Visa requirements for Bosnia and Herzegovina citizens
Visa requirements for Bosnia and Herzegovina citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
As of 2024, Bosnia and Herzegovina citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 123 countries and territories, ranking the Bosnia and Herzegovina passport 43rd, tied with Albanian passport in the world according to the Henley Passport Index.[1]
In 2016, the Bosnia and Herzegovina passport was declared one of the five passports with the most improved rating since 2006.[2]
Recent
[edit]On 3 August 2016 Bosnia and Herzegovina and Morocco signed an agreement to abolish visa requirements for the holders of diplomatic passports for period of 90 days.[3]
Belarus introduced 5 days visa-free access to Bosnian citizens from 12 February 2017 if they arrive via Minsk International Airport, later expanded to 30 days.[4][5]
Lesotho introduced an e-Visa system on 1 May 2017 for Bosnian citizens.[6]
Qatar introduced an e-Visa system on 23 June 2017 for Bosnian citizens. On 1 January 2018, Japan abolished visa requirements for the holders of Bosnian diplomatic passports for period of 90 days. In March 2018, Colombia abolished visa requirements for Bosnian citizens.[7]
A visa exemption agreement was signed with China on 28 November 2017 and it entered into force on 29 May 2018.[8]
E-Visa available for Taiwan starting from 20 November 2019. As of 3 November 2022, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo formally signed an agreement abolishing visas.
Argentina abolished visa requirements for the holders of ordinary Bosnian passport on the 5 September 2023.
United Arab Emirates abolished visa requirements for the holders of Bosnian passport on the 1 September 2023.
Future
[edit]In December 2015 it was announced by the Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina that visa requirements for holders of regular biometric passports would be abolished for Mexico and Japan while a simplified visa regime would be introduced with the United Kingdom.[9]
Visa requirements map
[edit]Visa requirements
[edit]Country | Visa requirement | Allowed stay | Notes (excluding departure fees) |
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Afghanistan | Visa required[10] | ||
Albania | Visa not required[11] | 90 days |
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Algeria | Visa required[12] | ||
Andorra | Visa not required[13] | 90 days | |
Angola | Visa required[14] | ||
Antigua and Barbuda | eVisa[15][16] | ||
Argentina | Visa not required[17] | 90 days | |
Armenia | eVisa / Visa on arrival[18][19] | 120 days | |
Australia | Online Visa required[20][21] |
| |
Austria | Visa not required[22] | 90 days |
|
Azerbaijan | Visa not required[23] | 90 days | |
Bahamas | eVisa[24] | 3 months | |
Bahrain | eVisa / Visa on arrival[25] | 14 days | |
Bangladesh | Visa on arrival[26] | 30 days | |
Barbados | Visa required[27] | ||
Belarus | Visa not required[28] | 30 days[29] |
|
Belgium | Visa not required[30] | 90 days |
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Belize | Visa required[31] | ||
Benin | eVisa[32][33] | 30 days |
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Bhutan | eVisa[34][35] | ||
Bolivia | Online Visa / Visa on arrival[36] | 90 days[37] | |
Botswana | eVisa[38][39] | 3 months | |
Brazil | Visa not required[40] | 90 days | |
Brunei | Visa required[41] | ||
Bulgaria | Visa not required[42] | 90 days |
|
Burkina Faso | eVisa[43][44] | ||
Burundi | Visa on arrival[45] | 1 month | |
Cambodia | eVisa / Visa on arrival[46][47] | 30 days | |
Cameroon | eVisa[48][49] | ||
Canada | Visa required[50] | ||
Cape Verde | Visa on arrival[51] | ||
Central African Republic | Visa required[52] | ||
Chad | Visa required[53] | ||
Chile | Visa not required[54] | 90 days | |
China | Visa not required[55] | 90 days | |
Colombia | Visa not required[59] | 90 days | |
Comoros | Visa on arrival[60] | 45 days | |
Republic of the Congo | Visa required[61] | ||
Democratic Republic of the Congo | eVisa[62][63] | 7 days | |
Costa Rica | Visa required[64] |
| |
Côte d'Ivoire | eVisa[65][66] | 3 months |
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Croatia | Visa not required[67] | 90 days |
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Cuba | Visa not required[68] | 90 days | |
Cyprus | Visa not required[69] | 90 days |
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Czech Republic | Visa not required[70] | 90 days |
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Denmark | Visa not required[71] | 90 days |
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Djibouti | eVisa[72][73] | 90 days | |
Dominica | Visa not required[74] | 21 days | |
Dominican Republic | Visa not required[75] | 90 days |
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Ecuador | Visa not required[76] | 90 days | |
Egypt | eVisa[77][78] | 30 days | |
El Salvador | Visa required[79] |
| |
Equatorial Guinea | eVisa[80][81] | ||
Eritrea | Visa required[82] | ||
Estonia | Visa not required[83] | 90 days |
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Eswatini | Visa not required[84] | 30 days | |
Ethiopia | eVisa / Visa on arrival[85][86] | up to 90 days |
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Fiji | Visa required[87] | ||
Finland | Visa not required[88] | 90 days |
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France | Visa not required[89] | 90 days |
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Gabon | eVisa[90][91] | 90 days |
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Gambia | Visa required[92][93] | ||
Georgia | Visa not required[94] | 1 year | |
Germany | Visa not required[95] | 90 days |
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Ghana | Visa required[96] | ||
Greece | Visa not required[97] | 90 days |
|
Grenada | Visa required[98] |
| |
Guatemala | Visa required[99] |
| |
Guinea | eVisa[100][101] | 90 days | |
Guinea-Bissau | Visa on arrival[102] | 90 days | |
Guyana | Visa required[103] | ||
Haiti | Visa not required[104] | 3 months | |
Honduras | Visa required[105] |
| |
Hungary | Visa not required[106] | 90 days |
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Iceland | Visa not required[107] | 90 days |
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India | eVisa[108] | 30 days |
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Indonesia | e-VOA / Visa on arrival[111] | 30 days[112] | |
Iran | Visa not required[113][114] | 15 days | |
Iraq | eVisa[115] | ||
Ireland | Visa required[116] |
| |
Israel | Visa required[119] | ||
Italy | Visa not required[120] | 90 days |
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Jamaica | Visa on arrival[121] | 90 days |
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Japan | Visa required[122] | ||
Jordan | eVisa / Visa on arrival[123][124] | 30 days | |
Kazakhstan | eVisa[125][126] | ||
Kenya | Electronic Travel Authorisation[127][128] | 90 days |
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Kiribati | Visa required[129] | ||
North Korea | Visa required[130] | ||
South Korea | Electronical Travel Authorization[131][132] | 30 days |
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Kuwait | Visa required[134] | ||
Kyrgyzstan | Visa not required[135] | 60 days | |
Laos | eVisa / Visa on arrival[136] | 30 days |
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Latvia | Visa not required[140] | 90 days |
|
Lebanon | Visa required[141] |
| |
Lesotho | eVisa[142][143] | ||
Liberia | Visa required[144] | ||
Libya | eVisa[145][146] | ||
Liechtenstein | Visa not required[147] | 90 days |
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Lithuania | Visa not required[148] | 90 days |
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Luxembourg | Visa not required[149] | 90 days |
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Madagascar | Visa on arrival[150] | 60 days | |
Malawi | eVisa / Visa on arrival[151][152] | 90 days | |
Malaysia | Visa not required[153] | 90 days | |
Maldives | Free visa on arrival[154] | 30 days | |
Mali | Visa required[155] | ||
Malta | Visa not required[156] | 90 days |
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Marshall Islands | Visa on arrival[157] | 90 days | |
Mauritania | Visa on arrival[158] |
| |
Mauritius | Visa on arrival[159] | 60 days | |
Mexico | Visa required[160] |
| |
Micronesia | Visa not required[161] | 30 days | |
Moldova | Visa not required[162] | 90 days |
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Monaco | Visa not required[163] | 90 days | |
Mongolia | eVisa[164][165] | 30 days | |
Montenegro | Visa not required[166] | 90 days |
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Morocco | Visa required[167] |
| |
Mozambique | eVisa / Visa on arrival[170][171] | 30 days | |
Myanmar | eVisa[172][173] | 28 days |
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Namibia | Visa required[174] | ||
Nauru | Visa required[175] | ||
Nepal | Online Visa / Visa on arrival[176] | 90 days[177] | |
Netherlands | Visa not required[178] | 90 days |
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New Zealand | Visa required[179] |
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Nicaragua | Visa required[181] |
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Niger | Visa required[182] | ||
Nigeria | eVisa[183][184] | 90 days | |
North Macedonia | Visa not required[185] | 90 days |
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Norway | Visa not required[186] | 90 days |
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Oman | Visa not required[187][188] | 14 days[189] | |
Pakistan | eVisa[190] | 90 days | |
Palau | Free visa on arrival[191] | 30 days | |
Panama | Visa not required[192] | 90 days | |
Papua New Guinea | Visa required[193][194] |
| |
Paraguay | Visa required[195] | ||
Peru | Visa required[196] | ||
Philippines | Visa required[197] | ||
Poland | Visa not required[198] | 90 days |
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Portugal | Visa not required[199] | 90 days |
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Qatar | eVisa / Visa on arrival[200][201] | 30 days | |
Romania | Visa not required[67] | 90 days |
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Russia | Visa not required[202] | 30 days |
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Rwanda | eVisa / Visa on arrival[203][204] | 30 days | |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | eVisa[205] | ||
Saint Lucia | Visa not required[206] | 6 weeks | |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Visa not required[207] | 3 month | |
Samoa | Visa not required[208] | 60 days | |
San Marino | Visa not required[209] | 90 days | |
São Tomé and Príncipe | eVisa[210][211] | ||
Saudi Arabia | Visa required[212] | ||
Senegal | Visa required[213] | ||
Serbia | Visa not required[214] | 90 days |
|
Seychelles | Electronic Border System[215] | 3 months | |
Sierra Leone | eVisa[216][217] | 3 months | |
Singapore | Visa not required[218] | 30 days | |
Slovakia | Visa not required[219] | 90 days |
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Slovenia | Visa not required[220] | 90 days |
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Solomon Islands | Visa required[221] | ||
Somalia | Visa on arrival[222] | 30 days |
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South Africa | Visa required[223] | ||
South Sudan | eVisa[224][225] |
| |
Spain | Visa not required[226] | 90 days |
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Sri Lanka | eVisa / Visa on arrival[227][228] | 60 days / 30 days |
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Sudan | Visa required[230] | ||
Suriname | Visa not required[231][232] | 90 days | |
Sweden | Visa not required[235] | 90 days |
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Switzerland | Visa not required[236] | 90 days |
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Syria | eVisa[237] | ||
Tajikistan | Visa not required[238] | 30 days |
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Tanzania | eVisa / Visa on arrival[240][241] | 90 days | |
Thailand | eVisa[242][243] | 60 days | |
Timor-Leste | Visa on arrival[244] | 30 days | |
Togo | eVisa[245][246] | 15 days | |
Tonga | Visa required[247] | ||
Trinidad and Tobago | Visa not required[248] | 90 days | |
Tunisia | Visa not required[249] | 3 months | |
Turkey | Visa not required[250] | 90 days |
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Turkmenistan | Visa required[251] | ||
Tuvalu | Visa on arrival[252] | 1 month | |
Uganda | eVisa[253][254] | 3 months | |
Ukraine | Visa not required[255] | 30 days |
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United Arab Emirates | Visa not required[256] | 90 days | |
United Kingdom | Visa required[257] | ||
United States | Visa required[258] | ||
Uruguay | Visa required[259] | ||
Uzbekistan | Visa not required[260] | 30 days | |
Vanuatu | Visa required[261] | ||
Vatican City | Visa not required[262] | 90 days | |
Venezuela | Visa required[263] | ||
Vietnam | eVisa[264][265] | 90 days |
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Yemen | Visa required[266] | ||
Zambia | eVisa / Visa on arrival[267][268] | 90 days | |
Zimbabwe | Visa on arrival[269] | 30 days |
Territories and disputed areas
[edit]Visa requirements for Bosnia and Herzegovina citizens for visits to various territories, disputed areas and restricted zones:
Visitor to | Visa requirement | Allowed stay | Notes (excluding departure fees) |
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Europe | |||
Kosovo | Visa not required[270][271] | From January 1st 2025, Kosovo will give visa free access to Bosnia and Herzegovina with only ID cards | |
Asia | |||
Taiwan | eVisa[272] | 30 days |
Dependent and autonomous territories
[edit]Countries | Visa requirement | Allowed stay | Notes |
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United Kingdom | |||
Anguilla | eVisa required[273] | Holders of a valid visa or residence permit for the United Kingdom, United States or Canada do not need a visa | |
Bermuda | Visa required[274] | ||
British Virgin Islands | Visa required[275] | Holders of a visa for the United Kingdom, United States or Canada do not need a visa. The visa for those countries must have at least 6 months of validity before travel | |
Cayman Islands | Visa required[276] | ||
Falkland Islands | Visa required[277] | ||
Gibraltar | Visa required[278] | ||
Guernsey | Visa required[279] | ||
Isle of Man | Visa required[280] | ||
Jersey | Visa required[281] | ||
Montserrat | eVisa[282] | Holders of a valid visa for the United Kingdom, United States, Canada or an EU country do not need a visa. | |
Turks and Caicos Islands | Visa required | Holders of a valid visa or residence permit for the United Kingdom, United States or Canada do not need a visa | |
Saint Helena | eVisa[283] | ||
China | |||
Hong Kong | Visa not required[284] | 14 days | |
Macau | Visa not required[285] | 90 days | |
Denmark | |||
Faroe Islands | Visa not required[286] | 90 days | |
Greenland | Visa not required[287] | 90 days | |
Netherlands | |||
Aruba | Visa not required[288] | 30 days | |
Caribbean Netherlands | Visa not required[289] | 90 days | includes Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba |
Curaçao | Visa not required[290] | 90 days | |
Sint Maarten | Visa not required[291] | 90 days | |
France | |||
French Guiana | Visa not required[292] | 90 days | |
French Polynesia | Visa not required[293] | 90 days | |
French West Indies | Visa not required[294] | 90 days | includes overseas departments of Guadeloupe and Martinique and overseas collectivities of Saint Martin and Saint Barthélemy |
Mayotte | Visa not required[295] | 90 days | |
New Caledonia | Visa not required[296] | 90 days | |
Réunion | Visa not required[297] | 90 days | |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon | Visa not required[298] | 90 days | |
Wallis and Futuna | Visa not required[298] | 90 days | |
New Zealand | |||
Cook Islands | Visa not required[299] | 31 days | |
Niue | Visa not required[300] | 30 days | |
Tokelau | Entry permit required[301] | ||
South Korea | |||
Jeju Special Autonomous Province | Visa not required[302] | 30 days | |
United States | |||
American Samoa | Visa required[303] | ||
Guam | Visa required[304] | ||
Northern Mariana Islands | Visa required[305] | ||
U.S. Virgin Islands | Visa required[306] | ||
Puerto Rico | Visa required[307] |
Diplomatic and official passports only
[edit]Countries | allowed stay |
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Belarus[298] | 30 days |
China[298] | 90 days |
Egypt[298] | 90 days |
Israel[308] | 90 days |
Japan[309] | 90 days |
Kazakhstan[308] | 30 days |
Lebanon[308] | 30 days* |
Russia[310] | 90 days** |
* - VOA available.
** - for ordinary passport for 30 days within any 60 day period.
Non-visa restrictions
[edit]
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
[edit]Many countries require a minimum number of blank pages to be available in the passport being presented, typically one or two pages.[311] Endorsement pages, which often appear after the visa pages, are not counted as being valid or available.
Vaccination
[edit]Many African countries, including Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo, South Sudan, Uganda, and Zambia, require all incoming passengers older than nine months to one year[312] to have a current International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis, as does the South American territory of French Guiana.[313]
Some other countries require vaccination only if the passenger is coming from an infected area or has visited one recently or has transited for 12 hours in those countries: Algeria, Botswana, Cabo Verde, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Lesotho, Libya, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Seychelles, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tunisia, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.[314][315]
Passport validity length
[edit]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[316][317] or even accept passports that have already expired (but not been cancelled).[318]
Some countries, such as Japan,[319] Ireland and the United Kingdom,[320] 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,[321] 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,[322] Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Laos, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Mongolia, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Oman, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Peru,[323] Philippines,[324] 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.[325]
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[326] and South Africa.
Criminal record
[edit]Some countries, including Australia, Canada, Fiji, New Zealand and the United States,[327] 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
[edit]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.[328]
Israeli stamps
[edit]Kuwait,[329] Lebanon,[330] Libya,[331] and Yemen[332] do not allow entry to people with passport stamps from Israel or whose passports have either a used or an unused Israeli visa, or where there is evidence of previous travel to Israel such as entry or exit stamps from neighbouring border posts in transit countries such as Jordan and Egypt.
To circumvent this Arab League boycott of Israel, the Israeli immigration services have now mostly ceased to stamp foreign nationals' passports on either entry to or exit from Israel (unless the entry is for some work-related purposes). Since 15 January 2013, Israel no longer stamps foreign passports at Ben Gurion Airport. Passports are still (as of 22 June 2017[update]) stamped at Erez when passing into and out of Gaza.[citation needed]
Iran refuses admission to holders of passports containing an Israeli visa or stamp that is less than 12 months old.
Biometrics
[edit]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.[333]
Fingerprinting countries/regions include Afghanistan,[334][335] Argentina,[336] Brunei, Cambodia,[337] China,[338] Ethiopia,[339] Ghana, Guinea,[340] India, Japan,[341][342] Kenya (both fingerprints and a photo are taken),[343] Malaysia upon entry and departure,[344] Mongolia, Saudi Arabia,[345] Singapore, South Korea,[346] Taiwan, Thailand,[347] Uganda,[348] 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),[349][350][351] intends to implement facial recognition for passengers departing from international airports to identify people who overstay their visa.[352]
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[353] and the United Arab Emirates conducts iris scanning on visitors who need to apply for a visa.[354][355]
See also
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- ^ "Libya eVisa".
- ^ Visa, Government of Liechtenstein (in German).
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- ^ Staying in Luxembourg for less than 90 days, Government of Luxembourg.
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- ^ "Morocco eVisa".
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- ^ International Air Transport Association (IATA), Travel Information Manual
- ^ "Mozambique eVisa".
- ^ International Air Transport Association (IATA), Travel Information Manual
- ^ "Myanmar eVisa".
- ^ International Air Transport Association (IATA), Travel Information Manual
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- ^ International Air Transport Association (IATA), Travel Information Manual
- ^ "Nepal Online Visa".
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Australian citizens and permanent residents can visit, work and live in New Zealand. You do not need a visa before you travel to New Zealand.
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- ^ eVisa Syria
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African countries that requires Yellow Fever vaccination certificate: Countries that requires (sic) vaccination for travellers from countries with risk of yellow fever transmission or transit for 12 hours in those countries: Algeria, Botswana, Cabo Verde, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Lesotho, Libya, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Seychelles, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tunisia, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
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The breach of privacy is probably the biggest threat to the biometric technique of iris recognition. Secondly, a device error can false reject or false accept the identity which can also have some heinous consequences. Lastly, the method isn't the most cost-effective one. It is complex and therefore expensive. Furthermore, the maintenance of devices and data can also be relatively burdensome. However, thanks to the oil money and spending ability of Dubai, they are economically equipped to effectively embrace this system.
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- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad Holders of biometric passports only.
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- Panghok - Taichang (Vietnam)
- Lantui - Baka (China)
- Meuang mom - Wan Pong (Myanmar)
- Tanalaeng Dry Port - Nongkai (Thailand)
- Nonghaed - Nam kanh (Vietnam)
- Pakxan - Bungkan (Thailand)
- Nam phao - Cau treo (Vietnam)
- Na pao - Cha lo (Vietnam)
- Nam ngeun - Huay konl (Thailand)
- Namheuang - Nakaseng (Thailand)
- Phoudou (Thailand)
- Nam soy - Na meo (Vietnam)
- Phoukeua - Kontoum (Vietnam)
- Lalai (Vietnam)
- Pangmone - Phayao (Thailand)
- Daktaock - Nam Giang (Vietnam)
- Savannakhet Airport
- ^
- Vientiane
- Savannakhet
- Bokeo
- ^
- Vientiane
- Savannakhet
- Khammouane
- Bokeo
- ^
- Samliemkham (Thailand and Myanmar)
- Khamsavath - Nongkai (Thailand)
- Daensavan - Lao bao (Vietnam)
- Veunkham - Nong nok khian (Cambodia)
- Vang tao - Chongmek (Thailand)
- Boten - Bo han (China)