Visa requirements for Moldovan citizens

Visa requirements for Moldovan citizens are administrative entry restrictions imposed on citizens of Moldova by the authorities of other states.

As of 2024, Moldovan citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 122 countries and territories, ranking the Moldovan passport 44th in the world according to the Henley Passport Index.^[1]

On 28 April 2014 Moldovan citizens were granted visa-free entry to 29 Schengen Area countries as well as Cyprus, countries that are applying the Schengen policy and also Monaco, San Marino, Andorra and Vatican City, countries that have no immigration control.^[2] Visa waiver applies only to holders of biometric passports.^[3]

Moldovan citizens in other countries also can benefit from the mobility rights arrangements within the Commonwealth of Independent States.

Country	Visa requirement	Allowed stay	Notes (excluding departure fees)
Afghanistan	Visa required[4]
Albania	Visa not required[5]	90 days	90 days within any 6 month period.
Algeria	Visa required[6]
Andorra	Visa not required[7]
Angola	Visa required[8]
Antigua and Barbuda	Visa not required[9]	1 month
Argentina	Visa required[10]
Armenia	Visa not required[11]
Australia	Online visa required[12][13]		Online Visitor e600 visa.
Austria	Visa not required[14]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.[Note 1][15][16]
Azerbaijan	Visa not required[17]	90 days	If staying more than 10 days passengers visiting relatives must register with local police. If staying in a hotel, this will be arranged by the hotel. Azerbaijan bans the entry of people who are of Armenian descent.
Bahamas	Visa not required[18]	3 months
Bahrain	eVisa / Visa on arrival[19]	14 days
Bangladesh	Visa on arrival[20]	30 days
Barbados	Visa not required[21]	28 days
Belarus	Visa not required[22]
Belgium	Visa not required[23]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.[Note 1][15][16]
Belize	Visa required[24]
Benin	eVisa[25][26]	30 days	Must have an international vaccination certificate.
Bhutan	eVisa[27][28]
Bolivia	Online Visa / Visa on arrival[29][30]	30 days
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Visa not required[31]	90 days	90 days within any 6 month period.
Botswana	eVisa[32][33]	3 months
Brazil	Visa not required[34]	90 days
Brunei	Visa required[35]
Bulgaria	Visa not required[36]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.[Note 1]
Burkina Faso	eVisa[37][38]
Burundi	Visa on arrival[39]	1 month
Cambodia	eVisa / Visa on arrival[40][41]	30 days
Cameroon	eVisa[42][43]
Canada	Visa required[44]
Cape Verde	Visa on arrival[45]
Central African Republic	Visa required[46]
Chad	Visa required[47]
Chile	Visa not required[48]	90 days
China	Visa required[49]		Visa not required for 30 days for travelling as part of an accredited tour group.
Colombia	Visa not required[50]	90 days
Comoros	Visa on arrival[51]	45 days
Republic of the Congo	Visa required[52]
Democratic Republic of the Congo	eVisa[53][54]	7 days
Costa Rica	Visa required[55]
Côte d'Ivoire	eVisa[56][57]	3 months	e-Visa holders must arrive via Port Bouet Airport.
Croatia	Visa not required[58]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.[Note 1][15][16]
Cuba	Tourist card required[59]	90 days	Can be extended up to 90 days with a fee.
Cyprus	Visa not required[Note 1][60]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period.[15][16]
Czech Republic	Visa not required[61]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.[Note 1][15][16]
Denmark	Visa not required[62]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.[Note 1][15][16]
Djibouti	eVisa[63][64]	90 days
Dominica	Visa not required[65]	21 days
Dominican Republic	Visa required[66]
Ecuador	Visa not required[67]	90 days
Egypt	eVisa[68][69]	30 days
El Salvador	Visa required[70]
Equatorial Guinea	eVisa[71][72]
Eritrea	Visa required[73]
Estonia	Visa not required[74]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.[Note 1][15][16]
Eswatini	Visa required[75]
Ethiopia	eVisa[76][77]	up to 90 days	e-Visa holders must arrive via Addis Ababa Bole International Airport.
Fiji	Visa not required[78]	4 months
Finland	Visa not required[79]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.[Note 1][15][16]
France	Visa not required[80]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.[Note 1][15][16]
Gabon	eVisa[81][82]		e-Visa holders must arrive via Libreville International Airport.
Gambia	Visa required[83]		In addition to a visa, an entry clearance must be obtained from the Gambian Immigration prior to travel.[84]
Georgia	Visa not required[85]	365 days
Germany	Visa not required[86]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.[Note 1][15][16]
Ghana	Visa required[87]
Greece	Visa not required[88]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.[Note 1][15][16]
Grenada	Visa on arrival[89]	3 months
Guatemala	Visa required[90]
Guinea	eVisa[91][92]	90 days
Guinea-Bissau	Visa on arrival[93]	90 days
Guyana	Visa required[94]
Haiti	Visa not required[95]	3 months
Honduras	Visa required[96]
Hungary	Visa not required[97]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.[Note 1][15][16]
Iceland	Visa not required[98]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.[Note 1][15][16]
India	eVisa[99][100]	30 days
Indonesia	Visa required[101]
Iran	eVisa[102][103]	30 days
Iraq	eVisa[104][105]
Ireland	Visa required[106]
Israel	Visa not required[107]	90 days	Biometric passports only.
Italy	Visa not required[108]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.[Note 1][15][16]
Jamaica	Visa on arrival[109]
Japan	Visa required[110]
Jordan	eVisa / Visa on arrival[111][112]		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)
Kazakhstan	Visa not required[113]	90 days
Kenya	Electronic Travel Authorisation[114][115]	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. Can also be entered on an East Africa Tourist Visa issued by Kenya or Rwanda.[116]
Kiribati	Visa required[117]
North Korea	Visa required[118]
South Korea	Visa required[119]		Visa-free access for 30 days to Jeju Island.
Kuwait	Visa required[120]
Kyrgyzstan	Visa not required[121]
Laos	eVisa / Visa on arrival[122]	30 days	17[Note 2] of the 31 border crossings are only open to visa holders.[123] e-Visa may be used to enter Laos through Luang Prabang, Pakse and Vientiane international airports, 3 Thai-Lao Friendship Bridges[Note 3] and in Boten (road and railroad).[124] Visa on arrival is available at Luang Prabang, Pakse and Vientiane international airports, the 4 Thai-Lao Friendship Bridges[Note 4] and 6 border crossings.[Note 5][123] Visa on arrival is extendable for an additional 60 days at the Department of Immigration in Vientiane.[125]
Latvia	Visa not required[126]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.[Note 1][15][16]
Lebanon	Free visa on arrival[127]	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.
Lesotho	eVisa[128]
Liberia	Visa required[129]
Libya	eVisa[130][131]
Liechtenstein	Visa not required[132]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.[Note 1][15][16]
Lithuania	Visa not required[133]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.[Note 1][15][16]
Luxembourg	Visa not required[134]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.[Note 1][15][16]
Madagascar	Visa on arrival[135]	60 days
Malawi	eVisa / Visa on arrival[136][137]	90 days
Malaysia	Visa not required[138]	30 days
Maldives	Free visa on arrival[139]	30 days
Mali	Visa required[140]
Malta	Visa not required[141]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.[Note 1][15][16]
Marshall Islands	Visa required[142]
Mauritania	Visa on arrival[143]		Available at Nouakchott–Oumtounsy International Airport.
Mauritius	Visa on arrival[144]	60 days
Mexico	Visa required[145]
Micronesia	Visa not required[146]	30 days
Monaco	Visa not required[147]
Mongolia	eVisa[148][149]	30 days
Montenegro	Visa not required[150]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period.
Morocco	Visa required[151]
Mozambique	eVisa / Visa on arrival[152][153]	30 days
Myanmar	Visa required[154]
Namibia	Visa not required[155]	3 months
Nauru	Visa required[156]
Nepal	Online Visa / Visa on arrival[157][158]	90 days
Netherlands	Visa not required[159]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.[Note 1][15][16]
New Zealand	Visa required[160]		Diplomatic, service and standard passports with the former USSR symbol issued in Moldova are unacceptable, and visas will not be endorsed in them.[161] 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.[162]
Nicaragua	Visa on arrival[163]	90 days
Niger	Visa required[164]
Nigeria	eVisa[165][166]	90 days
North Macedonia	Visa not required[167]	90 days
Norway	Visa not required[168]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.[Note 1][15][16]
Oman	Visa not required / eVisa[169][170]	14 days / 30 days
Pakistan	eVisa[171]	90 days
Palau	Free visa on arrival[172]	30 days
Panama	Visa not required[173]	90 days
Papua New Guinea	eVisa[174][175]	60 days	Visitors may apply for a visa online under the "Tourist - Own Itinerary" category.
Paraguay	Visa required[176]
Peru	Visa not required[177]	183 days
Philippines	Visa required[178]
Poland	Visa not required[179]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.[Note 1][15][16]
Portugal	Visa not required[180]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.[Note 1][15][16]
Qatar	Visa not required[181]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period.
Romania	Visa not required[182]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.[Note 1]
Russia	Visa not required[183]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period.
Rwanda	Visa not required[184]	30 days	Can also be entered on an East Africa Tourist Visa issued by Kenya or Rwanda.[116]
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Visa not required[185]	90 days
Saint Lucia	Visa required[186]
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Visa not required[187]	3 month
Samoa	Visa not required[188]	90 days
San Marino	Visa not required[189]
São Tomé and Príncipe	eVisa[190][191]
Saudi Arabia	Visa required[192]
Senegal	Visa required[193]
Serbia	Visa not required[194]	90 days	90 days within any 6 month period.
Seychelles	Electronic Border System[195][196]	3 months	Application can be submitted up to 30 days before travel. Visitors must upload a reservation confirmation(s) for each visitor's location of stay in Seychelles. Yellow fever vaccination certificate is required if coming from endemic countries. Payment of the fee (EUR 10) by credit or debit card. Valid for one journey only and it expires once exit the country.
Sierra Leone	eVisa[197][198]	3 months
Singapore	Visa required[199]		May obtain visa online.[200]
Slovakia	Visa not required[197]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.[Note 1][15][16]
Slovenia	Visa not required[201]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.[Note 1][15][16]
Solomon Islands	Visa required[202]		Visa on arrival if having pre-arranged visa.
Somalia	Visa on arrival[203]	30 days	Available at Bosaso Airport, Galcaio Airport and Mogadishu Airport.
South Africa	Visa required[204]
South Sudan	eVisa[205][206]		Obtainable online. Printed visa authorization must be presented at the time of travel.
Spain	Visa not required[207]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area[Note 1][15][16]
Sri Lanka	eVisa / Visa on arrival[208][209]	60 days / 30 days	The standard visitor visa allows a stay of 60 days within any 6 month period.[210] 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).
Sudan	Visa required[211]
Suriname	Visa not required[212][213]	90 days	An entrance fee of USD 25 or EUR 25 must be paid online prior to arrival.[214] Multiple entry e-Visa is also available.[215]
Sweden	Visa not required[201]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.[Note 1][15][16]
Switzerland	Visa not required[216]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.[Note 1][15][16]
Syria	eVisa[217]		According to the Law No. 2 of 2014 all visitors require visas prior to arrival.[218][219][220] According to the IATA database, visa may be obtained on arrival and is valid for 15 days.[221]
Tajikistan	Visa not required[222]	Unlimited
Tanzania	eVisa / Visa on arrival[223][224]	90 days
Thailand	Visa required[225]
Timor-Leste	Visa on arrival[226]	30 days
Tonga	Visa required[227]
Togo	eVisa[228][229]	15 days
Trinidad and Tobago	Visa required[230]
Tunisia	Visa not required[231]	3 months
Turkey	Visa not required[232]	90 days	ID card valid[233] 90 days within any 180 day period[234]
Turkmenistan	Visa required[235]
Tuvalu	Visa on arrival[236]	1 month
Uganda	eVisa[237][238]	3 months	Can also be entered on an East Africa Tourist Visa issued by Kenya or Rwanda.[116]
Ukraine	Visa not required[239]	90 days	ID-card valid for people living within 30 km (19 mi) border zone. 90 days within any 180-day period.
United Arab Emirates	Visa required[240]		May apply using 'Smart service'.[241]
United Kingdom	Visa required[242]
United States	Visa required[243]
Uruguay	Visa required[244]
Uzbekistan	Visa not required[245]	Unlimited
Vanuatu	Visa required[246]
Vatican City	Visa not required[247]
Venezuela	Visa required[248]
Vietnam	eVisa[249][250]		e-Visa is valid for 90 days and multiple entry.
Yemen	Visa required[251]
Zambia	eVisa / Visa on arrival[252][253]	90 days
Zimbabwe	Visa on arrival[254]	30 days

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

Visitor to	Visa requirement	Notes (excluding departure fees)
Europe
Abkhazia	Visa not required[255]
Mount Athos	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.[256][257]
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus	Visa not required	3 months[258]
UN Buffer Zone in Cyprus	Access Permit required[259]	Access Permit is required for travelling inside the zone, except Civil Use Areas.
Faroe Islands	Visa not required[260]
Gibraltar	Visa required[261]
Guernsey	Visa required[262]
Isle of Man	Visa required[263]
Jan Mayen	Permit required	Permit issued by the local police required for staying for less than 24 hours[264] and permit issued by the Norwegian police for staying for more than 24 hours.[265]
Jersey	Visa required[266]
Kosovo	Visa required[267]
Russia	Special authorization required	Several closed cities and regions in Russia require special authorization.[268]
South Ossetia	Visa not required	Multiple entry visa to Russia and three-day prior notification are required to enter South Ossetia.[269][270]
Africa
British Indian Ocean Territory	Special permit required	Special permit required.[271]
Eritrea outside Asmara	Travel permit required	To travel in the rest of the country, a Travel Permit for Foreigners is required (20 Eritrean nakfa).[272]
Mayotte	Visa not required[273]	90 days within 180 days
Réunion	Visa not required[273]	90 days within 180 days
Ascension Island	eVisa[274][275]	3 months within any year period.
Saint Helena	eVisa[276][277]
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.[278]
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic		Undefined visa regime in the Western Sahara controlled territory.
Somaliland	Visa on arrival	30 days for 30 USD, payable on arrival.[279][280]
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.[281]
Asia
Hong Kong	eVisa[282]
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.[283][284][285][286][287][288]
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.[289]
Kish Island	Visa not required	Visitors to Kish Island do not require a visa.[290]
Macao	Visa not required[291]	90 days
Maldives	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]
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[293]	Arrival by sea to Gaza Strip not allowed.[294]
Taiwan	Visa required[295]
Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province	OIVR permit required	OIVR permit required (15+5 Tajikistani Somoni) and another special permit (free of charge) is required for Lake Sarez.[296][297][298]
Tibet Autonomous Region	TTP required	Tibet Travel Permit required (10 USD).[299][300][301]
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.[302]
Korean Demilitarized Zone	Restricted zone.
UNDOF Zone and Ghajar	Restricted zone.
Yemen	Special permission required	Special permission needed for travel outside Sana’a or Aden.[303]
Caribbean and North Atlantic
Anguilla	Visa required[304]
Aruba	Visa not required[305][306]	30 days
Bermuda	Visa required[307]
Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba	Visa not required[308][309]	90 days
British Virgin Islands	Visa required[310]
Cayman Islands	Visa required[311]
Curacao	Visa not required[312]	90 days
French Guiana	Visa not required[273]	90 days within 180 days
French West Indies	Visa not required[273]	French West Indies refers to Martinique, Guadeloupe, Saint Martin and Saint Barthélemy.
Greenland	Visa not required[260]
Montserrat	Electronic visa[313]
Puerto Rico	Visa required[314]
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	Visa not required[273]	90 days within 180 days
Sint Maarten	Visa not required[315][316]	90 days
Turks and Caicos Islands	Visa required[317]
U.S. Virgin Islands	Visa required[318]
Oceania
American Samoa	Entry permit required[319]
Ashmore and Cartier Islands	Special authorisation required	Special authorisation required.[320]
Cook Islands	Visa not required[321]	31 days
Lau Province	Special permission required	Special permission required.[322]
French Polynesia	Visa not required[273]	90 days within 180 days
Guam	Visa required[323]
New Caledonia	Visa required[324]
Niue	Visa on arrival[325]	30 days
Northern Mariana Islands	Visa required[326]
Pitcairn Islands	Visa not required	14 days visa free and landing fee 35 USD or tax of 5 USD if not going ashore.[327][328][329]
Tokelau	Entry permit required[330]
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.[331][332][333][334][335][336][337]
Wallis and Futuna	Visa required[338]
South Atlantic
Falkland Islands	Visa required[339]
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).[340][341]
Antarctica		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.[342][343][344][345][346][347][348][349][350][351][352][353]

• Visas for Cambodia, Myanmar, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Sri Lanka and Turkey are obtainable online.^{[354][355][356][357][358][359][360][361]}

Moldovan passports are recognized by all countries of the world. However, in some rare cases, Moldovan citizens may be refused entry.

Many countries require a minimum number of blank pages to be available in the passport being presented, typically one or two pages.^[362] Endorsement pages, which often appear after the visa pages, are not counted as being valid or available.

Many African countries, including Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo, South Sudan, Uganda, and Zambia, require all incoming passengers older than nine months to one year^[363] to have a current International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis, as does the South American territory of French Guiana.^[364]

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.^[365][366]

Very few countries, such as Paraguay, just require a valid passport on arrival.

However many countries and groupings now require only an identity card – especially from their neighbours. Other countries may have special bilateral arrangements that depart from the generality of their passport validity length policies to shorten the period of passport validity required for each other's citizens^[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, Honduras, Montenegro, Nauru, Moldova and New Zealand. Similarly, the EEA countries of Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, all European Union countries (except Ireland) together with Switzerland also require 3 months validity beyond the date of the bearer's intended departure unless the bearer is an EEA or Swiss national.

Countries requiring passports valid for at least 3 months on arrival include Albania, North Macedonia, Panama, and Senegal.

Bermuda requires passports to be valid for at least 45 days upon entry.

Countries that require a passport validity of at least one month beyond the date of intended departure include Eritrea, Hong Kong, Lebanon, Macau, the Maldives^[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 them from entering the country or expelling them if they have already entered. 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.

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.^[385]

Fingerprinting countries/regions include Afghanistan,^[386][387] Argentina,^[388] Brunei, Cambodia,^[389] China,^[390] Ethiopia,^[391] Ghana, Guinea,^[392] India, Japan,^[393][394] Kenya (both fingerprints and a photo are taken),^[395] Malaysia upon entry and departure,^[396] Mongolia, Saudi Arabia,^[397] Singapore, South Korea,^[398] Taiwan, Thailand,^[399] Uganda,^[400] 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 its own legislation),^{[401][402][403]} intends to implement facial recognition for passengers departing from international airports to identify people who overstay their visa.^[404]

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^[405] and the United Arab Emirates conducts iris scanning on visitors who need to apply for a visa.^[406][407] The United States Department of Homeland Security has announced plans to greatly increase the biometric data it collects at US borders.^[408] In 2018, Singapore began trials of iris scanning at three land and maritime immigration checkpoints.^[409][410]

Several countries including Argentina, Cambodia, Japan, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, South Korea and the United States demand all passengers to be fingerprinted on arrival.^{[411][412][413][414][415][416][417]}

• Visa policy of Moldova
• Moldovan passport