Visa requirements for Indonesian citizens

Visa requirements for Indonesian citizens

The cover of a biometric Indonesian passport

Visa requirements for Indonesian citizens are administrative entry restrictions imposed on citizens of Indonesia by the authorities of other states.

As of 2026, Indonesian citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 70 countries and territories, ranking the Indonesian passport 63rd in the world according to the Henley Passport Index.

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Visa requirements for Indonesian citizens

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Visa requirements

Visa requirements for Indonesian citizens

<table><thead><tr><th>Country</th><th>Visa requirement</th><th>Allowed stay</th><th>Notes (excluding departure fees)</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Afghanistan</td><td>eVisa</td><td>30 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Albania</td><td>eVisa</td><td>90 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Algeria</td><td>Visa required</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Andorra</td><td>Visa required</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Angola</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>30 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Antigua and Barbuda</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>30 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Argentina</td><td>Visa required</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Armenia</td><td>eVisa / Visa on arrival</td><td>120 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Australia</td><td>Visa required</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Austria</td><td>Visa required</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Azerbaijan</td><td>eVisa / Visa on arrival</td><td>30 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Bahamas</td><td>Visa required</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Bahrain</td><td>eVisa / Visa on arrival</td><td>14 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Bangladesh</td><td>Free visa on arrival</td><td>30 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Barbados</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Belarus</td><td>Visa not required / eVisa</td><td>30 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Belgium</td><td>Visa required</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Belize</td><td>Visa required</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Benin</td><td>eVisa</td><td>30 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Bhutan</td><td>eVisa</td><td>90 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Bolivia</td><td>Online Visa</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Bosnia and Herzegovina</td><td>Visa required</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Botswana</td><td>eVisa</td><td>3 months</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Brazil</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>30 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Brunei</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>14 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Bulgaria</td><td>Visa required</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Burkina Faso</td><td>eVisa</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Burundi</td><td>Online Visa / Visa on arrival</td><td>1 month</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Cambodia</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>30 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Cameroon</td><td>eVisa</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Canada</td><td>Visa required</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Cape Verde</td><td>Visa required</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Central African Republic</td><td>Visa required</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Chad</td><td>eVisa</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Chile</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>60 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>China</td><td>Visa required (conditional) Visa not required</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Colombia</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Comoros</td><td>Visa on arrival</td><td>45 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Republic of the Congo</td><td>Visa required</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Democratic Republic of the Congo</td><td>eVisa</td><td>7 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Costa Rica</td><td>Visa required</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Côte d'Ivoire</td><td>eVisa</td><td>3 months</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Croatia</td><td>Visa required</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Cuba</td><td>eVisa</td><td>90 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Cyprus</td><td>Visa required</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Czech Republic</td><td>Visa required</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Denmark</td><td>Visa required</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Djibouti</td><td>eVisa</td><td>90 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Dominica</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>21 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Dominican Republic</td><td>Visa required</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Ecuador</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Egypt</td><td>Visa required</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>El Salvador</td><td>Visa required</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Equatorial Guinea</td><td>eVisa</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Eritrea</td><td>Visa required</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Estonia</td><td>Visa required</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Eswatini</td><td>Visa required</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Ethiopia</td><td>eVisa / Visa on arrival</td><td>90 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Fiji</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>120 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Finland</td><td>Visa required</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>France</td><td>Visa required</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Gabon</td><td>eVisa</td><td>90 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Gambia</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Georgia</td><td>eVisa</td><td>30 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Germany</td><td>Visa required</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Ghana</td><td>Visa required</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Greece</td><td>Visa required</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Grenada</td><td>Visa required</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Guatemala</td><td>Visa required</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Guinea</td><td>eVisa</td><td>90 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Guinea-Bissau</td><td>Visa on arrival</td><td>90 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Guyana</td><td>eVisa</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Haiti</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Honduras</td><td>Visa required</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Hungary</td><td>Visa required</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Iceland</td><td>Visa required</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>India</td><td>Free eVisa</td><td>90 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Iran</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>15 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Iraq</td><td>eVisa</td><td>30 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Ireland</td><td>Visa required</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Israel</td><td>Visa required</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Italy</td><td>Visa required</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Jamaica</td><td>Visa required</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Japan</td><td>Visa not required (conditional)</td><td>15 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Jordan</td><td>eVisa / Visa on arrival</td><td>30 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Kazakhstan</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>30 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Kenya</td><td>Electronic Travel Authorization</td><td>90 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Kiribati</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>North Korea</td><td>Visa required</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>South Korea</td><td>Visa required</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Kuwait</td><td>Visa required</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Kyrgyzstan</td><td>eVisa / Visa on arrival</td><td>60 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Laos</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>30 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Latvia</td><td>Visa required</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Lebanon</td><td>Visa required</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Lesotho</td><td>Visa required</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Liberia</td><td>e-VOA</td><td>3 months</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Libya</td><td>eVisa</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Liechtenstein</td><td>Visa required</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Lithuania</td><td>Visa required</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Luxembourg</td><td>Visa required</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Madagascar</td><td>eVisa / Visa on arrival</td><td>90 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Malawi</td><td>eVisa / Visa on arrival</td><td>90 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Malaysia</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>30 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Maldives</td><td>Free visa on arrival</td><td>30 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Mali</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>30 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Malta</td><td>Visa required</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Marshall Islands</td><td>Visa on arrival</td><td>90 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Mauritania</td><td>eVisa</td><td>30 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Mauritius</td><td>Visa on arrival</td><td>60 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Mexico</td><td>Visa required</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Micronesia</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>30 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Moldova</td><td>Visa required</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Monaco</td><td>Visa required</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Mongolia</td><td>eVisa</td><td>30 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Montenegro</td><td>Visa required</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Morocco</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Mozambique</td><td>Electronic Travel Authorization</td><td>30 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Myanmar</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>14 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Namibia</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Nauru</td><td>Visa required</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>  Nepal</td><td>Online Visa / Visa on arrival</td><td>90 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Netherlands</td><td>Visa required</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>New Zealand</td><td>Visa required</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Nicaragua</td><td>Visa required</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Niger</td><td>Visa required</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Nigeria</td><td>eVisa</td><td>30 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>North Macedonia</td><td>Visa required</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Norway</td><td>Visa required</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Oman</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>14 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Pakistan</td><td>eVisa</td><td>3 months</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Palau</td><td>Free visa on arrival</td><td>30 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Panama</td><td>Visa required</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Papua New Guinea</td><td>Easy Visitor Permit</td><td>60 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Paraguay</td><td>Visa on arrival</td><td>30 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Peru</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Philippines</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>30 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Poland</td><td>Visa required</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Portugal</td><td>Visa required</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Qatar</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>30 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Romania</td><td>Visa required</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Russia</td><td>eVisa</td><td>30 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Rwanda</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Saint Kitts and Nevis</td><td>Electronic Travel Authorisation</td><td>90 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Saint Lucia</td><td>Visa required</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Saint Vincent and the Grenadines</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>3 months</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Samoa</td><td>Entry permit on arrival</td><td>90 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>San Marino</td><td>Visa required</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>São Tomé and Príncipe</td><td>eVisa</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Saudi Arabia</td><td>Visa required</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Senegal</td><td>Visa required</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Serbia</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>30 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Seychelles</td><td>Electronic Border System</td><td>3 months</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Sierra Leone</td><td>eVisa / Visa on arrival</td><td>3 months / 30 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Singapore</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>30 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Slovakia</td><td>Visa required</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Slovenia</td><td>Visa required</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Solomon Islands</td><td>Visa required</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Somalia</td><td>eVisa</td><td>30 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>South Africa</td><td>Electronic Travel Authorisation</td><td>90 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>South Sudan</td><td>eVisa</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Spain</td><td>Visa required</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Sri Lanka</td><td>Free ETA / Visa on arrival</td><td>30 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Sudan</td><td>Visa required</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Suriname</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Sweden</td><td>Visa required</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td> Switzerland</td><td>Visa required</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Syria</td><td>eVisa</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Tajikistan</td><td>Visa not required / eVisa</td><td>30 days / 60 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Tanzania</td><td>eVisa / Visa on arrival</td><td>90 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Thailand</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>60 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Timor-Leste</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>30 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Togo</td><td>eVisa</td><td>15 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Tonga</td><td>Visa required</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Trinidad and Tobago</td><td>eVisa</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Tunisia</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>30 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turkey</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>30 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turkmenistan</td><td>Visa required</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Tuvalu</td><td>Visa on arrival</td><td>1 month</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Uganda</td><td>eVisa</td><td>3 months</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Ukraine</td><td>eVisa</td><td>30 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>United Arab Emirates</td><td>Visa required</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>United Kingdom</td><td>Visa required</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>United States</td><td>Visa required</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Uruguay</td><td>Visa required</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Uzbekistan</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>30 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Vanuatu</td><td>eVisa</td><td>120 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Vatican City</td><td>Visa required</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Venezuela</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Vietnam</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>30 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Yemen</td><td>Visa required</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Zambia</td><td>eVisa</td><td>90 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Zimbabwe</td><td>eVisa / Visa on arrival</td><td>1 month</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

Unrecognized or partially recognized countries

Countries	Conditions of access	Notes
Abkhazia	Visa required
Kosovo	Visa required
Northern Cyprus	Visa not required
Palestine	Visa not required
South Ossetia	Visa required
Taiwan (Republic of China)	Visa required
Transnistria	Visa not required

Dependent and autonomous territories

Countries	Conditions of access	Notes
United Kingdom
Anguilla	eVisa
Ascension Island	eVisa
Bermuda	Visa required
British Virgin Islands	Visa required
British Indian Ocean Territory	Visa required
Cayman Islands	Visa required
Falkland Islands	Visa required
Gibraltar	Visa required
Guernsey	Visa required
Isle of Man	Visa required
Jersey	Visa required
Montserrat	eVisa
Saint Helena	eVisa
Turks and Caicos	Visa required
Tristan da Cunha	Prior permission of the island Council required
Pitcairn Islands	Visa not required
China
Hainan	Visa not required
Hong Kong	Visa not required
Macau	Visa not required
Denmark
Faroe Islands	Visa required
Greenland	Visa required
Netherlands
Aruba	Visa required
Caribbean Netherlands	Visa required
Curaçao	Visa required
Sint Maarten	Visa required
France
French Guiana	Visa required
French Polynesia	Visa required	No visa required for holders of a permanent residency of France or one of the Schengen signatory states.
French West Indies	Visa required
Mayotte	Visa required
New Caledonia	Visa required
Réunion	Visa required
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	Visa required
Wallis and Futuna	Visa required
New Zealand
Cook Islands	Visa not required
Niue	Visa not required
Tokelau	Visa required
United States
American Samoa	Visa required
Guam	Visa required
Northern Mariana Islands	Visa required
U.S. Virgin Islands	Visa required
Puerto Rico	Visa required

Non-ordinary passports

Visa requirements for Indonesian citizens

Visa requirements for Indonesian citizens holding diplomatic or service passports based on bilateral agreements   Indonesia   Visa-free for holders of both diplomatic and service passports   Visa-free for holders of diplomatic passports only

Holders of Indonesian diplomatic or official / service passports may enter the following countries without a visa for 30 days (unless otherwise stated):

D - Diplomatic passports only. 1 – 90 days 2 – 90 days within any 180-day period. 3 – 60 days 4 – 30 days within any 180-day period. 5 – 14 days

Visa exemption due to having other visas

Visa requirements for Indonesian citizens

Although a visa is generally needed by Indonesian citizens who hold ordinary passports, some countries apply visa waivers providing the Indonesian passport holders are also in possession of a visa or residence permit for certain countries (mainly USA / Canada / UK / Schengen / Australia/New Zealand). Some countries who apply such rules are these:

• Andorra: No formal visa required but multiple-entry Schengen visa is required. • Anguilla: Requires valid visa issued by U.K. Please read additional information. • Argentina: Electronic Travel Authorization (AVE) available for holders of US B2 visa or Schengen C visa (with at least 3 months' validity left) at a fee of 50 USD and for a stay of up to 90 days. • Belize: Visa on arrival for holder of valid multiple entry USA visa. • Bosnia and Herzegovina: Requires valid multiple-entry visa or residence permit issued by a Schengen or EU countries for stay up to 15 days. • British Virgin Islands: Requires visa issued by Canada, USA or United Kingdom valid for a minimum of 6 months on arrival. They must travel as tourists or on business for a maximum stay of 6 months. • Bulgaria: Valid visas and residence permits issued by Romania, Cyprus and Croatia. • Costa Rica: Requires valid visa from EU Member State, Canada, Japan, Korea (Rep. of) or USA, for a max.stay of 90 days. • Cyprus: Requires valid multiple entry Schengen visa ("C" or "D") or valid residence permit in any Schengen member states or valid multiple-entry visas and residence permits issued by Romania, Bulgaria and Croatia. • Dominican Republic: Requires visa issued by Canada, USA or any EU Member State for a max. stay of 30 days. Fee: USD 10.-. Extension possible. • Georgia: Requires valid visa/residence permit (min. 6 months from expire date) for Canada, the US, UK, a Schengen Member State, Overseas/Dependant Territories of GB & Northern Ireland, Middle East GCC, Japan, South Korea, Australia, or New Zealand for nationals of Indonesia. • Honduras: Requires valid visa for Canada, the USA or a Schengen Member State for nationals of Indonesia. • Kosovo: Requires valid multiple entry Schengen visa and stay up to 15 days. • Mexico: Requires permanent residency in Canada, Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States (B1/B2 visa also accepted) or the Schengen countries. • Montenegro: Requires visa issued by a Schengen Member State or U.S.A., or not longer than the expiry of the visa, if the validity of the visa is less than 7 days. • North Macedonia: Requires permanent residence permit of any EU or Schengen member states or a multiple entry Schengen visa (C). In case of possession of multiple entry Schengen type C visa, validity of the visa must be at least 5 days than the planned stay in North Macedonia. • Panama: Requires visa issued by USA/UK/Canada/Australia/any member countries of the EU, which has been used at least once to enter those countries AND must buy tourist card that is of 30 USD on arrival. • Romania:Permanent residence permits issued by the UK or Ireland (the validity of which is of 5 years or more) or valid visa issued by Bulgaria, Cyprus or Croatia. • São Tomé and Príncipe: Requires visa issued by USA or a Schengen Member state together with a passport valid for a minimum of 3 months from the arrival date for a maximum stay of 15 days. • Saudi Arabia: Passengers and first-degree family members of passengers with a tourist or business visa issued by USA, United Kingdom or a Schengen Member State traveling as tourists can obtain a visa on arrival for a maximum stay of 90 days. The visa must have been used at least once and should have an entry stamp of the issuing country. Passengers are allowed a total stay of 90 days within a period of 12 months. • South Korea: Requires valid visa of USA/Canada/Australia/New Zealand and is travelling between one of those countries to/from a third country and hold a confirmed onward ticket departing within 30 days. • Taiwan: Online Application for Travel Authorization Certificate (TAC) available for Indonesian passport holders who hold visa/residence permit/permanent residence certificate issued by the USA/Canada/South Korea/UK/Schengen Convention countries, which may be valid or has expired less than 10 years prior to the date of arrival, or valid electronic visa issued by Australia/New Zealand by the time of arrival, Japanese visa/visa waiver together with proof of record of entering Japan or confirmed onward ticket to Japan, or South Korean visa together with proof of record of entering South Korea. TAC is also available to those who have a visa/residence permit issued by Taiwan (ROC) which has expired less than 10 years prior to the date of arrival; holders of entry visas bearing the remark FL (migrant worker), X (others), or P with “Special permission from MOFA” (visa and eVisa for “Project for Simplifying Visa Regulations for High-end Group Tourists from Southeast Asian Countries (Project Kuan-Hong)” ever issued), as well as holders of Taiwan (ROC) resident cards with stated purpose of residence being migrant worker (移工), are not eligible for a TAC. • Turks and Caicos Islands: Requires visa for Canada, United Kingdom or the USA.

APEC Business Travel Card

Visa requirements for Indonesian citizens

  Full members of the scheme   Transitional members (United States, Canada)

Holders of an APEC Business Travel Card (ABTC) travelling on business do not require a visa to the following countries:

1 - Up to 180 days 2 - Up to 90 days 3 - Up to 90 days in a period of 180 days 4 - Up to 60 days

The card must be used in conjunction with a passport and has the following advantages:

• No need to apply for a visa or entry permit to APEC countries, as the card is treated as such (except by Canada and United States) • Undertake legitimate business in participating economies • Expedited border crossing in all member economies, including transitional members

Non-visa restrictions

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. Endorsement pages, which often appear after the visa pages, are not counted as being valid or available.

Vaccination

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

The African countries of Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Sierra Leone and Togo, South Sudan and Uganda, along with French Guiana in South America, require all incoming passengers older than nine months to one year, to have a current International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis.

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, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

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 or even accept passports that have already expired (but not been cancelled).

Some countries, such as Japan, Ireland and the United Kingdom, 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, 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, Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Laos, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Mongolia, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Oman, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, 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.

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 and South Africa.

Maximum passport age

Countries of the Schengen area require non-EU passports to be less than 10 years old upon entry.

Criminal record

Some countries, including Australia, Canada, Fiji, New Zealand and the United States, 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.

Israeli stamps

Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, and Yemen 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.

Iran refuses admission to holders of passports containing an Israeli visa or stamp that is less than 12 months old.

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.

Fingerprinting countries/regions include Afghanistan, Argentina, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, India, Japan, Kenya (both fingerprints and a photo are taken), Malaysia upon entry and departure, Mongolia, Saudi Arabia, the Schengen Area, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Uganda, 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), intends to implement facial recognition for passengers departing from international airports to identify people who overstay their visa.

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 and the United Arab Emirates conducts iris scanning on visitors who need to apply for a visa. The United States Department of Homeland Security has announced plans to greatly increase the biometric data it collects at US borders. In 2018, Singapore began trials of iris scanning at three land and maritime immigration checkpoints.