Visa requirements for United States citizens

Visa requirements for United States citizens

Visa requirements for United States citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states that are imposed on citizens of the United States.

As of 2026, holders of a United States passport may travel to 179 countries and territories without a travel visa, or with a visa on arrival. The United States passport ranks 10th in terms of travel freedom, according to the Henley Passport Index. It is also ranked 10th by the Global Passport Power Rank.

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Visa requirements for United States citizens

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Visa requirements

Visa requirements for United States citizens

General visa requirements of sovereign countries towards United States citizens:

<table><thead><tr><th>Country / Region</th><th>Visa requirement</th><th>Allowed stay</th><th>Notes (excluding departure fees)</th><th>Reciprocity</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Afghanistan</td><td>eVisa</td><td>30 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Albania</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>1 year</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Algeria</td><td>Visa required</td><td></td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Andorra</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>3 months</td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Angola</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>30 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Antigua and Barbuda</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>6 months</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Argentina</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Armenia</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>180 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Australia</td><td>Electronic Travel Authority</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Austria</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Azerbaijan</td><td>eVisa / Visa on arrival (conditional)</td><td>30 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>The Bahamas</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>8 months</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Bahrain</td><td>eVisa / Visa on arrival</td><td>14 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Bangladesh</td><td>Visa on arrival</td><td>30 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Barbados</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>6 months</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Belarus</td><td>eVisa</td><td>30 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Belgium</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Belize</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>180 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Benin</td><td>eVisa</td><td>30 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Bhutan</td><td>eVisa</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Bolivia</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Bosnia and Herzegovina</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Botswana</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Brazil</td><td>eVisa</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Brunei</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Bulgaria</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Burkina Faso</td><td>Admission refused</td><td></td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Burundi</td><td>Online Visa / Visa on arrival</td><td>1 month</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Cambodia</td><td>eVisa / Visa on arrival</td><td>30 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Cameroon</td><td>eVisa</td><td></td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Canada</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>6 months</td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Cape Verde</td><td>Visa not required (EASE)</td><td>30 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Central African Republic</td><td>Visa required</td><td></td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Chad</td><td>Visa Issuance Suspended</td><td></td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Chile</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>China</td><td>Visa required (conditional) Visa not required</td><td></td><td></td><td>—N/a</td></tr><tr><td>Colombia</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Comoros</td><td>Visa on arrival</td><td>45 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Republic of the Congo</td><td>Visa required</td><td></td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Democratic Republic of the Congo</td><td>eVisa</td><td>7 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Costa Rica</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Côte d'Ivoire</td><td>eVisa</td><td>3 months</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Croatia</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Cuba</td><td>eVisa</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Cyprus</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Czech Republic</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Denmark</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Djibouti</td><td>eVisa</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Dominica</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>6 months</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Dominican Republic</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>30 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Ecuador</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Egypt</td><td>eVisa / Visa on arrival</td><td>30 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>El Salvador</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>180 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Equatorial Guinea</td><td>eVisa</td><td></td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Eritrea</td><td>Visa required</td><td></td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Estonia</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Eswatini</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>30 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Ethiopia</td><td>eVisa / Visa on arrival</td><td>up to 90 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Fiji</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>4 months</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Finland</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>France</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Gabon</td><td>Visa Issuance Suspended</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Gambia</td><td>Visa on arrival</td><td>30 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Georgia</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>1 year</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Germany</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Ghana</td><td>Visa required</td><td></td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Greece</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Grenada</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>3 months</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Guatemala</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Guinea</td><td>eVisa</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Guinea-Bissau</td><td>Visa on arrival</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Guyana</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>30 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Haiti</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>3 months</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Honduras</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>3 months</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Hungary</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Iceland</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>India</td><td>eVisa</td><td>30 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Indonesia</td><td>e-VOA / Visa on arrival</td><td>30 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Iran</td><td>Visa required</td><td></td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Iraq</td><td>eVisa</td><td>30 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Ireland</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>3 months</td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Israel</td><td>Electronic Travel Authorization</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Italy</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Jamaica</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>6 months</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Japan</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Jordan</td><td>eVisa / Visa on arrival</td><td></td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Kazakhstan</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>30 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Kenya</td><td>Electronic Travel Authorisation</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Kiribati</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>North Korea</td><td>Travel restricted by U.S. government</td><td></td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>South Korea</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Kuwait</td><td>eVisa / Visa on arrival</td><td>3 months</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Kyrgyzstan</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>30 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Laos</td><td>eVisa / Visa on arrival</td><td>30 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Latvia</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>180 days</td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Lebanon</td><td>Free visa on arrival</td><td>30 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Lesotho</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>14 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Liberia</td><td>Visa required</td><td></td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Libya</td><td>eVisa</td><td>30 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Liechtenstein</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Lithuania</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Luxembourg</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Madagascar</td><td>eVisa / Visa on arrival</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Malawi</td><td>eVisa / Visa on arrival</td><td>30 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Malaysia</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>3 months</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Maldives</td><td>Free visa on arrival</td><td>30 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Mali</td><td>Admission refused</td><td></td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Malta</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Marshall Islands</td><td>Right of abode</td><td>Unlimited</td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Mauritania</td><td>eVisa</td><td>30 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Mauritius</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Mexico</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>180 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Micronesia</td><td>Right of abode</td><td>Unlimited</td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Moldova</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Monaco</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Mongolia</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Montenegro</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Morocco</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>3 months</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Mozambique</td><td>Electronic Travel Authorization</td><td>30 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Myanmar</td><td>eVisa</td><td>28 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Namibia</td><td>eVisa / Visa on arrival</td><td>3 months</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Nauru</td><td>Visa required</td><td>30 days</td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>  Nepal</td><td>Online Visa / Visa on arrival</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Netherlands</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>New Zealand</td><td>Electronic Travel Authority</td><td>3 months</td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Nicaragua</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Niger</td><td>Admission refused</td><td></td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Nigeria</td><td>eVisa</td><td>30 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>North Macedonia</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Norway</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Oman</td><td>Visa not required / eVisa</td><td>14 days / 30 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Pakistan</td><td>eVisa</td><td>3 months</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Palau</td><td>Right of abode</td><td>Unlimited</td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Panama</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>180 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Papua New Guinea</td><td>eVisa</td><td>60 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Paraguay</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Peru</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Philippines</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>30 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Poland</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Portugal</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Qatar</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Romania</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Russia</td><td>Visa required</td><td></td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Rwanda</td><td>eVisa / Visa on arrival</td><td>30 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Saint Kitts and Nevis</td><td>Electronic Travel Authorisation</td><td>3 months</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Saint Lucia</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>6 weeks</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Saint Vincent and the Grenadines</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>6 months</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Samoa</td><td>Entry permit on arrival</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>San Marino</td><td>Visa not required</td><td></td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>São Tomé and Príncipe</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>15 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Saudi Arabia</td><td>eVisa / Visa on arrival</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Senegal</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Serbia</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Seychelles</td><td>Electronic Border System</td><td>3 months</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Sierra Leone</td><td>eVisa / Visa on arrival</td><td>3 months / 30 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Singapore</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Slovakia</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Slovenia</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Solomon Islands</td><td>Free Visitor's permit on arrival</td><td>3 months</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Somalia</td><td>eVisa</td><td>30 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>South Africa</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>South Sudan</td><td>eVisa</td><td></td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Spain</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Sri Lanka</td><td>ETA / Visa on arrival</td><td>30 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Sudan</td><td>Visa required</td><td></td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Suriname</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Sweden</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td> Switzerland</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Syria</td><td>eVisa</td><td></td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Taiwan</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Tajikistan</td><td>Visa not required / eVisa</td><td>30 days / 60 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Tanzania</td><td>eVisa / Visa on arrival</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Thailand</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>60 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Timor-Leste</td><td>Visa on arrival</td><td>30 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Togo</td><td>eVisa</td><td>15 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Tonga</td><td>Free visa on arrival</td><td>31 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Trinidad and Tobago</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Tunisia</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Turkey</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Turkmenistan</td><td>Visa required</td><td></td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Tuvalu</td><td>Visa on arrival</td><td>1 month</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Uganda</td><td>eVisa</td><td>3 months</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Ukraine</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>United Arab Emirates</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>United Kingdom</td><td>Electronic Travel Authorisation</td><td>6 months</td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Uruguay</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Uzbekistan</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>30 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Vanuatu</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>30 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Vatican City</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>N/A</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Venezuela</td><td>Visa required</td><td></td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Vietnam</td><td>eVisa</td><td></td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Yemen</td><td>Visa required</td><td></td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Zambia</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>30 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Zimbabwe</td><td>eVisa / Visa on arrival</td><td>1 month</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr></tbody></table>

Territories or administrative subdivisions with different visa policies

Visa requirements for United States citizens for visits to various territories, disputed areas, partially recognized countries not mentioned in the list above, recognized administrative subdivisions that operate on different visa policies and restricted zones:

<table><thead><tr><th>Visitor to</th><th>Visa requirement</th><th>Allowed stay</th><th>Notes (excluding departure fees)</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Europe</td></tr><tr><td>Abkhazia</td><td>Visa required</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Åland Islands</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>3 months</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Belarus - Brest and Grodno</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>10 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Crimea</td><td>Visa required</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Novorossiya</td><td>Restricted area</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Northern Cyprus</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>3 months</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Faroe Islands</td><td>Visa not required</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Gibraltar</td><td>Visa not required</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Guernsey</td><td>Visa not required</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Isle of Man</td><td>Visa not required</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Greece - Mount Athos</td><td>Permit required</td><td>3 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Kosovo</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Norway - Jan Mayen</td><td>Permit required</td><td>24 hours</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Jersey</td><td>Visa not required</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Russia - Closed cities of Russia</td><td>Special authorization required</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>South Ossetia</td><td>Visa required</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Svalbard</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>Unlimited</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Transnistria</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>24 hours</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Africa</td></tr><tr><td>Eritrea outside Asmara</td><td>Travel permit required</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Ascension Island</td><td>eVisa</td><td>3 months</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Saint Helena</td><td>Visa Free with Payment</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Tristan da Cunha</td><td>Permission required</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Mayotte</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic</td><td>Undefined</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Somaliland</td><td>Visa on arrival</td><td>30 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Réunion</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Sudan outside Khartoum</td><td>Travel permit required</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Sudan - Darfur</td><td>Travel permit required</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Asia</td></tr><tr><td>British Indian Ocean Territory</td><td>Special permit required</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>People's Republic of China - Hainan</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>30 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Hong Kong</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>India Protected and restricted areas of India</td><td>PAP/RAP required</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Iraqi Kurdistan</td><td>eVisa</td><td>30 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Kazakhstan Baikonur & Priozersk</td><td>Special permission required</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Iran - Kish Island</td><td>Visa not required</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Macau</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>30 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Malaysia - Sabah and Sarawak</td><td>Visa not required</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Maldives outside Malé</td><td>Permission required</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Palestine</td><td>Visa not required</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Tajikistan - Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province</td><td>OIVR permit required</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>People's Republic of China - Tibet Autonomous Region</td><td>TTP required</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Saudi Arabia - Mecca and Medina</td><td>Special access required</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turkmenistan - Closed cities of Turkmenistan</td><td>Special permit required</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Vietnam - Phú Quốc</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>30 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Yemen outside Sanaa or Aden</td><td>Special permission required</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Caribbean and North Atlantic</td></tr><tr><td>Anguilla</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>3 months</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Aruba</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>30 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Bermuda</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>6 months</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Caribbean Netherlands (Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba)</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>180 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>British Virgin Islands</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>30 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Cayman Islands</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>6 months</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Colombia - San Andrés and Leticia</td><td>Tourist Card on arrival</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Curaçao</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>6 months</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>France - French West Indies (Martinique, Guadeloupe, Saint Martin and Saint Barthélemy)</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>3 months</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Greenland</td><td>Visa not required</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Montserrat</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>6 months</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Puerto Rico</td><td>Freedom of movement</td><td>Unlimited</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Sint Maarten</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>6 months</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turks and Caicos Islands</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>U.S. Virgin Islands</td><td>Freedom of movement</td><td>Unlimited</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Oceania</td></tr><tr><td>American Samoa</td><td>Freedom of movement</td><td>Unlimited</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Australia - Ashmore and Cartier Islands</td><td>Special authorisation required</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Christmas Island</td><td>Electronic Travel Authority</td><td>90 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>France - Clipperton Island</td><td>Special permit required</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Cocos (Keeling) Islands</td><td>Electronic Travel Authority</td><td>90 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Cook Islands</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>31 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Fiji - Lau Province</td><td>Special permission required</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>French Polynesia</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Guam</td><td>Freedom of movement</td><td>Unlimited</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Niue</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>30 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>New Caledonia</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Norfolk Island</td><td>Electronic Travel Authority</td><td>30 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Northern Mariana Islands</td><td>Freedom of movement</td><td>Unlimited</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Pitcairn Islands</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>14 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Tokelau</td><td>Entry permit required</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>South America</td></tr><tr><td>Argentina - Misiones Isla Apipé and Isla del Medio</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Galápagos</td><td>Pre-registration required</td><td>60 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>France - French Guiana</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>3 months</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>South Atlantic and Antarctica</td></tr><tr><td>Falkland Islands</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>1 month</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands</td><td>Permit required</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Antarctica</td><td>Special permits required</td><td></td><td>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.</td></tr></tbody></table>

Pre-approved visas pick-up

Visa requirements for United States citizens

Pre-approved visas can be picked up on arrival in the following countries instead of an embassy or consulate.

Pre-approved visas pick-up on arrival	Conditions
Bhutan	For a maximum stay of 15 days if the application was submitted at least 2+1⁄2 months before arrival and if the clearance was obtained.
Cameroon	Must hold approval from the General Delegate of Security.
Eritrea	Must have a sponsor who must submit an application at least 48 hours before arrival.
Liberia	Available only if arriving from a country without a diplomatic mission of Liberia and if a sponsor obtained an approval.
Nigeria	Holders of a visa application who have a Nigerian company taking responsibility for them.
Sudan	Holders of an entry permit issued by the Ministry of Interior.
Turkmenistan	Holders of an invitation letter from the local company that was approved by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Passport Card and EDL

Visa requirements for United States citizens

The United States passport card or a state-issued enhanced driver's license (EDL) can be used as an alternative to the passport booklet only when travelling to and from Canada, Mexico, Bermuda, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, The Bahamas, British Virgin Islands, Caribbean Netherlands, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Jamaica, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Turks and Caico at maritime ports-of-entry or land border crossings. Passport cards and EDLs are proof of U.S. citizenship, but they are not valid for international air travel; if traveling by air, a passport book is required.

APEC Business Travel Card

Visa requirements for United States citizens

The APEC Business Travel Card (ABTC) is meant to facilitate travel for U.S. citizens engaged in verified business in the APEC region.

The U.S. ABTC should enable access to a dedicated fast-track lane for expedited immigration processing at some participating foreign APEC member airports.

U.S. APEC Business Travel Card holders may also use the Global Entry kiosks at participating airports upon their U.S. return.

As the U.S. is a transitional member of the ABTC scheme, however, the U.S. APEC Business Travel Card cannot be used in lieu of a visa to enter an APEC member country. The program was initially set to expire on September 30, 2018, but the November 2017 signing of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Business Travel Cards Act of 2017 (S. 504) ensured it would permanently remain.

Consular protection of U.S. citizens abroad

Visa requirements for United States citizens

American diplomatic missions, including embassies (blue), interests sections, and other representations (light blue)

The United States has the second most diplomatic missions of any country in the world. See also List of diplomatic missions of the United States and List of diplomatic missions in the United States.

The Department of State regularly publishes travel warnings or travel alerts.

Non-visa restrictions

Visa requirements for United States citizens

A United States passport with a biometric chip

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.

Foreign travel statistics

Visa requirements for United States citizens

These are the numbers of visits by U.S. nationals to various countries in 2015 (unless otherwise noted):

Destination	Number of visitors
American Samoa	17,560
Angola	17,259
Anguilla	44,983
Antarctica	14,893
Antigua and Barbuda	96,347
Aruba	576,793
Australia	781,000
Austria	702,900
Azerbaijan	15,178
Bahamas	1,159,259
Barbados	168,945
Belgium	299,907
Belize	254,544
Bermuda	551,976
Bhutan	9,220
Bolivia	58,403
Bosnia and Herzegovina	25,926
Botswana	49,451
Brazil	475,232
British Virgin Islands	442,434
Bulgaria	90,963
Burkina Faso	5,611
Cambodia	238,658
Cameroon	13,280
Canada	24,335,415
Cape Verde	4,282
Caribbean Netherlands:	5,900 2,000 2,700 1,200
Cayman Islands	340,955
Chile	211,718
China	2,312,900
Colombia	529,013
Congo	5,352
Cook Islands	8,372
Costa Rica	1,199,241
Croatia	451,947
Cuba	91,254
Curacao	59,714
Cyprus	25,388
Czech Republic	539,023
Dominica	17,773
Dominican Republic	2,073,963
Ecuador	259,406
El Salvador	447,628
Estonia	38,381
Eswatini	18,014
Fiji	81,198
Finland	124,997
France	3,622,362
French Polynesia	51,095
Gambia	4,058
Georgia	42,645
Germany	2,558,495
Greece	750,250
Greenland	2,767
Grenada	67,250
Guam	77,058
Guatemala	447,140
Guyana	82,966
Haiti	266,793
Hong Kong	1,215,629
Hungary	275,314
Iceland	576,403
Indonesia	316,782
India	1,376,919
Ireland	1,294,000
Israel	778,600
Italy	3,567,000
Jamaica	1,509,963
Japan	1,375,000
Jordan	166,441
Kazakhstan	29,632
Kiribati	1,319
Kyrgyzstan	14,200
Laos	38,765
Latvia	44,760
Lebanon	154,095
Lesotho	10,026
Lithuania	35,300
Luxembourg	32,144
Macau	186,378
Madagascar	4,165
Malaysia	198,203
Maldives	39,180
Malta	35,758
Malawi	36,386
Mali	4,479
Martinique	6,463
Marshall Islands	1,546
Mauritius	9,655
Mexico	10,340,463
Micronesia	6,906
Moldova	21,878
Mongolia	16,684
Montenegro	18,874
Montserrat	1,665
Myanmar	76,502
Namibia	26,339
Nepal	42,687
Netherlands	1,450,000
New Caledonia	639
New Zealand	330,128
Niue	239
Nicaragua	288,538
North Macedonia	11,495
Northern Mariana Islands	8,528
Oman	58,598
Pakistan	73,129
Palau	7,546
Panama	338,590
Papua New Guinea	12,181
Paraguay	19,479
Peru	598,685
Philippines	957,813
Poland	474,100
Qatar	101,144
Romania	175,667
Russia	293,011
São Tomé and Príncipe	154
Saint Lucia	152,738
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	22,324
Samoa	10,177
Serbia	34,169
Seychelles	6,038
Singapore	565,250
Sint Maarten	236,379
Slovakia	45,670
Slovenia	95,863
Solomon Islands	1,623
South Africa	297,226
South Korea	868,881
Spain	2,650,068
Sri Lanka	57,479
Suriname	6,827
Taiwan	577,628
Tajikistan	6,300
Tanzania	86,860
Thailand	1,056,124
Timor-Leste	2,557
Tonga	8,761
Trinidad and Tobago	161,539
Tunisia	13,896
Turkey	329,257
Turkmenistan	660
Turks and Caicos	315,247
Tuvalu	138
Uganda	57,959
Ukraine	153,778
United Arab Emirates	633,000
United Kingdom	3,308,000
Uzbekistan	17,160
Vanuatu	3,016
Venezuela	70,457
Vietnam	614,117
Zambia	38,496
Zimbabwe	66,577