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Visa requirements for Swiss citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Switzerland.
As of July 2024, Swiss citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 190 countries and territories, ranking the Swiss passport 4th, tied with passport from Belgium, Denmark, New Zealand, Norway and United Kingdom in the world according to the Henley Passport Index.[1]
As a member state of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), Swiss citizens enjoy freedom of movement to live and work in Iceland, Norway and Liechtenstein in accordance with the EFTA convention.[2] Moreover, by virtue of Switzerland's bilateral agreements with the EU, Swiss citizens also have freedom of movement in all EU member states.[3][4] All EFTA and EU citizens are not only visa-exempt but are legally entitled to enter and reside in each other's countries.
In order to travel to another country, a Swiss citizen requires a passport, except travel to EFTA[5] and EU[3] countries, European microstates, Greenland (de facto), Turkey, and on organized tours to Tunisia, where the Swiss identity card is valid.
Country | Visa requirement | Allowed stay | Notes (excluding departure fees) |
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Afghanistan | Visa required[6] | ||
Albania | Visa not required[7] | 90 days |
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Algeria | Visa required[8] | ||
Andorra | Visa not required[9] | ||
Angola | Visa not required[10] | 30 days |
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Antigua and Barbuda | Visa not required[13] | 3 months | |
Argentina | Visa not required[14] | 90 days | |
Armenia | Visa not required[15] | 180 days |
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Australia | eVisitor[16] | 90 days |
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Austria | Visa not required[17] |
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Azerbaijan | eVisa[18][19] | 30 days | |
Bahamas | Visa not required[20] | 8 months | |
Bahrain | eVisa / Visa on arrival[21] | 14 days | |
Bangladesh | Visa on arrival[22] | 30 days | |
Barbados | Visa not required[23] | 90 days | |
Belarus | Visa not required[24] | 30 days |
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Belgium | Visa not required[25] |
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Belize | Visa not required[26] | ||
Benin | eVisa[27][28] | 30 days |
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Bhutan | eVisa[29][30] |
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Bolivia | Visa not required[31] | 90 days | |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Visa not required[32] | 90 days |
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Botswana | Visa not required[33] | 90 days | |
Brazil | Visa not required[34] | 90 days |
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Brunei | Visa not required[35] | 90 days | |
Bulgaria | Visa not required[36] |
| |
Burkina Faso | eVisa / Visa on arrival[37][38] | 1 month | |
Burundi | Visa on arrival[39] | 1 month | |
Cambodia | eVisa / Visa on arrival[40][41] | 30 days | |
Cameroon | eVisa[42][43] | ||
Canada | Electronic Travel Authority[44] | 6 months | |
Cape Verde | Visa not required[46] | 30 days | |
Central African Republic | Visa required[47] | ||
Chad | Visa required[48] | ||
Chile | Visa not required[49] | 90 days | |
China | Visa not required[50] | 15 days |
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Colombia | Visa not required[54] | 90 days |
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Comoros | Visa on arrival[55] | 45 days | |
Republic of the Congo | Visa required[56] | ||
Democratic Republic of the Congo | eVisa[57][58] | 7 days | |
Costa Rica | Visa not required[59] | 90 days | |
Côte d'Ivoire | eVisa[60][61] | 3 months |
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Croatia | Visa not required[62] |
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Cuba | eVisa[63][64] | 90 days |
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Cyprus | Visa not required[65] |
| |
Czech Republic | Visa not required[66] |
| |
Denmark | Visa not required[67] |
| |
Djibouti | eVisa[68][69] | 90 days | |
Dominica | Visa not required[70] | 6 months | |
Dominican Republic | Visa not required[71] | 30 days |
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Ecuador | Visa not required[72] | 90 days | |
Egypt | eVisa / Visa on arrival[73][74] | 30 days | |
El Salvador | Visa not required[75] | 90 days | |
Equatorial Guinea | eVisa[76][77] |
| |
Eritrea | Visa required[78] | ||
Estonia | Visa not required[79] |
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Eswatini | Visa not required[80] | 30 days | |
Ethiopia | eVisa / Visa on arrival[81] | up to 90 days |
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Fiji | Visa not required[84] | 4 months | |
Finland | Visa not required[85] |
| |
France | Visa not required[86] |
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Gabon | eVisa[87][88] | 90 days |
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Gambia | Visa not required[89] | 90 days | |
Georgia | Visa not required[90] | 1 year | |
Germany | Visa not required[90] |
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Ghana | Visa required[91] | ||
Greece | Visa not required[92] |
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Grenada | Visa not required[93] | 3 months | |
Guatemala | Visa not required[94] | 90 days | |
Guinea | eVisa[95][96] | 90 days | |
Guinea-Bissau | Visa on arrival[97] | 90 days | |
Guyana | Visa not required[98] | 90 days | |
Haiti | Visa not required[99] | 90 days | |
Honduras | Visa not required[100] | 90 days | |
Hungary | Visa not required[101] |
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Iceland | Visa not required[102] | ||
India | eVisa[103] | 30 days |
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Indonesia | e-VOA / Visa on arrival[106] | 30 days[107] | |
Iran | eVisa[108] | 30 days[109] | |
Iraq | eVisa / Visa on arrival[110][111] | 60 days | |
Ireland | Visa not required[112] |
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Israel | Visa not required[113] | 90 days | |
Italy | Visa not required[114] |
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Jamaica | Visa not required[115] | 90 days | |
Japan | Visa not required[116] | 90 days | |
Jordan | eVisa / Visa on arrival[117][118] | 30 days |
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Kazakhstan | Visa not required[119] | 30 days | |
Kenya | Electronic Travel Authorisation[120][121] | 90 days |
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Kiribati | Visa not required[122] | 90 days |
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North Korea | Visa required[123] | ||
South Korea | Electronical Travel Authorization[124][125] | 90 days |
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Kuwait | eVisa / Visa on arrival[127][128] | 3 months | |
Kyrgyzstan | Visa not required[129] | 60 days | |
Laos | Visa not required[130] | 15 days | |
Latvia | Visa not required[131] |
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Lebanon | Free visa on arrival[132] | 1 month |
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Lesotho | Visa not required[133] | 14 days |
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Liberia | Visa required[135] | ||
Libya | eVisa[136][137] | 30 days | |
Liechtenstein | Visa not required[138] | ||
Lithuania | Visa not required[139] |
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Luxembourg | Visa not required[140] |
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Madagascar | Visa on arrival[141] | 60 days | |
Malawi | eVisa / Visa on arrival[142][143] | 30 days |
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Malaysia | Visa not required[144] | 3 months | |
Maldives | Free visa on arrival[145] | 30 days | |
Mali | Visa required[146] | ||
Malta | Visa not required[147] |
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Marshall Islands | Visa on arrival[148][149] | 90 days | |
Mauritania | Visa on arrival[150] |
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Mauritius | Visa not required[151] | 180 days |
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Mexico | Visa not required[152] | 180 days | |
Micronesia | Visa not required[153] | 90 days |
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Moldova | Visa not required[154] | 90 days |
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Monaco | Visa not required[155] |
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Mongolia | Visa not required[156] | 30 days |
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Montenegro | Visa not required[157] | 90 days |
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Morocco | Visa not required[158] | 90 days | |
Mozambique | Visa on arrival / eVisa[159][160] | 30 days |
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Myanmar | eVisa / Free visa on arrival[161][162] | 28 days |
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Namibia | Visa not required[163] | 3 months |
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Nauru | Visa required[164] | ||
Nepal | Online Visa / Visa on arrival[165] | 90 days[166] | |
Netherlands | Visa not required[167] |
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New Zealand | Electronic Travel Authority[168] | 3 months |
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Nicaragua | Visa not required[171] | 90 days | |
Niger | Visa required[172] | ||
Nigeria | eVisa[173][174] | 90 days | |
North Macedonia | Visa not required[175] | 90 days |
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Norway | Visa not required[176] | ||
Oman | Visa not required / eVisa[177][178] | 14 days / 30 days | |
Pakistan | eVisa[179] | 90 days |
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Palau | Visa not required[180] | 90 days |
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Panama | Visa not required[181] | 90 days | |
Papua New Guinea | Easy Visitor Permit[182][183] | 60 days |
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Paraguay | Visa not required[184] | 90 days | |
Peru | Visa not required[185] | 90 days | |
Philippines | Visa not required[186] | 30 days | |
Poland | Visa not required[187] |
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Portugal | Visa not required[188] |
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Qatar | Visa not required[189] | 90 days | |
Romania | Visa not required[190] |
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Russia | eVisa[191][192] | 16 days | |
Rwanda | Visa not required[193] | 30 days | |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | Visa not required[194] | 3 months | |
Saint Lucia | Visa not required[195] | 90 days |
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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Visa not required[196] | 6 months | |
Samoa | Visa not required[197] | 90 days |
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San Marino | Visa not required[198] |
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São Tomé and Príncipe | Visa not required[199] | 15 days[200] | |
Saudi Arabia | eVisa / Visa on arrival[201][202] | 90 days | |
Senegal | Visa not required[203] | 90 days | |
Serbia | Visa not required[204] | 90 days |
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Seychelles | Visa not required[205][206] | 90 days[207] | |
Sierra Leone | eVisa / Visa on arrival[208][209] | 1 month | |
Singapore | Visa not required[210] | 90 days | |
Slovakia | Visa not required[211] |
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Slovenia | Visa not required[212] |
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Solomon Islands | Visa not required[213] | 90 days |
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Somalia | Visa on arrival[214] |
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South Africa | Visa not required[215] | 90 days | |
South Sudan | eVisa[216][217] |
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Spain | Visa not required[218] |
| |
Sri Lanka | eVisa / Visa on arrival[219][220] | 60 days / 30 days |
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Sudan | Visa required[222] | ||
Suriname | Visa not required[223][224] | 90 days | |
Sweden | Visa not required[227] |
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Syria | eVisa[228] | ||
Taiwan | Visa not required[229] | 3 months | |
Tajikistan | Visa not required[230] | 30 days |
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Tanzania | eVisa / Visa on arrival[232][233] | 90 days | |
Thailand | Visa not required[234] | 60 days | |
Timor-Leste | Visa not required[235] | 90 days |
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Togo | eVisa[236][237] | 15 days | |
Tonga | Visa not required[238][239] | 90 days |
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Trinidad and Tobago | Visa not required[240] | 90 days |
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Tunisia | Visa not required[241] | 3 months | |
Turkey | Visa not required[242] | 3 months |
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Turkmenistan | Visa required[243] | ||
Tuvalu | Visa not required[244] | 90 days |
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Uganda | eVisa[245][246] | 3 months | |
Ukraine | Visa not required[247] | 90 days |
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United Arab Emirates | Visa not required[248] | 90 days |
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United Kingdom | Visa not required[250] | 6 months | |
United States | Visa Waiver Program[252][253] | 90 days |
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Uruguay | Visa not required[256] | 90 days | |
Uzbekistan | Visa not required[257] | 30 days | |
Vanuatu | Visa not required[258] | 30 days | |
Vatican City | Visa not required[259] |
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Venezuela | Visa not required[260] | 90 days | |
Vietnam | eVisa[261][262] | 90 days |
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Yemen | Visa required[263] | ||
Zambia | eVisa / Visa on arrival[264] | 90 days |
|
Zimbabwe | Visa on arrival[265] | 30 days |
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Countries | Conditions of access | Notes |
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Abkhazia | Visa required[266] | |
Kosovo | Visa not required[267] | 90 days |
Northern Cyprus | Visa not required[268] | 90 days |
Palestine | Visa not required[269] | Access to Gaza Strip severely restricted. |
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic | Undefined visa regime in the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic | |
South Ossetia | Visa not required[270] | Must notify about arrival in advance. |
Taiwan | Visa not required[229] | |
Transnistria | Visa not required[271] | 45 days |
Countries | Conditions of access | Notes |
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United Kingdom | ||
Anguilla | Visa not required[272] | 3 months |
Bermuda | Visa not required[273] | 6 months |
British Virgin Islands | Visa not required[274] | 1 month |
Cayman Islands | Visa not required[275] | 6 months |
Falkland Islands | Visa not required[276] | |
Gibraltar | Visa not required[277] | 6 months |
Guernsey | Visa not required[278] | 6 months |
Isle of Man | Visa not required[279] | 6 months |
Jersey | Visa not required[280] | 6 months |
Montserrat | Visa not required[281] | 6 months |
Turks and Caicos Islands | Visa not required | 90 days |
Saint Helena | Visa not required[282] | 183 days |
China | ||
Hong Kong | Visa not required | 90 days[283] |
Macau | Visa not required | 90 days[284] |
Denmark | ||
Faroe Islands | Visa not required[285] | 90 days |
Greenland | Visa not required[286] | 90 days |
Netherlands | ||
Aruba | Visa not required[287] | 90 days |
Caribbean Netherlands | Visa not required[288] | 90 days; includes Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba |
Curaçao | Visa not required[289] | 90 days |
Sint Maarten | Visa not required[290] | 90 days |
France | ||
French Guiana | Visa not required[291] | |
French Polynesia | Visa not required[292] | |
French West Indies | sort[293] | includes overseas departments of Guadeloupe and Martinique and overseas collectivities of Saint Martin and Saint Barthélemy |
Mayotte | Visa not required[294] | |
New Caledonia | Visa not required[295] | |
Réunion | Visa not required[296] | |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon | Visa not required[297] | |
Wallis and Futuna | Visa not required[297] | |
New Zealand | ||
Cook Islands | Visa not required | 31 days[298] |
Niue | Visa not required | 30 days[299] |
Tokelau | Entry permit required[300] | |
South Korea | ||
Jeju Special Autonomous Province | Visa not required[301] | 30 days |
United States | ||
American Samoa | Visa Waiver Program[302] | 90 days |
Guam | Visa Waiver Program[303] | 90 days |
Northern Mariana Islands | Visa Waiver Program[304] | 90 days |
U.S. Virgin Islands | Visa Waiver Program[305] | 90 days |
Puerto Rico | Visa Waiver Program[306] | 90 days |
The Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) (German: Eidgenössisches Departement für auswärtige Angelegenheiten EDA, French: Département fédéral des affaires étrangères DFAE, Italian: Dipartimento federale degli affari esteri DFAE, Romansh: Departament federal d’affars exteriurs) regularly publishes travel warnings on its website and allows Swiss citizens to register on the online portal itineris or the mobile app Travel Admin before they travel abroad. Registered persons will receive a message if the situation in their destination country changes for the worse.
Since 1919, Switzerland has also represented Liechtenstein in countries where Liechtenstein does not maintain consular representation. Liechtenstein maintains a very small network of diplomatic missions; four embassies in Central Europe, and one embassy in North America.[307]
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.[308] 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[309] to have a current International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis, as does the South American territory of French Guiana.[310]
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.[311][312]
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[313][314] or even accept passports that have already expired (but not been cancelled).[315]
Some countries, such as Japan,[316] Ireland and the United Kingdom,[317] 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,[318] 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,[319] Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Laos, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Mongolia, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Oman, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Peru,[320] Philippines,[321] 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.[322]
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[323] and South Africa.
Some countries, including Australia, Canada, Fiji, New Zealand and the United States,[324] 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.[325]
Kuwait,[326] Lebanon,[327] Libya,[328] Syria,[329] and Yemen[330] 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.[331]
Fingerprinting countries/regions include Afghanistan,[332][333] Argentina,[334] Brunei, Cambodia,[335] China,[336] Ethiopia,[337] Ghana, Guinea,[338] India, Japan,[339][340] Kenya (both fingerprints and a photo are taken),[341] Malaysia upon entry and departure,[342] Mongolia, Saudi Arabia,[343] Singapore, South Korea,[344] Taiwan, Thailand,[345] Uganda,[346] 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),[347][348][349] intends to implement facial recognition for passengers departing from international airports to identify people who overstay their visa.[350]
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[351] and the United Arab Emirates conducts iris scanning on visitors who need to apply for a visa.[352][353]
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