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Dependent, disputed, or restricted territories
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British Indian Ocean Territory
special permit required.
Eritrea (outside Asmara)
visa covers Asmara only; to travel in the rest of the country, a Travel Permit for Foreigners is required (20 Eritrean nakfa).
Mayotte
Visa not required for 90 days with a 180-day period.
Réunion
Visa not required for 90 days within a 180-day period.
Ascension Island
e-Visa for 2 months within any year period
Saint Helena
Visitor's Pass granted on arrival valid for 4/10/21/60/90 days for 12/14/16/20/25 pound sterling.
Tristan da Cunha
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.
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (Western Sahara controlled territory)
undefined visa regime.
Somaliland
visa required (30 days for 30 USD, payable on arrival).
Hainan
Visa not required for 30 days. Available at Haikou Meilan International Airport and Sanya Phoenix International Airport.
Hong Kong
Visa not required for 3 months.
India
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.
Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province
OIVR permit required (15+5 Tajikistani Somoni) and another special permit (free of charge) is required for Lake Sarez.
Tibet Autonomous Region
Tibet Travel Permit required.
Korean Demilitarized Zone
restricted zone.
UNDOF Zone and Ghajar
restricted zones.
Arab League
Certain countries will deny access to holders of Israeli visas or passport stamps of Israel because of the Arab League boycott of Israel.
Saudi Arabia
Non-Muslims are not allowed in Mecca or Medina.
Aruba
Visa not required for 30 days.
Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba
Visa not required for 3 months.
British Virgin Islands
Visa not required.
Cayman Islands
Visa not required for 6 months.
Curaçao
Visa not required for 3 months.
Montserrat
Visa not required for 6 months.
Puerto Rico
Visa not required for 180 days, same as the United States mainland.
Sint Maarten
Visa not required for 3 months.
U.S. Virgin Islands
Visa not required for 6 months, same as the United States mainland.
Abkhazia
Visa required. Tourists from all countries (except Georgia) can visit Abkhazia for a period not exceeding 24 hours as part of an organized tourist group.
Mount Athos
Special permit required (4 days: 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.
Brest and Grodno
Visa not required for 10 days.
Crimea
Visa issued by Russia is required.
Northern Cyprus
Visa free access for 3 months. Passport required.
UN Buffer Zone in Cyprus
Access Permit is required for travelling inside the zone, except Civil Use Areas.
Gibraltar
Visa not required.
Jan Mayen
Permit issued by the local police required for staying for less than 24 hours and permit issued by the Norwegian police for staying for more than 24 hours.
Svalbard of Norway
Right to live and work under the Svalbard Treaty.
Kosovo
Visa free for 90 days.
South Ossetia
To enter South Ossetia, visitors must have a multiple-entry visa for Russia and register their stay with the Migration Service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs within 3 days.
Transnistria
Visa free. Registration required after 24h.
American Samoa
Electronic authorization for 30 days.
Ashmore and Cartier Islands
special authorisation required.
Clipperton Island
Special permit required.
Cook Islands
Visa free access for 31 days.
Guam
Visa not required.
Niue
Visa on arrival valid for 30 days is issued free of charge.
Northern Mariana Islands
Visa not required.
Pitcairn Islands
14 days visa free and landing fee USD 35 or tax of USD 5 if not going ashore.
United States Minor Outlying Islands
special permits required for Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Atoll, Palmyra Atoll and Wake Island.
Galápagos
60 days; Visitors must pre-register to receive a 20 USD Transit Control Card (TCT).
Falkland Islands
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
Pre-arrival permit from the commissioner required (72 hours/1 month for 110/160 pounds sterling).
Antarctica and adjacent islands
Special permits required for Bouvet Island, 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.