Length of time a passport can be legally used
Passport validity is the length of time a passport can be used to travel to another country, or be used as a valid form of identification within or outside the issuing country before its date of expiration .
Adult passport validity map
Adult passport validity across the world
Adult passports
US adult passport with ten year validity Indonesian adult passport with five-year validity Old New Zealand passport showing the old validity period of five years There is an increasing trend for adult passports to be valid for ten years, such as a United Kingdom passport , United States Passport , New Zealand Passport (after 30 November 2015)[1] or Australian passport . A five year period of validity is also common (as used to be the situation for a Papua New Guinean passport or currently for an Indonesian passport ). Some countries issue adult passports for periods between five and ten years, such as the Cuban passport , which is valid for six years.
Optional validity period
Some countries allow adult applicants to choose a passport validity, usually 5 or 10 years, at a varying price scale, e.g. costing more for 10 years than 5 years. These countries include Canada , Hungary , Japan , Mexico (1, 3, 6, or 10) , Pakistan , Russia , South Korea , and Turkey .
Child and young adult passports
Most countries issue passports for children and young adults for five years, under passport issuing protocols a child or young adult passport is defined as being under 16 years for a United States Passport , under 19 years for a Japanese Passport , under 21 years for a Croatian passport , under 24 years for a German passport or under 30 years as is the case with a Spanish passport .
Infant passports
Because children change rapidly in appearance from infancy to age five, some countries issue infant passports for two years, such as the Austrian passport , or for one year in the case of the Republic of Korea passport .
Validity on arrival
Many countries require passports to have a remaining validity of six months or more on the date of arrival.
Countries requiring passport validity of at least 6 months on arrival include Afghanistan , Algeria , Bhutan , Botswana , Brunei , Cambodia , Canada , Comoros , Côte d'Ivoire , Ecuador , Egypt , El Salvador , Fiji , Guyana , Indonesia , Iran , Iraq (except when arriving at Basra - 3 months and Erbil or Sulaimaniyah - on arrival), Kenya , Laos , Madagascar , Malaysia , Marshall Islands , Mexico , Myanmar , Namibia , Nicaragua , Nigeria , Oman , Palau , Papua New Guinea , Rwanda , Saint Lucia , Samoa , Saudi Arabia , Singapore , Solomon Islands , Sri Lanka , Suriname , Taiwan , Tanzania , Thailand , Timor-Leste , Tonga , Turkey , Tuvalu , Uganda , Vanuatu , Venezuela , Vietnam
Countries requiring passport validity of at least 4 months on arrival include Micronesia , Zambia
Countries requiring passport validity of at least 3 months on arrival include Schengen Area countries, Georgia , Honduras , Iceland , Jordan , Kuwait , Lebanon , Moldova , Nauru , Panama , United Arab Emirates
And countries requiring passport validity of at least 1 month on arrival include Philippines , Eritrea , Hong Kong , Macao , New Zealand , South Africa .[2]
Other countries require either a passport valid on arrival or passport valid throughout the period of intended stay.
Passport validity in years
Afghanistan: 5
Albania: 10
Algeria: 10
Andorra: 10
Angola: 5
Antigua and Barbuda: 5 or 10
Argentina: 10
Armenia: 10
Australia: 10
Austria: 10
Azerbaijan: 10
Bahamas: 10
Bahrain: 5
Bangladesh: 5 or 10
Barbados: 10
Belarus: 10
Belgium: 5 or 7
Belize: 10
Benin: 5
Bolivia: 6
Bosnia and Herzegovina: 10
Botswana: 10
Brazil: 10
Brunei Darussalam: 5
Bulgaria: 5
Burkina Faso: 5
Burundi: 5
Cabo Verde: 5
Cambodia: 10
Canada: 5 or 10
Central African Republic: 5
Chad: 5
Chile: 10
China: 10
Colombia: 10
Comoros: 5
Congo: 5
Costa Rica: 6 (10 if issued before 2006)
Côte d'Ivoire: 5
Croatia: 51 or 10
Cuba: 6
Cyprus: 10
Czech Republic: 10
Democratic Republic of the Congo: 5
Denmark: 10
Djibouti: 5
Dominica: 10
Dominican Republic: 6 or 10
Ecuador: 10
Egypt : 7
El Salvador: 5
Equatorial Guinea: 5
Eritrea: 10
Estonia: 5
Ethiopia: 5
Fiji: 10
Finland: 5
France: 10
Gabon: 10
Gabon: 5
Georgia: 10
Germany: 6 or 10
Ghana: 5
Greece: 10
Grenada: 5
Guatemala: 5
Guinea: 5
Guinea-Bissau: 5
Guyana: 5
Haiti: 10
Honduras: 5
Hungary: 5 or 10
Iceland: 10
India: 5 or 10
Indonesia: 10
Iran: 5
Iraq: 4 or 8
Ireland: 10
Israel: 10
Italy: 10
Jamaica: 5 or 10
Japan: 5 or 10
Jordan: 5
Kazakhstan: 5
Kenya: 10
Kiribati: 10
Kosovo: 10
Kuwait: 5 or 10
Kyrgyzstan: 10
Laos: 10
Latvia:[3] 5 or 10
Lebanon : 5 or 10
Lesotho: 10
Liberia: 5
Liechtenstein: 10
Lithuania: 10
Luxembourg: 5
Macedonia: 10
Madagascar: 10
Malawi: 10
Malaysia: 5
Maldives: 5
Maldives: 5
Mali: 5
Malta: 10
Marshall Islands: 5
Mauritania: 5
Mauritius: 10
Mexico : 3, 6, or 10 (adult)
Moldova: 10
Monaco: 5
Mongolia: 5
Montenegro: 10
Mozambique: 5
Myanmar: 5
Namibia: 5
Nauru: 10
Nepal: 10
Netherlands: 10
New Zealand:[4] 5[5] or 10
Nicaragua: 5 or 10
Nigeria: 5
North Korea: 5
Norway: 10
Oman: 10
Pakistan: 5 or 10
Palestine: 5
Panama: 5
Papua New Guinea: 5
Paraguay: 5
Peru: 5
Philippines: 5 or 10
Poland: 10
Portugal: 5
Qatar: 5
Romania: 10[6]
Russian Federation: 5 or 10
Rwanda: 5 or 10
Saint Kitts and Nevis: 10
Saint Lucia: 5
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 10
Samoa: 10
San Marino: 10
São Tomé and Príncipe : 5–10 years[citation needed ]
Saudi Arabia : 5 or 10 (lunar years)
Senegal: 5
Serbia: 10
Seychelles: 5
Sierra Leone: 5
Singapore: 10
Slovakia: 10
Slovenia: 10
Solomon Islands: 10
Somalia: 5
South Africa: 10
South Korea: 5 or 10
South Sudan: 5
Spain: 51 or 10
Sri Lanka: 10
Sudan: 10
Suriname: 10
Suriname: 5
Swaziland: 10
Sweden: 5
Switzerland: 10
Syria : 6
Tajikistan: 10
Tanzania: 10
Thailand: 5 or 10
Timor-Leste: 10
Tonga: 10
Trinidad and Tobago: 5 or 10
Tunisia: 5
Turkey : 5 or 10
Turkmenistan: 10
Uganda: 10
Ukraine: 10
United Arab Emirates: 5
United Kingdom: 10
United States: 10
Uzbekistan: 10
Vanuatu: 5
Vatican: 10
Venezuela: 5 or 10
Vietnam: 10
Yemen : 6
Zambia: 10
Zimbabwe: 10