Visa requirements for Chinese citizens are administrative entry restrictions imposed on citizens of China by the authorities of other states.
As of 20 July 2023,[update] Chinese citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 80 countries and territories, ranking the Chinese passport 64th in terms of travel freedom according to the Henley Passport Index.[1]
Before February 2014, Chinese immigration authorities did not generally allow mainland Chinese citizens to board outbound flights without having a valid visa for the destination country, even if the destination country granted a visa on arrival to Chinese passport holders, unless the exit was approved by the Ministry of Public Security. Exceptions were possible if the traveller had a third country's visa and a connecting flight from the initial destination country to the third country. As of 10 June 2017,[update] if the destination is a visa-on-arrival or e-visa issuing country this approval is no longer needed.
Visa requirements for Chinese citizens were lifted by Micronesia on 18 December 1980,[2] the Bahamas on 12 February 2014, Antigua and Barbuda on 18 November 2014, Indonesia in 2015, Fiji on 14 March 2015, Grenada on 10 June 2015, Ecuador on 1 March 2016, Morocco on 1 June 2016, Tonga on 19 August 2016, Saint Kitts and Nevis on 1 January 2017, Serbia on 15 January 2017, Tunisia on 15 February 2017, Barbados on 1 June 2017, United Arab Emirates on 16 January 2018, Bosnia and Herzegovina on 29 May 2018, British Virgin Islands on 5 July 2018,[3] St Lucia on 18 July 2018,[4] Belarus on 10 August 2018, Qatar on 21 December 2018, Iran on 21 July 2019, Albania on 23 December 2019, Uzbekistan on 1 January 2020, Armenia on 19 January 2020, Oman on 16 December 2020, Suriname on 1 May 2021, Maldives on 20 May 2022, Kazakhstan on 8 July 2022,[5] Dominica on 19 September 2022, Zambia on 2 November 2022, [6]Gabon on 20 February 2023 and Mozambique on 1 May 2023.
Visas on arrival were introduced by Azerbaijan on 1 February 2016,[7] Brunei on 23 May 2016, Ukraine on 1 October 2016, Armenia on 10 November 2016, São Tomé and Príncipe on 5 April 2017, Qatar on 22 June 2017, Gabon on 12 October 2017, Bolivia on 27 December 2017, Rwanda on 1 January 2018, Benin on 15 March 2018, Zimbabwe on 1 July 2018, Myanmar on 1 October 2018, Sierra Leone on 5 July 2019, Saudi Arabia on 28 September 2019, and Iraq on 15 March 2021.
Chinese citizens were made eligible for eVisas by Lesotho on 1 May 2017, Djibouti on 18 February 2018, Oman on 7 May 2018, Uzbekistan on 15 July 2018, Pakistan on 14 March 2019, Saudi Arabia on 28 September 2019,[8] South Africa on February 14, 2022,[9] Mongolia on April 27, 2022 [10] and Japan on June 19, 2023.[11]
The country's passport index has constantly improved in the 00's decade from 42 in 2010 to 85 countries/territories in 2023, doubling its mobility access in 12 years. As shown before, more and more countries are lifting visa restrictions on Mainland China passport holders in recent years and there is a tendency for more countries to keep lifting restrictions as a way to pull the massive tourist market that Mainland Chinese tourists represent.
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Visa not required[12][14] | 90 days |
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eVisa[15][12] | 30 days |
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Visa not required[12] | 30 days | ![]() | |
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Visa not required[20][12] | 90 days |
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Online Visa required[12] | ![]() | ||
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eVisa / Visa on arrival[12] | 30 days | ![]() | |
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Visa not required[12] | 3 months[26] | ![]() | |
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eVisa / Visa on arrival[12] | 14 days |
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Visa on arrival[12] | 30 days. |
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Visa not required[12] | 30 days | ![]() | |
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Visa not required[12] | 30 days | ![]() | |
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eVisa[12][31] | 30 days |
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eVisa[12][32] | ![]() | ||
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Visa on arrival[12] |
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Visa not required[12] | 90 days |
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eVisa[12][35] | 3 months |
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Visa required[12] | ![]() | ||
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Visa on arrival[12] | 14 days[38] | ![]() | |
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eVisa[12][39] |
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Visa on arrival[12] | 1 month | ![]() | |
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Visa on arrival[12] | 30 days | ![]() | |
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Online Visa[12][43] |
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Visa on arrival[12] | 45 days |
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Visa required[12] |
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eVisa[12][45] | 7 days | ![]() | |
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eVisa[46] | 3 months |
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Visa required[12] |
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Tourist card required[12] | 90 days |
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eVisa[48] | 31 days |
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Visa not required[12] | 21 days | ![]() | |
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Visa not required[12] | 90 days |
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eVisa / Visa on arrival[12] |
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Visa required[12] |
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eVisa [12][50] | ![]() | ||
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eVisa[12] | up to 90 days |
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Visa not required[12] | 4 months | ![]() | |
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Visa not required[12] | 30 days |
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eVisa[55] | 30 days |
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Visa not required[12] | 30 days[56] |
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eVisa[58] | 90 days |
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Visa on arrival[12] | ![]() | ||
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Visa required[12] |
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Visa not required[12] | 3 months |
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Visa required[59] |
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e-VOA / Visa on arrival[12] | 30 days[61][62] | ![]() | |
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Visa not required[12][63] | 21 days | ![]() | |
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Visa on arrival[12] | 60 days[64] | ![]() | |
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Visa not required[12] | 30 days | ![]() | |
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Visa required[12] |
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eVisa / Visa on arrival[12][72] |
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Visa not required[5] | 14 days |
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eVisa / Visa on arrival[73] | 3 months | ![]() | |
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eVisa[12] |
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eVisa / Visa on arrival[78][12] | 30 days |
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Free visa on arrival[12] | 1 month |
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eVisa[83][12] | ![]() | ||
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eVisa / Visa on arrival[84] | 90 days | ![]() | |
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eVisa / Visa on arrival[85][12] | 90 days | ![]() | |
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eVisa[12] | 3 months |
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Visa not required[12] | 30 days | ![]() | |
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Visa required[12] |
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Visa on arrival[12] |
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Visa not required[12] | 90 days | ![]() | |
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Visa required[12] |
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Visa not required[12] | 30 days | ![]() | |
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eVisa[12][86] | ![]() | ||
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eVisa[12][88] | 30 days | ![]() | |
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Visa required[12] |
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Visa not required[12] | 90 days | ![]() | |
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Visa not required[12][90] | 30 days |
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eVisa / Visa on arrival[92][93] | 28 days |
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Visa required[12] |
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eVisa / Free visa on arrival[12][96] |
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eVisa[12][100] | 90 days |
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Visa not required / eVisa[12] | 14 days/ 30 days | * Chinese national are also eligible for single / multiple entry electronic visa valid for 30 days. | ![]() |
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ETA / Online Visa[101] | 30 days / 3 months | ![]() | |
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Free visa on arrival[12] | 30 days | The Chinese government declared Palau as an illegal destination of tour groups in August 2018, individual visitors from China are not affected.[104] | ![]() |
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eVisa[12] | 30 days |
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eVisa[12][105] | ![]() | ||
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Visa not required[108] | 30 days | ![]() | |
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Visa required[12] |
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Visa not required (conditional) / eVisa[12][109] | 15 days / 16 days |
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Visa not required[12] | 3 months | ![]() | |
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Visa not required[12][111] | 6 weeks | ![]() | |
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Visa required[12] | ![]() | ||
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Free entry permit on arrival[12] | 60 days | ![]() | |
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Visa not required[112][12] | 90 days.[113] |
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eVisa / Visa on arrival[12] | 15 days.[114][115] |
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eVisa / Visa on arrival[116][117] | 90 days | ![]() | |
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Visa on arrival[12] | 30 days |
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Visa not required[12] | 30 days[118] |
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Visa not required[119] | 3 months[120] | ![]() | |
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eVisa / Visa on arrival[12][121][122] | 30 days |
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Visa on arrival[12] | 30 days |
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eVisa[12] |
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ETA / Visa on arrival[12] |
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Visa not required[12] | 30 days |
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eVisa[12] | 45 days.[129] |
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eVisa / Visa on arrival[130][12] | 3 months | ![]() | |
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eVisa / Visa on arrival[12] | 60 days / 30 days | ![]() | |
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Visa on arrival[12] | 30 days |
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eVisa[12][133] | 15 days |
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Visa not required[12] | 30 days[134] | ![]() | |
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Visa required[12] | ![]() | ||
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Visa not required (conditional)[12] | 90 days[135] |
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eVisa[12] | 30 days.[136] |
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Visa required[12] |
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Visa on arrival[12] | 1 month | ![]() | |
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Visa required[12] |
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Visa not required[12] | 30 days | ![]() | |
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Visa not required[12] | 10 days |
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Visa not required[12] | 30 days |
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eVisa[12][144] |
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Visa not required / eVisa[145] | 30 days / 90 days |
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eVisa / Visa on arrival[146] | 3 months | ![]() |
Territory | Conditions of access | Notes |
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Visa not required[148] | Travelers with Artsakh visa (expired or valid) or evidence of travel to Artsakh (stamps) will be permanently denied entry to Azerbaijan.[149] |
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Visa required[150] | Visa is not required for holders of a valid travel documents issued by EU Member and Schengen States, United States of America, Canada, Australia and Japan based on the 1951 Convention on Refugee Status or the 1954 Convention on the Status of Stateless Persons, as well as holders of valid travel documents for foreigners (max. 15 days stay) [151]
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Visa not required[12] | Arrival by sea to Gaza Strip not allowed.[154] |
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Undefined visa regime in the Western Sahara controlled territory. | |
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Visa on arrival | 30 days for 30 US dollars, payable on arrival.[155][156] |
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Visa not required[157][158] | |
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Visa not required[159] | Registration required after 24h.[160][161] |
Territory | Conditions of access | Notes | |
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Denmark | |||
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Special permit required[163] | ||
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Conditional visa waiver[12] | 15 days, need to travel with specific agencies | |
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Visa required[164] | Visa not required of cruise ship passengers during the period of the stopover if hold residence permit issued by EU / EEA country, Switzerland, Canada, Japan or USA[165] | |
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Conditional visa waiver[12][166] | 15 days, need to travel with specific agencies | |
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Conditional visa waiver[12] | 15 days, need to travel with specific agencies | |
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Visa required[12] | Holders of a valid visa issued by a Canada, US or Schengen Member State (‘C’ or ‘D’ visa) do not require a visa for 90 days for each territory. | |
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Visa required[12] | Holders of a valid visa issued by a Canada, US or Schengen Member State (‘C’ or ‘D’ visa) do not require a visa for 90 days for each territory. | |
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Visa required | Holders of a valid visa issued by a Canada, US or Schengen Member State (‘C’ or ‘D’ visa) do not require a visa for 90 days for each territory. | |
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Visa required | Holders of a valid visa issued by a Canada, US or Schengen Member State (‘C’ or ‘D’ visa) do not require a visa for 90 days for each territory. | |
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Visa required[12] | Holders of a valid visa issued by a Canada, US or Schengen Member State (‘C’ or ‘D’ visa) do not require a visa for 90 days for each territory. | |
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Visa required[12] | Holders of a valid visa issued by a Canada, US or Schengen Member State (‘C’ or ‘D’ visa) do not require a visa for 90 days for each territory. | |
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Visa not required[12] | 31 days | |
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Visa not required[12] | 30 days | |
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Permit required[168] | ||
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Permit required | Permit issued by the local police required for staying for less than 24 hours[169] and permit issued by the Norwegian police for staying for more than 24 hours.[170] | |
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Visa not required | Unlimited period under Svalbard Treaty.[171] | |
United Kingdom | |||
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Visa required[172] | ||
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Visa required[12][173] | Visa not required with a valid visa or residence permit from the United States, Canada or the United Kingdom. | |
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Visa required[12] | Holders of a multiple-entry visa issued by Canada, US or the UK is valid for at least 45 days beyond the period of intended stay in Bermuda do not require a visa for three months. Visa free for a maximum stay of three months if transiting through the United Kingdom. | |
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Special permit required[174] | ||
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Visa not required[12] | 6 months for business and tourism purposes[175][176] | |
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Visa required[12] | Visa free for cruise ship passengers leaving on the day of arrival.[177] Visa not required for 30 days for holders of a valid multiple-entry visa for the US, UK and/or Canada.[178] | |
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Visa required[12] | Holders of a valid visa issued by the United Kingdom do not require a visa. Visa not required if holding a Schengen multiple entry visa with a minimum remaining validity of 7 days or visiting on a day trip as part of an organised tour arranged through a Gibraltar-based tour operator. | |
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Visa not required | 14 days visa free and landing fee US$35 or tax of US$5 if not going ashore.[179][180][181] | |
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Admission refused[184][185] | From May 2015 Ascension Island Government does not issue entry visas including eVisas to nationals of China.[186] | |
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Permission required | Permission to land required for 15/30 pounds sterling (yacht/ship passenger) for Tristan da Cunha Island or 20 pounds sterling for Gough Island, Inaccessible Island or Nightingale Islands.[187] | |
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Permit required | Pre-arrival permit from the Commissioner required (72 hours/1 month for 110/160 pounds sterling).[188][189] | |
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Visa not required[12] | 90 days[190] | |
United States | |||
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Visa not required[12] | 14 days | |
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Antarctica and adjacent islands | |||
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Regions | Travel with permits from Mainland China | Travel with Chinese passport from Mainland China or overseas |
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Permit for Travelling to SARs and endorsement required[234] | Enter and stay for up to 7 days without a permit for those in transit to a country or territory different from the origin. For PRC citizens residing overseas, a sticker-style HKSAR entry permit can be issued at the Chinese Embassy to grant its holders multiple entries, staying for up to 30 days per entry. |
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Permit for Travelling to SARs and endorsement required[234] | Two-way Permit not required for those entering Macau in transit to a third country within 7 days. |
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Exit and Entry Permit for Taiwan together with Mainland Residents Travel Permit to Taiwan and valid endorsement required. |
Exit and Entry Permit for Taiwan required as PRC passports are not recognized for entry. Mainland Residents Travel Permit to Taiwan and valid endorsement required if departing from Mainland China. If the traveller is departing from the mainland cities of Chongqing, Kunming or Nanchang, Mainland Residents Travel Permit to Taiwan and endorsement are not required if travelling to Taiwan for transit. Exit & Entry Permit is not required when transiting through sterile area of a Taiwanese airport on the same calendar day regardless departing from Mainland China or overseas. Taiwan suspended issuance of tourism-purpose entry permit for Mainlanders during COVID-19 pandemic and such a ban continues after COVID-19 based on national security reasons, while medical, business and student purpose permit issuance has been resumed. Issuance of tourism-purpose entry permit will be resumed for group tourists starting from August 28 2023 and for tourists residing overseas (including Hong Kong and Macau) from September 1 2023. |
Holders of Chinese diplomatic or service passports have visa-free access to additional countries.
Type of passport | Visa-free access |
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Diplomatic passports only | Côte d'Ivoire, Iraq, Ireland, Schengen Area (unless mentioned separately below), Uruguay, United Kingdom, Uzbekistan |
Diplomatic and service passports | Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Chad, Chile, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Eritrea, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Grenada, Guinea, Guyana, Hungary, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lesotho, Liberia, Lithuania, Mali, Mexico, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritania, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, North Korea, North Macedonia, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Venezuela, Vietnam, Zambia, Zimbabwe |
Holders of an APEC Business Travel Card (ABTC) travelling on business do not require a visa to the following countries:[235]
1 – up to 90 days
2 – up to 60 days
3 – up to 59 days
The card must be used in conjunction with a passport and has the following advantages:[236]
In addition to passports, Exit and Entry Permit were issued to citizens of the People's Republic of China for visiting certain land neighboring countries for trade, tourism purposes without a passport, and visa to the country of visiting and vice versa under the bilateral agreements.[237] Such permit is issued by the police stations in the related border administrative divisions. By far, travelers from the administrative divisions that share borders with North Korea, Mongolia, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, India and Nepal could apply for the Exit-Entry Permit for crossing borders.[238]
This section is transcluded from Non-visa travel restrictions. (edit | history) |
Many countries require a minimum number of blank pages to be available in the passport being presented, typically one or two pages.[239] Endorsement pages, which often appear after the visa pages, are not counted as being valid or available.
Main articles: Vaccination requirements for international travel, International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis, and Vaccine passports during the COVID-19 pandemic |
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, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo, South Sudan, Uganda, and Zambia, require all incoming passengers older than nine months to one year[240] to have a current International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis, as does the South American territory of French Guiana.[241]
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.[242][243]
An increasing number of countries have been imposing additional COVID-19 related health restrictions such as quarantine measures and testing requirements. Many countries increasingly consider the vaccination status of travellers with regard to quarantine requirements or when deciding to allow them entry at all.[244]
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[245][246] or even accept passports that have already expired (but not been cancelled).[247]
Some countries, such as Japan,[248] Ireland and the United Kingdom,[249] 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,[250] 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,[251] Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Laos, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Mongolia, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Oman, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Peru,[252] Philippines,[253] 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.[254]
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 the Republic of 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[255] and South Africa.
Some countries, including Australia, Canada, Fiji, New Zealand and the United States,[256] 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.
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.[257]
For example, Azerbaijan bans visits by foreign citizens that have previously entered Azerbaijan through non-Azerbaijani controlled borders. This includes the illegal entry into the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh[258] (the de facto independent Republic of Artsakh), its surrounding Armenian-occupied territories, and the Azerbaijani exclaves of Karki, Yuxarı Əskipara, Barxudarlı, and Sofulu which are de jure part of Azerbaijan but under the control of Armenia. Foreign citizens who enter these territories will be permanently banned from entering the Republic of Azerbaijan[259] and will be included in their "list of personae non gratae".[260] As of 2 September 2019,[update] the list mentioned 852 people.
Kuwait,[261] Lebanon,[262] Libya,[263] Syria,[264] and Yemen[265] 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.
See also: Countries applying 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.[266]
Fingerprinting countries/regions include Afghanistan,[267][268] Argentina,[269] Brunei, Cambodia,[270] China,[271] Ethiopia,[272] Ghana, Guinea,[273] India, Japan,[274][275] Kenya (both fingerprints and a photo are taken),[276] Malaysia upon entry and departure,[277] Mongolia, Paraguay, Saudi Arabia,[278] Singapore, South Korea,[279] Taiwan, Thailand,[280] Uganda,[281] 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),[282][283][284] intends to implement facial recognition for passengers departing from international airports to identify people who overstay their visa.[285]
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[286] and the United Arab Emirates conducts iris scanning on visitors who need to apply for a visa.[287][288] The United States Department of Homeland Security has announced plans to greatly increase the biometric data it collects at US borders.[289] In 2018, Singapore began trials of iris scanning at three land and maritime immigration checkpoints.[290][291]
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These are the numbers of mainland Chinese visitors to various countries or territories: