Visa requirements for Belarusian citizens
Administrative entry restrictions
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Visa requirements for Belarusian citizens are administrative entry restrictions imposed on citizens of Belarus by the authorities of other states.

Belarusian citizens in other countries can also benefit from the mobility rights arrangements within the Commonwealth of Independent States and the rules of the single market of the Eurasian Economic Union.
As of 2026, Belarusian citizens had visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to 78 countries and territories, ranking the Belarusian passport 61st in the world according to the Henley Passport Index.[1]
History
Visa requirements for Belarusian citizens were lifted (unilaterally or bilaterally, for the first time or repeatedly (in which case, the date of the last cancellation of visas is given) by Cuba (10 March 1999), Turkey (29 April 2013), Serbia (10 August 2013), Brazil (25 November 2016), Argentina (19 May 2017), China (10 August 2018), Saint Kitts and Nevis (23 June 2019), Montenegro (5 August 2019), Albania (15 July 2020), United Arab Emirates (16 January 2021), Libya (26 May 2025) and Colombia (19 December 2025).
Visa requirements map
Visa requirements
| Country | Visa requirement | Allowed stay | Notes (excluding departure fees) |
|---|---|---|---|
| eVisa[2][3] | 30 days |
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| eVisa[5][6] | 90 days |
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| Visa required[7] | |||
| Visa required[10] |
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| eVisa[11][12] | 30 days | ||
| Visa not required[13] | 6 months | ||
| Visa not required[14] | 90 days |
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| Visa not required[15] | 180 days |
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| Visa required[16][17] |
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| Visa required[18] | |||
| Visa not required[19] | 90 days |
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| eVisa[20] | 3 months |
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| eVisa[21][22] | 14 days |
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| Visa on arrival[23] | 30 days | ||
| Visa not required[24] | 28 days | ||
| Visa required[25] | |||
| Visa required[26] |
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| eVisa[27][28] | 30 days |
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| eVisa[30][31] | 90 days |
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| Online Visa[33][34] | |||
| Visa required[35] |
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| eVisa[36][37] | 3 months | ||
| Visa not required[38] | 90 days | ||
| Visa required[39] | |||
| Visa required[40] | |||
| eVisa[41][42] | |||
| Online Visa / Visa on arrival[43][44] | 1 month | ||
| eVisa / Visa on arrival[45][46] | 30 days | ||
| eVisa[47][48] | |||
| Visa required[49][50] | |||
| Visa required[51] | |||
| Visa required[52] | |||
| Visa required[53] | |||
| Visa required[54] | |||
| Visa not required[55] | 30 days |
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| Visa not required[57] | 90 days | ||
| Visa on arrival[58] | 45 days |
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| Visa required[60] | |||
| eVisa[61][62] | 7 days | ||
| Visa required[63] | |||
| eVisa[64][65] | 3 months |
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| Visa required[66] | |||
| Visa not required[67] | 30 days | ||
| Visa required[68] | |||
| Visa required[69] | |||
| Visa required[70] | |||
| eVisa[71][72] | 90 days | ||
| Visa not required[73] | 21 days | ||
| Visa required[74] | |||
| Visa not required[75] | 90 days | ||
| eVisa / Visa on arrival[76][77] | 1 month |
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| Visa required[78] | |||
| eVisa[79][80] | |||
| Visa required[81] | |||
| Visa required[82] | |||
| Visa required[83] | |||
| eVisa / Visa on arrival[84] | 90 days |
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| eVisa[87][88] | |||
| Visa required[89] | |||
| Visa required[90] | |||
| eVisa[91][92] | 90 days |
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| Visa required[93] | |||
| Visa not required[94] | 1 year | ||
| Visa required[95] | |||
| Visa required[96] | |||
| Visa required[97] | |||
| Visa on arrival[98] |
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| Visa required[99] |
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| eVisa[100][101] | 90 days | ||
| Visa on arrival[102] | 90 days | ||
| eVisa[103][104] | |||
| Visa not required[105] | 3 months | ||
| Visa not required[106] | 90 days | ||
| Visa required[107] | |||
| Visa required[108] | |||
| eVisa[109] | 30 days |
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| Visa not required[113][114] | 30 days | ||
| Visa not required[115] | 15 days | ||
| eVisa[116][117] | 30 days | ||
| Visa required[118] |
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| Electronic Travel Authorization[120][121] | 90 days | ||
| Visa required[122] | |||
| Visa on arrival[123] | 30 days |
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| Visa required[124] | |||
| eVisa / Visa on arrival[125][126] |
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| Visa not required[127] | 90 days |
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| Electronic Travel Authorization[128][129] | 90 days |
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| Visa required[131] | |||
| Visa required[132] | |||
| Visa required[133] |
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| Visa required[134] | |||
| Visa not required[135] | Unlimited | ||
| eVisa / Visa on arrival[136] | 30 days |
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| Visa required[138] | |||
| Free Visa on arrival[139] | 1 month |
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| Visa required[140] | |||
| e-VOA[141][142] | 3 months | ||
| eVisa[143][144] | 30 days | ||
| Visa required[145] | |||
| Visa required[146] | |||
| Visa required[147] | |||
| eVisa/Visa on arrival[148][149] | 90 days |
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| eVisa / Visa on arrival[150][151] | 30 days | ||
| Visa not required[152] | 30 days | ||
| Free visa on arrival[153] | 30 days | ||
| Visa required[154] | |||
| Visa required[155] | |||
| Visa required[156] | |||
| eVisa[157][158] | 30 days |
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| Visa on arrival[159] | 60 days | ||
| Visa required[160] |
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| Visa not required[161] | 30 days | ||
| Visa not required[162] | 90 days |
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| Visa required[163] | |||
| Visa not required[164] | 90 days | ||
| Visa not required[165] | 30 days |
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| Visa required[167] |
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| eVisa / Visa on arrival[169][170] | 30 days | ||
| eVisa[171][172] | 28 days |
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| eVisa / Visa on arrival[173][174] | 90 days/ 3 months | ||
| Visa required[175] |
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| eVisa / Visa on arrival[176] | 90 days[177] |
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| Visa required[178] | |||
| Visa required[179] | |||
| Visa not required[180] | 90 days | ||
| Visa required[181] | |||
| eVisa[182][183] | 30 days | ||
| Visa required[184] |
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| Visa required[185] | |||
| Visa not required[186] | 14 days | ||
| eVisa[187][188] | 3 months | ||
| Free visa on arrival[189] | 30 days | ||
| Visa not required[190] | 90 days | ||
| eVisa[191][192] | 60 days |
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| Visa required[193] | |||
| Visa not required[194] | 90 days | ||
| eVisa[195] |
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| Visa required[198] | |||
| Visa required[199] | |||
| eVisa / Visa on arrival[200][201] | 30 days |
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| Visa required[202] | |||
| Visa not required[203] | |||
| eVisa / Visa on arrival[206][207] | 30 days | ||
| Electronic Travel Authorisation[208][209] | 30 days | ||
| Visa required[210] |
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| Visa not required[211] | 3 months | ||
| Entry permit on arrival[212] | 90 days | ||
| Visa required[213] | |||
| eVisa[214][215] | |||
| eVisa[216] |
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| Visa required[217] | |||
| Visa not required[218] | 30 days | ||
| Electronic Border System[219][220] | 3 months |
- a return/onward ticket; and - sufficient funds (minimum of US$150.- or equivalent per day); and - proof of accommodation for the duration of stay. Extension of stay possible for additional 3 months with a maximum stay of 12 months. | |
| eVisa[221][222] | 3 months | ||
| Visa required[223] | |||
| Visa required[226] | |||
| Visa required[227] | |||
| Visa required[228] | |||
| eVisa[229][230] | 30 days | ||
| eVisa[231][232] | |||
| eVisa[233][234] |
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| Visa required[235] | |||
| ETA / Visa on arrival[236][237] | 30 days | ||
| Visa required[238] | |||
| Visa not required[239][240] | 90 days | ||
| Visa required[243] | |||
| Visa required[244] | |||
| eVisa / Visa on arrival[245][246] |
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| Visa not required[247] | Unlimited | ||
| eVisa / Visa on arrival[248][249] | 90 days | ||
| Visa on arrival[250] | 15 days | ||
| Visa on arrival[251] | 30 days | ||
| eVisa[252][253] | 15 days |
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| Visa required[254][255] | |||
| eVisa[256][257] | 90 days | ||
| Visa not required[258] | 90 days | ||
| Visa not required[259] | 30 days |
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| Visa required[260] |
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| Visa on arrival[264] | 1 month | ||
| eVisa[265][266] | 3 months | ||
| Visa not required[267] | 90 days |
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| Visa not required[268] | 90 days |
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| Visa required[269] | |||
| Visa required[270] | |||
| Visa required[271] | |||
| Visa not required[272] | Unlimited | ||
| Visa not required[273] | 120 days | ||
| Visa required[274] | |||
| Visa not required[275] | 90 days |
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| Visa not required[276] | 45 days | ||
| Visa required[279] |
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| eVisa / Visa on arrival[281][282] | 90 days | ||
| eVisa / Visa on arrival[283][284] | 1 month | ||
Territories and disputed areas
Visa requirements for Belarusian citizens for visits to various territories, disputed areas and restricted zones:
| Visitor to | Visa requirement | Notes (excluding departure fees) |
|---|---|---|
| Europe | ||
| Visa not required[285] |
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| Special permit required | ||
| Visa not required[288] |
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| Visa required[289] |
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| Visa required[290] | ||
| Permit required |
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| Visa required[293] |
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| Visa required | ||
| Visa not required[296] | ||
| Visa not required[297][298] |
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| Africa | ||
| Special permit required | Special permit required.[299] | |
| Travel permit required[300] | To travel in the rest of the country, a Travel Permit for Foreigners is required (20 Eritrean nakfa) | |
| Admission refused[301] | From May 2015, the Ascension Island Government does not issue entry visas including eVisas to nationals of Belarus.[301] | |
| eVisa[302][303] | ||
| Permission required[304] | 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. | |
(Western Sahara controlled territory) |
Unknown | |
| Visa required[305] | ||
| Asia | ||
| Visa not required[306] | 30 days[307] | |
| PAP/RAP required | Protected Area Permit (PAP) required for all of Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Mizoram and parts of Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Uttarakhand. Restricted Area Permit (RAP) required for all of Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep and parts of Sikkim. Some of these requirements are occasionally lifted for a year.[308][309][310][311][312] | |
| Visa not required | 14 days; Visitors to Kish Island do not require a visa.[313] | |
| Visa required[314] | If the guarantor applies and pays, the visitors may apply for an e-Visa.[315] e-Visa for 30 days is available at Erbil and Sulaymaniyah airports. | |
| Visa not required[316] | 30 days | |
| Visa not required[317] | Arrival by sea to Gaza Strip not allowed. | |
| Visa required[318] | ||
| OIVR permit required | OIVR permit required (15+5 Tajikistani Somoni) and another special permit (free of charge) is required for Lake Sarez.[319][320][321] | |
| TTP required | Tibet Travel Permit required (10 USD).[322][323][324] | |
| Restricted zone. | ||
| Restricted zone. | ||
| Caribbean and North Atlantic | ||
| eVisa[325][326] | ||
| Visa required[327] | ||
| Visa required[328] | ||
| Visa required[329] | ||
| Visa required[330] | ||
| Visa required[331] | ||
| Visa required[332] | ||
| Visa required[333] | ||
| Visa required[334] | ||
| Visa required[335] | ||
| Visa required[336] | ||
| Visa required[337] | ||
| Visa required[338] | ||
| Visa required[339] | ||
| Oceania | ||
| Visa required[340] | ||
| Special authorisation required | Special authorisation required.[341] | |
| Visa required | Special permit required.[342] | |
| Visa not required[343] | 31 days | |
| Visa required[344] | ||
| Visa required[345] | ||
| Visa not required[346] | 30 days | |
| Visa not required[347][348][349] | 14 days visa-free and landing fee 35 USD or tax of 5 USD if not going ashore. | |
| Entry permit required[350] | ||
| Special permits required | Special permits required for Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Atoll, Palmyra Atoll and Wake Island.[351][352][353][354][355][356][357] | |
| South America | ||
| Pre-registration required |
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| South Atlantic and Antarctica | ||
| Visa required[359] | ||
| Permit required |
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| Antarctica | Special Permits Required |
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Economic integration and international treaties
Special travel conditions and exceptions to the usual rules, including special migration rules for Belarusian citizens, their family members and conditions for the provision of medical care are provided through international agreements and treaties to Belarusian citizens. The conditions for citizens in a specific country should be clarified in advance because not all countries are parties to all agreements.
- Union State of Russia and Belarus (Russia)
- The rules of the Single Economic Space of the Eurasian Economic Union (Armenia, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan)
- Mobility rights arrangements of the Commonwealth of Independent States (present and former countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States, including de jure Ukraine and Georgia, but not Turkmenistan)
Permission stamps
Until 1 January 2008, Belarusian citizens had to apply for permission stamps in their passports in order to cross Belarusian borders. Permission stamps were only issued if there were no specific legal restrictions for their travel.
In 2002, the Constitutional Court of Belarus stated in its decision that permission stamps were not constitutional. The Council of Ministers was ordered to propose a different kind of a citizen border control before 1 January 2006.
The decree of the President of the Republic of Belarus dated 17 December 2007 finally abolished permission stamps.
Non-visa restrictions
Blank passport pages
Many countries require a minimum number of blank pages to be available in the passport being presented, typically one or two pages.[374] Endorsement pages, which often appear after the visa pages, are not counted as being valid or available.
Vaccination

The African countries of Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Sierra Leone and Togo, South Sudan and Uganda, along with French Guiana in South America, require all incoming passengers older than nine months to one year,[375] to have a current International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis.[376]
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, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.[377][378]
Passport validity length
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[379][380] or even accept passports that have already expired (but not been cancelled).[381]
Some countries, such as Japan,[382] Ireland and the United Kingdom,[383] 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,[384] 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,[385] Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Laos, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Mongolia, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Oman, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Peru,[386] Philippines,[387] 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.[388]
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[389] and South Africa.
Maximum passport age
Countries of the Schengen area require non-EU passports to be less than 10 years old upon entry.[390]
Criminal record
Some countries, including Australia, Canada, Fiji, New Zealand and the United States,[391] 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
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.[392]
Israeli stamps
Kuwait,[393] Lebanon,[394] Libya,[395] and Yemen[396] 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
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.[397]
Fingerprinting countries/regions include Afghanistan,[398][399] Argentina,[400] Brunei, Cambodia,[401] China,[402] Ethiopia,[403] Ghana, Guinea,[404] India, Japan,[405][406] Kenya (both fingerprints and a photo are taken),[407] Malaysia upon entry and departure,[408] Mongolia, Saudi Arabia,[409] the Schengen Area,[410] Singapore, South Korea,[411] Taiwan, Thailand,[412] Uganda,[413] 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),[414][415][416] intends to implement facial recognition for passengers departing from international airports to identify people who overstay their visa.[417]
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[418] and the United Arab Emirates conducts iris scanning on visitors who need to apply for a visa.[419][420] The United States Department of Homeland Security has announced plans to greatly increase the biometric data it collects at US borders.[421] In 2018, Singapore began trials of iris scanning at three land and maritime immigration checkpoints.[422][423]
