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Visa requirements for Kuwaiti citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Kuwait. As of March 2024, Kuwaiti citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 104 countries and territories, ranking the Kuwaiti passport 54th in terms of travel freedom according to the Henley Passport Index.[1]

Kuwaiti citizens do not need a visa to enter other member states of the GCC.

Visa requirements map

Visa requirements for Kuwaiti citizens
  Kuwait
  eVisa
  Visa free access
  Visa on arrival
  Freedom of movement
  Visa available both on arrival or online
  Visa required

Visa requirements

Country Visa requirement Allowed stay Notes (excluding departure fees)
 Afghanistan Visa required[2]
 Albania Visa not required[3] 90 days
 Algeria Visa required[4]
 Andorra Visa required[5]
 Angola Visa required[6]
 Antigua and Barbuda Electronic Entry Visa[7]
 Argentina Visa required[8]
 Armenia Visa not required[9] 180 days
 Australia Visa required[10]
  • May apply online (Online Visitor e600 visa).[11]
 Austria Visa required[12]
 Azerbaijan eVisa / Visa on arrival[13] 30 days
  • eVisa also available.[14]
 Bahamas Visa not required[15] 3 months
 Bahrain Visa not required[16]
 Bangladesh Visa on arrival[17] 30 days
 Barbados Visa not required[18]
 Belarus Visa not required[19] 30 days
 Belgium Visa required[20]
 Belize Visa required[21]
  • US visa holders travelling to Belize, can stay up to 25 days
 Benin eVisa / Visa on arrival[22][23] 30 days / 8 days
  • Must have an international vaccination certificate.
 Bhutan eVisa[24]
 Bolivia Visa on arrival[25] 90 days
 Bosnia and Herzegovina Visa not required[26] 90 days
  • 90 days within any 6-month period
 Botswana Visa not required[27] 90 days
 Brazil Visa required[28]
 Brunei Visa on arrival[29] 30 days
 Bulgaria Visa required[30]
 Burkina Faso Visa required[31]
 Burundi Visa on arrival[32]
 Cambodia eVisa / Visa on arrival[33] 30 days
 Cameroon eVisa[34]
 Canada Visa required[35]
 Cape Verde Visa on arrival[36]
 Central African Republic Visa required[37]
 Chad Visa required[38]
 Chile Visa required[39]
 China Visa required[40]
  • Visa not required to  Hong Kong for 30 days
  • Visa on arrival for  Macau
 Colombia eVisa[41] 90 days
 Comoros Visa on arrival[42]
 Republic of the Congo Visa required[43]
 Democratic Republic of the Congo e-Visa[44]
 Costa Rica Visa required[45]
  • US visa holders (B1/B2, C1 or D) travelling to Costa Rica, can stay up to 30 days. Visa must be valid for at least 1 day from the day of arrival
  • US visa holders (Greencard holder, F1, J1, H1B, G4, L1, EB-1) travelling to Costa Rica, can stay up to 30 days. Visa must be valid for at least 6 months from the day of arrival
 Côte d'Ivoire eVisa[46] 3 months
 Croatia Visa required[47]
 Cuba Visa required[48]
  • Tourist card can be purchased if holding valid visa of US, Canada, and Schengen member State
 Cyprus Visa required[49]
 Czech Republic Visa required[50]
 Denmark Visa required[51]
 Djibouti Visa on arrival[52] 31 days
 Dominica Visa not required[53] 21 days
 Dominican Republic Visa not required[54] 30 days
 Ecuador Visa not required[55] 90 days
 Egypt Visa not required[56] 3 months
 El Salvador Visa not required[57] 90 days
 Equatorial Guinea e-Visa[58]
 Eritrea Visa required[59]
 Estonia Visa required[60]
 Eswatini Visa not required[61] 30 days
 Ethiopia eVisa / Visa on arrival[62] up to 90 days
 Fiji Visa required[65]
 Finland Visa required[66]
 France Visa required[67]
 Gabon eVisa / Visa on arrival[68]
 Gambia Visa required[70]
 Georgia Visa not required[71] 1 year
 Germany Visa required[72]
 Ghana Visa on arrival [73]
 Greece Visa required[74]
 Grenada Visa required[75]
 Guatemala Visa not required[76] 90 days
 Guinea eVisa[77]
 Guinea-Bissau eVisa / Visa on arrival[78] 90 days
 Guyana Visa not required[79]
 Haiti Visa not required[80] 3 months
 Honduras Visa not required[81] 90 days
 Hungary Visa required[82]
 Iceland Visa required[83]
 India Visa required[84]
 Indonesia Visa on arrival[85] 30 days
 Iran Visa not required[86][87] 15 days
 Iraq Visa on arrival[88]
  • Visa on arrival when arriving at Al Najaf International Airport, Erbil International Airport or Sulaimaniyah International Airport or Basra International Airport.
 Ireland Visa required[89]
 Israel Visa required[90]
  • Confirmation from Israeli Foreign Ministry is required before a visa is issued.[91]
 Italy Visa required[92]
 Jamaica Visa required[93]
 Japan Visa required[94]
 Jordan Visa not required[95] 3 months
 Kazakhstan Visa not required[96] 30 days[97]
 Kenya Electronic Travel Authorisation[98] 3 months
 Kiribati Visa required[99]
 North Korea Visa required[100]
 South Korea Visa not required[101] 30 days
 Kyrgyzstan Visa not required[102] 60 days
 Laos eVisa / Visa on arrival[103] 30 days
 Latvia Visa required[107]
 Lebanon Visa not required[108] 6 months
 Lesotho eVisa[109][110]
 Liberia Visa required[111]
 Libya Visa required[112]
 Liechtenstein Visa required[113]
 Lithuania Visa required[114]
 Luxembourg Visa required[115]
 Madagascar eVisa / Visa on arrival[116] 90 days
 Malawi eVisa / Visa on arrival[117]
 Malaysia Visa not required[118] 90 days
 Maldives Free Visa on arrival[119] 30 days
 Mali Visa required[120]
 Malta Visa required[121]
 Marshall Islands Visa on arrival[122] 90 days
 Mauritania Visa on arrival[123]
 Mauritius Visa not required[124] 90 days
 Mexico Visa required[125]
  • US visa holders travelling to Mexico for tourism, can be authorised to stay up to 6 months
 Micronesia Visa not required[126] 30 days
 Moldova Visa required[127] Visa free if hold a valid residence permit, a valid 'C'-type, or a valid 'D'-type visa issued by a Schengen member state
 Monaco Visa required[128]
 Mongolia Visa on arrival[129] 1 month
 Montenegro Visa not required[130] 90 days[131]
 Morocco Visa not required[132] 90 days
 Mozambique Visa on arrival[133] 30 days
 Myanmar eVisa[134] 28 days
 Namibia Visa required[135]
 Nauru Visa required[136]
   Nepal Visa on arrival[137] 90 days
 Netherlands Visa required[138]
 New Zealand Electronic Travel Authority[139] 3 months
  • Kuwait article 17 passports are unacceptable, and visas will not be endorsed in them.[140]
  • International Visitor Conservation and Tourism Levy must be paid upon requesting an Electronic Travel Authority.[141]
  • 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.[142] Such travellers are not required to pay the International Visitor Conservation and Tourism Levy.[141]
 Nicaragua Visa not required[143] 90 days
 Niger Visa required[144]
 Nigeria e-Visa [145]
 North Macedonia Visa required[146]
 Norway Visa required[147]
 Oman Visa not required[148]
 Pakistan Visa not required[149] 90 days
 Palau Free Visa on arrival[151] 30 days
 Panama Visa not required[152] 90 days
 Papua New Guinea e-Visa[153]
 Paraguay Visa required[154]
 Peru Visa required[155]
 Philippines Visa not required[156] 30 days
 Poland Visa required[157]
 Portugal Visa required[158]
 Qatar Visa not required[148]
 Romania Visa required[159]
 Russia eVisa[160] 16 days
  • e-Visa holders must arrive and departure via 29 checkpoints[161]
 Rwanda eVisa / Visa on arrival[162] 30 days
 Saint Kitts and Nevis Visa not required[163] 3 months
 Saint Lucia Visa not required[164] 6 weeks
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Visa not required[165] 1 month
 Samoa Visa not required[166] 60 days
 San Marino Visa required[167]
 São Tomé and Príncipe Visa not required[168] 15 days[169][170]
 Saudi Arabia Visa not required[171]
 Senegal Visa not required[172] 90 days
 Serbia Visa not required[173] 90 days
  • 90 days within any 6-month period
 Seychelles Free Visitor's Permit on arrival[174] 3 months
 Sierra Leone Visa on arrival[175]
 Singapore Visa not required[176] 30 days
 Slovakia Visa required[177]
 Slovenia Visa required[178]
 Solomon Islands Free Visitor’s permit on arrival[179]
 Somalia Visa on arrival[180]
 South Africa Visa required[181]
 South Sudan eVisa[182]
  • Obtainable online[183]
  • Printed visa authorization must be presented at the time of travel[183]
 Spain Visa required[184]
 Sri Lanka Electronic Travel Authorisation[185] 30 days
 Sudan Visa not required[186]
 Suriname Visa not required[187]
 Sweden Visa required[188]
  Switzerland Visa required[189]
 Syria Visa required
  • According to the Law No. 2 of 2014 all visitors require visas prior to arrival.[190][191][192] According to the IATA database, visa may be obtained on arrival and is valid for 15 days.[193]
 Tajikistan Visa not required[194] 30 days
 Tanzania eVisa / Visa on arrival[195] 90 days
 Thailand Visa not required[196] 60 days
 Timor-Leste Visa on arrival[197] 30 days
 Togo Visa on arrival[198] 7 days
 Tonga Visa required[199]
 Trinidad and Tobago Visa required[200]
 Tunisia Visa not required[201] 3 months
 Turkey Visa not required[202] 90 days within last 180 days
 Turkmenistan Visa required[203]
 Tuvalu Visa on arrival[204] 1 month
 Uganda eVisa / Visa on arrival[205]
 Ukraine eVisa[207] 30 days
 United Arab Emirates Visa not required[208]
 United Kingdom Electronic Travel Authorisation[209] 6 months
 United States Visa required[210]
 Uruguay Visa required[211]
 Uzbekistan Visa not required[212][213] 10 days
  • 5-day visa-free transit at the international airports if holding a confirmed onward ticket for a flight to a third country.[214]
 Vanuatu Visa not required[215] 30 days
 Vatican City Visa required[216]
 Venezuela Visa required[217]
 Vietnam eVisa[218]
 Yemen Visa on arrival[219] 3 months
 Zambia Visa not required[220]
 Zimbabwe eVisa / Visa on arrival[221] 3 months

Territories and disputed areas

Visa requirements for Kuwaiti citizens for visits to various territories, disputed areas and restricted zones:

Visitor to Visa requirement Notes (excluding departure fees)
 Kosovo Visa not required[222] 90 days
 Taiwan eVisa[223] 30 days

Other dependent territories

Territory Conditions of access Notes
China
 Hong Kong Visa not required[224] 30 days
 Macau Visa on arrival[225] 30 days
Denmark
 Faroe Islands Visa required[226]
 Greenland Visa required[227]
France
 French Guiana Visa required[228]
 French Polynesia Visa required[229]
France French West Indies Visa required Visa required for overseas collectivities of Saint Barthélemy and Saint Martin
 Mayotte Visa required[230]
 New Caledonia Visa required[231]
 Réunion Visa required[232]
 Saint Pierre and Miquelon Visa required[233]
 Wallis and Futuna Visa required[234]
Netherlands
 Aruba Visa required[235]
Netherlands Caribbean Netherlands Visa required[236] Includes Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba.
 Curaçao Visa required[237]
 Sint Maarten Visa required[238]
New Zealand
 Cook Islands Visa not required[239] 31 days
 Niue Visa required[240]
 Tokelau Visa required[241]
United Kingdom
 Akrotiri and Dhekelia Visa required[242] Stays longer than 28 days per 12-month period require a permit.[243]
 Anguilla eVisa[244] Holders of a valid visa issued by the United Kingdom do not require a visa.[245]
 Bermuda Visa not required[246]
 British Indian Ocean Territory Special permit required Special permit required.[247]
 British Virgin Islands Visa required[248]
 Cayman Islands Visa not required[249]
 Falkland Islands Visa required[250]
 Gibraltar Visa required[251]
 Montserrat eVisa[252]
 Pitcairn Islands Visa not required 14 days visa free and landing fee US$35 or tax of US$5 if not going ashore.[253][254][255]
 Ascension Island eVisa[256][257]
  • 3 months within any year period
 Saint Helena eVisa Visitor's Pass granted on arrival valid for 4/10/21/60/90 days for 12/14/16/20/25 pound sterling.[258]
 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.[259]
 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).[260][261]
 Turks and Caicos Islands Visa required[262] Holders of a valid visa issued by Canada, United Kingdom or the USA do not required a visa for a maximum stay of 90 days.
United States
 American Samoa Visa required[263]
 Guam Visa required[264]
 Northern Mariana Islands Visa required[265]
 Puerto Rico Visa required[266]
 U.S. Virgin Islands Visa required[267]
Antarctica and adjacent islands
Special permits required for  Bouvet Island,  British Antarctic Territory,  French Southern and Antarctic Lands,  Argentine Antarctica, Australia Australian Antarctic Territory, Antártica Chilena Province Chilean Antarctic Territory, Australia Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Norway Peter I Island, Norway Queen Maud Land, New Zealand Ross Dependency.[268][269][270][271][272][273][274][275][276][277][278][279]
Other territories
Territory Conditions of access Notes
 Belarus
Belovezhskaya Pushcha National Park 		Visa not required 3 days;[280] must first obtain an electronic pass[281]
 China
Hainan 		Visa on arrival[282] 15 days. Available at Haikou Meilan International Airport and Sanya Phoenix International Airport.
Visa not required for 15 days for traveling as part of a tourist group (5 or more people)[283]
 China
Tibet Autonomous Region 		TTP required Tibet Travel Permit required (10 US Dollars).[284][285][286]
Autonomous Republic of Crimea Crimea Visa required Visa issued by Russia is required.[287]
 Ecuador
Galápagos 		Pre-registration required Online pre-registration is required. Transit Control Card must also be obtained at the airport prior to departure.[288]
 Eritrea outside Asmara Travel permit required To travel in the rest of the country, a Travel Permit for Foreigners is required (20 Eritrean nakfa).[289]
 Greece
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.[290][291]
 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.[292][293]
 Iran
Kish Island 		Visa not required Visitors to Kish Island do not require a visa.[294]
 Iraqi Kurdistan Visa on arrival Visa on arrival for 15 days is available at Erbil and Sulaymaniyah airports.[295]
 Fiji
Lau Province 		Special permission required Special permission required.[296]
 France
Clipperton Island 		Special permit required Special permit required.[297]
 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.[298]
 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)
 Malaysia Sabah and Sarawak Visa not required These states have their own immigration authorities and passport is required to travel to them, however the same visa applies.[299]
 Maldives outside Malé 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.[300]
 Norway
Jan Mayen 		Permit required Permit issued by the local police required for staying for less than 24 hours[301] and permit issued by the Norwegian police for staying for more than 24 hours.[302]
 Novorossiya Restricted area Crossing from Ukraine requires visit purpose to be explained to Ukrainian passport control on exit and those who entered from Russia are not allowed to proceed further into Ukraine.[303]
 Russia Special authorization required Several closed cities and regions in Russia require special authorization.[304]
 Sudan outside Khartoum Travel permit required All foreigners traveling more than 25 kilometers outside of Khartoum must obtain a travel permit.
 Sudan
Darfur 		Travel permit required Separate travel permit is required.[305]
 Tajikistan
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.[306][307][308]
United Nations UN Buffer Zone in Cyprus Access Permit required[309] Access Permit is required for travelling inside the zone, except Civil Use Areas.
United Nations Korean Demilitarized Zone Restricted zone.
United Nations UNDOF Zone and Ghajar Restricted zone.
United States 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.[310][311][312][313][314][315][316]
 Venezuela
Margarita Island 		Visa not required All visitors are fingerprinted.[317]
 Vietnam
Phú Quốc 		Visa not required 30 days[318]
 Yemen outside Sana’a or Aden Special permission required Special permission needed for travel outside Sana’a or Aden.[319]

Non-visa restrictions

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Many countries have entry restrictions on foreigners that go beyond the common requirement of having either a valid visa or a visa exemption. Such restrictions may be health related or impose additional documentation requirements on certain classes of people for diplomatic or political purposes.

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.[320] Endorsement pages, which often appear after the visa pages, are not counted as being valid or available.

Vaccination

Main articles: Vaccination requirements for international travel, International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis, and Vaccine passports during the COVID-19 pandemic
Cover of the new International Certificate of Vaccination issued by the Bureau of Quarantine in the Philippines since 2021

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[321] to have a current International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis, as does the South American territory of French Guiana.[322]

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.[323][324]

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[325][326] or even accept passports that have already expired (but not been cancelled).[327]

Some countries, such as Japan,[328] Ireland and the United Kingdom,[329] 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,[330] 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,[331] Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Laos, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Mongolia, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Oman, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Peru,[332] Philippines,[333] 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.[334]

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[335] and South Africa.

Criminal record

Some countries, including Australia, Canada, Fiji, New Zealand and the United States,[336] 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.[337]

Israeli stamps

Israeli border control Entry Permit (issued as a stand-alone document rather than a stamp affixed in a passport)

Kuwait,[338] Lebanon,[339] Libya,[340] and Yemen[341] 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) 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

See also: Countries applying 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.[342]

Fingerprinting countries/regions include Afghanistan,[343][344] Argentina,[345] Brunei, Cambodia,[346] China,[347] Ethiopia,[348] Ghana, Guinea,[349] India, Japan,[350][351] Kenya (both fingerprints and a photo are taken),[352] Malaysia upon entry and departure,[353] Mongolia, Saudi Arabia,[354] Singapore, South Korea,[355] Taiwan, Thailand,[356] Uganda,[357] 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),[358][359][360] intends to implement facial recognition for passengers departing from international airports to identify people who overstay their visa.[361]

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[362] and the United Arab Emirates conducts iris scanning on visitors who need to apply for a visa.[363][364]

See also

References and Notes

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Notes
  1. ^
    • Panghok - Taichang (Vietnam)
    • Lantui - Baka (China)
    • Meuang mom - Wan Pong (Myanmar)
    • Tanalaeng Dry Port - Nongkai (Thailand)
    • Nonghaed - Nam kanh (Vietnam)
    • Pakxan - Bungkan (Thailand)
    • Nam phao - Cau treo (Vietnam)
    • Na pao - Cha lo (Vietnam)
    • Nam ngeun - Huay konl (Thailand)
    • Namheuang - Nakaseng (Thailand)
    • Phoudou (Thailand)
    • Nam soy - Na meo (Vietnam)
    • Phoukeua - Kontoum (Vietnam)
    • Lalai (Vietnam)
    • Pangmone - Phayao (Thailand)
    • Daktaock - Nam Giang (Vietnam)
    • Savannakhet Airport
  2. ^
    • Vientiane
    • Savannakhet
    • Bokeo
  3. ^
    • Vientiane
    • Savannakhet
    • Khammouane
    • Bokeo
  4. ^
    • Samliemkham (Thailand and Myanmar)
    • Khamsavath - Nongkai (Thailand)
    • Daensavan - Lao bao (Vietnam)
    • Veunkham - Nong nok khian (Cambodia)
    • Vang tao - Chongmek (Thailand)
    • Boten - Bo han (China)
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