Visa requirements for US citizens and non-citizen citizens are restrictions on administrative entries by other state authorities placed on United States citizens.
In May 2018, US passport holders may travel to 186 countries and territories without travel visas, or on a visa upon arrival, assigning the current 4th US passport ratings in terms of freedom of travel (tied to Austria, the UK, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Norwegian and Portuguese Passports) in accordance with the Henley Passport Index.
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Visa requirements
Common visa requirements of sovereign states against US citizens:
Areas of Tangguh, Disputed, or Restricted
Visa requirements for US nationals for visits to different territories, disputed territories, partially recognized countries not mentioned in the above list, and forbidden zones:
Non-visa restrictions
Passport validity length
Many countries require passports valid for at least 6 months upon arrival. Note that some countries have bilateral agreements with other countries to shorten the cut-off period of passport validity for their respective citizens.
Countries that require passports to apply at least 6 months on arrival include Afghanistan, Algeria, Anguilla, Bahrain, Bhutan, Botswana, British Virgin Islands, Brunei, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, CÃÆ'Â' (except when arriving in Basra and Erbil or Sulaimaniyah), Israel, Jordan, Kenya, Guinea, Guinea, Guinea, Guinea , Kiribati, Laos, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Myanmar, Namibia, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Oman, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Qatar, Rwanda, Saint Lucia, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Somaliland, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen and Zimbabwe.
Countries requiring passports are valid for at least 4 months on arrival including Micronesia and Zambia.
Countries that require passports valid for at least 3 months on arrival including EU countries (except Denmark, Republic of Ireland and UK, and always exclude EU/EEA/Swiss citizens), Albania, Belarus, Georgia, Honduras, Iceland, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Moldova, Monaco, Nauru, Panama, Saint BarthÃÆ' © lemy, San Marino, Switzerland and United Arab Emirates.
Bermuda requires a passport to take effect at least 45 days after admission.
Countries requiring passport validity for at least 1 month upon arrival include Eritrea, Hong Kong, Macao, New Zealand and South Africa.
Other countries require that passport valid upon arrival or passport valid for the intended period of stay.
Missing passport page
Many countries require a minimum number of blank pages in their presented passport, generally one or two pages. The page endorsements that often appear after the visa page are not counted.
Vaccinations
Many African countries, including Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic of Congo, CÃÆ'Â'te d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger , Rwanda, SÃÆ'Â £ o TomÃÆ'Â © and PrÃÆ'ncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Uganda, and Zambia require all incoming passengers to have the current International Vaccination Certificate.
Some other countries only require vaccinations if passengers come from the infected area.
Israeli stamp
Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen do not allow entry of persons with Israeli passport stamps or passports having Israeli or unused Israeli visas or where there is evidence of previous trips to Israel such as entry or exit stamps from neighboring border posts in transit countries such as Jordan and Egypt.
To avoid boycotting the Arab League against Israel, Israeli immigration services now largely stop branding foreign passports from foreign countries entering or leaving Israel. Since January 15, 2013, Israel no longer seals a foreign passport at Ben Gurion Airport, passes cards to passengers instead: " Since January 2013 a pilot scheme has been introduced where visitors are given a passcard instead of a stamp on arrival. keep this card with your passport until you leave.This is evidence of your legal entry into Israel and may be necessary, especially at every junction point to the Palestinian Occupied Territories. "The passport is still (on 22 June 2017) stamped on Erez when traveling in and out of Gaza. Also, the passport is still stamped (on June 22, 2017) on the Jordan Valley/Sheikh Hussein and Yitzhak Rabin/Arava border with Jordan.
Iran refuses entry to passport holders containing Israeli visas or stamps that are less than 12 months old.
Ethnic Armenian
Due to the existing war between Armenia and Azerbaijan, the government of Azerbaijan not only prohibits the entry of citizens from Armenia, but also all citizens and citizens of other countries who are Armenian descendants to the Republic of Azerbaijan (although there are exceptions , especially for Armenian participation at the 2015 European Olympics held in Azerbaijan).
Azerbaijan also strictly prohibits any visits by foreign nationals to the separatist territory of Nagorno-Karabakh ( de facto independent Republic of Artsakh), the surrounding area and the exclave of Azerbaijan Karki, Yuxar? ? skipara, Barxudarl? and Sofulu which is de jure part of Azerbaijan but under the control of Armenia, without prior approval from the government of Azerbaijan. Foreign nationals entering these occupied territories will be permanently barred from entering the Republic of Azerbaijan and will be included on their "personae non gratae" list. By the end of 2017 the list contains 699 people.
Upon request, the Republic of Artsakh authorities may attach their visas and/or stamps to a separate piece of paper to avoid detection of travel to their country.
Persona non grata
The government of a country may declare a diplomat persona non grata, prohibiting their entry into the country. In non-diplomatic use, a country's authority may also state permanent or temporary permanent or permanent persona non grata, usually due to unlawful activity. Attempts to enter the Gaza Strip by sea may withdraw a 10-year ban on entry into Israel.
Fingerprint
Some countries including Argentina, Brunei, Cambodia, Japan, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea and the United States demand all travelers, or all foreign tourists, for fingerprints upon arrival.
Criminal record
Some countries (eg, Canada and the United States) routinely refuse entry to non-citizens who have criminal records.
Passport card
United States Passport Cards can be used as an alternative to passport booklets when traveling to and from Canada, Mexico, Bermuda and many Caribbean islands at incoming sea ports or land border crossings.
APEC Travel Business Card
The APEC Business Travel Card (ABTC) is intended to facilitate travel for US citizens involved in verified business in the APEC region.
The US ABTC will allow access to specific fast lane routes for accelerated immigration processing on foreign parties participating in several APEC member airports. APEC Business Travel Cardholders USA may also use the Global Sign-in kiosk at participating airports after returning from the US. But APEC's APEC Business Travel Card can not be used as a visa replacement for entry into APEC member countries. APEC cards of other countries may be used instead of visa. But the US has decided not to participate in the visa reciprocal part of the program because the government does not want to rule out visa interviews. The legislation authorizes the Department of Homeland Security to issue the APEC Business Travel Card only through September 30, 2018, unless the law is amended to extend that date.
Consular protection for US citizens abroad
The United States has the most diplomatic missions of any country in the world See also List of US diplomatic missions.
The State Department regularly publishes trip warnings or travel signs.
Travel statistics abroad
This is the number of visits by US citizens to different countries by 2015 (unless otherwise stated):
See also
- US visa policy
- United States Passport
- Consular Affairs Bureau
- United States Passport Card
- List of nationalities prohibited on the border
References and Notes
- References
- Notes
External links
- US Government Database, Consular Affairs Bureau, US Department of State
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