Lists of third countries whose nationals must be in possession of a visa when crossing the external
borders and of those whose nationals are exempt from that requirement
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A) List of third countries whose nationals must be in possession of a visa when crossing the external
borders
1. States
AFGHANISTAN
ALGERIA
ANGOLA
ARMENIA
AZERBAIJAN
BAHRAIN
BANGLADESH
BELARUS
BELIZE
BENIN
BHUTAN
BOLIVIA
BOTSWANA
BURKINA FASO
BURMA/MYANMAR
BURUNDI
CAMBODIA
CAMEROON
CAPE VERDE
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
CHAD
CHINA
COMOROS
CONGO
COTE D'IVOIRE
CUBA
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
DJIBOUTI
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
ECUADOR
EGYPT
EQUATORIAL GUINEA
ERITREA
ESWATINI
ETHIOPIA
FIJI
GABON
GAMBIA
GHANA
GUINEA
GUINEA-BISSAU
GUYANA
HAITI
INDIA
INDONESIA
IRAN
IRAQ
JAMAICA
JORDAN
KAZAKHSTAN
KENYA
KUWAIT
KYRGYZSTAN
LAOS
LEBANON
LESOTHO
LIBERIA
LIBYA
MADAGASCAR
MALAWI
MALDIVES
MALI
MAURITANIA
MONGOLIA
MOROCCO
MOZAMBIQUE
NAMIBIA
NAURU
NEPAL
NIGER
NIGERIA
NORTH KOREA
OMAN
PAKISTAN
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
PHILIPPINES
QATAR
RUSSIA
RWANDA
SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE
SAUDI ARABIA
SENEGAL
SIERRA LEONE
SOMALIA
SOUTH AFRICA
SOUTH SUDAN
SRI LANKA
SUDAN
SURINAME
SYRIA
TAJIKISTAN
TANZANIA
THAILAND
TOGO
TUNISIA
TURKEY
TURKMENISTAN
UGANDA
UZBEKISTAN
VANUATU
1
VIETNAM
YEMEN
ZAMBIA
ZIMBABWE
2. Entities and territorial authorities not recognised as States by at least one Member State
PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY
B) List of third countries whose nationals are exempted from holding a visa when crossing the
external borders
1. States
ALBANIA
2
ANDORRA
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
ARGENTINA
AUSTRALIA
BAHAMAS
BARBADOS
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
3
BRAZIL
BRUNEI DARUSSALAM
CANADA
CHILE
COLOMBIA
COSTA RICA
DOMINICA
EL SALVADOR
NORTH MACEDONIA
3
GEORGIA
3
GRENADA
GUATEMALA
HOLY SEE (VATICAN CITY STATE)
HONDURAS
IRAEL
JAPAN
KIRIBATI
1
The exemption from the visa requirement for all nationals of Vanuatu is suspended from 4 February 2023 to 3 August 2024.
2
The visa exemption applies only to holders of biometric passports.
MALAYSIA
MARSHALL ISLANDS
MAURITIUS
MEXICO
MICRONESIA
MOLDOVA
3
MONACO
MONTENEGRO
3
NEW ZEALAND
NICARAGUA
PALAU
PANAMA
PARAGUAY
PERU
SAMOA
SAN MARINO
SERBIA
3
3
SEYCHELLES
SINGAPORE
SOLOMON ISLANDS
SOUTH KOREA
ST KITTS AND NEVIS
ST LUCIA
ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES
TIMOR-LESTE
TONGA
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
TUVALU
UKRAINE
2
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
UNITED KINGDOM
URUGUAY
VENEZUELA
2. Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China
HONG KONG S.A.R.
4
MACAO S.A.R.
5
3. British citizens who are not nationals of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland for the purposes of Union law:
2
The visa exemption applies only to holders of biometric passports.
3
Excluding holders of Serbian passports issued by the Serbian Coordination Directorate (in Serbian: Koordinaciona uprava).
4
The visa exemption applies only to holders of a "Hong Kong Special Administrative Region" passport.
5
The visa exemption applies only to holders of a "Região Administrativa Especial de Macau" passport.
British nationals (Overseas)
British overseas territories citizens (BOTC)
British overseas citizens (BOC)
British protected persons (BPP)
British subjects (BS)
4. Entities and territorial authorities not recognised as States by at least one Member State
KOSOVO
6
TAIWAN
7
6
As defined by the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 of 10 June 1999.
The exemption from the visa requirement shall only apply to holders of biometric passports issued by Kosovo in line with the standards of the International Civil
Aviation Organisation (ICAO).
7
The exemption from the visa requirement applies only to holders of passports issued by Taiwan which include an identity card number.
