Visa requirements for Emirati citizens
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Visa requirements for Emirati citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
As of 6 July 2021, Emirati citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 175 countries and territories, ranking the Emirati passport 15th in terms of travel freedom according to the Henley Passport Index.[1] All other passports from the 'Arab world' had a lower ranking in this respect as of 1 December 2018.[2][3][4] The Emirati passport is one of five passports with the greatest ranking improvement in the 2006-2016 time period.[5]
Emirati citizens do not need a visa to enter other Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries and also have the right to work in those countries. Similarly, citizens of other GCC states do not need a visa to enter the UAE. GCC citizens can use a GCC national identity card (rather than a passport) to enter the UAE.
History[]
Visa requirements for Emirati citizens were lifted by New Zealand (in July 1999),[6] Brunei (11 October 2003),[7] Kyrgyzstan (July 2012), Kazakhstan (July 2014), the Schengen Area countries (7 May 2015),[8] Belarus (30 April 2016),[9] Moldova (24 March 2017),[10] São Tomé and Príncipe (25 April 2017),[11][12] Argentina (16 May 2017),[13] Chad[14] and Saint Lucia in October 2017,[15] Nauru (19 November 2017),[16] Solomon Islands (19 November 2017),[17] Chile (16 December 2017),[18] Rwanda (30 December 2017),[19] Ukraine (31 December 2017),[20] China (16 January 2018),[21] Burkina Faso (30 January 2018),[22] Ireland (31 January 2018),[23] Uruguay (5 April 2018),[24] Tonga (24 May 2018),[25] Honduras (25 May 2018),[26] Brazil (2 June 2018),[27] Canada (5 June 2018),[28] Barbados (1 July 2018),[29] Mexico (31 October 2018),[30] Russia (17 February 2019),[31] Uzbekistan (20 March 2019)[32] South Africa (15 August 2019),[33] Paraguay (16 August 2019),[34] Central African Republic (8 October 2019),[35] Kiribati (23 October 2019),[36] Israel (22 October 2020),[37] and Peru (8 November 2020).[38]
The first possibility of electronic visas for Emirati citizens began with the United Kingdom's electronic visa waiver (EVW) program that commenced on 1 January 2014,[39][40] followed by India[41] in November 2014, Lesotho on 1 May 2017, Benin on 1 January 2018, Uzbekistan on 15 July 2018, Tanzania on 26 November 2018,[42] and Pakistan on 14 March 2019.[43]
Visas on arrival for UAE citizens were introduced by Gabon in October 2017,[44] Guinea on 19 April 2018,[45] Guyana on 28 May 2018,[46] Mongolia on 15 May 2019[47] and Equatorial Guinea on 28 July 2019.[48]
Visa requirements map[]
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Visa requirements[]
Country | Visa requirement | Allowed stay | Notes (excluding departure fees) | |
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Visa required[49] | |||
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Visa not required[50] | 90 days | ||
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Visa required[51] | |||
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Visa not required[52] | |||
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eVisa[53][54] | 30 days |
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Visa not required[57] | 30 days | ||
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Visa not required[58] | 90 days | ||
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Visa not required[59] | 180 days | ||
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eVisa[60] | |||
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Visa not required[63] | 90 days |
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eVisa / Visa on arrival[64] | 30 days | ||
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Visa not required[67] | 3 months | ||
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Visa not required[68] |
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Visa on arrival[69] | 30 days | ||
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Visa not required[70][29] | 90 days | ||
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Visa not required[71] | 30 days | ||
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Visa not required[72] | 90 days |
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Visa required[73] |
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eVisa[74][75] | 30 days |
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Visa required[76] |
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Visa on arrival[77] | 90 days | ||
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Visa not required[78] | 90 days |
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Visa not required[79] | 90 days[80][81] | ||
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Visa not required[82] | 90 days |
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Visa not required[84] | 30 days | ||
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Visa not required[85] | 90 days |
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Visa not required[22] | 30 days | ||
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eVisa[86] |
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eVisa / Visa on arrival[87] | 30 days | ||
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Visa required[88] |
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Visa not required[89] | 6 months[28] | ||
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Visa on arrival[92] | 3 months |
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Visa on arrival[93] | 90 days | ||
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Visa not required[94] | 90 days | ||
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Visa not required [95] | 90 days | ||
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Visa not required[96] | 30 days | ||
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Visa not required[97] | 180 days |
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Visa on arrival[98] | 45 days | ||
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Visa on arrival[99][100] |
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Visa on arrival[101][93][102] |
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Visa not required[103] | 90 days | ||
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eVisa[104] | 3 months |
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Visa not required[105] | 90 days |
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Visa not required[106] | 90 days | ||
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Visa not required[107] | 90 days |
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Visa not required[108] | 90 days |
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Visa not required[109] | 90 days |
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eVisa[110] | 31 days | ||
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Visa not required[111] | 21 days | ||
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Visa not required[112] | 90 days | ||
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Visa not required[113] | 90 days | ||
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Visa not required[114] | 90 days | ||
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Visa not required[115] | 90 days | ||
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Visa on arrival[48] | 90 days | ||
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Visa required[116] |
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Visa not required[117] | 90 days |
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Visa not required[118] | 30 days | ||
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eVisa / Visa on arrival[119] | up to 90 days |
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Visa not required[120] | 4 months | ||
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Visa not required[121] | 90 days |
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Visa not required[122] | 90 days |
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eVisa / Visa on arrival[123] |
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Visa not required[125] | 90 days | ||
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Visa not required[126] | 360 days[127] | ||
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Visa not required[128] | 90 days |
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Visa required[129] |
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Visa not required[130] | 90 days |
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Visa not required[131] | 3 months |
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Visa not required[133] | 90 days | ||
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eVisa[134] | 90 days | ||
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eVisa / Visa on arrival[135] | 90 days | ||
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Visa on arrival[136][137] | |||
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Visa not required[138] | 3 months | ||
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Visa not required[139] | 90 days |
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Visa not required[141] | 90 days |
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Visa not required[142] | 90 days |
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eVisa / Visa on arrival[143] | 60 days |
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Visa not required[146] | 30 days |
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eVisa[147][148] | 30 days[149] |
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Visa on arrival[151] |
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Visa not required[152] | 90 days | ||
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Visa not required[153] | 90 days | ||
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Visa not required[154] | 90 days |
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Visa required[155][156] | Visa on Arrival agreement was signed on 23 September 2019 and is yet to be ratified. | ||
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Visa not required[157] | 30 days |
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Visa not required[158] | 3 months | ||
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Visa not required[159] | 30 days[160] | ||
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eVisa / Visa on arrival[161] | 3 months | ||
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Visa required[162] | 30 days[163] | ||
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Visa required[164] | |||
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Visa not required[165] | 30 days | ||
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Visa not required[166] |
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Visa not required[167] | 60 days | ||
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eVisa / Visa on arrival[168] | 30 days |
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Visa not required[171] | 90 days |
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Visa not required[172] | 6 months | ||
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eVisa[173][174] | |||
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Visa on arrival[175] |
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Visa required[176] | |||
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Visa not required[177] | 90 days |
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Visa not required[178] | 90 days |
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Visa not required[179] | 90 days |
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eVisa / Visa on arrival[180] | 90 days | ||
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eVisa / Visa on arrival[181][182] | 30 days | ||
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Visa not required[183] | 3 months | ||
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Visa on arrival[184] | 30 days | ||
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Visa not required[185] | 90 days | ||
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Visa not required[186] | 90 days |
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Visa on arrival[187] | 90 days | ||
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Visa on arrival[188] |
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Visa not required[189] | 90 days | ||
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Visa not required[190] | 180 days | ||
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Visa not required[191] | 30 days | ||
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Visa not required[192] | 90 days |
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Visa not required[193] | |||
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eVisa / Visa on arrival[194][195] | 30 days | ||
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Visa not required[196] | 90 days | ||
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Visa not required[197] | 3 months | ||
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Visa on arrival[198] | 30 days[199] | ||
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Visa required[200] |
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Visa on arrival[201] | 3 months |
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Visa not required[202] | 90 days[16] | ||
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Visa on arrival[203] | 90 days | ||
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Visa not required[204] | 90 days |
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Electronic Travel Authority[205] | 3 months |
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Visa not required[208] | 90 days | Tourist Card On-Arrival | |
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Visa on arrival[209] |
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eVisa[210][211] |
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Visa not required[212] | 90 days | ||
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Visa not required[213] | 90 days |
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Visa not required[214] |
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eVisa / Visa on arrival[215] | |||
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Visa on arrival[219] | 30 days | ||
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Visa not required[220] | 180 days | ||
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Visa required[221] | |||
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Visa not required[222] | 90 days | ||
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Visa not required[223] | 90 days | 90 days within any 180 day period | |
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Visa not required[224] | 30 days | ||
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Visa not required[225] | 90 days |
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Visa not required[226] | 90 days |
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Visa not required[227] |
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Visa not required[228] | 90 days |
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Visa not required[229] | 90 days |
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eVisa / Visa on arrival[230][19] | 30 days | ||
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Visa not required[231] | 3 months | ||
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Visa not required[232] | 60 days[233] | ||
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Visa not required[234] | 90 days |
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Entry Permit on arrival[235] | 60 days | ||
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Visa not required[236] | |||
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Visa not required[237] | 15 days[11][12] | ||
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Visa not required[238] |
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Visa on arrival[239] | 90 days | ||
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Visa not required[240] | 90 days | ||
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Visa not required[241] | 3 months | ||
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Visa on arrival[242] | |||
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Visa not required[243] | 30 days | ||
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Visa not required[244] | 90 days |
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Visa not required[245] | 90 days |
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Visa not required[246] | 90 days[247] | ||
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Visa on arrival[248] |
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Visa not required[249] | 90 Days | ||
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Visa not required[250] | |||
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Visa not required[252] | 90 days |
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eVisa / Visa on arrival[253] | 30 days | ||
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Visa not required[254] | 3 months | ||
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E-tourist card[255] | 90 days |
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Visa not required[257] | 90 days |
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Visa not required[258] | 90 days |
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Visa required[259] | |||
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eVisa[263] | 45 days |
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eVisa / Visa on arrival[265][266] | 3 months | ||
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Visa not required[267] | 30 days |
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Visa on arrival[268] | 30 days | ||
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Visa on arrival[269] | 7 days | ||
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Visa not required[270] | 60 days[271] | ||
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Visa required[272] |
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Visa not required[273] | 90 days | ||
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eVisa[274] | 3 months | ||
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Visa required[275] |
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Visa on arrival[276] | 1 month | ||
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eVisa / Visa on arrival[277] | 3 months |
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Visa not required[279] | 90 days | ||
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Electronic Visa Waiver[280] | 6 months | ||
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Visa required[281] | |||
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Visa not required[282] | 3 months | ||
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Visa not required[283][284] | 30 days | ||
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Visa not required[285] | 90 days | ||
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Visa required[287] | |||
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eVisa[288] | 30 days | ||
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Visa on arrival[289] | 3 months | ||
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eVisa / Visa on arrival[290] | 90 days |
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eVisa / Visa on arrival[291] | 90 days |
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Dependent, disputed, or restricted territories[]
- Unrecognized or partially recognized countries
Visitor to | Conditions of access | Notes |
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Visa required[292] | |
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Visa required[293] | As of August 2016, due to political situation, Emirati government bans its citizens from visiting Artsakh.[294] |
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Visa not required[295] | |
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Visa not required[296] | |
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Visa not required[297] | Arrival by sea to Gaza Strip not allowed.[298] |
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Undefined visa regime in the Western Sahara controlled territory. | |
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Visa on arrival | 30 days for 30 US dollars, payable on arrival.[299][300] |
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Visa not required[301] | Multiple entry visa to Russia and three day prior notification are required to enter South Ossetia.[302][303] |
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eVisa[304] | |
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Visa not required[305] | Registration required after 24h.[306][307] |
- Dependent and autonomous territories
Territory | Conditions of access | Notes | |
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China | |||
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Visa not required[308] | 30 days | |
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Visa on arrival[309] | 30 days | |
Denmark | |||
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Visa not required[310] | ||
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Visa not required[311] | ||
France | |||
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Special permit required[312] | ||
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Visa not required[313] | 90 days within any 180 day period | |
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Visa not required[314] | 90 days within any 180 day period | |
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Guadeloupe | Visa not required | 90 days within any 180 day period | |
Martinique | Visa not required | 90 days within any 180 day period | |
Saint Barthélemy | Visa required[315] | ||
Saint Martin | Visa required[315] | ||
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Visa not required[316] | 90 days within any 180 day period | |
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Visa not required[317] | 90 days within any 180 day period | |
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Visa not required[318] | 90 days within any 180 day period | |
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Visa not required[319] | 90 days within any 180 day period | |
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Visa not required[320] | 90 days within any 180 day period | |
Netherlands | |||
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Visa not required[321] | 90 days | |
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Visa not required[322] | 90 days | |
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90 days | ||
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90 days | ||
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Visa not required[323] | 90 days | |
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Visa not required[324] | 90 days | |
New Zealand | |||
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Visa not required[325] | 31 days | |
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Visa not required[326] | 30 days | |
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Visa required[327] | ||
Norway | |||
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Permit required | Permit issued by the local police required for staying for less than 24 hours[328] and permit issued by the Norwegian police for staying for more than 24 hours.[329] | |
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Visa not required | Unlimited period under Svalbard Treaty.[330] | |
United Kingdom | |||
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Visa required[331] | ||
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Visa required[332] | Holders of a valid visa issued by the United Kingdom do not require a visa.[333] | |
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Visa required[334] | Visa free for a maximum stay of 3 months if arriving from or transiting through the United Kingdom. | |
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Special permit required | Special permit required.[335] | |
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Visa required[336] | ||
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Visa required[337] | ||
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eVisa[339] | ||
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eVisa[340] | ||
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Visa not required | 14 days visa free and landing fee US$35 or tax of US$5 if not going ashore.[341][342][343] | |
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eVisa[344][345] | ||
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eVisa[346][347] |
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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.[348] | |
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Permit required | Pre-arrival permit from the Commissioner required (72 hours/1 month for 110/160 pounds sterling).[349][350] | |
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Visa not required[351] | 90 days. | |
United States | |||
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Visa required[352] | ||
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Visa required[356] | ||
Antarctica and adjacent islands | |||
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Non-visa restrictions[]
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.[369] Endorsement pages, which often appear after the visa pages, are not counted as being available.
Vaccination[]
Many African countries, including Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Niger, Rwanda, Sierra Leone and Togo, require all incoming passengers older than nine months to one year[370] to have a current International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis, as does the South American territory of French Guiana.[371]
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, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Lesotho, Libya, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Seychelles, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tunisia, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.[372][373]
An increasing number of countries have been imposing additional COVID-19 related health restrictions such as quarantine measures and testing requirements. Many countries increasingly consider the vaccination status of travellers with regard to quarantine requirements or when deciding to allow them entry at all.[374] This is justified by research that shows that the efficacy of the Pfizer vaccine lasts for six months or so.[375]
Passport validity length[]
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,[376] 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,[377] Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Laos, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Mongolia, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Oman, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Peru.[378] Philippines,[379] 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.[380]
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, Montenegro, Nauru, Moldova and New Zealand. Similarly, the EEA countries of Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, all European Union countries (except the Republic of 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, Honduras, 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[381] and South Africa.
Other countries, such as Japan,[382] Ireland and the United Kingdom,[383] require a passport valid throughout the period of the intended stay.
A very few countries, such as Paraguay, just require a passport valid on arrival.
Some countries have bilateral agreements with other countries to shorten the period of passport validity required for each other's citizens[384][385] or even accept passports that have already expired (but not been cancelled).[386]
Criminal record[]
Some countries, including Australia, Canada, Fiji, New Zealand and the United States,[387] 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 their entry into that country. In non-diplomatic use, the authorities of a country may also declare a foreigner persona non grata permanently or temporarily, usually because of unlawful activity.[388]
Israeli stamps[]
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Kuwait,[389] Lebanon,[390] Libya,[391] Syria,[392] and Yemen[393] 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) 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.
Armenian ethnicity[]
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Due to a state of war existing between Armenia and Azerbaijan,[394][395][396] Armenian citizens and other foreign nationals of Armenian descent are likely to encounter difficulties when attempting to enter the Republic of Azerbaijan.[397][398][399]
Azerbaijan bans visits by foreign citizens to the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh[399] (the de facto independent Republic of Artsakh), its surrounding territories, and the Azerbaijani exclaves of Karki, Yuxarı Əskipara, Barxudarlı, and Sofulu which are de jure part of Azerbaijan but under the control of Armenia, without the prior consent of the government of Azerbaijan. Foreign citizens who enter these territories will be permanently banned from entering the Republic of Azerbaijan[400] and will be included in their "list of personae non gratae".[401] As of 2 September 2019, the list mentioned 852 people.
Biometrics[]
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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 quickly change planes rather than go landside.[402]
Fingerprinting countries include Afghanistan,[403][404] Argentina,[405] Brunei, Cambodia,[406] China,[407] Ethiopia,[408] Ghana, Guinea,[409] India, Japan,[410][411] Kenya (both fingerprints and a photo are taken),[412] Malaysia upon entry and departure [413], Mongolia, Paraguay, Saudi Arabia,[414] Singapore, South Korea,[415] Taiwan, Thailand,[416] Uganda,[417] the United Arab Emirates and the United States.
Many countries also require a photo be taken of people entering the country. The United States, which does not fully implement exit control formalities at its land frontiers (although long mandated by domestic legislation),[418][419][420] intends to implement facial recognition for passengers departing from international airports to identify people who overstay their visa.[421]
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[422] and the United Arab Emirates conducts iris scanning on visitors who need to apply for a visa.[423][424]
See also[]
- Visa policy of the United Arab Emirates
- Emirati passport
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- Cochin
- Goa
- Mangalore
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- Vientiane
- Savannakhet
- Khammuan
- Bokeo
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- Panghok - Taichang (Vietnam)
- Samliemkham - (Thailand and Myanmar)
- Nonghaed - Nam kanh (Vietnam)
- Nam phao - Cau treo (Vietnam)
- Na pao - Cha lo (Vietnam)
- Daensavan - Lao bao (Vietnam)
- Veunkham - Nong nok khian (Cambodia)
- Vang tao - Chongmek (Thailand)
- Boten - Bo han (China)
- Nam ngeun - Huay konl (Thailand)
- Namheuang - Nakaseng (Thailand)
- Nam soy - Na meo (Vietnam)
- Phoukeua - Kontoum (Vietnam)
- Visa requirements by nationality
- Foreign relations of the United Arab Emirates