Passport validity

Passport validity is the length of time a passport can be used to travel to another country, or be used as a valid form of identification within or outside the issuing country before its date of expiration.

Adult passport validity map

Adult passport validity across the world

Adult passports

US adult passport with ten year validity

Indonesian adult passport with five-year validity

Old New Zealand passport showing the old validity period of five years

There is an increasing trend for adult passports to be valid for ten years, such as a United Kingdom passport, United States Passport, New Zealand Passport (after 30 November 2015) or Australian passport. A five year period of validity is also common (as used to be the situation for a Papua New Guinean passport or currently for an Indonesian passport). Some countries issue adult passports for periods between five and ten years, such as the Cuban passport, which is valid for six years.

Optional validity period

Some countries allow adult applicants to choose a passport validity, usually 5 or 10 years, at a varying price scale, e.g. costing more for 10 years than 5 years. These countries include Canada, Hungary, Japan, Mexico (1, 3, 6, or 10), Pakistan, Russia, South Korea, and Turkey.

Child and young adult passports

Most countries issue passports for children and young adults for five years, under passport issuing protocols a child or young adult passport is defined as being under 16 years for a United States Passport, under 19 years for a Japanese Passport, under 21 years for a Croatian passport, under 24 years for a German passport or under 30 years as is the case with a Spanish passport.

Infant passports

Because children change rapidly in appearance from infancy to age five, some countries issue infant passports for two years, such as the Austrian passport, or for one year in the case of the Republic of Korea passport.

Validity on arrival

Many countries require passports to have a remaining validity of six months or more on the date of arrival.

Countries requiring passport validity of at least 6 months on arrival include Afghanistan, Algeria, Bhutan, Botswana, Brunei, Cambodia, Canada, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Fiji, Guyana, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq (except when arriving at Basra - 3 months and Erbil or Sulaimaniyah - on arrival), Israel, Kenya, Laos, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Mexico, Myanmar, Namibia, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Oman, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Rwanda, Saint Lucia, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Turkey, Tuvalu, Uganda, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam

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

Countries requiring passport validity of at least 3 months on arrival include Schengen Area countries, Georgia, Honduras, Iceland, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Moldova, Nauru, Panama, United Arab Emirates

And countries requiring passport validity of at least 1 month on arrival include Philippines, Eritrea, Hong Kong, Macao, New Zealand, South Africa.

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

List

Country[1]	Validity in years[1]
Albania	10
Algeria	10
Andorra	10
Angola	5
Antigua and Barbuda	5 or 10
Argentina	10
Armenia	10
Australia	10
Austria	10
Azerbaijan	10
Bahamas	10
Bangladesh	5 or 10
Barbados	10
Belarus	10
Belgium	5 or 7
Belize	10
Bosnia and Herzegovina	10
Botswana	10
Cambodia	10
Canada	5 or 10
China	10
Colombia	10
Croatia	51 or 10
Cyprus	10
Czech Republic	10
Denmark	10
Egypt	7
El Salvador	5
Fiji	10
France	10
Gabon	10
Georgia	10
Germany	6 or 10
Hungary	5 or 10
India	5 or 10
Iran	5
Ireland	10
Israel	10
Italy	10
Jamaica	5 or 10
Japan	5 or 10
Kazakhstan	5
Kyrgyzstan	10
Kenya	10
Kiribati	10
Kosovo	10
Laos	10
Liechtenstein	10
Lesotho	10
Lithuania	10
Madagascar	10
Malawi	10
Maldives	5
Malta	10
Mauritius	10
Mexico	3, 6, or 10 (adult)
Montenegro	10
Nauru	10
Nepal	10
Netherlands	10
Norway	10
Oman	10
Pakistan	5 or 10
Poland	10
South Korea	5 or 10
Moldova	10
Russian Federation	5 or 10
Saint Kitts and Nevis	10
Saint Lucia	5
Samoa	10
San Marino	10
Serbia	10
Slovakia	10
Slovenia	10
Solomon Islands	10
South Africa	10
Spain	51 or 10
Sri Lanka	10
Sudan	10
Suriname	10
Swaziland	10
Switzerland	10
Tajikistan	10
Tanzania	10
Macedonia	10
Timor-Leste	10
Tonga	10
Turkey	5 or 10
Turkmenistan	10
Uganda	10
Ukraine	10
United Kingdom	10
United States	10
Uzbekistan	10
Vatican	10
Venezuela	5 or 10
Vietnam	10
Zambia	10
Zimbabwe	10
Bolivia	6
Costa Rica	6 (10 if issued before 2006)
Cuba	6
Dominica	10
Dominican Republic	6 or 10
Ecuador	10
Iraq	4 or 8
Kuwait	5 or 10
Rwanda	5 or 10
São Tomé and Príncipe	5-10 years
Syria	6
Afghanistan	5
Bahrain	5
Benin	5
Brazil	10
Brunei Darussalam	5
Bulgaria	5
Burkina Faso	5
Burundi	5
Cabo Verde	5
Central African Republic	5
Chad	5
Chile	5
Congo	5
Côte d'Ivoire	5
Democratic Republic of the Congo	5
Eritrea	10
Estonia	5
Ethiopia	5
Finland	5
Gabon	5
Ghana	5
Greece	10
Grenada	5
Guatemala	5
Guinea	5
Guinea-Bissau	5
Guyana	5
Haiti	10
Honduras	5
Iceland	10
Indonesia	5
Jordan	5
Latvia	5 or 10
Lebanon	5 or 10
Liberia	5
Luxembourg	5
Malaysia	5
Maldives	5
Mali	5
Marshall Islands	5
Mauritania	5
Monaco	5
Mongolia	5
Mozambique	5
Myanmar	5
New Zealand	5 or 10
Namibia	5
Nicaragua	5 or 10
Nigeria	5
North Korea	5
Palestine	5
Panama	5
Papua New Guinea	5
Paraguay	5
Peru	5
Philippines	5 or 10
Portugal	5
Qatar	5
Romania	10
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	10
Saudi Arabia	5 or 10 (lunar years)
Senegal	5
Seychelles	5
Sierra Leone	5
Singapore	10
Somalia	5
South Sudan	5
Suriname	5
Sweden	5
Thailand	5 or 10
Trinidad and Tobago	5 or 10
Tunisia	5
United Arab Emirates	5
Comoros	5
Djibouti	5
Equatorial Guinea	5
Vanuatu	5
Yemen	6