Visa requirements for Dominican Republic citizens
Administrative entry restrictions
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Visa requirements for Dominican Republic citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of the Dominican Republic. Along with Cuba and Haiti the Dominican republic passport is considered the weakest passport in Latin America for traveling. As of March 2026 the new biometric passports are available to the general public.

Dominican Republic citizens are among only a few Latin American nations, such as Bolivia and Ecuador, that still do not enjoy a visa-free regime with the European Union.
As of May 2026, holders of a Dominican Republic passport could travel to only 71 countries and territories without a travel visa or with a visa on arrival, ranking the Dominican Republic passport 63rd (tied with eSwatini) in terms of travel freedom, according to the Henley Passport Index.[1]
Visa requirements map
Visa requirements
| Country | Visa requirement | Allowed stay | Notes (excluding departure fees) |
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| eVisa[2][3] | 30 days |
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| eVisa[5][6] |
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| Visa required[8] | |||
| Visa required[9] |
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| Visa not required[10] | 30 days | ||
| eVisa[11][12] |
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| Visa required[13] |
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| eVisa / Visa on arrival[15][16] | 120 days |
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| Visa required[18] |
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| Visa required[20] | |||
| Visa required[21] |
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| eVisa[22] |
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| eVisa[24][25] | |||
| Visa on arrival[26] | 30 days |
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| Visa required[28] | |||
| Visa required[29] |
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| Visa required[31] |
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| Visa required[32] |
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| eVisa / Visa on arrival[33][34] | 30 days / 8 days |
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| eVisa[35][36] | 90 days |
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| Visa not required[37] | 90 days | ||
| Visa required[38] |
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| Visa not required[39] | 90 days |
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| Visa not required[40] | 60 days | ||
| Visa required[41] | |||
| Visa required[42] | |||
| eVisa[43][44] | |||
| Visa on arrival / eVisa[45] | 30 days | ||
| eVisa / Visa on arrival[46][47] | 30 days | ||
| eVisa[48][49] | |||
| Visa required[50] |
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| Visa on arrival[52] |
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| Visa required[54] | |||
| eVisa[55][56] | 90 days | ||
| Visa required[57] |
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| Visa required[58] |
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| Visa not required[59] | 90 days |
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| Visa on arrival[60] | |||
| Visa required[61] | |||
| eVisa[62][63] | 90 days | ||
| Visa required[64] |
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| eVisa[65][66] | 90 days | ||
| Visa required[67] | |||
| eVisa[68][69] | 90 days | ||
| Visa required[70] | |||
| Visa required[71] | |||
| Visa required[72] | |||
| eVisa[73] | 31 days | ||
| Visa not required[74] |
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| Visa not required[75] | 90 days[76] | ||
| Visa on arrival[77] | 15 days | ||
| Visa not required[78] | 6 months | ||
| eVisa[79][80] | |||
| Visa required[81] | . | ||
| Visa required[82] | |||
| Visa required[83] | |||
| eVisa[84] | up to 90 days |
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| Visa required[85] | |||
| Visa required[86] | |||
| Visa required[87] |
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| eVisa[88] |
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| Visa not required[89] |
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| Visa not required[91] | 1 year | ||
| Visa required[92] | |||
| Visa required[93] | |||
| Visa required[94] | |||
| Visa not required[95] | 90 days | ||
| Visa required[96] |
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| eVisa[97][98] | 90 days | ||
| eVisa / Visa on arrival[99] | 90 days | ||
| Visa not required[100][101] | 30 days | ||
| Visa required[102] |
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| Visa not required[100][103] | 30 days | ||
| Visa required[104] | |||
| Visa required[105] | |||
| e-Visa[106] | 60 days |
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| Visa required[110] | |||
| eVisa/Visa on arrival[111][112] | 30 days | ||
| eVisa[113][114] | 30 days | ||
| Visa required[115] | |||
| Electronic Travel Authorization[116][117] | 90 days | ||
| Visa required[118] | |||
| Visa not required[119][120] | 180 days |
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| Visa not required[121] | 90 days | ||
| eVisa/Visa on arrival[122][123] | 30 days | ||
| Visa Free[126][127] | 60 days |
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| Electronic Travel Authorisation[129] | 90 days |
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| Visa not required[130] | 90 days | ||
| Visa required[131] | |||
| K-ETA[132] | 90 days |
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| Visa required[133] | |||
| eVisa[134][135] |
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| 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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| eVisa[140][141] | 14 days | ||
| eVisa[142][143] | 30 days | ||
| eVisa[144][145] | 30 days | ||
| Visa required[146] | |||
| Visa required[147] | |||
| Visa required[148] | |||
| eVisa / Visa on arrival[149][150] | 90 days | ||
| eVisa / Visa on arrival[151][152] | 30 days | ||
| Visa not required[153] | 30 days | ||
| Free visa on arrival[154] | 30 days[76] | ||
| Visa required[155] | |||
| Visa required[156] | |||
| Visa required[157] | |||
| eVisa[158][159] | |||
| Visa on arrival[160] | 60 days | ||
| Visa required[161] |
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| Visa not required[162] | 30 days | ||
| eVisa[163][164] |
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| Visa required[165] | |||
| Visa not required[166] |
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| Visa required[168] |
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| Visa Not required[169] | 60 days | ||
| eVisa / Visa on arrival[170][171] | 30 days | ||
| Visa required[172] | |||
| eVisa[173][174] | |||
| Visa required[175] | |||
| eVisa / Visa on arrival[176][177] | 90 days | ||
| Visa required[178] | |||
| Visa required[179] |
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| Visa not required[181] | 90 days | ||
| Visa required[182] | |||
| eVisa[183][184] | 90 days | ||
| Visa required[185] |
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| Visa required[186] | |||
| Visa required[187] | |||
| Online Visa[188] | |||
| Free visa on arrival[189] | 30 days | ||
| Visa required[190] |
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| eVisa[191][192] | 60 days |
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| Visa not required[193] | 60 days[194] | ||
| Visa not required[195] | 60 days | ||
| Visa not required[196] | 30 days | ||
| Visa required[197] | |||
| Visa required[198] | |||
| Visa not required[199] | 90 days | ||
| Visa required[200] | |||
| Visa not required[201] | 60 days |
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| eVisa / Visa on arrival[203] | 30 days | ||
| eVisa[206][207] | |||
| Visa required[208] | |||
| Visa required[209] | |||
| Visa not required[210] | 60 days | ||
| Visa required[211] | |||
| eVisa[212] | |||
| Visa required[213] | |||
| Visa on arrival[214] | 90 days | ||
| Visa required[215] |
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| Free Visitor's Permit on arrival[216] | 3 months[76] | ||
| eVisa[217][218] | |||
| Visa not required[219] | 30 days | ||
| Visa required[220] | |||
| Visa required[221] | |||
| Free Visitor's permit on arrival[222] | 3 months | ||
| eVisa[223][224] | 30 days | ||
| Visa required[225] | |||
| eVisa[226] | up to 6 months | ||
| Visa required[228] | |||
| Electronic Travel Authorization/ Visa on arrival[229] | 30 days |
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| Visa required[231] | |||
| E-tourist card[232] | 90 days |
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| Visa required[234] | |||
| Visa required[235] | |||
| eVisa[236][237] | |||
| Visa not required[238][239] | 30 days | ||
| eVisa / Visa on arrival[240][241] | 3 months | ||
| Visa not required[242][243] | 60 days | ||
| Visa on arrival[244] | 30 days |
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| eVisa[246][247] | 15 days | ||
| Visa required[248] | |||
| Visa not required[249] | 90 days | ||
| Visa required[250] | |||
| eVisa[251][252] | 90 days | ||
| Visa required[253] | |||
| Visa on arrival[254] | 1 month | ||
| eVisa / Visa on arrival[255] |
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| eVisa[256][257] | 30 days | ||
| eVisa[258] | 30 days | ||
| Visa required[261] | |||
| Visa required[262] | |||
| Visa required[263] |
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| Visa not required[264] | 30 days | ||
| Visa required[265] | |||
| Visa required[266] |
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| Visa required[267] | |||
| eVisa[268][269][270] | 90 days | ||
| Visa required[272] | |||
| Visa not required[273] | 90 days |
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| eVisa / Visa on arrival[275][276] | 30 days |
Dependent, Disputed, or Restricted territories
Visa requirements for Dominican Republic citizens for visits to various territories, disputed areas, partially recognised countries and restricted zones:
| Visitor to | Visa requirement | Notes (excluding departure fees) |
|---|---|---|
| Africa | ||
| Special permit required | Special permit required.[277] | |
| Travel permit required | To travel in the rest of the country, a Travel Permit for Foreigners is required (20 Eritrean nakfa).[278] | |
| eVisa[279][280] |
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| eVisa[281][282] | ||
| 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.[283] | |
| Visa required | Schengen visa covers entry | |
| Visa on arrival | 30 days for 30 US dollars, payable on arrival.[284][285] | |
| Travel permit required | All foreigners traveling more than 25 kilometres outside of Khartoum must obtain a travel permit. | |
| Travel permit required | Separate travel permit is required.[286] | |
| Asia | ||
| Visa not required | 30 days[287] | |
| Special permission required | Special permission required for the town of Baikonur and surrounding areas in Kyzylorda Oblast, and the town of Gvardeyskiy near Almaty.[288] | |
| Visa not required | Visitors to Kish Island do not require a visa.[289] | |
| Visa on Arrival[290] | ||
| Visa required | These states have their own immigration authorities and passport is required to travel to them, however the same visa applies.[291] | |
| 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] | |
| Visa not required[293] | Arrival by sea to Gaza Strip not allowed.[294] | |
| Visa not required[295] | 30 days | |
| 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] | |
| TTP required | Tibet Travel Permit required (10 US Dollars).[299][300][301] | |
| Restricted zone. | ||
| Restricted zone. | ||
| Special permission required | Special permission needed for travel outside Sana'a or Aden. Also, a small fee is charged on a case-by-case basis.[302] | |
| Caribbean and North Atlantic | ||
| Visa required[303] | Visa Exemptions: Passengers with a visa issued by Canada, USA or the United Kingdom for a maximum stay of 3 months. | |
| Visa required[304] | Visa not required if holding a valid multiple-entry visa issued by Canada, USA or a Schengen Member State. | |
| Visa required[305] | Visa required, except for A max stay of 3 months for holders of a multiple-entry visa issued by Canada, USA or the United Kingdom, valid for at least 45 days beyond the period of intended stay in Bermuda. | |
| Visa required[306] | Visa not required if holding a valid multiple-entry visa issued by Canada, USA or a Schengen Member State. | |
| Visa required[307] | Visa not required if holding a valid multiple-entry visa issued by Canada, USA or a Schengen Member State valid for a minimum of 6 months on arrival. They must travel as tourists or on business for a maximum stay of 6 months. | |
| Visa required[308] | Visa not Required if you are a US, Canada or United Kingdom Resident and arrive directly from those countries.[309] | |
| Visa required[310] | Visa not required if holding a valid multiple-entry visa issued by Canada, USA or a Schengen Member State. | |
| Visa required[311] | Schengen visa endorsed with "for French Guiana" covers entry | |
| Visa required[312] | French West Indies refers to Martinique, Guadeloupe, Saint Martin and Saint Barthélemy.
Schengen visa endorsed with "for French West Indies" covers entry | |
| Visa required[313] | No visa required for holders of a Schengen member State visa. | |
| Visa not required | 6 months[314][315] | |
| Visa required[316] | ||
| Visa required | Not required for holders of a Schengen visa. | |
| Visa required[317] | Visa not required if holding a valid multiple-entry visa issued by Canada, USA or a Schengen Member State. | |
| Visa required[318] | Visa not required for holders of a valid visa issued by Canada, United Kingdom or the USA.[319] | |
| Visa required[320] | ||
| Europe | ||
| Visa required[321] | ||
| 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.[322][323] | |
| Visa not required | 3 months[324] | |
| Access Permit required[325] | Access Permit is required for travelling inside the zone, except Civil Use Areas. | |
| Visa required[313] | Schengen visa covers entry | |
| Visa required[326] | UK Visa covers entry | |
| Visa required[327] | UK Visa covers entry | |
| Visa required[328] | UK Visa covers entry | |
| Permit required[326] | Permit issued by the local police required for staying for less than 24 hours[329] and permit issued by the Norwegian police for staying for more than 24 hours.[330] | |
| Visa required[331] | UK Visa covers entry | |
| Visa required[332] | Schengen visa covers entry | |
| Special authorization required | Several closed cities and regions in Russia require special authorisation.[333] | |
| Visa not required | Multiple entry visa to Russia and three-day prior notification are required to enter South Ossetia.[334][335] | |
| Visa not required | Unlimited period under Svalbard Treaty.[336]
No one requires a visa to enter Svalbard but practically its impossible to board a flight/ferry to Svalbard without entering Norway. So double entry Schengen visa would be required to go and come back from Svalbard to mainland Norway[337] | |
| Visa not required | Registration required after 24h.[338][339] | |
| Oceania | ||
| Special authorisation required | Special authorisation required.[340] | |
| Special permit required | Special permit required.[341] | |
| Visa not required | 31 days[342] | |
| Special permission required | Special permission required.[343] | |
| Visa required[344] | Schengen visa covers entry. | |
| Visa required[345] | ||
| Visa on arrival | 30 days[346] | |
| Visa not required | 14 days visa free and landing fee US$35 or tax of US$5 if not going ashore.[347][348][349] | |
| Special permits required | Special permits required for Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Atoll, Palmyra Atoll and Wake Island.[350][351][352][353][354][355][356] | |
| South America | ||
| Pre-registration required | Online pre-registration is required. Transit Control Card must also be obtained at the airport at the airport prior to departure.[357] | |
| South Atlantic and Antarctica | ||
| Visa required[358] | UK visa covers entry. | |
| Permit required | Pre-arrival permit from the Commissioner required (72 hours/1 month for 110/160 pounds sterling).[359][360] | |
| Antarctica | Special permits required for | |
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.[373] 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,[374] to have a current International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis.[375]
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.[376][377]
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[378][379] or even accept passports that have already expired (but not been cancelled).[380]
Some countries, such as Japan,[381] Ireland and the United Kingdom,[382] 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,[383] 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,[384] Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Laos, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Mongolia, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Oman, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Peru,[385] Philippines,[386] 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.[387]
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[388] and South Africa.
Maximum passport age
Countries of the Schengen area require non-EU passports to be less than 10 years old upon entry.[389]
Criminal record
Some countries, including Australia, Canada, Fiji, New Zealand and the United States,[390] 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.[391]
Israeli stamps
Kuwait,[392] Lebanon,[393] Libya,[394] and Yemen[395] 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.[396]
Fingerprinting countries/regions include Afghanistan,[397][398] Argentina,[399] Brunei, Cambodia,[400] China,[401] Ethiopia,[402] Ghana, Guinea,[403] India, Japan,[404][405] Kenya (both fingerprints and a photo are taken),[406] Malaysia upon entry and departure,[407] Mongolia, Saudi Arabia,[408] the Schengen Area,[409] Singapore, South Korea,[410] Taiwan, Thailand,[411] Uganda,[412] 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),[413][414][415] intends to implement facial recognition for passengers departing from international airports to identify people who overstay their visa.[416]
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[417] and the United Arab Emirates conducts iris scanning on visitors who need to apply for a visa.[418][419] The United States Department of Homeland Security has announced plans to greatly increase the biometric data it collects at US borders.[420] In 2018, Singapore began trials of iris scanning at three land and maritime immigration checkpoints.[421][422]
