Visa requirements for Danish citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of the Kingdom of Denmark as a sovereign state comprising the three constituent countries: Denmark, Greenland and the Faroe Islands.
As a member state of the European Union, Danish citizens enjoy freedom of movement within the European Economic Area (EEA). The Citizens’ Rights Directive[1] defines the right of free movement for citizens of the EEA. Through bilateral agreements freedom of movement is extended to Switzerland,[2] and all EU and EFTA nationals are not only visa-exempt but are legally entitled to enter and reside in each other's countries.
In order to travel to another country, a Danish citizen requires a passport, except within the Nordic Passport Union, where no identity card is formally required. However, an identity card such as a driving licence is useful.
As of 5 October 2021, Danish citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 188 countries and territories, ranking the Danish passport 4th in terms of travel freedom (tied with Austrian passport) according to the Henley Passport Index.[3] The World Tourism Organization also published a report on 15 January 2016 ranking the Danish passport 1st in the world (tied with Finland, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Singapore and the United Kingdom) in terms of travel freedom, with the mobility index of 160 (out of 215 with no visa weighted by 1, visa on arrival weighted by 0.7, eVisa by 0.5 and traditional visa weighted by 0).[4]
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Visa required[5] | ||
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Visa not required[6] | 90 days | |
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Visa required[7] | ||
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Visa not required[8] | Technichly participating in the Schengen area without any relations to the EU. | |
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eVisa[9][10] | 30 days |
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Visa not required[13] | 6 months | |
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Visa not required[14] | 90 days | |
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Visa not required[15] | 180 days | |
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eVisitor[16] | 90 days |
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Visa not required[17] |
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eVisa[18] | 30 days[19] | |
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Visa not required[20] | 8 months | |
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eVisa / Visa on arrival[21] | 14 days | |
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Visa on arrival[22] | 30 days | |
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Visa not required[23] | 6 months | |
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Visa not required[24] | 30 days |
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Visa not required[25] |
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Visa not required[26] | 1 month | |
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eVisa / Visa on arrival[27][28] | 30 days / 8 days |
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Visa required[29] |
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Visa not required[30] | 90 days | |
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Visa not required[31] | 90 days |
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Visa not required[32] | 90 days | |
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Visa not required[33] | 90 days |
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Visa not required[34] | 90 days | |
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Visa not required[35] |
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Visa on arrival[36] | 1 month | |
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Visa required[37][38] | ||
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eVisa / Visa on arrival[39] | 30 days |
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Visa required[41] |
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Visa not required[42] | 6 months | |
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Visa not required[45] | 30 days |
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Visa required[47] | ||
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Visa required[48] | ||
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Visa not required[49] | 90 days | |
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Visa required[50] |
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Visa not required[53] | 180 days |
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Visa on arrival[54] | ||
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Visa required[55] | ||
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Visa required[56] | ||
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Visa not required[57] | 90 days | |
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eVisa[58] |
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Visa not required[60] |
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Tourist Card required[61] | ||
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Visa not required[62] |
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Visa not required[63] |
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eVisa[64] | 31 days | |
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Visa not required[65] | 90 days |
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Visa not required[66] | 90 days | |
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Visa not required[67] | 90 days | |
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eVisa / Visa on arrival[68][69] | 30 days | |
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Visa not required[70] | 3 months | |
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Visa required[71] | ||
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Visa required[72] |
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Visa not required[73] |
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Visa not required[74] | 30 days | |
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eVisa / Visa on arrival[75] | up to 90 days |
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Visa not required[78] | 4 months | |
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Visa not required[79] |
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Visa not required[80] |
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eVisa / Visa on arrival[81] | 90 days |
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Visa not required[83] | 90 days | |
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Visa not required[84] | 1 year | |
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Visa not required[85] |
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Visa required[86] |
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Visa not required[87] |
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Visa not required[88] | 3 months |
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Visa not required[90] | 90 days | |
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eVisa[91] | 90 days | |
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eVisa / Visa on arrival[92] | 90 days | |
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Visa not required[93] | 3 months | |
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Visa not required[94] | 90 days | |
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Visa not required[95] | 3 months | |
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Visa not required[96] |
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Visa not required[97] |
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e-Visa[98] | 60 days | |
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Visa not required[100] | 30 days | |
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eVisa / Visa on arrival[101] | 30 days[102] | |
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Visa on arrival[103] | ||
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Visa not required[104] |
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Visa not required[105] | 3 months | |
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Visa not required[106] |
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Visa not required[107] | 90 days | |
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Visa not required[108] | 90 days | |
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Visa on arrival[109] | ||
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Visa not required[112] | 30 days | |
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eVisa[113] | 3 months | |
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Visa not required[114] | 90 days |
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Visa required[115] | ||
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K-ETA required[116] | 90 days |
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eVisa / Visa on arrival[118] | 3 months | |
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Visa not required[119] | 60 days | |
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eVisa / Visa on arrival[120][121] | 30 days | |
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Visa not required[122] |
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Visa on arrival[123] | 1 month |
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Visa not required[124] | 14 days | |
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Visa required[125] |
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Visa required[126] |
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Visa not required[127] |
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Visa not required[128] |
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Visa not required[129] |
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eVisa / Visa on arrival[130] | 90 days | |
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eVisa / Visa on arrival[131][132] | 90 days | |
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Visa not required[133] | 3 months | |
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Visa on arrival[134] | 30 days | |
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Visa required[135] | ||
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Visa not required[136] |
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Visa not required[137] | 90 days |
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Visa on arrival[138] |
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Visa not required[139] | 90 days | |
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Visa not required[140] | 180 days | |
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Visa not required[141] | 90 days |
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Visa not required[142] | 90 days |
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Visa not required[143] | ||
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Visa on arrival[144] | 30 days |
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Visa not required[145] | 90 days | |
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Visa not required[146] | 90 days | |
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Visa on arrival[147] | 30 days | |
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eVisa[148] | 28 days |
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Visa not required[149] | 3 months |
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Visa required[150] | ||
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Visa on arrival[151] | 90 days | |
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Visa not required[152] |
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Electronic Travel Authority[153] | 3 months |
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Visa not required[156] | 90 days | |
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Visa required[157] | ||
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Visa required[158] |
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Visa not required[159] | 90 days | |
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Visa not required[160] |
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Visa not required[161] | 14 days |
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Online Visa[162] | ||
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Visa not required[165] | 90 days |
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Visa not required[166] | 180 days | |
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eVisa / Free visa on arrival[167] | 60 days | |
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Visa not required[168] | 90 days | |
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Visa not required[169] | 90 days |
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Visa not required[171] | 30 days | |
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Visa not required[172] |
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Visa not required[173] |
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Visa not required[174][175] | 90 days | |
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Visa not required[176] |
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eVisa[177] | 16 days |
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eVisa / Visa on arrival[179] | 30 days | |
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Visa not required[180] | 3 months | |
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Visa not required[181] | 90 days |
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Visa not required[182] | 90 days |
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Visa not required[183] | 90 days |
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Visa not required[184] | ||
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Visa not required[185] | 15 days | |
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eVisa / Visa on arrival[186][187] | 90 days | |
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Visa not required[188] | 90 days | |
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Visa not required[189] | 90 days |
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Visa not required[190] | 3 months | |
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Visa on arrival[191] | ||
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Visa not required[192] | 90 days | |
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Visa not required[193] |
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Visa not required[194] |
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Visa not required[195] | 90 days |
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Visa on arrival[196] |
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Visa not required[197] | 90 days | |
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Electronic Visa[198] | ||
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Visa not required[200] |
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eVisa / Visa on arrival[201] | 30 days | |
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Visa required[202] | ||
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E-tourist card[203] | 90 days |
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Visa not required[205] |
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Visa not required[206] |
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Visa required[207] | ||
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Visa not required[208] | 30 days[208] | |
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eVisa / Visa on arrival[209][210] | 3 months | |
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Visa not required[211] | 30 days |
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Visa not required[212] | 90 days |
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Visa on arrival[213] | 7 days | |
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Visa not required[214] | 90 days |
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Visa not required[215] | 90 days |
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Visa not required[216] | 90 days | |
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Visa not required[217] | 3 months | |
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Visa required[218] |
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Visa not required[219] | 90 days |
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eVisa / Visa on arrival[220] |
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Visa not required[222] | 90 days |
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Visa not required[223] | 90 days | |
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Visa not required[226] | 6 months | |
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Visa Waiver Program[227] | 90 days | |
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Visa not required[229] | 90 days | |
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Visa not required[230] | 30 days | |
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Visa not required[231] | 90 days |
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Visa not required[232] | ||
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Visa not required[233] | 90 days | |
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Visa not required[234] | 15 days |
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Visa required[236] | ||
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eVisa / Visa on arrival[237] | 90 days |
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eVisa / Visa on arrival[238] | 3 months |
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Visa requirements for Danish citizens for visits to various territories, disputed areas, partially recognized countries and restricted zones:
Holders of various categories of official Danish passports have additional visa-free access to the following countries - Egypt (diplomatic or service passports), India (diplomatic or official passports), Kazakhstan (diplomatic passports), Pakistan (diplomatic or service passports) and Russia (diplomatic passports). Holders of diplomatic or service passports of any country have visa-free access to Cape Verde, Ethiopia, Mali and Zimbabwe.
This section is transcluded from Non-visa travel restrictions. (edit | history) |
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.
Many countries require a minimum number of blank pages to be available in the passport being presented, typically one or two pages.[355] Endorsement pages, which often appear after the visa pages, are not counted as being 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 Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Niger, Rwanda, Sierra Leone and Togo, require all incoming passengers older than nine months to one year[356] to have a current International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis, as does the South American territory of French Guiana.[357]
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.[358][359]
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.[360] This is justified by research that shows that the efficacy of the BioNTech vaccine lasts for six months or so.[361]
Very few countries, such as Paraguay, just require a passport valid 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[362][363] or even accept passports that have already expired (but not been cancelled).[364]
Some countries, such as Japan,[365] Ireland and the United Kingdom,[366] 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,[367] 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,[368] Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Laos, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Mongolia, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Oman, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Peru.[369] Philippines,[370] 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.[371]
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, 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, Honduras, 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[372] and South Africa.
Some countries, including Australia, Canada, Fiji, New Zealand and the United States,[373] 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.[374]
Kuwait,[375] Lebanon,[376] Libya,[377] Syria,[378] and Yemen[379] 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.
Main articles: Anti-Armenian sentiment in Azerbaijan, Armenia–Azerbaijan relations, and Nagorno-Karabakh conflict |
Due to the state of war that between Armenia and Azerbaijan in 2020,[380][381][382] Armenian citizens and other foreign nationals of Armenian descent are likely to encounter difficulties when attempting to enter the Republic of Azerbaijan.[383][384][385]
Azerbaijan bans visits by foreign citizens to the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh[385] (the de facto independent Republic of Artsakh), its surrounding 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, without the prior consent of the government of Azerbaijan. Foreign citizens who enter these territories will be permanently banned from entering the Republic of Azerbaijan[386] and will be included in their "list of personae non gratae".[387] As of 2 September 2019,[update] the list mentioned 852 people.
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 quickly change planes rather than go landside.[388]
Fingerprinting countries include Afghanistan,[389][390] Argentina,[391] Brunei, Cambodia,[392] China,[393] Ethiopia,[394] Ghana, Guinea,[395] India, Japan,[396][397] Kenya (both fingerprints and a photo are taken),[398] Malaysia upon entry and departure,[399] Mongolia, Paraguay, Saudi Arabia,[400] Singapore, South Korea,[401] Taiwan, Thailand,[402] Uganda,[403] 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),[404][405][406] intends to implement facial recognition for passengers departing from international airports to identify people who overstay their visa.[407]
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[408] and the United Arab Emirates conducts iris scanning on visitors who need to apply for a visa.[409][410]
See also: List of diplomatic missions of the Kingdom of Denmark |
When in a non-EU country where there is no Danish embassy, Danish citizens as EU citizens have the right to get consular protection from the embassy of any other EU country present in that country. Note that the Faroe Islands belong to the Kingdom of Denmark, but not to the EU. Greenland left the EC in 1985, but its inhabitants are regarded as EU citizens. Persons moving to and permanently living in Denmark (proper) from the other parts of the Kingdom can become "full" EU citizens.
Danish citizens may also seek assistance from public officials in the foreign services of any of the Nordic countries, when in a country with no Danish representation. This is afforded by the Helsinki Treaty which states that public officials in the foreign services of any of the Nordic countries shall assist citizens of another Nordic country if that country is not represented in the territory concerned.[411][412]