Visa requirements for Comorian citizens

Visa requirements for Comorian citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Comoros.

A Comorian passport (non-biometric)

As of April 2025, Comorian citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 52 countries and territories, ranking the Comorian passport 86th in terms of travel freedom according to the Henley Passport Index.^[1]

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Visa requirements for Comorian citizens

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Visa requirements

Country	Visa requirement	Allowed stay	Notes (excluding departure fees)
Afghanistan	Visa required[2]
Albania	eVisa[3][4]		Visa is not required for Holders of a valid multiple-entry Schengen, UK or US visa has been previously used once or residence permit of Schengen, UK, US or UAE 10 years.[5]
Algeria	Visa required[6]
Andorra	Visa required[7]
Angola	Visa required[8]
Antigua and Barbuda	eVisa[9][10]
Argentina	Visa required[11]
Armenia	Visa required[12]
Australia and territories	Online visa required[13]		May apply online (Online Visitor e600 visa).[14]
Austria	Visa required[15]
Azerbaijan	Visa required[16]
Bahamas	eVisa[17][18]	3 months
Bahrain	eVisa[19][20]
Bangladesh	Visa on arrival[21]	30 days
Barbados	Visa not required[22]
Belarus	Visa required[23]
Belgium	Visa required[15]
Belize	Visa required[24]
Benin	Visa not required[25][26][27]	90 days
Bhutan	eVisa[28][29]	90 days	Visa fee is 40 USD per person and visa application may be processed within 5 business days with duration of stay of 90 days. e-Visa applicant is also subject to pay Sustainable Development Fee
Bolivia	eVisa / Visa on arrival[30][31]	90 days
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Visa required[32]
Botswana	eVisa[33][34]
Brazil	Visa required[35]
Brunei	Visa required[36]
Bulgaria	Visa required[37]
Burkina Faso	eVisa[38][39]
Burundi	Visa on arrival[40]	30 days
Cambodia	eVisa / Visa on arrival[41][42]	30 days
Cameroon	eVisa[43][44]
Canada	Visa required[45]		US permanent residents (Green card) holders can enter visa free[46]
Cape Verde	Visa on arrival[47]		Visa on arrival at Sal, Boa Vista, São Vicente or Santiago international airports. Requirement to register online 5 days before arrival[48] Also pay the airport security fee of CVE 3400 either online or on arrival.
Central African Republic	Visa required[49]
Chad	eVisa[50][51]
Chile	Visa required[52]
China	Visa required[53]		Tourists in a group organised by a travel agency for a maximum stay of 6 days
Colombia	eVisa[54][55]
Republic of the Congo	Visa required[56]
Democratic Republic of the Congo	eVisa[57][58]	7 days
Costa Rica	Visa required[59]		Area]], Canada, or the United States may enter Cost Rica without a visa for maximum stay of 30 day
Côte d'Ivoire	eVisa[60][61]	90 days	e-Visa holders must arrive via Port Bouet Airport.
Croatia	Visa required[62]
Cuba	eVisa[63][64]	90 days	Can be extended up to 90 days with a fee.
Cyprus	Visa required[65]
Czech Republic	Visa required[66]
Denmark	Visa required[67]
Djibouti	eVisa[68]	90 days
Dominica	Visa not required[69]	21 days
Dominican Republic	Visa required[70]
Ecuador	Visa not required[71]	90 days
Egypt	Visa required[72]
El Salvador	eVisa[73][74]
Equatorial Guinea	eVisa[75][76]
Eritrea	Visa required[77]
Estonia	Visa required[78]
Eswatini	Visa required[79]
Ethiopia	eVisa / Visa on arrival[80]	up to 90 days	Visa on arrival is obtainable only at Addis Ababa Bole International Airport.[81] e-Visa holders must arrive via Addis Ababa Bole International Airport. e-Visa is available for 30 or 90 days.[82]
Fiji	Visa required[83]
Finland	Visa required[84]
France	Visa required[85]
Gabon	eVisa[86][87]
Gambia	Visa not required[88]
Georgia	eVisa[89][90]	90 days	Visa is not required for up to 90 days if holding a valid visa or residency permit from EEA Member State, Australia, Bermuda, Canada, GCC member state, Japan, Korea (Rep.), New Zealand, Switzerland, USA or United Kingdom
Germany	Visa required[91]
Ghana	Visa on arrival[92]	30 days
Greece	Visa required[93]
Grenada	Visa required[94]
Guatemala	Visa required[95]		Visa is not required up to 90 days if holding a valid residence permit issued by Australia, Canada, GCC member state the United States the United Kingdom or a Schengen Area Member State.
Guinea	eVisa[96][97]	90 days
Guinea-Bissau	Visa on arrival[98]	90 days
Guyana	Visa required[99]
Haiti	Visa not required[100]	3 month
Honduras	Visa required[101]		Visa is not required if holding a valid visa for at least 6 months at the time of arrival, issued by Canada, the United States or a Schengen Area Member State.
Hong Kong	Visa not required[102]	14 days
Hungary	Visa required[103]
Iceland	Visa required[104]
India	eVisa[105]	60 days	e-Visa holders must arrive via 31 designated airports[Note 1] or 5 designated seaports.[Note 2][106] An Indian e-Tourist Visa may only be obtained twice within 1 calendar year.[107] Foreigners of Pakistani origin or who hold a Pakistani Passport are not eligible for an e-Visa. Foreigners who are not Pakistani nationals, but whose parents or grandparents (either paternal or maternal) were born in, or were permanent residents in Pakistan, are also not eligible for an e-Visa.[108]
Indonesia	eVisa[109][110]
Iran	eVisa / Visa on arrival[111]	30 days
Iraq	eVisa[112][113]
Ireland	Visa required[114]
Israel	Visa required[115]
Italy	Visa required[116]
Jamaica	Visa required[117]
Japan	Visa required[118]		Eligible for an e-Visa if residing in one these countries Australia, Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, India, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States.[119] May apply online[120]
Jordan	Visa required[121]
Kazakhstan	eVisa[122][123]
Kenya	Electronic Travel Authorisation[124][125]	90 days	Electronic Travel Authorisation (eTA)[126] Applications can be submitted up to 90 days prior to travel and must be submitted at least 3 days in advance. eTA fee is USD 32.50. eTA is good for single entry, but visitors who leave Kenya to other EAC countries may re-enter provided that their eTA is still valid Proof of reservation at the hotel where visitors plan to stay is required (if staying with friends, an invitation letter is also acceptable). Yellow fever vaccination certificate is required if coming from endemic countries. Can also be entered on an East Africa tourist visa issued by Rwanda or Uganda.
Kiribati	Visa required[127]
North Korea	Visa required[128]
South Korea	Visa required[129]
Kuwait	Visa required[130]		e-Visa can be obtained for holders of a Residence Permit issued by a GCC member state under the following conditions:[131] To be 18 years old and over. The residence permit for a GCC state must be valid for at least another 3 months. To be accompanied by the sponsor of the residence permit if the sponsor is an individual. Does not apply to holders of a GCC Student Visa and Non-Skilled Worker Visa
Kyrgyzstan	eVisa[132][133]
Laos	eVisa / Visa on arrival[134]	30 days	17[Note 3] of the 31 border crossings are only open to visa holders.[135] e-Visa may be used to enter Laos through Luang Prabang, Pakse and Vientiane international airports, 3 Thai-Lao Friendship Bridges[Note 4] and in Boten (road and railroad).[136] Visa on arrival is available at Luang Prabang, Pakse and Vientiane international airports, the 4 Thai-Lao Friendship Bridges[Note 5] and 6 border crossings.[Note 6][135] Visa on arrival is extendable for an additional 60 days at the Department of Immigration in Vientiane.[137]
Latvia	Visa required[138]
Lebanon	Visa required[139]		Conditional VoA can be obtained.
Lesotho	eVisa[140][141]
Liberia	eVisa[142][143]	30 days
Libya	eVisa[144][145]	30 days
Liechtenstein	Visa required[146]
Lithuania	Visa required[147]
Luxembourg	Visa required[148]
Madagascar	eVisa / Visa on arrival[149]	90 days
Malawi	eVisa / Visa on arrival[150][151]	30 days
Malaysia	Visa not required[152]	30 days
Maldives	Free Visa on arrival[153]	30 days
Mali	Visa required[154]
Malta	Visa required[155]
Marshall Islands	Visa required[156]
Mauritania	eVisa[157][158]
Mauritius	Visa on arrival[159]	14 days
Mexico	Visa required[160]		Visa is not required for Holders of a valid visa of Canada, US, UK or a Schengen State and Permanent residence of Canada, Chile, Colombia, Schengen State, Japan, UK, US[161] Entry may be refused by immigration officials for individuals who were previously denied a US visa, even if holding a valid Mexican visa.
Micronesia	Visa not required[162]	30 days
Moldova	eVisa[163][164]
Monaco	Visa required[165]
Mongolia	eVisa[166][167]
Montenegro	Visa required[168]		Visa not required for holders of a valid Australia, Japan, Canada, New Zealand, Ireland, US, UK or a Schengen Visa. Holders of residence permit in the United Arab Emirates may enter, in Montenegro for a duration of 10 days[169]
Morocco	Visa required[170]		May apply for an e-Visa if holding a valid visa or a residency document issued by one of the following countries: Schengen Area , Australia , Canada , Ireland, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States a residency document issued by Cyprus , Japan , United Arab Emirates ..[171]
Mozambique	eVisa / Visa on arrival[172][173]	30 days
Myanmar	Visa required[174]
Namibia	eVisa / Visa on arrival[175][176]		can obtain a visa upon arrival at Windhoek(WDH) or at Walvis Bay (WVB) for a maximum of 30 days
Nauru	Visa required[177]
Nepal	eVisa / Visa on arrival[178][179]	90 days
Netherlands	Visa required[180]
New Zealand and territories	Visa required[181]		Holders of an Australian Permanent Resident Visa or Resident Return Visa may be granted a New Zealand Resident Visa on arrival permitting indefinite stay (pursuant to the Trans-Tasman Travel Arrangement), subject to meeting character requirements and obtaining an Electronic Travel Authority prior to departure.[182]
Nicaragua	Visa on arrival[183]	30 days
Niger	Visa required[184]
Nigeria	eVisa[185][186]	90 days
North Macedonia	Visa required[187]
Norway	Visa required[188]
Oman	eVisa[189][190]		Holders of a GCC state resident permit can get a 28 days visa on arrival that costs 5 Omani Riyals.
Pakistan	eVisa[191]		Online Visa eligible.[192] Electronic Travel Authorization to obtain a visa on arrival for business purposes.[193]
Palau	Free Visa on arrival[194]	30 days
Panama	Visa not required[195]	180 days
Papua New Guinea	eVisa[196][197]	60 days	May apply for an e-visa under the type of "Tourist - Own Itinerary"
Paraguay	Visa required[198]
Peru	Visa required[199]
Philippines	Visa not required[200]	30 days
Poland	Visa required[201]
Portugal	Visa required[202]
Qatar	eVisa[203][204]
Romania	Visa required[205]
Russia	Visa required[206]
Rwanda	Visa not required[207]	30 days
Saint Kitts and Nevis	eVisa[208][209]
Saint Lucia	Visa on arrival[210]	6 weeks
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Visa not required[211]	1 month
Samoa	Visa not required[212]	60 days
San Marino	Visa required[213]
São Tomé and Príncipe	eVisa[214][215]
Saudi Arabia	Visa required[216]		Residents of GCC countries can apply for Saudi e-Visas online and residents of the United States, United Kingdom and European Union may apply for a visa on arrival[217]
Senegal	Visa on arrival[218]	30 days
Serbia	Visa required[219]
Seychelles	Free Visitor's Permit on arrival[220]	90 days
Sierra Leone	eVisa[221][222]	30 days
Singapore	Visa not required[223]	30 days
Slovakia	Visa required[224]
Slovenia	Visa required[221]
Solomon Islands	Visa required[225]
Somalia	eVisa[226][227]	30 days
South Africa	Visa required[228]
South Sudan	eVisa[229]		Obtainable online[230] Printed visa authorization must be presented at the time of travel[230]
Spain	Visa required[231]
Sri Lanka	ETA / Visa on arrival[232]	30 days	Electronic Travel Authorization can also be obtained on arrival.[233] 30 days extendable to 6 months.[234]
Sudan	Visa required[235]
Suriname	eVisa[236]
Sweden	Visa required[237]
Switzerland	Visa required[238]
Syria	eVisa[239][240]
Tajikistan	Visa required[241]
Tanzania	eVisa / Visa on arrival[242][243]	3 months
Thailand	eVisa[244][245]
Timor-Leste	Visa on arrival[246]	30 days	At Presidente Nicolau Lobato International Airport or the Dili Sea Port only.
Togo	eVisa[247][248]	15 days
Tonga	Visa required[249]
Trinidad and Tobago	Visa required[250]
Tunisia	Visa not required[251]	90 days
Turkey	Visa required[252]		e-Visa can be obtained if holding a multiple entry visa or a residence permit from any of the Schengen countries, USA, UK or Ireland.[253]
Turkmenistan	Visa required[254]		Eligible for a visa on arrival for a maximum stay of 10 days if having a letter of invitation issued by a company registered in Turkmenistan and approved by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs[255]
Tuvalu	Visa on arrival[256]	1 month
Uganda	Visa not required[257]	90 days
Ukraine	Visa required[258]
United Arab Emirates	eVisa[259]	30 days	May apply using 'Smart service'.[260]
United Kingdom and Crown dependencies	Visa required[261]
United States	Visa required[262]
Uruguay	Visa required[263]
Uzbekistan	Visa required[264]
Vanuatu	Visa required[265]
Vatican City	Visa required[266]		Open borders but de facto follows Italian visa policy.
Venezuela	Visa required[267]
Vietnam	eVisa[268][269]		Visa free for 30 days when visiting Phú Quốc
Yemen	Visa required[270]
Zambia	Visa not required[271]	90 days
Zimbabwe	eVisa / Visa on arrival[272][273]	90 days

Dependent, disputed, or restricted territories

Unrecognized or partially recognized countries

Territory	Conditions of access	Notes
Abkhazia	Visa required[274]
Kosovo	Visa required[275]	Do not need a visa a holder of a valid biometric residence permit issued by one of the Schengen member states or a valid multi-entry Schengen Visa, a holder of a valid Laissez-Passer issued by United Nations Organizations, NATO, OSCE, Council of Europe or European Union a holder of a valid travel documents issued by EU Member and Schengen States, United States of America, Canada, Australia and Japan based on the 1951 Convention on Refugee Status or the 1954 Convention on the Status of Stateless Persons, as well as holders of valid travel documents for foreigners (max. 15 days stay)[276]
Northern Cyprus	Visa not required[277]
Palestine	Visa not required[278]	Arrival by sea to Gaza Strip not allowed.[279]
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic		Undefined visa regime in the Western Sahara controlled territory.
Somaliland	Visa on arrival	30 days for 30 US dollars, payable on arrival.[280][281]
South Ossetia	Visa not required[282]	Multiple entry visa to Russia and three day prior notification are required to enter South Ossetia.[283][284]
Taiwan	Visa required[285][286]
Transnistria	Visa not required[287]	Registration required after 24h.[288][289]

Dependent and autonomous territories

Territory	Conditions of access	Notes
China
Hong Kong	Visa not required[290]	14 days
Macau	Visa on arrival[291]
Denmark
Faroe Islands	Visa required[292]
Greenland	Visa required[293]
France
French Guiana	Visa required[294]
French Polynesia	Visa required[295]
French West Indies	Visa required	Includes overseas departments of Guadeloupe and Martinique and overseas collectivities of Saint Barthélemy and Saint Martin.
Mayotte	Visa required[296]
New Caledonia	Visa required[297]
Réunion	Visa required[298]
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	Visa required[299]
Wallis and Futuna	Visa required[300]
Netherlands
Aruba	Visa required[301]
Caribbean Netherlands	Visa required[302]	Includes Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba.
Curaçao	Visa required[303]
Sint Maarten	Visa required[304]
New Zealand
Cook Islands	Visa not required[305]	31 days
Niue	Visa not required[306]	30 days
Tokelau	Visa required[307]
United Kingdom
Akrotiri and Dhekelia	Visa required[308]
Anguilla	Visa required[309]	Holders of a valid visa issued by the United Kingdom do not require a visa.[310]
Bermuda	Visa not required[311]
British Indian Ocean Territory	Special permit required	Special permit required.[312]
British Virgin Islands	Visa required[313]
Cayman Islands	Visa required[314]
Falkland Islands	Visa required[315]
Gibraltar	Visa required[316]
Montserrat	eVisa[317]
Pitcairn Islands	Visa not required	14 days visa free and landing fee 35 USD or tax of 5 USD if not going ashore.[318][319][320]
Ascension Island	eVisa[321][322]	3 months within any year period
Saint Helena	eVisa[323][324]
Tristan da Cunha	Permission required	Permission to land required for 15/30 pounds sterling (yacht/ship passenger) for Tristan da Cunha Island or 20 pounds sterling for Gough Island, Inaccessible Island or Nightingale Islands.[325]
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	Permit required	Pre-arrival permit from the Commissioner required (72 hours/1 month for 110/160 pounds sterling).[326][327]
Turks and Caicos Islands	Visa required[328]	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
American Samoa	Visa required[329]
Guam	Visa required[330]
Northern Mariana Islands	Visa required[331]
Puerto Rico	Visa required[332]
U.S. Virgin Islands	Visa required[333]
Antarctica and adjacent islands
Special permits required for  Bouvet Island,  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.[334][335][336][337][338][339][340][341][342][343][344][345]

Non-visa restrictions

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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.

Blank passport pages

Many countries require a minimum number of blank pages to be available in the passport being presented, typically one or two pages.^[346] Endorsement pages, which often appear after the visa pages, are not counted as being valid or available.

Vaccination

Main articles: Vaccination requirements for international travel, International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis, and Vaccine passports during the COVID-19 pandemic

Cover of the new International Certificate of Vaccination issued by the Bureau of Quarantine in the Philippines since 2021

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^[347] to have a current International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis, as does the South American territory of French Guiana.^[348]

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.^[349][350]

Passport validity length

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^[351][352] or even accept passports that have already expired (but not been cancelled).^[353]

Some countries, such as Japan,^[354] Ireland and the United Kingdom,^[355] 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,^[356] 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,^[357] Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Laos, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Mongolia, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Oman, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Peru,^[358] Philippines,^[359] 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.^[360]

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^[361] and South Africa.

Maximum passport age

Countries of the Schengen area require non-EU passports to be less than 10 years old upon entry.^[362] A number of holders of British passports, which until September 2018 could be issued with a validity period of up to 10 years and nine months if the previous passport was not expired, were unable to travel to the EU subsequent to Brexit due to this restriction.^[363]

Criminal record

Some countries, including Australia, Canada, Fiji, New Zealand and the United States,^[364] 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.

Persona non grata

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.^[365]

Israeli stamps

Kuwait,^[366] Lebanon,^[367] Libya,^[368] and Yemen^[369] 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.

Biometrics

See also: Countries applying biometrics

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.^[370]

Fingerprinting countries/regions include Afghanistan,^[371][372] Argentina,^[373] Brunei, Cambodia,^[374] China,^[375] Ethiopia,^[376] Ghana, Guinea,^[377] India, Japan,^[378][379] Kenya (both fingerprints and a photo are taken),^[380] Malaysia upon entry and departure,^[381] Mongolia, Saudi Arabia,^[382] Singapore, South Korea,^[383] Taiwan, Thailand,^[384] Uganda,^[385] 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),^{[386][387][388]} intends to implement facial recognition for passengers departing from international airports to identify people who overstay their visa.^[389]

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^[390] and the United Arab Emirates conducts iris scanning on visitors who need to apply for a visa.^[391][392]

See also

• Visa policy of Comoros
• Comorian passport