Travel requirements for Polish citizens

Travel requirements for Polish citizens are public health and administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Poland.

As of 2024, Polish citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 189 countries and territories, ranking the Polish passport 6th in the world according to the Henley Passport Index.^[1]

Visa requirements map[edit]

Visa requirements[edit]

Country	Visa requirement	Allowed stay	Notes (excluding departure fees)	Reciprocity
Afghanistan	Visa required[3]			✓
Albania	Visa not required[3]	90 days	ID card valid.	X
Algeria	Visa required[4][3]			✓
Andorra	Visa not required[3]	90 days[5]	ID card valid.	✓
Angola	Visa not required[3]	30 days	30 days per trip, but no more than 90 days within any 1 calendar year for tourism purposes only.[6] Visitors must have a return/onward ticket and a hotel reservation confirmation.[7] An International Certificate of Vaccination is required.	X
Antigua and Barbuda	Visa not required[3]	6 months		X
Argentina	Visa not required[3]	90 days		✓
Armenia	Visa not required[3]	180 days		X
Australia	eVisitor[3]	90 days	90 days on each visit in 12-month period if granted.	✓
Austria	Freedom of movement[3][8]	Unlimited stay	ID card valid.	✓
Azerbaijan	eVisa[3][9]	30 days		X
Bahamas	Visa not required[3]	3 months[10]		✓
Bahrain	eVisa / Visa on arrival[3]	14 days		X
Bangladesh	Visa on arrival[11]	30 days		X
Barbados	Visa not required[12]	3 months		✓
Belarus	Visa not required[13]	90 days	Visa not required if arriving and departing via Minsk International Airport, except for flights departing to and from Russian airports. The allowed length of stay is up to 30 days.[3] Currently only possible if arriving from non-EU countries, due to EU sanctions on Belarus, as the EU banned Belarusian carriers from flying into its airspace and prohibited EU-based airlines from flying through Belarusian airspace.[14][15][16] Visa not required for the single visa-free territory "Brest – Grodno". The allowed length of stay is up to 15 days.[17] Local travel agency issued document required prior to arrival.[18] Visa-free until 31 December 2024.[19]	X
Belgium	Freedom of movement[20]	Unlimited stay	ID card valid.	✓
Belize	Visa not required[21]	30 days		X
Benin	eVisa[3][22]	90 days	Must have an international vaccination certificate.	X
Bhutan	eVisa[3][23]		Pre-approved visa can be picked up on arrival.	X
Bolivia	Visa not required[3][24]	90 days		X
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Visa not required[25]	90 days	90 days within any 6-month period ID card valid	X
Botswana	Visa not required[26]	90 days	90 days within any-year period.	X
Brazil	Visa not required[27]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period.	✓
Brunei	Visa not required[28]	90 days		✓
Bulgaria	Freedom of movement[29]	Unlimited stay	ID card valid.	✓
Burkina Faso	eVisa / Visa on arrival[30]	1 months[31]		X
Burundi	Visa on arrival[32]	1 month	From December 2021, passengers of all countries that required visa, can now obtain visa on arrival at Bujumbura International Airport, and all land borders.[33]	X
Cambodia	eVisa / Visa on arrival[34]	30 days		X
Cameroon	eVisa[35][36]		Pre-approved visa can be picked up on arrival.	X
Canada	eTA / Visa not required[37][38]	6 months	eTA required if arriving by air.	✓
Cape Verde	EASE[2]	30 days	Must register online at least five days prior to arrival(EASE).	X
Central African Republic	Visa required[39]			✓
Chad	Visa required[40]			✓
Chile	Visa not required[41]	90 days		✓
China	Visa required[42]		24-hour visa-free transit through China (unless arriving in Fuzhou, Huangshan, Mudanjiang, or Yanji). 72-hour visa-free transit through Changsha, Guilin and Harbin. 144-hour visa-free transit through Beijing, Chengdu, Chongqing, Dalian, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Jieyang, Kunming, Nanjing, Ningbo, Qinhuangdao, Qingdao, Shanghai, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Shijiazhuang, Tianjin, Wuhan, Xiamen and Xi'an.[43] Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan count as third countries under the 24, 72 and 144-hours transit without visa (TWOV) policies.	✓
Colombia	Visa not required[44]	90 days	90 days – extendable up to 180-days stay within a one-year period.	✓
Comoros	Visa on arrival[45]	45 days		X
Republic of the Congo	Visa required[46]		Visa not required if Passengers with a V.I.P invitation letter.	✓
Democratic Republic of the Congo	eVisa[3][47]	7 days		X
Costa Rica	Visa not required[3]	90 days		X
Côte d'Ivoire	eVisa[48]	3 months	e-Visa holders must arrive via Port Bouet Airport.	X
Croatia	Freedom of movement[3]	Unlimited stay	ID card valid.	✓
Cuba	Tourist card required[3]	90 days[3]	Can be extended up to 90 days with a fee.	X
Cyprus	Freedom of movement[3]	Unlimited stay	ID card valid.	✓
Czech Republic	Freedom of movement[3]	Unlimited stay	ID card valid.	✓
Denmark	Freedom of movement (mainland Denmark)[3]	Unlimited stay	ID card valid.	✓
Djibouti	eVisa[49]	90 days		X
Dominica	Visa not required[3]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period.	X
Dominican Republic	Visa not required[3]	90 days		X
Ecuador	Visa not required[3]	90 days[3]		X
Egypt	eVisa / Visa on arrival[3][50]	30 days		X
El Salvador	Visa not required[3]	3 months		✓
Equatorial Guinea	eVisa[3][51]			X
Eritrea	Visa required[3]		Pre-approved visa can be picked up on arrival.	✓
Estonia	Freedom of movement[3]	Unlimited stay	ID card valid.	✓
Eswatini	Visa not required[3]	30 days		X
Ethiopia	eVisa / Visa on arrival[3][52]	90 days	Passengers of Ethiopian origin may obtain a visa on arrival at Addis Ababa Bole International Airport[3] e-Visas are available for 30 or 90 days.	X
Fiji	Visa not required[3]	4 months		X
Finland	Freedom of movement[3]	Unlimited stay	ID card valid.	✓
France	Freedom of movement[3]	Unlimited stay	ID card valid (including in Overseas France).	✓
Gabon	eVisa[3][53]	90 days	e-Visa holders must arrive via Libreville International Airport.	X
Gambia	Visa not required[3]	90 days		X
Georgia	Visa not required[3]	1 year	ID card valid.	X
Germany	Freedom of movement[3]	Unlimited stay	ID card valid.	✓
Ghana	Visa required[3]		Pre-approved visa can be picked up on arrival.	✓
Greece	Freedom of movement[3]	Unlimited stay	ID card valid.	✓
Grenada	Visa not required[3]	3 months		✓
Guatemala	Visa not required[3]	90 days		X
Guinea	eVisa[3][54]	90 days		X
Guinea-Bissau	Visa on arrival[3]	90 days	Letter of authorization issued by the Migration Office of Guinea Bissau prior to arrival required.	X
Guyana	Visa required[3]			✓
Haiti	Visa not required[3]	90 days		X
Honduras	Visa not required[3]	3 months		X
Hungary	Freedom of movement[3]	Unlimited stay	ID card valid.	✓
Iceland	Freedom of movement[3]	Unlimited stay	ID card valid.	✓
India	eVisa[3]	30 days	e-Visa holders must arrive via 26 designated airports[Note 7] or 3 designated seaports.[Note 8][55] An Indian e-Tourist Visa may only be obtained twice within 1 calendar year.[citation needed] Foreigners of Pakistani origin or who hold a Pakistani Passport are not eligible for an e-Visa. Foreigners who are not Pakistani nationals, but whose parents or grandparents (either paternal or maternal) were born in, or were permanent residents in Pakistan, are also not eligible for an e-Visa.[56] Former Indian citizens with an OCI (Overseas Citizen Of India) cards are eligible for unlimited travel and stay.	X
Indonesia	e-VOA / Visa on arrival[3]	30 days[57]		X
Iran	eVisa[3][58]	30 days	Passengers who have already made an application, at least 2 days before arrival, at the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affair's e-Visa website and present the submission notification at the airport's visa desk may obtain a visa on arrival.[59]	X
Iraq	Visa on arrival[3]	60 days		X
Ireland	Freedom of movement[3]	Unlimited stay	ID card valid.	✓
Israel	Visa not required[3]	3 months		✓
Italy	Freedom of movement[3]	Unlimited stay	ID card valid.	✓
Jamaica	Visa not required[3]	30 days[60]		X
Japan	Visa not required[3]	90 days	Extendable once.	✓
Jordan	eVisa / Visa on arrival[3][61]	2 months	Conditions apply.[62] Visa can be obtained upon arrival, it will cost a total of 40 JOD, obtainable at most international ports of entry and land border crossings. (except King Hussein/Allenby Bridge)	X
Kazakhstan	Visa not required[3]	30 days		X
Kenya	Electronic Travel Authorisation[3][63]	90 days	Applications can be submitted up to 90 days prior to travel and must be submitted at least 3 days in advance. eTA fee is USD 32.50. Proof of reservation at the hotel where visitors plan to stay is required (if staying with friends, an invitation letter is also acceptable). Yellow fever vaccination certificate is required if coming from endemic countries.	X
Kiribati	Visa not required[3]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period.	X
North Korea	Visa required[3]			✓
South Korea	Electronical Travel Authorization[3][64]	90 days	The validity period of a K-ETA is 3 years from the date of approval.[65]	✓
Kuwait	eVisa / Visa on arrival[3][66]	3 months		X
Kyrgyzstan	Visa not required[3]	60 days		X
Laos	eVisa / Visa on arrival[3]	30 days	17[Note 9] of the 31 border crossings are only open to visa holders.[67] e-Visa may be used to enter Laos through Luang Prabang, Pakse and Vientiane international airports, 3 Thai-Lao Friendship Bridges[Note 10] and in Boten (road and railroad).[68] Visa on arrival is available at Luang Prabang, Pakse and Vientiane international airports, the 4 Thai-Lao Friendship Bridges[Note 11] and 6 border crossings.[Note 12][67] Visa on arrival is extendable for an additional 60 days at the Department of Immigration in Vientiane.[69]	X
Latvia	Freedom of movement[3]	Unlimited stay	ID card valid.	✓
Lebanon	Free visa on arrival[3]	1 month	Extendable for 2 additional months. Granted free of charge at Beirut International Airport or any other port of entry if there is no Israeli visa or seal, holding a telephone number, an address in Lebanon, and a non refundable return or circle trip ticket.	X
Lesotho	eVisa[3][70]			X
Liberia	Visa required[3]		Pre-approved visa can be picked up on arrival.	✓
Libya	eVisa[3][71]			X
Liechtenstein	Freedom of movement[3]	Unlimited stay	ID card valid.	✓
Lithuania	Freedom of movement[3]	Unlimited stay	ID card valid.	✓
Luxembourg	Freedom of movement[3]	Unlimited stay	ID card valid	✓
Madagascar	Visa on arrival[3]	60 days		X
Malawi	Visa not required[3]	30 days		X
Malaysia	Visa not required[3]	3 months		✓
Maldives	Free visa on arrival[3]	30 days		X
Mali	Visa required[3]			✓
Malta	Freedom of movement[3]	Unlimited stay	ID card valid.	✓
Marshall Islands	Visa not required[3]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period.	✓
Mauritania	Visa on arrival[3]	30 days[72]	Available at Nouakchott–Oumtounsy International Airport.	X
Mauritius	Visa not required[3]	90 days		X
Mexico	Visa not required[3]	180 days[60]		✓
Micronesia	Visa not required[3]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period.	✓
Moldova	Visa not required[3]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period. ID card valid.	X
Monaco	Visa not required[3]	90 days[73]	ID card valid.	✓
Mongolia	Visa not required[3]	30 days	The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia has exempted visas for 34 countries from January 2023 to December 2025.	X
Montenegro	Visa not required[3]	90 days	ID card valid for 30 days.	X
Morocco	Visa not required[3]	90 days		X
Mozambique	eVisa / Visa on arrival[3][74]	30 days		X
Myanmar	eVisa[3][75]	28 days	e-Visa holders must arrive via Yangon, Nay Pyi Taw or Mandalay airports or via land border crossings with Thailand — Tachileik, Myawaddy and Kawthaung or India — Rih Khaw Dar and Tamu. e-Visa available for both tourism (allowed stay is 28 days) or business (allowed stay is 70 days) purposes.	X
Namibia	Visa on arrival[3]	3 months	Available at Hosea Kutako International Airport. 3 months within a calendar year.	X
Nauru	Visa required[3]			✓
Nepal	Online Visa / Visa on arrival[3]	90 days[76]		X
Netherlands	Freedom of movement (European Netherlands)[3]	Unlimited stay	ID card valid.	✓
New Zealand	NZeTA[3]	3 months	May enter using eGate.[77] International Visitor Conservation and Tourism Levy must be paid upon requesting an Electronic Travel Authority.[78] Holders of an Australian Permanent Resident Visa or Resident Return Visa may be granted a New Zealand Resident Visa on arrival permitting indefinite stay (pursuant to the Trans-Tasman Travel Arrangement), subject to meeting character requirements and obtaining an Electronic Travel Authority prior to departure.[79] Such travellers are not required to pay the International Visitor Conservation and Tourism Levy.[78]	✓
Nicaragua	Visa not required[3]	90 days		X
Niger	Visa required[3]		Visa on arrival if a letter of invitation (Visa Volant) issued by the Ministry of Interior is conferred.	✓
Nigeria	eVisa[3][80]	90 days	Holders of written e-Visa approval issued by the Immigration Authority can obtain a visa on arrival, provided they hold a visa application form and e-Visa application payment receipt and have an invitation letter from a Nigerian company accepting immigration responsibilities.[81]	X
North Macedonia	Visa not required[3]	90 days	ID card valid.	X
Norway	Freedom of movement[3]	Unlimited stay	ID card valid.	✓
Oman	eVisa / Visa not required[3][82]	30 days / 14 days	e-Visa is valid for 30 days is also available. Holders of diplomatic or official passports is up to 90 days.	X
Pakistan	ETA / Online Visa[3][83]	30 days / 3 months	Electronic Travel Authorization to obtain a visa on arrival for tourism purposes.[84] Electronic Travel Authorization to obtain a visa on arrival for business purposes.[85] Online Visa eligible.[86]	X
Palau	Visa not required[3]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period.	✓
Panama	Visa not required[3]	90 days		✓
Papua New Guinea	eVisa[3][87]	60 days	Available at Gurney Airport (Alotau), Mount Hagen Airport, Port Moresby Airport and Tokua Airport (Rabaul).	X
Paraguay	Visa not required[3]	90 days		✓
Peru	Visa not required[3]	90 days	90 days within any 6-month period.	✓
Philippines	Visa not required[3]	30 days[60]		X
Portugal	Freedom of movement[3]	Unlimited stay	ID card valid.	✓
Qatar	Visa not required[3]	90 days		X
Romania	Freedom of movement[3]	Unlimited stay	ID card valid.	✓
Russia	eVisa[3][88]	16 days	Visa waiver available for passengers arriving by cruise only who are staying in Russia for a maximum of 72 hours.	X
Rwanda	eVisa / Visa on arrival[3][89]	30 days		X
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Visa not required[3]	3 months		X
Saint Lucia	Visa not required[3]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period.	X
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Visa not required[3]	30 days[60]		X
Samoa	Visa not required[3]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period.	✓
San Marino	Visa not required[3]	3 months[90]	ID card valid.	✓
São Tomé and Príncipe	Visa not required[3]	15 days		X
Saudi Arabia	eVisa / Visa on arrival[3][91]	90 days		X
Senegal	Visa not required[3]	90 days		X
Serbia	Visa not required[3]	90 days	90 days within any 6-month period. ID card valid.	X
Seychelles	Visa not required[3][92]	3 months[93]		✓
Sierra Leone	eVisa / Visa on arrival[3][94]	30 days		X
Singapore	Visa not required[3]	90 days		✓
Slovakia	Freedom of movement[3]	Unlimited stay	ID card valid.	✓
Slovenia	Freedom of movement[3]	Unlimited stay	ID card valid.	✓
Solomon Islands	Visa not required[3]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period.	✓
Somalia	Visa on arrival[3]	30 days	Available at Berbera, Borama, Burao, Erigavo and Hargeisa airports.[citation needed] 30 days, available at Bosaso Airport, Galcaio Airport and Mogadishu Airport.[citation needed]	X
South Africa	Visa not required[3]	30 days		X
South Sudan	eVisa[3][95]		Obtainable online. Printed visa authorization must be presented at the time of travel.	X
Spain	Freedom of movement[3]	Unlimited stay	ID card valid.	✓
Sri Lanka	eVisa / Visa on arrival[3][96]	60 days / 30 days	The standard visitor visa allows a stay of 60 days within any 6 month period.[97] Visa fees (for Standard visitor visa): SAARC - USD 35 Non SAARC - USD 75 e-Visa categories will be charged an additional USD 18.50 service fee. If transiting from any of the Sri Lankan airports, An e-Visa is exempted (2 day transit period).	X
Sudan	Visa required[3]			✓
Suriname	Visa not required[3][98]	90 days	An entrance fee of USD 25 or EUR 25 must be paid online prior to arrival.[99] Multiple entry e-Visa is also available.[100]	X
Sweden	Freedom of movement[3]	Unlimited stay	ID card valid.	✓
Switzerland	Freedom of movement[3]	Unlimited stay	ID card valid.	✓
Syria	Visa required[3]			✓
Tajikistan	Visa not required[3]	30 days	Visa also available online. e-Visa holders can enter through all border points.[101]	X
Tanzania	eVisa / Visa on arrival[3][102]	90 days		X
Thailand	Visa not required[3]	30 days	Maximum two visits annually if not arriving by air.	X
Timor-Leste	Visa not required[3]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period.	✓
Togo	eVisa[3][103]	15 days		X
Tonga	Visa not required[104]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period.	X
Trinidad and Tobago	Visa not required[3]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period.	X
Tunisia	Visa not required[3]	90 days[60]	ID card valid on organized tours (package holidays).[105]	X
Turkey	Visa not required[3]	3 months	ID card valid.[106] Former Turkish citizens with a Turkish "Blue Card" (Mavi Kart): Freedom of movement.[107]	X
Turkmenistan	Visa required[3]		Pre-approved visa can be picked up on arrival.	✓
Tuvalu	Visa not required[3]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period.	✓
Uganda	eVisa[3][108]	24 months		X
Ukraine	Visa not required[3]	18 months	Since September 16, 2022, Polish citizens and their families can freely stay on the territory of Ukraine for up to 18 months.[109]	✓
United Arab Emirates	Visa not required[3]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period.	✓
United Kingdom	Visa not required[3]	6 months		✓
United States	Visa Waiver Program[3][110]	90 days	ESTA is valid for 2 years from the date of issuance.[111] ESTA is also required when entering the country by cruise ship or land.[112] Visa required if Nationals of VWP countries who have travelled or been present in Iraq, North Korea, Syria, Iran, Sudan, Libya, Somalia, or Yemen at any time on or after 1 March 2011 (with limited exceptions), or those who have travelled or being present in Cuba at any time on or after 12 January 2021, or nationals of VWP countries who are also nationals of Iraq, Syria, Iran, North Korea or Sudan.	✓
Uruguay	Visa not required[3]	90 days		✓
Uzbekistan	Visa not required[3]	30 days		X
Vanuatu	Visa not required[3]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period.	X
Vatican City	Visa not required[3]	1 day[113]	ID card valid.	✓
Venezuela	Visa not required[3]	90 days		X
Vietnam	eVisa[3][114]		e-Visa is valid for 90 days and multiple entry.	X
Yemen	Visa required[3]			✓
Zambia	Visa not required[3]	30 days	Also eligible for a universal visa allowing access to Zimbabwe.	X
Zimbabwe	Visa on arrival[3]	30 days	Also eligible for a universal visa allowing access to Zambia.	X

List of territories, disputed areas or restricted zones[edit]

Visa requirements for Polish citizens for visits to various territories, disputed areas, partially recognized countries and restricted zones:

Visitor to	Visa requirement	Allowed stay	Notes (excluding departure fees)
Europe
Abkhazia	Visa required[115]
Mount Athos	Special permit required	4 days	Special permit required (EUR 25 for Orthodox visitors, EUR 35 for non-Orthodox visitors, EUR 18 for students). There is a visitors' quota: maximum 100 Orthodox and 10 non-Orthodox per day and women are not allowed.[116][117]
Brest and Grodno	Visa not required	Visa-free for 10 days[118]
Northern Cyprus	Visa not required	3 months[119]	ID card valid.
UN Buffer Zone in Cyprus	Access Permit required[120]		Access Permit is required for travelling inside the zone, except Civil Use Areas.
Faroe Islands	Visa not required[3]	90 days	ID card valid.
Gibraltar	Visa not required[3]	6 months from January 2021.	ID card valid.
Guernsey	Visa not required[121]	6 months from January 2021.
Jersey	Visa not required[122]	6 months from January 2021.
Isle of Man	Visa not required[123]	6 months from January 2021.
Jan Mayen	Permit required		Permit issued by the local police required for staying for less than 24 hours[124] and permit issued by the Norwegian police for staying for more than 24 hours.[125]
Kosovo	Visa not required[3]	90 days[126]	ID card valid.
Russia	Special authorization required		Several closed cities and regions in Russia require special authorization.[127]
South Ossetia	Russian multiple entry visa required		Multiple entry visa to Russia and three-day prior notification are required to enter South Ossetia.[128][129]
Transnistria	Visa not required	24 hours	Registration required after 24h.[130][131]
Africa
British Indian Ocean Territory	Special permit required		Special permit required.[132]
Canary Islands	Freedom of movement	Unlimited stay	ID card valid.
Eritrea outside Asmara	Travel permit required		To travel in the rest of the country, a Travel Permit for Foreigners is required (20 Eritrean nakfa).[133]
Madeira	Freedom of movement	Unlimited stay	ID card valid.
Mayotte	Freedom of movement	Unlimited stay[134]	ID card valid.
Réunion	Freedom of movement	Unlimited stay[134]	ID card valid.
Ascension Island	eVisa[135][136]	3 months within any year period.
Saint Helena	Visitor's Pass on arrival		Visitor's Pass granted on arrival valid for 4/10/21/60/90 days for 12/14/16/20/25 pound sterling.[137]
Tristan da Cunha	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.[138]
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic	Visa not required	90 days	Same visa regime as Morocco.
Somaliland	Visa on arrival	30 days for 30 US dollars, payable on arrival.[139][140]
Sudan	Travel permit required		All foreigners traveling more than 25 kilometers outside of Khartoum must obtain a travel permit.
Darfur	Travel permit required		Separate travel permit is required.[141]
Asia
Hainan	Visa not required	30 days	Individual tourists need to select a tour agency and inform them their schedule.[142][143]
Hong Kong	Visa not required	90 days[3]
India PAP/RAP	PAP/RAP required		Protected Area Permit (PAP) required for whole states of Nagaland and Sikkim and parts of states Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, Uttaranchal, Jammu and Kashmir, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh. Restricted Area Permit (RAP) required for all of Andaman and Nicobar Islands and parts of Sikkim. Some of these requirements are occasionally lifted for a year.[144][145][146][147][148][149]
Iraqi Kurdistan	eVisa	30 days[150]
Kazakhstan	Special permission required		Special permission required for the town of Baikonur and surrounding areas in Kyzylorda Oblast, and the town of Gvardeyskiy near Almaty.[151]
Kish Island	Visa not required		Visitors to Kish Island do not require a visa.[152]
Macao	Visa not required	90 days[3]
Sabah and Sarawak	Visa not required		These states have their own immigration authorities and passport is required to travel to them, however the same visa applies.[153]
North Korea outside Pyongyang	Special permit required		People are not allowed to leave the capital city, tourists can only leave the capital with a governmental tourist guide (no independent moving)
Palestine	Visa not required[3]		Arrival by sea to Gaza Strip not allowed.[154]
Taiwan	Visa not required	90 days[3]
Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province	OVIR permit required		OVIR permit required, can be obtained with e-visa application for an additional USD 20. Locally it may be obtained for 15+5 Tajikistani Somoni. Another special permit (free of charge) is required for Lake Sarez.[155][156][157]
Tibet Autonomous Region	TTP required		Tibet Travel Permit required (10 US Dollars).[158][159][160]
Turkmenistan	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.[161]
Korean Demilitarized Zone	Restricted zone
UNDOF Zone and Ghajar	Restricted zone
Phú Quốc	Visa not required	30 days[162]
Yemen	Special permission required		Special permission needed for travel outside Sana’a or Aden.[163]
Caribbean and North Atlantic
Azores	Freedom of movement	Unlimited stay	ID card valid.
Anguilla	Visa not required	3 months[3]
Aruba	Visa not required	30 days, extendable to 180 days[3][164]
Bermuda	Visa not required	Up to 6 months, decided on arrival.[3]
Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba	Visa not required	3 months[3][165]
British Virgin Islands	Visa not required	30 days, extensions possible[3]
Cayman Islands	Visa not required	6 months[3]
Curacao	Visa not required	3 months[3]
Greenland	Visa not required[3]	90 days
Guadeloupe	Freedom of movement	Unlimited stay[134]	ID card valid.
Martinique	Freedom of movement	Unlimited stay[134]	ID card valid.
Montserrat	Visa not required	6 months[166][3]	ID card valid. (max. 14 days)[167]
Puerto Rico	ESTA[3]	90 days (same as for USA)
Saint Barthélemy	Visa not required		ID card valid.
Saint Martin	Freedom of movement	Unlimited stay[134]	ID card valid.
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	Visa not required		ID card valid.
San Andrés and Leticia	Tourist Card on arrival		Visitors arriving at Gustavo Rojas Pinilla International Airport and Alfredo Vásquez Cobo International Airport must buy tourist cards on arrival.[168]
Sint Maarten	Visa not required	3 months[3][169]
Turks and Caicos Islands	Visa not required	90 days[3]
U.S. Virgin Islands	ESTA[3]	90 days on arrival from overseas for 2 years
Oceania
American Samoa	Electronic authorization[170]	30 days
Ashmore and Cartier Islands	Special authorisation required		Special authorisation required.[171]
Clipperton Island	Special permit required		Special permit required.[172]
Cook Islands	Visa not required	31 days[173]
Lau Province	Special permission required		Special permission required.[174]
Guam	ESTA[3]	90 days on arrival from overseas for 2 years	ESTA required.
New Caledonia	Freedom of movement[175]		ID card valid.
Niue	Visa not required[176]	30 days
Northern Mariana Islands	Visa not required[3]		Visa not required under the Visa Waiver Program, for 90 days on arrival from overseas for 2 years. ESTA required.
Pitcairn Islands	Visa not required	14 days	Landing fee USD 35 or tax of USD 5 if not going ashore.[177][178][179]
French Polynesia	Visa not required		ID card valid.
Tokelau	Entry permit required[180]
United States Minor Outlying Islands	Special permits required		Special permits required for Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Atoll, Palmyra Atoll and Wake Island.[181][182][183][184][185][186][187]
Wallis and Futuna	Visa not required		ID card valid.
South America
French Guiana	Freedom of movement	Unlimited stay[134]	ID card valid.
Galápagos	Online pre-registration required		Online pre-registration is required. Transit Control Card must also be obtained at the airport prior to departure.[188]
South Atlantic and Antarctica
Falkland Islands	Visa not required	1 month	A visitor permit is normally issued as a stamp in the passport on arrival.[189]
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	Permit required		Pre-arrival permit from the Commissioner required (72 hours/1 month for 110/160 pounds sterling).[190][191]
Antarctica	Permit required		Special permits required for  British Antarctic Territory,  French Southern and Antarctic Lands,  Argentine Antarctica, Australian Antarctic Territory, Chilean Antarctic Territory, Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Peter I Island, Queen Maud Land, Ross Dependency.[192][193][194][195][196][197][198][199][200][201][202]

Vaccination requirements[edit]

Vaccination requirements map[edit]

Certain countries and territories require travellers arriving from Poland to be vaccinated against specific diseases. This is a map of vaccination requirements for Polish citizens and residents arriving directly from the Schengen area, excluding those arriving from third countries.

Quadrivalent meningococcal vaccination (ACYW135)[edit]

Meningococcal vaccination requirements for international travel^[203]

Country or territory	Details
Gambia	All travellers must show proof of vaccination with quadrivalent meningococcal vaccine (ACYW135) upon arrival.[204]
Indonesia	Travellers arriving from or departing to Saudi Arabia must show proof of vaccination with quadrivalent ACYW-135.[205]
Lebanon	Proof of vaccination with quadrivalent ACYW-135 is required for travellers departing Lebanon and going to Hajj, Umrah, and to certain African countries.[206]
Libya	All travellers must show proof of vaccination with quadrivalent ACYW-135 upon arrival.[207]
Philippines	Proof of vaccination with quadrivalent ACYW-135 is required for travellers going to Hajj and Umrah (in Saudi Arabia).[208]
Saudi Arabia	Proof of vaccination is required for travellers 2 years of age and older who are Hajj or Umrah pilgrims and seasonal or pilgrim workers in Hajj and Umrah areas. Vaccination with quadrivalent ACYW135 (either polysaccharide or conjugate) must be issued not less than 10 days before arrival and not more than 3 years (polysaccharide vaccine) or 5 years (conjugate vaccine) before arrival. The immunisation certificate should clearly state if the traveller was vaccinated with the conjugate vaccine for the 5-year validity to apply.[209] Vaccination is also required for domestic pilgrims, residents of Mecca and Medina, and any persons participating in Hajj or Umrah or seasonal or pilgrimage work in Hajj and Umrah zones. At the discretion of the Ministry of Health, travellers may be administered prophylactic antibiotics upon arrival.[209]

Polio vaccination[edit]

Polio vaccination requirements for international travel^[203]

Country	Details
Afghanistan	Travellers from polio-endemic countries (Pakistan) need Carte Jaune proof of polio vaccination (received between 4 weeks and 12 months before departure) upon arrival. Residents and ALL travellers staying in Afghanistan longer than 4 weeks need proof of polio vaccination (received between 4 weeks and 12 months before departure) when departing from Afghanistan.[203][210]
Belize	Travellers from Afghanistan and Pakistan need Carte Jaune proof of OPV or IPV vaccination (received between 4 weeks and 12 months before departure) upon arrival. Belize residents travelling countries with confirmed polio cases also need proof of vaccination.[211]
Brunei	Travellers from polio-exporting countries need Carte Jaune proof of OPV or IPV vaccination (received between 4 weeks and 12 months before departure) upon arrival.[212]
Egypt	Travellers from Afghanistan, Angola, Benin, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, China, Congo-Kinshasa, Ethiopia, Ghana, Indonesia, Kenya, Mozambique, Myanmar, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, and Somalia need Carte Jaune proof of OPV or IPV vaccination (received between 4 weeks and 12 months before departure) upon arrival.[213]
Georgia	Travellers from at-risk countries need Carte Jaune proof of OPV or IPV vaccination (received between 4 weeks and 12 months before departure) upon arrival. Travellers without proof are offered OPV vaccination upon arrival.[214]
India	Travellers from Afghanistan, Congo-Kinshasa, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, Pakistan, Somalia, and Syria need Carte Jaune proof of OPV or IPV vaccination (received between 4 weeks and 12 months before departure) upon arrival.[215]
Iran	Travellers from Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Nigeria need Carte Jaune proof of OPV or IPV vaccination (received between 4 weeks and 12 months before departure) upon arrival. Travellers without proof will be vaccinated upon arrival.[216]
Iraq	Travellers aged 15+ from Afghanistan and Pakistan need Carte Jaune proof of OPV or IPV vaccination (received between 4 weeks and 12 months before departure) upon arrival; children under age 15 must have received three doses of polio vaccine before travel. Travellers without proof will be vaccinated upon arrival. Travellers departing Iraq to Afghanistan and Pakistan must also provide proof of vaccination upon departure.[217]
Jordan	Travellers from Afghanistan and Pakistan need Carte Jaune proof of OPV or IPV vaccination (received between 4 weeks and 12 months before departure) upon arrival.[218]
Lebanon	Travellers from and to polio-affected countries need Carte Jaune proof of OPV or IPV vaccination (received between 4 weeks and 12 months before departure) upon arrival.[219]
Libya	Travellers from Afghanistan and Pakistan need Carte Jaune proof of OPV or IPV vaccination (received between 4 weeks and 12 months before departure) upon arrival.[220]
Maldives	Travellers from and to polio-exporting countries, as well as Hajj and Umrah pilgrims, need Carte Jaune proof of OPV or IPV vaccination (received between 4 weeks and 12 months before departure) upon arrival.[221]
Morocco	Travellers from polio-affected countries need Carte Jaune proof of OPV or IPV vaccination (received between 4 weeks and 12 months before departure) upon arrival.[222]
Nepal	Travellers from Afghanistan, Kenya, Nigeria, Pakistan, and Papua New Guinea need Carte Jaune proof of OPV or IPV vaccination (received between 4 weeks and 12 months before departure) upon arrival.[223]
Oman	Travellers from polio-exporting countries need Carte Jaune proof of OPV or IPV vaccination (received between 4 weeks and 12 months before departure) upon arrival.[224]
Pakistan	Travellers from ALL countries planning to stay in Pakistan for more than 4 weeks need Carte Jaune proof of OPV vaccination upon arrival. Residents and ALL travellers staying in Pakistan longer than 4 weeks need proof of OPV vaccination when departing from Pakistan.[203][225]
Philippines	Travellers from or to high-risk countries need Carte Jaune proof of polio vaccination upon arrival or before departure, respectively.[203] Due to an ongoing local VDPV2 outbreak, the government recommends all others travellers to consider getting a polio vaccine or booster dose, depending on their situation.[226]
Qatar	Travellers from polio-exporting countries (identified by Qatar as: Afghanistan, Nigeria, Pakistan and Philippines) need Carte Jaune proof of OPV or IPV vaccination (received between 4 weeks and 12 months before departure) upon arrival.[227]
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Travellers from polio-endemic countries as identified by WHO (Afghanistan and Pakistan) need Carte Jaune proof of OPV or IPV vaccination (received between 4 weeks and 12 months before departure) upon arrival.[203][228]
Saudi Arabia	Travellers from active-transmission (including wild or vaccine-derived poliovirus) and at-risk countries, as well as all travellers from Afghanistan, Congo-Kinshasa, Mozambique, Myanmar, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Somalia, Syria, and Yemen, need Carte Jaune proof of OPV or IPV vaccination (received between 4 weeks and 12 months before departure) upon arrival. Regardless of immunisation status, all travellers from Afghanistan, Myanmar, Nigeria, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Somalia, Syria, and Yemen will be given an Oral Polio Vaccine dose upon arrival.[229]
Seychelles	Travellers from countries with polio outbreaks need Carte Jaune proof of OPV or IPV vaccination (received between 4 weeks and 12 months before departure) upon arrival.[230]
Syria	Travellers from Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, and Pakistan need Carte Jaune proof of OPV or IPV vaccination (received between 4 weeks and 12 months before departure) upon arrival. ALL Syria residents departing Syria to any country also need proof of vaccination.[231]
Ukraine	Long-term visitors departing to states with wild or circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus transmission should present Carte Jaune proof of vaccination with at least one dose of bivalent OPV or IPV (received between 4 weeks and 12 months before departure). Persons obliged to undertake urgent international travel must be immunised with a single dose of polio vaccine before their departure.[203] There is also risk of poliovirus transmission inside Ukraine itself, and travellers to Ukraine are recommended to be up to date with their polio vaccination before entry.[232]

Yellow fever vaccination[edit]

Yellow fever vaccination requirements for international travel (July 2019)^[203]

Country or territory	Status	Vaccination required for travellers coming from	Traveller age
Albania	No risk	Risk countries	1 year or older
Algeria	No risk	Risk countries[note 1]	1 year or older
Angola	Risk country	All countries	9 months or older
Antigua and Barbuda	No risk	Risk countries	1 year or older
Argentina	Risk provinces: Misiones, Corrientes	No[note 2]	–
Aruba	No risk	Risk countries[note 1]	9 months or older
Australia	No risk	Risk countries[note 1]	1 year or older
Bahamas	No risk	Risk countries[note 1]	1 year or older
Bahrain	No risk	Risk countries[note 1]	9 months or older
Bangladesh	No risk	Risk countries[note 3]	1 year or older
Barbados	No risk	Risk countries	1 year or older
Belize	No risk	Risk countries[note 3]	1 year or older
Benin	Risk country	Risk countries[note 3]	1 year or older
Bolivia	Risk country	Risk countries	1 year or older
Bonaire	No risk	Risk countries[note 1]	9 months or older
Botswana	No risk	Risk countries[note 3]	1 year or older
Brazil	Risk country	No[note 2]	–
Brunei	No risk	Risk countries[note 1]	9 months or older
Burkina Faso	Risk country	Risk countries[note 3]	9 months or older
Burundi	Risk country	Risk countries[note 3]	9 months or older
Cabo Verde	No risk	Risk countries[note 1]	1 year or older
Cambodia	No risk	Risk countries[note 1]	1 year or older
Cameroon	Risk country	All countries	9 months or older
Central African Republic	Risk country	All countries	9 months or older
Chad	Risk country	All countries	9 months or older
China	No risk	Risk countries[note 3]	9 months or older
Christmas Island	No risk	Risk countries[note 1]	1 year or older
Colombia	Risk country	Risk countries[note 1]	1 year or older
Congo-Brazzaville	Risk country	All countries	9 months or older
Congo-Kinshasa	Risk country	All countries	9 months or older
Costa Rica	No risk	Risk countries	9 months or older
Côte d'Ivoire	Risk country	All countries	9 months or older
Cuba	No risk	Risk countries[note 1]	9 months or older
Curaçao	No risk	Risk countries[note 1]	9 months or older
Dominica	No risk	Risk countries[note 1]	1 year or older
Dominican Republic	No risk	Risk countries[note 1]	1 year or older
Ecuador	Risk country	Risk countries[note 1]	1 year or older
Egypt	No risk	Risk countries[note 1]	9 months or older
El Salvador	No risk	Risk countries[note 1]	1 year or older
Equatorial Guinea	Risk country	Risk countries	9 months or older
Eritrea	No risk	Risk countries[note 1]	9 months or older
Eswatini	No risk	Risk countries[note 3]	9 months or older
Ethiopia	Risk country	Risk countries[note 1]	9 months or older
Fiji	No risk	Risk countries[note 1]	1 year or older
French Guiana	Risk country	All countries	1 year or older
French Polynesia	No risk	Risk countries[note 1]	9 months or older
Gabon	Risk country	All countries	1 year or older
Gambia	Risk country	Risk countries	9 months or older
Ghana	Risk country	All countries	9 months or older
Grenada	No risk	Risk countries[note 1]	1 year or older
Guadeloupe	No risk	Risk countries[note 1]	1 year or older
Guatemala	No risk	Risk countries[note 1]	1 year or older
Guinea	Risk country	Risk countries	9 months or older
Guinea-Bissau	Risk country	All countries	1 year or older
Guyana	Risk country	Risk countries[note 3]	1 year or older
Haiti	No risk	Risk countries	1 year or older
Honduras	No risk	Risk countries	1 year or older
India	No risk	Risk countries[note 3]	9 months or older
Indonesia	No risk	Risk countries	9 months or older
Iran	No risk	Risk countries[note 1]	9 months or older
Iraq	No risk	Risk countries[note 1]	9 months or older
Jamaica	No risk	Risk countries[note 1]	1 year or older
Jordan	No risk	Risk countries[note 1]	1 year or older
Kenya	Risk country	Risk countries	1 year or older
Kyrgyzstan	No risk	Risk countries[note 1]	1 year or older
Laos	No risk	Risk countries	Unknown
Lesotho	No risk	Risk countries[note 1]	6 months or older
Liberia	Risk country	Risk countries	9 months or older
Libya	No risk	Risk countries	1 year or older
Madagascar	No risk	Risk countries[note 1]	9 months or older
Malawi	No risk	Risk countries[note 1]	1 year or older
Malaysia	No risk	Risk countries[note 1]	1 year or older
Maldives	No risk	Risk countries[note 1]	9 months or older
Mali	Risk country	All countries	1 year or older
Malta	No risk	Risk countries[note 1]	9 months or older
Martinique	No risk	Risk countries[note 1]	1 year or older
Mauritania	Risk country	Risk countries	1 year or older
Mayotte	No risk	Risk countries[note 1]	1 year or older
Montserrat	No risk	Risk countries[note 3]	1 year or older
Mozambique	No risk	Risk countries[note 1]	9 months or older
Myanmar	No risk	Risk countries[note 1]	1 year or older
Namibia	No risk	Risk countries[note 1]	9 months or older
Nepal	No risk	Risk countries[note 1]	1 year or older
New Caledonia	No risk	Risk countries[note 1]	1 year or older
Nicaragua	No risk	Risk countries	1 year or older
Niger	Risk country	All countries	1 year or older
Nigeria	Risk country	All countries	9 months or older
Niue	No risk	Risk countries	9 months or older
North Korea	No risk	Risk countries	1 year or older
Oman	No risk	Risk countries[note 1]	9 months or older
Pakistan	No risk	Risk countries	1 year or older
Panama	Risk country	Risk countries[note 1]	1 year or older
Papua New Guinea	No risk	Risk countries[note 3]	1 year or older
Paraguay	Risk country	Risk countries	1 year or older
Peru	Risk country	No[note 2]	–
Philippines	No risk	Risk countries[note 1]	1 year or older
Pitcairn Islands	No risk	Risk countries	1 year or older
Rwanda	No risk	Risk countries	1 year or older
Saint Barthélemy	No risk	Risk countries[note 1]	1 year or older
Saint Helena	No risk	Risk countries	1 year or older
Saint Kitts and Nevis	No risk	Risk countries	1 year or older
Saint Lucia	No risk	Risk countries	9 months or older
Saint Martin	No risk	Risk countries[note 1]	1 year or older
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	No risk	Risk countries	1 year or older
Samoa	No risk	Risk countries[note 1]	1 year or older
São Tomé and Príncipe	No risk	Risk countries[note 3]	1 year or older
Saudi Arabia	No risk	Risk countries[note 1]	1 year or older
Senegal	Risk country	Risk countries[note 3]	9 months or older
Seychelles	No risk	Risk countries[note 1]	1 year or older
Sierra Leone	Risk country	All countries	Unknown
Singapore	No risk	Risk countries[note 1]	1 year or older
Sint Eustatius	No risk	Risk countries	6 months or older
Sint Maarten	No risk	Risk countries	9 months or older
Solomon Islands	No risk	Risk countries	9 months or older
Somalia	No risk	Risk countries[note 1]	9 months or older
South Africa	No risk	Risk countries[note 1]	1 year or older
South Sudan	Risk country	All countries	9 months or older
Sri Lanka	No risk	Risk countries[note 1]	9 months or older
Sudan	Risk country	Risk countries[note 1]	1 year or older
Suriname	Risk country	Risk countries[note 1]	1 year or older
Tanzania	No risk	Risk countries[note 1]	1 year or older
Thailand	No risk	Risk countries[note 1]	1 year or older
Togo	Risk country	All countries	9 months or older
Trinidad and Tobago	Risk region: Trinidad	Risk countries	1 year or older
Uganda	Risk country	All countries	1 year or older
United Arab Emirates	No risk	Risk countries[note 1]	9 months or older
Venezuela	Risk country	Risk countries[note 1]	1 year or older
Wallis and Futuna	No risk	Risk countries[note 1]	1 year or older
Zambia	No risk	Risk countries[note 1]	1 year or older
Zimbabwe	No risk	Risk countries[note 1]	9 months or older
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COVID-19 vaccination[edit]

Many countries increasingly consider the vaccination status of travellers with regard to quarantine requirements or when deciding to allow them entry at all.^[233] This is justified by research that shows that the Pfizer vaccine effect lasts for six months or so.^[234]

Passport requirements[edit]

Passport not required[edit]

Polish identity card is valid for these countries :

•  EU and Europe (except Belarus, Russia, the United Kingdom [for tourism] and Ukraine)
•  France French overseas territories
•  Georgia
•  Montserrat (for max. 14 days)
•  Tunisia (for organized tours only)
•  Turkey
•  United Kingdom (individuals with pre-settled or settled status, frontier-worker permit or are a Swiss service provider can continue using national identity cards)

Blank passport pages[edit]

Many countries require a minimum number of blank pages to be available in the passport being presented, typically one or two pages.^[235] Endorsement pages, which often appear after the visa pages, are not counted as being valid or available.

Passport validity length[edit]

Many countries require passports to be valid for at least 6 months upon arrival and one or two blank pages.^[236]

Countries requiring passports to be validity at least 6 months on arrival include Afghanistan, Algeria, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Botswana, Brunei, Cambodia, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Fiji, Guyana, Haiti, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq (except when arriving at Basra – 3 months and Erbil or Sulaimaniyah – on arrival), Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Laos, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mongolia, Myanmar, Namibia, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Oman, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Rwanda, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Syria, Taiwan, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Tuvalu, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen.

Turkey requires passports to be valid for at least 5 months (150 days) upon entry, but identity cards valid on arrival for Polish citizens.^[237]

Countries requiring passport validity of at least 4 months on arrival include Azerbaijan, Micronesia, Zambia.

Countries requiring passport validity of at least 3 months on arrival include Albania, Bosnia and Herzegowina, Honduras, Moldova, Nauru, North Macedonia, Panama, Qatar, Senegal and French territories in the Pacific (i.e. French Polynesia, New Caledonia and Wallis and Futuna).

Countries requiring passport validity of at least 1 month on arrival include Eritrea, Hong Kong, Lebanon, Macau, Maldives, New Zealand, South Africa.

Other countries require either a passport valid on arrival or passport valid throughout the period of intended stay.

Medical passport[edit]

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^[238] to have a current International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis, as does the South American territory of French Guiana.^[239]

Entry bans[edit]

Criminal record[edit]

Some countries, including Australia, Canada, Fiji, New Zealand and the United States,^[240] routinely deny entry to non-citizens who have a criminal record while others impose restrictions depending on the type of conviction and the length of the sentence.

Persona non grata[edit]

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.^[241]

Israeli stamps[edit]

Kuwait,^[242] Lebanon,^[243] Libya,^[244] Syria,^[245] and Yemen^[246] do not allow entry to people with passport stamps from Israel or whose passports have either a used or an unused Israeli visa, or where there is evidence of previous travel to Israel such as entry or exit stamps from neighbouring border posts in transit countries such as Jordan and Egypt.

To circumvent this Arab League boycott of Israel, the Israeli immigration services have now mostly ceased to stamp foreign nationals' passports on either entry to or exit from Israel (unless the entry is for some work-related purposes). Since 15 January 2013, Israel no longer stamps foreign passports at Ben Gurion Airport. Passports are still (as of 22 June 2017^[update]) stamped at Erez when passing into and out of Gaza.^{[citation needed]}

Iran refuses admission to holders of passports containing an Israeli visa or stamp that is less than 12 months old.

Biometrics[edit]

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.^[247]

Fingerprinting countries/regions include Afghanistan,^[248][249] Argentina,^[250] Brunei, Cambodia,^[251] China,^[252] Ethiopia,^[253] Ghana, Guinea,^[254] India, Japan,^[255][256] Kenya (both fingerprints and a photo are taken),^[257] Malaysia upon entry and departure,^[258] Mongolia, Saudi Arabia,^[259] Singapore, South Korea,^[260] Taiwan, Thailand,^[261] Uganda,^[262] 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),^{[263][264][265]} intends to implement facial recognition for passengers departing from international airports to identify people who overstay their visa.^[266]

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^[267] and the United Arab Emirates conducts iris scanning on visitors who need to apply for a visa.^[268][269] The United States Department of Homeland Security has announced plans to greatly increase the biometric data it collects at US borders.^[270] In 2018, Singapore began trials of iris scanning at three land and maritime immigration checkpoints.^[271][272]

Right to consular protection in non-EU countries[edit]

In a non-EU country where there is no Polish embassy, Polish citizens, like all other EU citizens, have the right to get consular protection from the embassy of any other EU country present in that country.

See also List of diplomatic missions of Poland.

See also[edit]

• Visa policy of the Schengen Area
• Polish identity card
• Polish passport

References and notes[edit]

References[edit]