Visa requirements for Malaysian citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Malaysia. As of 19 July 2022, Malaysian citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 179 countries and territories, ranking the Malaysian passport 13th in the world according to the Henley Passport Index,[1] making it the 2nd highest-ranked passport in Southeast Asia after Singapore, the 3rd highest-ranked in Asia[2] and the highest-ranked passport in the developing world and among Muslim-majority countries.
Although Malaysian passports bear the inscription "This passport is valid for all countries except Israel" and the Malaysian government officially allows travel to Israel for Christian pilgrims only, the travel restrictions imposed by the Malaysian government have no bearing on the Israeli government, which issues visas to Malaysian citizens according to Israeli regulations.
In September 2017, Malaysia announced a ban on all Malaysian citizens from travelling to North Korea, in the wake of strained Malaysia–North Korea relations following the assassination of Kim Jong-nam at Kuala Lumpur International Airport.[3]
Country | Visa requirement | Allowed stay | Notes |
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Visa not required[5] | 90 days | |
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Visa not required | 3 months[6] | |
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Visa not required[7] | ||
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Visa required[8] | ||
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Visa not required | 180 days[9] | |
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Visa not required[10] | 30 days[11] | |
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eVisa[12] | 120 days |
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Electronic Travel Authority[14] | 3 months |
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Visa not required[15] | 90 days |
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eVisa / Visa on arrival[16] | 30 days | |
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Visa not required[22] | 3 months | |
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eVisa / Visa on arrival | 1 month |
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Visa on arrival[24] | 30 days |
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Visa not required[25] | 6 months[26] | |
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Visa not required[27] | 30 days |
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Visa not required[28] | 90 days |
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Visa not required[29] | ||
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eVisa / Visa on arrival[30][31] | 30 days / 8 days |
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Visa required[32] | ||
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Visa on arrival[33] | 90 days | |
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Visa not required[34] | 90 days | |
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Visa not required[35] | 90 days | |
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Visa not required[36] | 90 days | |
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Visa not required | 30 days[37] | |
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Visa not required[38] | 90 days |
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Visa required[39] | ||
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Visa on arrival[40] | 1 month | |
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Visa not required[41] | 30 days | |
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Visa required[42] | ||
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Visa required[43] | ||
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Visa on arrival[44] |
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Visa required[45] | ||
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Visa required[46] | ||
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Visa not required[47] | 30 days | |
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Visa required[48] | ||
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Visa required[49][50][51][52] | ||
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Visa on arrival | 45 days[53] | |
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Visa required[54] | ||
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Visa required[55] | ||
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Visa not required[56] | 90 days | |
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eVisa[57] | 90 days | |
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Visa not required[60] | 90 days |
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Visa not required[61] | 90 days | |
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Visa not required[62] | 90 days |
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Visa not required[63] | 3 months |
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Visa not required[65] | 3 months |
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eVisa[67] | 31 days | |
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Visa not required[68] | 6 months | |
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Visa not required[69] | 30 days | |
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Visa not required[70] | 90 days | |
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Visa not required[71] | 14 days | |
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Visa not required[72] | 3 months | |
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Visa required[73] | ||
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Visa required[74] | ||
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Visa not required[75] | 90 days |
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Visa not required[76] | 30 days | |
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eVisa[77] | up to 90 days |
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Visa not required | 4 months[78] | |
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Visa not required[79] | 90 days |
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Visa not required[80] | 90 days |
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eVisa[81] |
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Visa not required[82] | 90 days | |
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Visa not required[83] | 1 year | |
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Visa not required[84] | 90 days |
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Visa required[85] | ||
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Visa not required[86] | 90 days |
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Visa not required[87] | 3 months | |
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Visa not required[88] | 90 days | |
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eVisa[89] | 90 days | |
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Visa on arrival[90] | 90 days | |
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Visa not required[91] | 60 days[92] | |
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Visa not required[93] | 3 months | |
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Visa not required[94] | 3 months | |
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Visa not required[95] | 90 days |
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Visa not required[96] | 90 days |
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Visa required | ||
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Visa not required[97] | 30 days | |
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Visa not required[98] | 15 days | |
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Visa required[99] | ||
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Visa not required[100] | 3 months | |
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Visa required[101] | Travel officially restricted by Malaysian government to pilgrims only. Confirmation from Israeli Foreign Ministry is required before a visa is issued.[102] | |
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Visa not required[103] | 90 days |
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Visa not required[104] | 180 days | |
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Visa not required[105] | 90 days | |
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Free visa on arrival[106] | 1 month |
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Visa not required[108] | 30 days | |
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Visa not required[109] | 30 days | |
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Visa not required[110] | 120 days | |
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Travel Banned[111] | * As of September 2017, due to safety concerns, the Malaysian government has banned its citizens from visiting North Korea.
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K-ETA required[113] | 90 days |
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eVisa / Visa on arrival[115] | 3 months |
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Visa not required[117] | 30 days | |
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Visa not required[118] | 30 days | |
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Visa not required[119] | 90 days |
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Free visa on arrival[120] | 1 month |
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Visa not required[121] | 90 days | |
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Visa required[122] | ||
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Visa required[123] | ||
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Visa not required[124] | 90 days |
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Visa not required[125] | 90 days |
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Visa not required[126] | 90 days |
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eVisa / Visa on arrival[127] | 90 days | |
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Visa not required[128] | 90 days | |
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Free visa on arrival[129] | 30 days |
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Visa required[131] | ||
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Visa not required[132] | 90 days |
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Visa on arrival[133] | 90 days | |
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Visa on arrival[134] |
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Visa not required[135] | 90 days | |
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Visa not required[136] | 180 days | |
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Visa not required[137] | 30 days | |
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Visa not required[138] | 90 days |
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Visa not required[139] | ||
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Visa not required[140] | 30 days | |
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Visa not required[141] | 90 days | |
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Visa not required[142][143] | 90 days[144] | |
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Visa on arrival[145] | 30 days |
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eVisa[146] | 28 days |
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Visa not required[147] | 3 Months | |
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Visa required[148] |
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Visa on arrival[150] | 15 days |
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Visa not required[151] | 90 days |
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Electronic Travel Authority[152] | 3 months |
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Visa not required[155] | 90 days | |
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Visa required[156] | ||
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Visa required[157] | ||
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Visa not required[158] | 30 days | |
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Visa not required[159] | 3 months |
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Visa not required[162] | 14 days | |
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Electronic Travel Authorization[163] | ||
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Free visa on arrival[167] | 30 days | |
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Visa not required[168] | 180 days | |
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eVisa / Free visa on arrival[169] | 60 days |
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Visa required[171] | ||
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Visa not required[172] | 183 days | |
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Visa not required[173] | 30 days | |
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Visa not required[174] | 90 days |
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Visa not required[176] | 90 days |
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Visa not required[177] | 90 days | |
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Visa not required[178] | 90 days |
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eVisa[179] | 16 days |
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Free Visa on arrival[181] | 30 days | |
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Visa not required[182] | 3 months | |
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Visa on arrival[183] | 6 weeks | |
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Visa not required[184] | 1 month | |
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Visa not required[185] | 60 days | |
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Visa not required[186] | ||
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eVisa[187] |
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eVisa / Visa on arrival[188][189] | 90 days | |
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Visa not required[190] | 90 days | |
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Visa required[191] |
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Free Visitor's Permit on arrival[192] | 3 months | |
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Visa on arrival[193] | 30 days | |
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Visa not required[194] | 30 days | |
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Visa not required[195] | 90 days |
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Visa not required[196] | 90 days |
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Free Visitor's permit on arrival[197] | 3 months | |
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Visa on arrival[198] | 30 days |
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Visa not required[199] | 30 days | |
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Electronic Visa[200] | ||
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Visa not required[202] | 90 days |
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eVisa / Visa on arrival[203] | 30 days | |
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Visa on arrival[204] | 3 months | |
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Visa not required[205] | 30 days | |
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Visa not required[208] | 90 days |
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Visa not required[209] | 90 days |
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Visa on arrival[210] | 15 days | |
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Visa not required[211] | 30 days | |
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Visa not required[213] | 3 months | |
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Visa not required[214] | 30 days[215] | |
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Visa on arrival[216] | 30 days[217] | |
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Visa on arrival[218] | 7 days |
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Free visa on arrival[220] | 31 days |
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Visa not required[222] | ||
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Visa not required[223] | 3 months | |
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Visa not required[224] | 90 days | 90 days within any 180 days period in Turkiye |
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Visa required[225][226] | ||
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Free Visa on arrival[227] | 1 month | |
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Visa not required[228] | 3 months[229] | |
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eVisa[230] | 30 days | |
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Free visa on arrival[231] | 30 days | |
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Visa not required[232] | 6 months | |
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Visa required[233] |
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Visa not required[234] | 30 days | |
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Visa not required[235] | 30 days | |
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Visa not required[236] | 30 days | |
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Visa not required[237] | 90 days | |
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Visa not required[238] | 90 days | |
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Visa not required[239] | 30 days | |
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Visa on arrival[240] | 3 months | |
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Visa not required[241] | 90 days | |
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Visa not required[242] | 3 months |
Visa requirements for Malaysia citizens for visits to various territories, disputed areas, partially recognized countries and restricted zones:
Visitor to | Visa requirement | Notes (excluding departure fees) |
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Europe | ||
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Visa required | Electronic form submission and supporting documents submission via email or fax[243] |
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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.[244][245] |
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Visa not required | Visa-free for 10 days[246] Entry to / exit from Brest, Zhabinsky, Kamenets, Pruzhansky districts of Brest region, as well as Svisloch district of the Grodno region must be through road checkpoints Brest (Terespol), Domachevo (Slovatici), Peschatka (Polovtsi), the point of a simplified pass Pererov (Bialowieza), railway crossing point Brest-Vostochny (Terespol) & checkpoint Brest airport. Entry to / exit from territory of special tourist and recreational park Augustow Canal must be through road checkpoints Bruzgi (Forge Belostotskaya) Privalka (Raigardas), point of a simplified check Forestry (Rudavka), Privalka (Svindubre), railway checkpoint Grodno (Kuznica Belostotskaya) & checkpoint Airport Grodno. |
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Visa required | Visa issued by Russia is required.[247] |
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Visa not required | 3 months[248][249] |
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Access Permit required[250] | Access Permit is required for travelling inside the zone, except Civil Use Areas. |
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Visa not required | 90 days[251][252] |
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Visa not required[253] | 90 days[254] |
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Visa not required | 90 days[255] |
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Visa not required | 90 days[256] |
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Permit required | Permit issued by the local police required for staying for less than 24 hours and permit issued by the Norwegian police for staying for more than 24 hours.[257][258] |
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Visa not required | 90 days[259] |
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Visa not required | 90 days[260] |
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Visa on arrival | Travellers can obtain the visa on arrival at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs office in Stepanakert upon arrival.[261][262] Holders of a passport containing an Artsakh visa (expired or valid) or any evidence of travel to Artsakh (stamps) will be permanently denied entry to Azerbaijan.[263][264] |
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Special authorization required | Several closed cities and regions in Russia require special authorization.[265] |
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Visa not required | Multiple entry visa to Russia and three-day prior notification are required to enter South Ossetia.[266][267] |
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Visa not required | Registration required after 24h.[268] |
Africa | ||
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Special permit required | Special permit required.[269][270] |
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Travel permit required | To travel in the rest of the country, a Travel Permit for Foreigners is required (20 Eritrean nakfa).[271] |
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Visa not required | 90 days[272][273] |
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Visa not required | 90 days[272][273][274] |
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eVisa[275][276] |
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Visitor's Pass on arrival | 6 months. Visitor's Pass granted on arrival valid for 4/10/21/60/90 days for 12/14/16/20/25 pound sterling.[277] |
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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.[278] |
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Undefined visa regime | 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.[279] |
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Travel permit required | All foreigners traveling more than 25 kilometers outside of Khartoum must obtain a travel permit. |
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Travel permit required | Separate travel permit is required.[280] |
Asia | ||
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Visa on arrival[48] | 15 days. Available at Haikou Meilan International Airport and Sanya Phoenix International Airport. Visa not required for 15 days for traveling as part of a tourist group (5 or more people)[281] |
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Visa not required | 90 days[282] |
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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.[283][284][285][286][287][288] |
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Special permission required | Special permission required for the town of Baikonur and surrounding areas in Kyzylorda Oblast, and the town of Gvardeyskiy near Almaty.[289] |
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Visa not required | Visitors to Kish Island do not require a visa.[290] |
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Visa not required | 30 days[291] |
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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.[292] |
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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) |
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Visa not required[293] | Arrival by sea to Gaza Strip not allowed.[294] |
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PCR Test required[295] | 30 days[296] |
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OIVR permit required | OIVR permit required (15+5 Tajikistani Somoni) and another special permit (free of charge) is required for Lake Sarez.[297][298][299] |
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TTP required | Tibet Travel Permit required (10 US Dollars).[300][301][302] |
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Special permit required | A special permit, issued prior to arrival by Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is required if visiting the following places: Atamurat, Cheleken, Dashoguz, Serakhs and Serhetabat.[303][304] |
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Restricted zone | |
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Restricted zone | |
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Special permission required | Special permission needed for travel outside Sana’a or Aden.[305] |
Caribbean and North Atlantic | ||
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Visa not required | 3 months[306] |
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Visa not required | 90 days[307][308] |
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Visa not required | 6 months.[35] |
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Visa not required | 90 days[309][310] |
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Visa not required | 6 months, extensions possible[311] |
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Tourist Card on arrival | must hold return/onward ticket. Visitors arriving at Gustavo Rojas Pinilla International Airport and Alfredo Vásquez Cobo International Airport must buy tourist cards on arrival.[51] |
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Visa not required | 60 days[313] |
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Visa not required | 3 months[314] |
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Visa not required | 90 days. French West Indies refers to Martinique, Guadeloupe, Saint Martin and Saint Barthélemy.[273][274] |
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Visa not required | 90 days[315] |
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Visa not required | All visitors are fingerprinted.[316] |
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Visa not required | 6 months[317][318] |
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Visa required[319] | Visa Issued by the United States is required. |
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Visa not required | 90 days[272][273][274] |
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Visa not required | 90 days[320][321] |
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Visa required | Holders of valid visa issued by Canada, United Kingdom or the USA may enter Turks and Caicos Islands for stay up to a maximum of 90 days.[322][323] |
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Visa required[324] | Visa issued by the United States is required. |
South America | ||
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Visa not required | 90 days[325][273][274] |
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Pre-registration required | Online pre-registration is required. Transit Control Card must also be obtained at the airport prior to departure.[326] |
Oceania | ||
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Entry permit required | Entry Permit required from Office of Attorney General of American Samoa.[327] |
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Special authorisation required | Special authorisation required.[328] |
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Special permit required | Special permit required.[329] |
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Visa not required | 31 days[330] |
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Special permission required | Special permission required.[331] |
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Visa not required | 90 days[332][273] |
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Visa not required | 45 days[333] |
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Visa not required | 90 days[272][273] |
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Visa not required | 30 days[334] |
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Visa not required | 45 days[333] |
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Visa not required | 14 days visa free and landing fee USD35 or tax of USD5 if not going ashore.[335][336][337] |
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Special permits required | Special permits required for Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Atoll, Palmyra Atoll and Wake Island.[338][339][340][341][342][343][344][345] |
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Visa not required | 90 days[272] |
South Atlantic and Antarctica | ||
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Visa required | British Overseas Territory visa is required. Apply at British High Commission[346] |
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Permit required | Pre-arrival permit from the Commissioner required 60 days before arrival[347] |
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Holders of an APEC Business Travel Card (ABTC) travelling on business do not require a visa to the following countries:[359]
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:[360]
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.[361] 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 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[362] to have a current International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis, as does the South American territory of French Guiana.[363]
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.[364][365]
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.[366]
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[367][368] or even accept passports that have already expired (but not been cancelled).[369]
Some countries, such as Japan,[370] Ireland and the United Kingdom,[371] 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,[372] 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,[373] Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Laos, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Mongolia, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Oman, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Peru.[374] Philippines,[375] 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.[376]
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[377] and South Africa.
Some countries, including Australia, Canada, Fiji, New Zealand and the United States,[378] 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.[379]
Kuwait,[380] Lebanon,[381] Libya,[382] Syria,[383] and Yemen[384] 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 between Armenia and Azerbaijan in 2020,[385][386][387] Armenian citizens and other foreign nationals of Armenian descent are likely to encounter difficulties when attempting to enter the Republic of Azerbaijan.[388][389][390]
Azerbaijan bans visits by foreign citizens to the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh[390] (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[391] and will be included in their "list of personae non gratae".[392] 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.[393]
Fingerprinting countries include Afghanistan,[394][395] Argentina,[396] Brunei, Cambodia,[397] China,[398] Ethiopia,[399] Ghana, Guinea,[400] India, Japan,[401][402] Kenya (both fingerprints and a photo are taken),[403] Malaysia upon entry and departure,[404] Mongolia, Paraguay, Saudi Arabia,[405] Singapore, South Korea,[406] Taiwan, Thailand,[407] Uganda,[408] 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),[409][410][411] intends to implement facial recognition for passengers departing from international airports to identify people who overstay their visa.[412]
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[413] and the United Arab Emirates conducts iris scanning on visitors who need to apply for a visa.[414][415]