Rudavka), Privalka (Svindubre), railway checkpoint Grodno (Kuznica Belostotskaya) & checkpoint Airport Grodno. |
Crimea | Visa required | Visa issued by Russia is required. [290] |
Northern Cyprus | Visa not required | 3 months [291] [292] |
UN Buffer Zone in Cyprus | Access Permit required [293] | Access Permit is required for travelling inside the zone, except Civil Use Areas. |
Faroe Islands | Visa not required | 90 days [294] [295] |
Gibraltar | Visa not required [296] | 90 days [297] |
Guernsey | Visa not required | 90 days [298] |
Isle of Man | Visa not required | 90 days [299] |
Jan Mayen | Permit required | Permit issued by the local police required for staying for less than 24 hours and permit issued by the Norwegian police for staying for more than 24 hours. [300] [301] |
Jersey | Visa not required | 90 days [302] |
Kosovo | Visa not required | 90 days [303] |
Artsakh | Visa on arrival | Travellers can obtain the visa on arrival at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs office in Stepanakert upon arrival. [304] [305] Holders of a passport containing an Artsakh visa (expired or valid) or any evidence of travel to Artsakh (stamps) will be permanently denied entry to Azerbaijan. [306] [307] |
Russia | Special authorization required | Several closed cities and regions in Russia require special authorization. [308] |
South Ossetia | Visa not required | Multiple entry visa to Russia and three-day prior notification are required to enter South Ossetia. [309] [310] |
Transnistria | Visa not required | Registration required after 24h. [311] |
Africa | ||
British Indian Ocean Territory | Special permit required | Special permit required. [312] [313] |
Eritrea outside Asmara | Travel permit required | To travel in the rest of the country, a Travel Permit for Foreigners is required (20 Eritrean nakfa). [314] |
Mayotte | Visa not required | 90 days [315] [316] |
Réunion | Visa not required | 90 days [315] [316] [317] |
Ascension Island | eVisa [318] [319] | 3 months within any year period. |
Saint Helena | Visitor's Pass on arrival | 6 months. Visitor's Pass granted on arrival valid for 4/10/21/60/90 days for 12/14/16/20/25 GBP. [320] |
Tristan da Cunha | Permission required | Permission to land required for 15/30 GBP (yacht/ship passenger) for Tristan da Cunha Island or 20 GBP for Gough Island, Inaccessible Island or Nightingale Islands. [321] |
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic | Undefined visa regime | Undefined visa regime in the Western Sahara controlled territory. |
Somaliland | Visa on arrival | 30 days for 30 USD, payable on arrival. [322] |
Sudan | 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. [323] |
Asia | ||
Hainan | Visa on arrival [46] | 30 days. Available at Haikou Meilan International Airport and Sanya Phoenix International Airport. |
Hong Kong | Visa not required | 90 days [324] |
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. [325] [326] [327] [328] [329] [330] |
Kazakhstan | Special permission required | Special permission required for the town of Baikonur and surrounding areas in Kyzylorda Oblast, and the town of Gvardeyskiy near Almaty. [331] |
Kish Island | Visa not required | Visitors to Kish Island do not require a visa. [332] |
Macao | Visa not required | 30 days [333] |
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. [334] |
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 [335] | Arrival by sea to Gaza Strip not allowed. [336] |
Taiwan | Visa not required [337] | 30 days [338] |
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. [339] [340] [341] |
Tibet Autonomous Region | TTP required | Tibet Travel Permit required (10 US Dollars). [342] [343] [344] |
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. [345] [346] |
Korean Demilitarized Zone | Restricted zone | |
UNDOF Zone and Ghajar | Restricted zone | |
Yemen | Special permission required | Special permission needed for travel outside Sana’a or Aden. [347] |
Caribbean and North Atlantic | ||
Anguilla | Visa not required | 3 months [348] |
Aruba | Visa not required | 90 days [349] [350] |
Bermuda | Visa not required | 6 months. [31] |
Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba | Visa not required | 90 days [351] [352] |
British Virgin Islands | Visa not required | 6 months, extensions possible [353] |
San Andrés and Leticia [354] | Tourist Card on arrival | must hold return/onward ticket. Visitors arriving at Gustavo Rojas Pinilla International Airport and Alfredo Vásquez Cobo International Airport must buy tourist cards on arrival. [49] |
Cayman Islands | Visa not required | 60 days [355] |
Curacao | Visa not required | 3 months [356] |
French West Indies | Visa not required | 90 days. French West Indies refers to Martinique, Guadeloupe, Saint Martin and Saint Barthélemy. [316] [317] |
Greenland | Visa not required | 90 days [357] |
Margarita Island | Visa not required | All visitors are fingerprinted. [358] |
Montserrat | Visa not required | 6 months [359] [360] |
Puerto Rico | Visa required [361] | Visa Issued by the United States is required. |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon | Visa not required | 90 days [315] [316] [317] |
Sint Maarten | Visa not required | 90 days [362] [363] |
Turks and Caicos Islands | Visa required | Holders of valid visa issued by Canada, United Kingdom or the USA may enter Turks and Caicos Islands for stay up to a maximum of 90 days. [364] [365] |
U.S. Virgin Islands | Visa required [366] | Visa issued by the United States is required. |
South America | ||
French Guiana | Visa not required | 90 days [367] [316] [317] |
Galápagos | Pre-registration required | Online pre-registration is required. Transit Control Card must also be obtained at the airport prior to departure. [368] |
Oceania | ||
American Samoa | Entry permit required | Entry Permit required from Office of Attorney General of American Samoa. [369] |
Ashmore and Cartier Islands | Special authorisation required | Special authorisation required. [370] |
Clipperton Island | Special permit required | Special permit required. [371] |
Cook Islands | Visa not required | 31 days [372] |
Lau Province | Special permission required | Special permission required. [373] |
French Polynesia | Visa not required | 90 days [374] [316] |
Guam | Visa not required | 45 days [375] |
New Caledonia | Visa not required | 90 days [315] [316] |
Niue | Visa not required | 30 days [376] |
Northern Mariana Islands | Visa not required | 45 days [375] |
Pitcairn Islands | Visa not required | 14 days visa free and landing fee USD 35 or tax of USD 5 if not going ashore. [377] [378] [379] |
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. [380] [381] [382] [383] [384] [385] [386] [387] |
Wallis and Futuna | Visa not required | 90 days [315] |
South Atlantic and Antarctica | ||
Falkland Islands | Visa required [388] | British Overseas Territory visa is required. Apply at British High Commission [389] |
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | Permit required | Pre-arrival permit from the Commissioner required 60 days before arrival [390] |
Antarctica | Special permits required | Special permits required for British Antarctic Territory, French Southern and Antarctic Lands, Argentine Antarctica, Australian Antarctic Territory, Chilean Antarctic Territory, Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Peter I Island, Queen Maud Land, Ross Dependency. [391] [392] [393] [394] [395] [396] [397] [398] [399] [400] [401] |
Holders of an APEC Business Travel Card (ABTC) travelling on business do not require a visa to the following countries: [402]
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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: [403]
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. [404] 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 [405] to have a current International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis, as does the South American territory of French Guiana. [406]
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. [407] [408]
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 [409] [410] or even accept passports that have already expired (but not been cancelled). [411]
Some countries, such as Japan, [412] Ireland and the United Kingdom, [413] 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, [414] 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, [415] Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Laos, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Mongolia, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Oman, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Peru, [416] Philippines, [417] 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. [418]
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 [419] and South Africa.
Some countries, including Australia, Canada, Fiji, New Zealand and the United States, [420] 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. [421]
Kuwait, [422] Lebanon, [423] Libya, [424] Syria, [425] and Yemen [426] 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. [427]
Fingerprinting countries/regions include Afghanistan, [428] [429] Argentina, [430] Brunei, Cambodia, [431] China, [432] Ethiopia, [433] Ghana, Guinea, [434] India, Japan, [435] [436] Kenya (both fingerprints and a photo are taken), [437] Malaysia upon entry and departure, [438] Mongolia, Saudi Arabia, [439] Singapore, South Korea, [440] Taiwan, Thailand, [441] Uganda, [442] 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), [443] [444] [445] intends to implement facial recognition for passengers departing from international airports to identify people who overstay their visa. [446]
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 [447] and the United Arab Emirates conducts iris scanning on visitors who need to apply for a visa. [448] [449]
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.
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.
Visa requirements for Pakistani citizens are the requirements by other countries to obtain a visa before entry on an ordinary Pakistani Passport.
Visa requirements for Angolan citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Angola. As of 09 October 2023, Angolan citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 62 countries and territories, ranking the Angolan passport 75th in terms of travel freedom according to the Henley Passport Index.
Visa requirements for Austrian citizens are administrative entry restrictions imposed by the authorities of foreign states on citizens of Austria. As of January 2024,
Visa requirements for Argentine citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Argentina.
Visa requirements for Barbadian citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Barbados. As of 10 September 2023, Barbadian citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 166 countries and territories, ranking the Barbadian passport 23rd in terms of travel freedom according to the Henley Passport Index.
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 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 Democratic Republic of the Congo citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Visa requirements for Tuvaluan citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Tuvalu. As of 20 December 2020, Tuvaluan citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 127 countries and territories, ranking the Tuvaluan passport 45th 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 Spanish citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Spain.
Visa requirements for Comorian citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Comoros.
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 Cambodian citizens are administrative entry restrictions imposed on citizens of Cambodia by the authorities of other states.
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 Beninese citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Benin. As of 2 July 2019, Beninese citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 61 countries and territories, ranking the Beninese passport 83rd in terms of travel freedom according to the Henley Passport Index.
Visa requirements for Central African citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Central African Republic. As of 2 July 2019, Central African Republic citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 49 countries and territories, ranking the Central African passport 94th in terms of travel freedom according to the Henley Passport Index.
Visa requirements for Chad citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of the Chad. As of 2 July 2019, Chadian citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 51 countries and territories, ranking the Chadian passport 92nd in terms of travel freedom according to the Henley Passport Index.
Visa requirements for Burkinabe citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of the Burkina Faso. As of 2 July 2019, Burkinabe citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 57 countries and territories, ranking the Burkinabe passport 87th in terms of travel freedom according to the Henley & Partners Passport Index.