Visa requirements for Austrian citizens

Visa requirements for Austrian citizens are administrative entry restrictions imposed by the authorities of foreign states on citizens of Austria. As of January 2024,^[update]

As of 2024, Austrian citizens had visa-free, eTA or visa on arrival access to 193 countries and territories, ranking the Austrian passport 2nd in the world, according to the methodology of the Henley Passport Index.^[1]

Visa requirements map

Visa requirements

Country	Visa requirement	Allowed stay	Notes (excluding departure fees)
Afghanistan	Visa required[2]
Albania	Visa not required[3]	90 days	ID card valid.
Algeria	Visa required[4]
Andorra	Visa not required[5]		ID card valid.
Angola	Visa not required[6]	30 days	30 days per trip, but no more than 90 days within any 1 calendar year for tourism purposes only.[7] Visitors must have a return/onward ticket and a hotel reservation confirmation.[8] An International Certificate of Vaccination is required.
Antigua and Barbuda	Visa not required[9]	3 months
Argentina	Visa not required[10]	90 days
Armenia	Visa not required[11]	180 days
Australia	eVisitor[12]	90 days	90 days on each visit in 12-month period if granted.
Azerbaijan	eVisa[13][14]	30 days
Bahamas	Visa not required[15]	3 months
Bahrain	eVisa / Visa on arrival[16]	14 days
Bangladesh	Visa on arrival[17]	30 days
Barbados	Visa not required[18]	3 months
Belarus	Visa not required[19]	30 days	Must arrive and depart via Minsk International Airport.
Belgium	Visa not required[20]	Freedom of movement. ID card valid.
Belize	Visa not required[21]	1 month
Benin	eVisa[22][23]	30 days	Must have an international vaccination certificate.
Bhutan	eVisa[24][25]
Bolivia	Visa not required[26]	90 days
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Visa not required[27]	90 days	90 days within any 6-month period. ID card valid.
Botswana	Visa not required[28]	90 days
Brazil	Visa not required[29]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period.
Brunei	Visa not required[30]	90 days
Bulgaria	Visa not required[31]	Freedom of movement. ID card valid.
Burkina Faso	eVisa / Visa on arrival[32][33]	1 month
Burundi	Visa on arrival[34]	1 month
Cambodia	eVisa / Visa on arrival[35][36]	30 days	Visa is also obtainable online.
Cameroon	eVisa[37][38]
Canada	Visa not required[39]	6 months	eTA required if arriving by air.[40][41]
Cape Verde	Visa not required[42]	30 days	Must register online at least five days prior to arrival.[43]
Central African Republic	Visa required[44]
Chad	Visa required[45]
Chile	Visa not required[46]	90 days
China	Visa not required[47]	15 days	Visa-free from 14 March, 2024 to 30 November, 2024. 24-hour visa-free transit through China (unless arriving in Fuzhou, Huangshan, Mudanjiang, or Yanji). 72-hour visa-free transit through Changsha, Guilin and Harbin. 144-hour visa-free transit through Beijing, Chengdu, Chongqing, Dalian, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Jieyang, Kunming, Nanjing, Ningbo, Qinhuangdao, Qingdao, Shanghai, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Shijiazhuang, Tianjin, Wuhan, Xiamen and Xi'an.[48] Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan count as third countries under the 24, 72 and 144-hours transit without visa (TWOV) policies.
Colombia	Visa not required[49]	90 days	90 days - extendable up to 180-days stay within a 1-year period.
Comoros	Visa on arrival[50]	45 days
Republic of the Congo	Visa required[51]
Democratic Republic of the Congo	eVisa[52][53]	7 days
Costa Rica	Visa not required[54]	90 days
Côte d'Ivoire	eVisa[55][56]
Croatia	Visa not required[57]	Freedom of movement. ID card valid.
Cuba	Tourist card required[58]	90 days	Can be extended up to 90 days with a fee.
Cyprus	Visa not required[59]	Freedom of movement. ID card valid.
Czech Republic	Visa not required[60]	Freedom of movement. ID card valid.
Denmark	Visa not required[61]	Freedom of movement. ID card valid.
Djibouti	eVisa[62][63]	90 days
Dominica	Visa not required[64]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period.
Dominican Republic	Visa not required[65]	90 days
Ecuador	Visa not required[66]	90 days
Egypt	eVisa / Visa on arrival[67][68]	30 days
El Salvador	Visa not required[69]	3 months
Equatorial Guinea	eVisa[70][71]
Eritrea	Visa required[72]
Estonia	Visa not required[73]	Freedom of movement. ID card valid.
Eswatini	Visa not required[74]	30 days
Ethiopia	eVisa / Visa on arrival[75]	up to 90 days	Visa on arrival is obtainable only at Addis Ababa Bole International Airport.[76] e-Visa holders must arrive via Addis Ababa Bole International Airport. e-Visa is available for 30 or 90 days.[77]
Fiji	Visa not required[78]	4 months
Finland	Visa not required[79]	Freedom of movement. ID card valid.
France	Visa not required[80]	Freedom of movement (in Regions of France). ID card valid.
Gabon	eVisa[81][82]	90 days	e-Visa holders must arrive via Libreville International Airport.
Gambia	Visa required[83]
Georgia	Visa not required[84]	1 year	ID card valid.
Germany	Visa not required[85]	Freedom of movement. ID card valid.
Ghana	Visa required[86]
Greece	Visa not required[87]	Freedom of movement. ID card valid.
Grenada	Visa not required[88]	3 months
Guatemala	Visa not required[89]	90 days
Guinea	eVisa[90][91]	90 days
Guinea-Bissau	Visa on arrival[92]	90 days
Guyana	Visa not required[93]	3 months
Haiti	Visa not required[94]	90 days
Honduras	Visa not required[95]	3 months
Hungary	Visa not required[96]	Freedom of movement. ID card valid.
Iceland	Visa not required[97]	Freedom of movement. ID card valid.
India	eVisa[98]	30 days	e-Visa holders must arrive via 26 designated airports[Note 1] or 3 designated seaports.[Note 2][99] An Indian e-Tourist Visa may only be obtained twice within 1 calendar year.[citation needed] Foreigners of Pakistani origin or who hold a Pakistani Passport are not eligible for an e-Visa. Foreigners who are not Pakistani nationals, but whose parents or grandparents (either paternal or maternal) were born in, or were permanent residents in Pakistan, are also not eligible for an e-Visa.[100]
Indonesia	e-VOA / Visa on arrival[101][102]	30 days
Iran	eVisa[103][104]	30 days	Passengers who have already made an application, at least two days before arrival, at the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affair's e-Visa website and present the submission notification at the airport's visa desk may obtain a visa on arrival.[105]
Iraq	Visa on arrival[106]	60 days
Ireland	Visa not required[107]	Freedom of movement. ID card valid.
Israel	Visa not required[108]	3 months
Italy	Visa not required[109]	Freedom of movement. ID card valid.
Jamaica	Visa not required[110]	90 days
Japan	Visa not required[111]	90 days	Extendable once.
Jordan	eVisa / Visa on arrival[112][113]		Visa can be obtained upon arrival, it will cost a total of 40 JOD, obtainable at most international ports of entry and land border crossings (except King Hussein/Allenby Bridge)
Kazakhstan	Visa not required[114]	30 days
Kenya	Electronic Travel Authorization[115][116]	3 months	Applications can be submitted up to 90 days prior to travel and must be submitted at least 3 days in advance. eTA fee is USD 32.50. Proof of reservation at the hotel where visitors plan to stay is required (if staying with friends, an invitation letter is also acceptable). Yellow fever vaccination certificate is required if coming from endemic countries.
Kiribati	Visa not required[117]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period.
North Korea	Visa required[118]
South Korea	Electronical Travel Authorization[119]	90 days	The validity period of a K-ETA is 3 years from the date of approval.[120]
Kuwait	eVisa / Visa on arrival[121][122]	3 months
Kyrgyzstan	Visa not required[123]	60 days
Laos	eVisa / Visa on arrival[124]	30 days	17[Note 3] of the 31 border crossings are only open to visa holders.[125] e-Visa may be used to enter Laos through Luang Prabang, Pakse and Vientiane international airports, 3 Thai-Lao Friendship Bridges[Note 4] and in Boten (road and railroad).[126] Visa on arrival is available at Luang Prabang, Pakse and Vientiane international airports, the 4 Thai-Lao Friendship Bridges[Note 5] and 6 border crossings.[Note 6][125] Visa on arrival is extendable for an additional 60 days at the Department of Immigration in Vientiane.[127]
Latvia	Visa not required[128]	Freedom of movement. ID card valid.
Lebanon	Free visa on arrival[129]	1 month	1 month extendable for 2 additional months. Granted free of charge at Beirut International Airport or any other port of entry if there is no Israeli visa or seal, holding a telephone number, an address in Lebanon, and a non refundable return or circle trip ticket.
Lesotho	Visa not required[130]	14 days
Liberia	Visa required[131]
Libya	eVisa[132][133]
Liechtenstein	Visa not required[134]	Freedom of movement. ID card valid.
Lithuania	Visa not required[135]	Freedom of movement. ID card valid.
Luxembourg	Visa not required[136]	Freedom of movement. ID card valid.
Madagascar	Visa on arrival[137]	60 days
Malawi	eVisa / Visa on arrival[138][139]	90 days
Malaysia	Visa not required[140]	3 months
Maldives	Free visa on arrival[141]	30 days
Mali	Visa required[142]
Malta	Visa not required[143]	Freedom of movement. ID card valid.
Marshall Islands	Visa not required[144]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period.
Mauritania	Visa on arrival[145]		Available at Nouakchott–Oumtounsy International Airport.
Mauritius	Visa not required[146]	90 days
Mexico	Visa not required[147]	180 days
Micronesia	Visa not required[148]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period.
Moldova	Visa not required[149]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period. ID card valid.
Monaco	Visa not required[150]		ID card valid
Mongolia	Visa not required[151]	30 days	The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia has exempted visas for 34 countries from January 2023 to December 2025.
Montenegro	Visa not required[152]	90 days	ID card valid for 30 days.
Morocco	Visa not required[153]	90 days
Mozambique	eVisa / Visa on arrival[154][155]	30 days
Myanmar	eVisa / Visa on arrival[156][157]	30 days	e-Visa holders must arrive via Yangon, Nay Pyi Taw or Mandalay airports or via land border crossings with Thailand — Tachileik, Myawaddy and Kawthaung or India — Rih Khaw Dar and Tamu. e-Visa available for both tourism or business purposes. Visa on arrival may be obtainted at Yangon International Airport, Nay Pyi Taw International Airport or Mandalay International Airport.[158]
Namibia	Visa not required[159]	3 months	3 months within a calendar year.
Nauru	Visa required[160]
Nepal	Online Visa / Visa on arrival[161][162]	90 days
Netherlands	Visa not required[163]	Freedom of movement (European Netherlands). ID card valid.
New Zealand	Electronic Travel Authority[164]	3 months	International Visitor Conservation and Tourism Levy must be paid upon requesting an Electronic Travel Authority.[165] 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.[166] Such travellers are not required to pay the International Visitor Conservation and Tourism Levy.[165]
Nicaragua	Visa not required[167]	90 days
Niger	Visa required[168]
Nigeria	eVisa[169][170]	90 days
North Macedonia	Visa not required[171]	90 days	ID card valid.
Norway	Visa not required[172]	Freedom of movement ID card valid.
Oman	Visa not required / eVisa[173][174]	14 days / 30 days
Pakistan	ETA / Online Visa[175][176]	30 days / 3 months	Electronic Travel Authorization to obtain a visa on arrival for tourism purposes.[177] Electronic Travel Authorization to obtain a visa on arrival for business purposes.[178] Online Visa eligible.[179]
Palau	Visa not required[180]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period.
Panama	Visa not required[181]	90 days
Papua New Guinea	eVisa[182][183]	60 days	Available at Gurney Airport (Alotau), Mount Hagen Airport, Port Moresby Airport and Tokua Airport (Rabaul).
Paraguay	Visa not required[184]	90 days
Peru	Visa not required[185]	90 days	90 days within any 6-month period[186]
Philippines	Visa not required[187]	30 days
Poland	Visa not required[188]	Freedom of movement. ID card valid.
Portugal	Visa not required[189]	Freedom of movement. ID card valid.
Qatar	Visa not required[190]	90 days
Romania	Visa not required[191]	Freedom of movement. ID card valid.
Russia	eVisa[192][193]	16 days
Rwanda	eVisa / Visa on arrival[194]	30 days
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Visa not required[195]	3 months
Saint Lucia	Visa not required[196]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period.
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Visa not required[197]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period.
Samoa	Visa not required[198]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period.
San Marino	Visa not required[199]		ID card valid
São Tomé and Príncipe	Visa not required[200]	15 days
Saudi Arabia	eVisa / Visa on arrival[201][202]	90 days
Senegal	Visa not required[203]	90 days
Serbia	Visa not required[204]	90 days	90 days within any 6-month period. ID card valid.
Seychelles	Visa not required[205][206][207]	3 months
Sierra Leone	eVisa / Visa on arrival[208][209]	3 months / 30 days
Singapore	Visa not required[210]	90 days
Slovakia	Visa not required[211]	Freedom of movement. ID card valid.
Slovenia	Visa not required[212]	Freedom of movement. ID card valid.
Solomon Islands	Visa not required[213]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period.
Somalia	Visa on arrival[214]		Available at Berbera, Borama, Burao, Erigavo and Hargeisa airports.[citation needed] 30 days, available at Bosaso Airport, Galcaio Airport and Mogadishu Airport.[citation needed]
South Africa	Visa not required[215]	90 days
South Sudan	eVisa[216][217]		Obtainable online. Printed visa authorization must be presented at the time of travel.
Spain	Visa not required[218]	Freedom of movement. ID card valid.
Sri Lanka	eVisa / Visa on arrival[219][220]	60 days / 30 days	The standard visitor visa allows a stay of 60 days within any 6 month period.[221] Visa fees (for Standard visitor visa): SAARC - USD 35 Non SAARC - USD 75 e-Visa categories will be charged an additional USD 18.50 service fee. If transiting from any of the Sri Lankan airports, An e-Visa is exempted (2 day transit period).
Sudan	Visa required[222]
Suriname	Visa not required[223][224]	90 days	An entrance fee of USD 25 or EUR 25 must be paid online prior to arrival.[225] Multiple entry e-Visa is also available.[226]
Sweden	Visa not required[227]	Freedom of movement. ID card valid.
Switzerland	Visa not required[228]	Freedom of movement. ID card valid.
Syria	Visa required[229]
Tajikistan	Visa not required[230]	30 days
Tanzania	eVisa / Visa on arrival[231][232]	90 days
Thailand	Visa not required[233]	30 days	Maximum two visits annually if not arriving by air.
Timor-Leste	Visa not required[234]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period.
Togo	eVisa[235][236]	15 days
Tonga	Visa not required[237][238]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period.
Trinidad and Tobago	Visa not required[239]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period.
Tunisia	Visa not required[240]	3 months	ID card valid on organized tours[241]
Turkey	Visa not required[242]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period.
Turkmenistan	Visa required[243]
Tuvalu	Visa not required[244]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period.
Uganda	eVisa[245][246]	3 months
Ukraine	Visa not required[247]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period.
United Arab Emirates	Visa not required[248]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period.[249][250]
United Kingdom	Visa not required[251]	6 months
United States	Visa Waiver Program[252][253]	90 days	ESTA is valid for 2 years from the date of issuance.[254] ESTA is also required when entering the country by cruise ship or land.[255] Visa required if Nationals of VWP countries who have travelled or been present in Iraq, North Korea, Syria, Iran, Sudan, Libya, Somalia, or Yemen at any time on or after 1 March 2011 (with limited exceptions), or those who have travelled or being present in Cuba at any time on or after 12 January 2021, or nationals of VWP countries who are also nationals of Iraq, Syria, Iran, North Korea or Sudan.
Uruguay	Visa not required[256]	90 days
Uzbekistan	Visa not required[257]	30 days
Vanuatu	Visa not required[258]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period.
Vatican City	Visa not required[259]		ID card valid.
Venezuela	Visa not required[260]	90 days
Vietnam	eVisa[261][262]	30 days	e-Visa is valid for 90 days and multiple entry.
Yemen	Visa required[263]
Zambia	Visa not required[264]	30 days	Also eligible for a universal visa.
Zimbabwe	Visa on arrival[265]	30 days

Territories and disputed areas

Visa requirements for Austrian citizens for visits to various territories, disputed areas, partially recognized countries and restricted zones:

Visitor to	Visa requirement	Allowed stay	Notes (excluding departure fees)
Europe
Abkhazia	Visa required[266]
Mount Athos	Special permit required	4 days	Special permit required (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.[267][268]
Brest and Grodno	Visa not required	Visa-free for 10 days[269]
Crimea	eVisa[270]	16 days	Visa issued by Russia is required.[271]
Northern Cyprus	Visa not required	3 months[272]	ID card valid.
UN Buffer Zone in Cyprus	Access Permit required[273]		Access Permit is required for travelling inside the zone, except Civil Use Areas.
Faroe Islands	Visa not required	90 days	ID card valid.
Gibraltar	Visa not required[106]	6 months	ID card valid.
Guernsey	Visa not required[274]	6 months
Jersey	Visa not required[275]	6 months
Isle of Man	Visa not required[276]	6 months
Jan Mayen	Permit required		Permit issued by the local police required for staying for less than 24 hours[277] and permit issued by the Norwegian police for staying for more than 24 hours.[278]
Kosovo	Visa not required[279]	90 days[280]	ID card valid.
Russia	Special authorization required		Several closed cities and regions in Russia require special authorization.[281]
South Ossetia	Russian multiple entry visa required		Multiple entry visa to Russia and three-day prior notification are required to enter South Ossetia.[282][283]
Transnistria	Visa not required	24 hours	Registration required after 24h.[284][285]
Africa
British Indian Ocean Territory	Special permit required		Special permit required.[286]
Eritrea outside Asmara	Travel permit required		To travel in the rest of the country, a Travel Permit for Foreigners is required (20 Eritrean nakfa).[287]
Canary Islands	Visa not required	Freedom of movement. ID card valid.
Ceuta	Visa not required	Freedom of movement. ID card valid.
Melilla	Visa not required	Freedom of movement. ID card valid.
Madeira	Visa not required	Freedom of movement. ID card valid.
Mayotte	Visa not required	Freedom of movement. ID card valid.
Réunion	Visa not required	Freedom of movement. ID card valid.
Ascension Island	eVisa[288][289]	3 months within any year period.
Saint Helena	Visitor's Pass on arrival		Visitor's Pass granted on arrival valid for 4/10/21/60/90 days for 12/14/16/20/25 pound sterling.[290]
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.[291]
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic	Visa not required	90 days	Same visa regime as Morocco.
Somaliland	Visa on arrival	30 days for 30 USD, payable on arrival.[292][293]
Sudan	Travel permit required		All foreigners traveling more than 25 kilometers outside of Khartoum must obtain a travel permit.
Darfur	Travel permit required		Separate travel permit is required.[294]
Asia
Hainan	Visa not required	30 days	Individual tourists need to select a tour agency and inform them their schedule.[295][296]
Hong Kong	Visa not required[297]	90 days
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.[298][299][300][301][302][303]
Iraqi Kurdistan	eVisa[304]	30 days
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.[305]
Kish Island	Visa not required		Visitors to Kish Island do not require a visa.[306]
Macao	Visa not required[307]	90 days
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.[308]
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)
Palestine	Visa not required[309]		Arrival by sea to Gaza Strip not allowed.[310]
Taiwan	Visa not required[311]	90 days
Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province	OVIR permit required		OVIR permit required, can be obtained with e-visa application for an additional $20. Locally it may be obtained for 15+5 Tajikistani Somoni. Another special permit (free of charge) is required for Lake Sarez.[312][313][314]
Tibet Autonomous Region	TTP required		Tibet Travel Permit required (10 US Dollars).[315][316][317]
Turkmenistan	Special permit required		A special permit, issued prior to arrival by Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is required if visiting the following places: Atamurat, Cheleken, Dashoguz, Serakhs and Serhetabat.[318]
Korean Demilitarized Zone	Restricted zone
UNDOF Zone and Ghajar	Restricted zone
Phú Quốc	Visa not required	30 days[319]
Yemen	Special permission required		Special permission needed for travel outside Sana’a or Aden.[320]
Caribbean and North Atlantic
Azores	Visa not required	Freedom of movement ID card valid
Anguilla	Visa not required[321]	3 months
Aruba	Visa not required	30 days, extendable to 180 days[322][323]
Bermuda	Visa not required[324]	Up to 6 months, decided on arrival.
Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba	Visa not required	3 months[325][326]
British Virgin Islands	Visa not required[327]	30 days, extensions possible
Cayman Islands	Visa not required[328]	6 months
Curacao	Visa not required[329]	3 months
Greenland	Visa not required[61]	90 days
Guadeloupe	Visa not required	Freedom of movement. ID card valid.
Martinique	Visa not required	Freedom of movement. ID card valid.
Montserrat	Visa not required	6 months[330][331]	ID card valid (max. 14 days)[332]
Puerto Rico	ESTA[333]	90 days (same as for USA)
Saint Barthélemy	Visa not required		ID card valid.
Saint Martin	Visa not required	Freedom of movement. ID card valid.
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	Visa not required		ID card valid.
San Andrés and Leticia	Tourist Card on arrival		Visitors arriving at Gustavo Rojas Pinilla International Airport and Alfredo Vásquez Cobo International Airport must buy tourist cards on arrival.[334]
Sint Maarten	Visa not required	3 months[335][336]
Turks and Caicos Islands	Visa not required[337]	90 days
U.S. Virgin Islands	ESTA[338]	90 days
Oceania
American Samoa	Electronic authorization[339]	30 days
Ashmore and Cartier Islands	Special authorisation required		Special authorisation required.[340]
Clipperton Island	Special permit required		Special permit required.[341]
Cook Islands	Visa not required	31 days[342]
Lau Province	Special permission required		Special permission required.[343]
Guam	ESTA[344]	90 days
New Caledonia	Visa not required		ID card valid.
Niue	Visa not required[345]	30 days
Northern Mariana Islands	ESTA[344]	90 days
Pitcairn Islands	Visa not required	14 days	Landing fee 35 USD or tax of 5 USD if not going ashore.[346][347][348]
French Polynesia	Visa not required		ID card valid.
Tokelau	Entry permit required[349]
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.[350][351][352][353][354][355][356]
Wallis and Futuna	Visa not required		ID card valid.
South America
French Guiana	Visa not required	Freedom of movement. ID card valid.
Galápagos	Online pre-registration required		Online pre-registration is required. Transit Control Card must also be obtained at the airport prior to departure.[357]
South Atlantic and Antarctica
Falkland Islands	Visa not required[358]	1 month	A visitor permit is normally issued as a stamp in the passport on arrival.[359]
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).[360][361]
Antarctica	Permit required		Special permits required for  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.[362][363][364][365][366][367][368][369][370][371][372]

Non-ordinary passports

Holders of various categories of official passports have additional visa-free access to the following countries - Azerbaijan (diplomatic or service passports), Egypt (diplomatic or service passports), Indonesia (diplomatic or service passports), Ivory Coast (diplomatic or service passports), Pakistan (diplomatic or service passports), Russia (diplomatic passports), Turkey (diplomatic, official, service or special passports).

Holders of diplomatic or service passports of any country have visa-free access to Cape Verde, Ethiopia, Mali and Zimbabwe.

Right to consular protection in non-EU countries

When in a non-EU country where there is no Austrian embassy, Austrian citizens as EU citizens have the right to get consular protection from the embassy of any other EU country present in that country.

See also List of diplomatic missions of Austria.

Non-visa restrictions

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.^[373] Endorsement pages, which often appear after the visa pages, are not counted as being valid or available.

Vaccination

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^[374] to have a current International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis, as does the South American territory of French Guiana.^[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, United Republic of 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.

Criminal record

Some countries, including Australia, Canada, Fiji, New Zealand and the United States,^[389] 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 entry into that country. 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.^[390]

Israeli stamps

Kuwait,^[391] Lebanon,^[392] Libya,^[393] Syria,^[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] Singapore, South Korea,^[409] Taiwan, Thailand,^[410] Uganda,^[411] 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 domestic legislation),^{[412][413][414]} intends to implement facial recognition for passengers departing from international airports to identify people who overstay their visa.^[415]

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^[416] and the United Arab Emirates conducts iris scanning on visitors who need to apply for a visa.^[417][418]

See also

• Visa requirements for European Union citizens
• Austrian passport

References

Notes