Unrecognised or partially recognised countries

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Territory	Conditions of access	Notes
Abkhazia	Visa required[295]	May enter visa-free for up to 24 hours as part of an organised tourist group.
Kosovo	Visa not required[296]	90 days
Northern Cyprus	Visa not required[297]	3 months
Palestine	Visa not required[298]	Arrival by sea to Gaza Strip not allowed.[299]
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic		Undefined visa regime in the Western Sahara controlled territory.
Somaliland	Visa on arrival	30 days for 30 US dollars, payable on arrival.[300][301]
South Ossetia	Visa not required[302]	Multiple entry visa to Russia and three day prior notification are required to enter South Ossetia.[303][304]
Taiwan	Visa not required[305][306]	90 days
Transnistria	Visa not required[307]	Registration required after 24h.[308][309]

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Dependent and autonomous territories

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Territory	Conditions of access	Notes
China
Hong Kong	Visa not required[310]	90 days
Macau	Visa not required[311]	90 days
Denmark
Faroe Islands	Visa not required[312]
Greenland	Visa not required[313]
France
French Guiana	Visa not required[314]	3 months
French Polynesia	Visa not required[315]	90 days within 180 days
French West Indies	Visa not required	Includes overseas departments of Guadeloupe and Martinique and overseas collectivities of Saint Barthélemy and Saint Martin.
Mayotte	Visa not required[316]	3 months
New Caledonia	Visa not required[317]	3 months
Réunion	Visa not required[318]	3 months
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	Visa not required[319]	3 months
Wallis and Futuna	Visa not required[320]	3 months
Netherlands
Aruba	Visa not required[321]	30 days, extendable to 180 days
Caribbean Netherlands	Visa not required[322]	90 days. Includes Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba.
Curaçao	Visa not required[323]	90 days
Sint Maarten	Visa not required[324]	90 days
United Kingdom
Akrotiri and Dhekelia	Visa not required[325]	Stays longer than 28 days per 12-month period require a permit.[326]
Anguilla	Visa not required[327]	3 months
Bermuda	Visa not required[328]	Up to 6 months, decided on arrival
British Indian Ocean Territory	Special permit required	Special permit required.[329]
British Virgin Islands	Visa not required[330]	30 days, extensions possible
Cayman Islands	Visa not required[331]	6 months
Falkland Islands	Visa not required[332]	A visitor permit is normally issued as a stamp in the passport on arrival, The maximum validity period is 1 month.[333]
Gibraltar	Visa not required[334]
Montserrat	Visa not required[335]	6 months
Pitcairn Islands	Visa not required	14 days visa free and landing fee US$35 or tax of US$5 if not going ashore.[336][337][338]
Ascension Island	eVisa[339][340]	3 months within any year period
Saint Helena	Visitor's Pass required	Visitor's Pass granted on arrival valid for 4/10/21/60/90 days for 12/14/16/20/25 pound sterling.[341]
Tristan da Cunha	Permission required	Permission to land required for 15/30 pounds sterling for yacht/ship passenger for Tristan da Cunha Island or 20 pounds sterling for Gough Island, Inaccessible Island or Nightingale Islands.[342]
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	Permit required	Pre-arrival permit from the Commissioner required (72 hours/1 month for 110/160 pounds sterling).[343][344]
Turks and Caicos Islands	Visa not required[345]	90 days
United States
American Samoa	Electronic authorization[346]	30 days
Guam	Visa not required[347]	45 days
Northern Mariana Islands	Visa not required[348]	45 days
Puerto Rico	Visa not required[349]	Under the Visa Waiver Program, for 90 days on arrival from overseas for 2 years. ESTA required.
U.S. Virgin Islands	Visa not required[350]	Under the Visa Waiver Program, for 90 days on arrival from overseas for 2 years. ESTA required.
Antarctica and adjacent islands
Special permits required for ,  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.[351][352][353][354][355][356][357][358][359][360][361]

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Other territories

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Territory	Conditions of access	Notes
Brest and Grodno	Visa not required	Visa-free for 10 days[362]
China Hainan	Visa free[363]	30 days[364]
China Tibet Autonomous Region	TTP required	Tibet Travel Permit required (10 US Dollars).[365][366][367]
Crimea	Visa required	Visa issued by Russia is required.[368]
Ecuador Galápagos	Pre-registration required	Online pre-registration is required. Transit Control Card must also be obtained at the airport prior to departure.[369]
Eritrea outside Asmara	Travel permit required	To travel in the rest of the country, a Travel Permit for Foreigners is required (20 Eritrean nakfa).[370]
Greece Mount Athos	Special permit required	Special permit required (4 days: 25 euro for Orthodox visitors, 35 euro for non-Orthodox visitors, 18 euro for students). There is a visitors' quota: maximum 100 Orthodox and 10 non-Orthodox per day and women are not allowed.[371][372]
India PAP/RAP	PAP/RAP required	Protected Area Permit (PAP) required for whole states of Nagaland and Sikkim and parts of states Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, Uttaranchal, Jammu and Kashmir, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh. Restricted Area Permit (RAP) required for all of Andaman and Nicobar Islands and parts of Sikkim. Some of these requirements are occasionally lifted for a year.[373][374][375][376][377][378]
Iran Kish Island	Visa not required	Tourists for Kish Island do not require a visa.[379]
Iraqi Kurdistan	eVisa[380]	30 days
Fiji Lau Province	Special permission required	Special permission required.[381]
France Clipperton Island	Special permit required	Special permit required.[382]
Kazakhstan	Special permission required	Special permission required for the town of Baikonur and surrounding areas in Kyzylorda Oblast, and the town of Gvardeyskiy near Almaty.[383]
North Korea outside Pyongyang	Special permit required	People are not allowed to leave the capital city, tourists can only leave the capital with a governmental tourist guide (no independent moving)
Sabah and Sarawak	Visa not required	These states have their own immigration authorities and passport is required to travel to them, however the same visa applies.[384]
Maldives outside Malé	Permission required	With the exception of the capital Malé, tourists are generally prohibited from visiting non-resort islands without the express permission of the Government of Maldives.[385]
Norway Jan Mayen	Permit required	Permit issued by the local police required for staying for less than 24 hours[386] and permit issued by the Norwegian police for staying for more than 24 hours.[387]
Norway Svalbard	Visa not required	Unlimited Stay (Indefinite Stay).
Novorossiya	Restricted area	Crossing from Ukraine requires visit purpose to be explained to Ukrainian passport control on exit and those who entered from Russia are not allowed to proceed further into Ukraine.[388]
Russia	Special authorization required	Several closed cities and regions in Russia require special authorization.[389]
Sudan outside Khartoum	Travel permit required	All foreigners traveling more than 25 kilometers outside of Khartoum must obtain a travel permit.
Sudan Darfur	Travel permit required	Separate travel permit is required.[390]
Tajikistan Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province	OIVR permit required	OIVR permit required (15+5 Tajikistani Somoni) and another special permit (free of charge) is required for Lake Sarez.[391][392][393]
UN Buffer Zone in Cyprus	Access Permit required[394]	Access Permit is required for travelling inside the zone, except Civil Use Areas.
Korean Demilitarized Zone	Restricted zone.
UNDOF Zone and Ghajar	Restricted zone.
United States Minor Outlying Islands	Special permits required	Special permits required for Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Atoll, Palmyra Atoll and Wake Island.[395][396][397][398][399][400][401]
Venezuela Margarita Island	Visa not required	All visitors are fingerprinted.[402]
Vietnam Phú Quốc	Visa not required	30 days[403]
Yemen outside Sana’a or Aden	Special permission required	Special permission needed for travel outside Sana’a or Aden.[404]

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Visa exemptions for Schengen states

Visa exemptions and requirements for the United Kingdom

New Zealand citizens are able to visit the United Kingdom for up to 6 months (or 3 months if they enter from Ireland) without the need to apply for a visa as long as they fulfil all of the following criteria:

• they do not work during their stay in the UK
• they must not register a marriage or register a civil partnership during their stay in the UK
• they are able to present evidence of sufficient money to fund their stay in the UK (if requested by the border inspection officer)
• they intend to leave the UK at the end of their visit and can meet the cost of their return or onward journey
• if under the age of 18, they can demonstrate evidence of suitable care arrangements and parental (or guardian's) consent for their stay in the UK^[434]

However, even though, strictly speaking, they are not required to apply for a visa if they satisfy all of the above criteria, New Zealand citizens who fall into any of the following categories have been strongly advised by the UK Border Agency (replaced by UK Visas and Immigration) to apply for a visa prior to travelling to the UK if:

• they have any unspent criminal convictions in any country
• they have previously been refused entry or breached the terms of any entry to the UK, or been deported or otherwise removed from the UK
• they have previously applied for a visa and been refused one
• they have been warned by a UK official that they should obtain a visa before travelling to the UK

New Zealand citizens who were born before 1983 and qualify for right of abode are able to live and work in the United Kingdom indefinitely.

New Zealand citizens with a grandparent born either in the United Kingdom, Channel Islands or Isle of Man at any time or in the Republic of Ireland on or before 31 March 1922 can apply for UK Ancestry Entry Clearance, which enables them to work in the UK for 5 years, after which they can apply to settle indefinitely.

New Zealand citizens aged 18 to 30 can apply for a Youth Mobility Scheme visa which allows them to pursue a working holiday in the UK for 2 years.

New Zealand citizens can study in the United Kingdom for up to 6 months as a student visitor without the need to apply for a visa as long as they do not work during this period. If attending a course which is longer than 6 months, New Zealand citizens can apply for a Tier 4 student visa in New Zealand or in the UK merely by completing the application form, quoting the Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies (CAS) reference number issued to them by their UK education provider and presenting evidence of care arrangements (if under the age of 18); they do not need to submit proof of sufficient funds, qualifications or English language ability (which most other foreign nationals need to demonstrate) as long as the UK education provider is recognised as a 'Highly Trusted' sponsor by the UK Border Agency. However, the UK Border Agency reserves the right to request such evidence in particular situations and New Zealand citizens must still present such evidence if applying for a Tier 4 student visa outside New Zealand or the UK.

New Zealand citizens who have been issued with a Tier 4 student visa (but not those who are in the UK as student visitors) can work in the UK for up to 20 hours per week during term-time and without time restrictions outside term-time.

Visa exemption for Australia

By virtue of the Trans-Tasman Travel Arrangement, New Zealand citizens are granted a Special Category Visa on arrival in Australia (which permits residence and work for an indefinite period) as long as:^[435]

• they present a valid New Zealand passport
• they have no criminal convictions
• they have no untreated tuberculosis
• they have not been deported, excluded or removed from any country

The same privilege is extended to Australian citizens and PR holders.

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.^[438] Endorsement pages, which often appear after the visa pages, are not counted as being valid or available.

Vaccination

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^[439] to have a current International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis, as does the South American territory of French Guiana.^[440]

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.^[441][442]

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^[443][444] or even accept passports that have already expired (but not been cancelled).^[445]

Some countries, such as Japan,^[446] Ireland and the United Kingdom,^[447] 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,^[448] 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,^[449] Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Laos, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Mongolia, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Oman, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Peru,^[450] Philippines,^[451] 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.^[452]

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^[453] and South Africa.

Criminal record

Some countries, including Australia, Canada, Fiji, New Zealand and the United States,^[454] 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 entry into that country. In non-diplomatic use, the authorities of a country may also declare a foreigner persona non grata permanently or temporarily, usually because of unlawful activity.^[455]

Israeli stamps

Kuwait,^[456] Lebanon,^[457] Libya,^[458] Syria,^[459] and Yemen^[460] 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

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.^[461]

Fingerprinting countries/regions include Afghanistan,^[462][463] Argentina,^[464] Brunei, Cambodia,^[465] China,^[466] Ethiopia,^[467] Ghana, Guinea,^[468] India, Japan,^[469][470] Kenya (both fingerprints and a photo are taken),^[471] Malaysia upon entry and departure,^[472] Mongolia, Saudi Arabia,^[473] Singapore, South Korea,^[474] Taiwan, Thailand,^[475] Uganda,^[476] the United Arab Emirates and the United States.

Many countries also require a photo be taken of people entering the country. The United States, which does not fully implement exit control formalities at its land frontiers (although long mandated by domestic legislation),^{[477][478][479]} intends to implement facial recognition for passengers departing from international airports to identify people who overstay their visa.^[480]

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^[481] and the United Arab Emirates conducts iris scanning on visitors who need to apply for a visa.^[482][483]