Visa requirements for Serbian citizens

Serbian passport

Visa requirements for Serbian citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of the Republic of Serbia.

As of 2024, Serbian citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 140 countries and territories, ranking the Serbian passport 34th in the world according to the Henley Passport Index. Serbia is one of a handful of countries whose citizens may travel visa-free to the Schengen Area, China, Russia and Cuba.

History

Until the 1990s, the Yugoslav passport has been described as highly sought-after commodity. As part of its non-aligned policies, the Yugoslav government signed numerous mutual agreements on visa-free entry from the mid-1960s.

Eventually this applied to most states of the world, promoting the Yugoslav passport to "one of the most convenient in the world, as it was one of the few with which a person could travel freely through both the East and West" during the Cold War.

With the subsequent dissolution of Yugoslavia in the 1990s, the period of difficulties related to travel bureaucracy started for all successor states. From the 2000s onward, the situation has been significantly and constantly improving and Serbian passport was among the five passports with the most improved rating in the Henley Passport Index since 2006, adding 103 countries to its visa-free list.

Recent

Serbia and Russia signed visa-free travel agreement in February 2009. Serbia signed a visa-free agreement with Israel in September 2009. The European Union Schengen area countries lifted visas for Serbian citizens in December 2009. Serbia and Turkey mutually abolished visa regime in July 2010. Serbia signed an agreement on the abolishment of visas with Kazakhstan in August 2010. Serbia and Ukraine mutually abolished visas in May 2011. Japan abolished visas for Serbian citizens in May 2011. Serbia and Albania mutually abolished visas in July 2011. In August 2013 agreement on visa-free travel with Brazil came into force. In July 2014 agreement on visa-free travel with Mongolia came into force. In August 2015 agreement on visa-free travel with Moldova came into force. In April 2016 Indonesia abolished visas for Serbian citizens for a maximum stay of 30 days. In January 2017, agreement on mutual visa free travel between China and Serbia entered into force. In November 2017 Iran abolished visas for Serbian citizens but reversed its decision in October 2018. Colombia abolished visas for Serbian citizens in February 2018. Serbia and Kyrgyzstan mutually abolished visas on 8 November 2018. Uzbekistan abolished visas for Serbian citizens on 21 January 2019. United Arab Emirates abolished visas for Serbian citizens on 6 May 2019. Barbados abolished visas for Serbian citizens in May 2019. Suriname abolished visas for holders of Serbian passport in September 2019. Armenia lifted visa requirements for Serbian citizens on 30 January 2020.

Holders of Serbian passports issued by the Coordination Directorate for Kosovo and Metohija have been exempt from visa requirements for the Schengen Area since October 2024.

Visa requirements map

Visa requirements for Serbian citizens holding ordinary passports

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Visa requirements

Country	Visa requirement	Allowed stay	Notes (excluding departure fees)	Reciprocity
Afghanistan	Visa required			√
Albania	Visa not required	90 days	ID card valid. 90 days within 180 days.	√
Algeria	Visa required			√
Andorra	Visa not required			√
Angola	Visa required			√
Antigua and Barbuda	Visa not required	6 months		√
Argentina	Visa not required	90 days		√
Armenia	Visa not required	180 days		√
Australia	Online visa required		Online Visitor e600 visa.	X
Austria	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area	√
Azerbaijan	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within 180 days period	√
Bahamas	eVisa	3 months	Visa not required for permanent residents of the United States or Canada. Cruise ship passengers travelling to and returning from the Bahamas do not require to obtain visa for entry. Both entry and departure must be by a cruise ship.	X
Bahrain	eVisa / Visa on arrival	14 days		X
Bangladesh	Visa on arrival	30 days	Not available at all entry points.	X
Barbados	Visa not required	90 days		√
Belarus	Visa not required	30 days		√
Belgium	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.	√
Belize	Visa required		Permanent residents of the US and Canada and holders of valid visas of the US, Canada, Schengen Area and the UK do not require a visa.	√
Benin	eVisa	30 days		X
Bhutan	eVisa			√
Bolivia	Online Visa / Visa on arrival	90 days		X
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 6-month period. ID card valid.	√
Botswana	eVisa	3 months	300 Botswana Pula for single entry for a period up to 3 months,500 Botswana Pula for multiple entry for a period up to 3 months,1500 Pula for multiple entry for a period over 3 months up to 2 years for dependants of residents.	x
Brazil	Visa not required	90 days		√
Brunei	Visa required			√
Bulgaria	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.	√
Burkina Faso	eVisa			√
Burundi	Visa on arrival	1 month	Citizens of all countries that needed visas can now apply for an visa on arrival at Bujumbura International Airport, or at all land borders.	X
Cambodia	eVisa / Visa on arrival	30 days		X
Cameroon	eVisa			√
Canada	Visa required		Visa not required for permanent residents of the United States.	X
Cape Verde	Visa on arrival		Not available at all entry points. Passengers who register with pre-registration (EASE), will not pay additional fee at arrival.	X
Central African Republic	Visa required			√
Chad	Visa required		Passengers with an Entry Authorization letter issued by the authorities of Chad before departure can obtain a visa on arrival.	√
Chile	Visa not required	90 days		√
China	Visa not required	30 days	30 days within any 60 day period.	√
Colombia	Visa not required	90 days		√
Comoros	Visa on arrival	45 days		X
Republic of the Congo	Visa required		Passengers with a special entry authorization can obtain a visa on arrival. The entry authorization must be signed by the Minister of Interior and Decentralization and by the Director General of Territorial Surveillance. Also passengers with V.I.P. invitation letter are exempt from visa.	√
Democratic Republic of the Congo	eVisa	7 days	Passengers with a letter (Visa Volant) issued by the Ministry of Interior and Security can obtain a visa on arrival for a maximum stay of 7 days. They can apply to extend their stay.	√
Costa Rica	Visa not required	90 days		√
Côte d'Ivoire	eVisa	3 months	e-Visa holders must arrive via Port Bouet Airport.	X
Croatia	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.	√
Cuba	Visa not required	90 days		x
Cyprus	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period.	√
Czech Republic	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.	√
Denmark	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.	√
Djibouti	eVisa	90 days		X
Dominica	Visa not required	21 days		√
Dominican Republic	Visa not required	90 days		X
Ecuador	Visa not required	90 days		X
Egypt	eVisa / Visa on arrival	30 days		X
El Salvador	Visa required		Nationals of Serbia with a valid visa issued by Canada, the USA or a Schengen Member State are exempted from visa.	√
Equatorial Guinea	eVisa			x Must arrive via Malabo International Airport, processing fee 75 USD
Eritrea	Visa required			√
Estonia	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.	√
Eswatini	Visa not required	30 days		X
Ethiopia	eVisa / Visa on arrival	up to 90 days	e-Visa holders must arrive via Addis Ababa Bole International Airport	X
Fiji	Visa not required	4 months		X
Finland	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.	√
France	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.	√
Gabon	eVisa	90 days	e-Visa holders must arrive via Libreville International Airport. *Passengers with an entry authorization issued by immigration before departure can obtain a visa on arrival.	X
Gambia	Visa required			√
Georgia	Visa not required	1 year		√
Germany	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.	√
Ghana	Visa required			√
Greece	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.	√
Grenada	Visa not required	3 months		√
Guatemala	Visa required		Not required for holders of a valid visa issued by Canada, the USA or a Schengen Member State.	√
Guinea	eVisa	90 days		X
Guinea-Bissau	Visa on arrival	90 days		X
Guyana	Visa required	30 days	Conditional visa granted on arrival.	√
Haiti	Visa not required	90 days		X
Honduras	Visa required		Not required for holders of a valid visa issued by Canada, the USA or a Schengen Member State.	√
Hungary	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.	√
Iceland	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.	√
India	eVisa	30 days	e-Visa holders must arrive via 26 designated airports or 3 designated seaports. An Indian e-Tourist Visa may only be obtained twice within 1 calendar year. 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.	X
Indonesia	e-VOA / Visa on arrival	30 days		X
Iran	Visa not required	15 days		X
Iraq	eVisa			X
Ireland	Visa required		Visa is issued free of charge. Visa waiver for UK 'C' visa holders. Entry permitted only if first point of entry to the Common Travel Area is in the UK.	X
Israel	Visa not required	3 months		√
Italy	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.	√
Jamaica	Visa on arrival	30 days		X
Japan	Visa not required	90 days		√
Jordan	eVisa / Visa on arrival	30 days	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)	X
Kazakhstan	Visa not required	30 days		√
Kenya	Electronic Travel Authorisation	90 days	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.	X
Kiribati	Visa required			√
North Korea	Visa required			√
South Korea	Electronic Travel Authorization	90 days	The validity period of a K-ETA is 3 years from the date of approval.	√
Kuwait	eVisa / Visa on arrival	3 months		X
Kyrgyzstan	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within 180 days.	√
Laos	eVisa / Visa on arrival	30 days	17 of the 31 border crossings are only open to visa holders. e-Visa may be used to enter Laos through Luang Prabang, Pakse and Vientiane international airports, 3 Thai-Lao Friendship Bridges and in Boten (road and railroad). Visa on arrival is available at Luang Prabang, Pakse and Vientiane international airports, the 4 Thai-Lao Friendship Bridges and 6 border crossings. Visa on arrival is extendable for an additional 60 days at the Department of Immigration in Vientiane.	X
Latvia	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.	√
Lebanon	Free visa on arrival	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.	X
Lesotho	eVisa			X
Liberia	Visa required			√
Libya	eVisa			x
Liechtenstein	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.	√
Lithuania	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.	√
Luxembourg	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.	√
Madagascar	Visa on arrival	60 days		X
Malawi	eVisa	90 days		X
Malaysia	eVisa	30 days		X
Maldives	Free visa on arrival	30 days		X
Mali	Visa required			√
Malta	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.	√
Marshall Islands	Visa required			X
Mauritania	Visa on arrival		Available at Nouakchott–Oumtounsy International Airport.	X
Mauritius	Visa on arrival	180 days	180 days for tourism, 120 days for Business	X
Mexico	Visa required		Visa not required for holders of valid visa issued by the US, Canada, Japan, the UK, or any of the countries comprising the Schengen Area, or for holders of valid permanent resident card from Canada, Chile, Colombia, Japan, Peru, the US, the UK or any of the countries comprising the Schengen Area. Visa is also issued free of charge for Serbian citizens.	X
Micronesia	Visa not required	30 days		X
Moldova	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period.	√
Monaco	Visa not required			√
Mongolia	Visa not required	90 days		√
Montenegro	Visa not required	3 months	ID card valid for 30 days.	√
Morocco	Visa required			√
Mozambique	eVisa / Visa on arrival	30 days		X
Myanmar	eVisa	28 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 is available for tourism only.	X
Namibia	Visa required			√
Nauru	Visa required			√
Nepal	Online Visa / Visa on arrival	90 days		X
Netherlands	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.	√
New Zealand	Visa required		Collective passports issued by the former Federal Republic of Yugoslavia are unacceptable, and visas will not be endorsed in them. 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.	X
Nicaragua	Visa on arrival	90 days	Not required for holders of a valid visa issued by Canada, the USA or a Schengen Member State.	X
Niger	Visa required			√
Nigeria	eVisa	90 days		√
North Macedonia	Visa not required	90 days	ID card valid. 90 days within 180 days.	√
Norway	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.	√
Oman	Visa not required	14 days	* 30 days e-visa also available	X
Pakistan	Online Visa	3 months	Online Visa eligible.	X
Palau	Free Visa on arrival	30 days		X
Panama	Visa not required	90 days		X
Papua New Guinea	eVisa	60 days	Visitors may apply for a visa online under the "Tourist - Own Itinerary" category.	√
Paraguay	Visa required			X
Peru	Visa not required	90 days		√ 90 days in 180 days period
Philippines	Visa required			√
Poland	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.	√
Portugal	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.	√
Qatar	Visa not required	90 days		√
Romania	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area	√
Russia	Visa not required	30 days	Visa free for holders of biometric passport only. Visitors who do not have a biometric passport can apply for an e-Visa.	√
Rwanda	eVisa / Visa on arrival	30 days		X
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Visa not required	90 days		X
Saint Lucia	Visa required			√
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Visa not required	3 months		√
Samoa	Visa not required	60 days		X
San Marino	Visa not required			√
São Tomé and Príncipe	eVisa			X
Saudi Arabia	Visa required			√ holders of a US, UK or Schengen visas have been eligible for a Saudi eVisa upon arrival
Senegal	Visa on arrival	1 month		X
Seychelles	Electronic Border System	3 months	Application can be submitted up to 30 days before travel. Visitors must upload a reservation confirmation(s) for each visitor's location of stay in Seychelles. Yellow fever vaccination certificate is required if coming from endemic countries. Payment of the fee (EUR 10) by credit or debit card. Valid for one journey only and it expires once exit the country.	√
Sierra Leone	eVisa	3 months		x
Singapore	Visa not required	30 days		√
Slovakia	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.	√
Slovenia	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.	√
Solomon Islands	Visa required			√
Somalia	Visa on arrival	30 days	Available at Bosaso Airport, Galcaio Airport and Mogadishu Airport.	√
South Africa	Visa required			√
South Sudan	eVisa		Obtainable online. Printed visa authorization must be presented at the time of travel.	X
Spain	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.	√
Sri Lanka	eVisa / Visa on arrival	60 days / 30 days	The standard visitor visa allows a stay of 60 days within any 6 month period. 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).	X
Sudan	Visa required			√
Suriname	Visa not required	30 days	An entrance fee of USD 25 or EUR 25 must be paid online prior to arrival. Multiple entry e-Visa is also available.	√
Sweden	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.	√
Switzerland	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.	√
Syria	eVisa			X
Tajikistan	Visa not required	30 days	Visa also available online.	X
Tanzania	eVisa / Visa on arrival	3 months		X
Thailand	eVisa / Visa on arrival	60 days / 15 days		X
Timor-Leste	Visa on arrival	30 days	Not available at all entry points.	X
Togo	eVisa	15 days		X
Tonga	Visa required			√
Trinidad and Tobago	Visa not required	30 days		√
Tunisia	Visa required			√
Turkey	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180-day period.	√
Turkmenistan	Visa required			√
Tuvalu	Visa on arrival	1 month		X
Uganda	eVisa	3 months	Determined at the port of entry.	X
Ukraine	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within 180 days.	√
United Arab Emirates	Visa not required	90 days		√
United Kingdom	Visa required		Serbian citizens who hold a valid entry visa for Australia, Canada, New Zealand or the United States, and a valid airline ticket for travel via the United Kingdom, as part of a journey to or from one of those countries and/or are permanent residents of the European Union, Australia, Canada and New Zealand do not require a Direct Airside Transit visa.	X
United States	Visa required			X
Uruguay	Visa not required	90 days		√
Uzbekistan	Visa not required	30 days		X
Vanuatu	Visa not required	30 days		X
Vatican City	Visa not required			√
Venezuela	Visa required		On July 14, 2023, a visa waiver agreement was signed between the 2 countries.	√
Vietnam	eVisa	90 days	30 days visa free when visit Phu Quoc Island	X
Yemen	Visa required			√
Zambia	Visa not required	90 days		X
Zimbabwe	Visa on arrival	30 days		X

Territories and disputed areas

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

Visitor to	Visa requirement	Notes (excluding departure fees)
Europe
Abkhazia	Visa required
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.
Crimea	Visa not required	Territory accessed under Russian visa policy.
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus	Visa not required	3 months
UN Buffer Zone in Cyprus	Access Permit required	Access Permit is required for travelling inside the zone, except Civil Use Areas.
Faroe Islands	Visa not required	90 days
Gibraltar	Visa required
Guernsey	Visa required
Isle of Man	Visa required
Jan Mayen	Permit required	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.
Jersey	Visa required
Kosovo	Visa not required	ID card valid.
Russia	Special authorization required	Several closed cities and regions in Russia require special authorization.
South Ossetia	Visa not required	Multiple entry visa to Russia and three-day prior notification are required to enter South Ossetia.
Transnistria	Visa not required	Registration required after 24h.
Africa
British Indian Ocean Territory	Special permit required	Special permit required.
Eritrea outside Asmara	Travel permit required	To travel in the rest of the country, a Travel Permit for Foreigners is required (20 Eritrean nakfa).
Mayotte	Visa not required	90 days
Réunion	Visa not required	90 days
Ascension Island	eVisa	3 months within any year period.
Saint Helena	eVisa
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.
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic		Undefined visa regime in the Western Sahara controlled territory.
Somaliland	Visa on arrival	30 days for 30 US dollars, payable on arrival.
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.
Asia
Hong Kong	Visa not required	14 days Only the passport with biometric cover
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.
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.
Kish Island	Visa not required	Visitors to Kish Island do not require a visa.
Macao	Visa not required	90 days
Maldives	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.
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	Arrival by sea to Gaza Strip not allowed.
Taiwan	Visa required
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.
Tibet Autonomous Region	TTP required	Tibet Travel Permit required (10 US Dollars).
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.
Korean Demilitarized Zone	Restricted zone.
UNDOF Zone and Ghajar	Restricted zone.
Phú Quốc	Visa not required	30 days
Yemen	Special permission required	Special permission needed for travel outside Sana’a or Aden.
Americas
Anguilla	eVisa
Aruba	Visa not required	30 days
Bermuda	Visa required
Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba	Visa not required	90 days
British Virgin Islands	Visa required
Cayman Islands	Visa required	Transit visa required.
Curaçao	Visa not required	90 days
French Guiana	Visa not required	90 days
French West Indies	Visa not required	90 days; includes overseas departments of Guadeloupe and Martinique and overseas collectivities of Saint Martin and Saint Barthélemy
Greenland	Visa not required	90 days
Montserrat	eVisa
Puerto Rico	Visa required
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	Visa not required	90 days
Sint Maarten	Visa not required	90 days
Turks and Caicos Islands	Visa required
U.S. Virgin Islands	Visa required
Oceania
American Samoa	Entry permit required
Ashmore and Cartier Islands	Special authorisation required	Special authorisation required.
Clipperton Island	Special permit required	Special permit required.
Cook Islands	Visa not required	31 days
Lau Province	Special permission required	Special permission required.
French Polynesia	Visa not required	90 days
Guam	Visa required
New Caledonia	Visa not required	90 days
Niue	Visa on arrival	30 days
Northern Mariana Islands	Visa required
Pitcairn Islands	Visa not required	14 days visa-free and landing fee 35 USD or tax of 5 USD if not going ashore.
Tokelau	Visa required
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.
Wallis and Futuna	Visa not required	90 days
South America
Galápagos	Pre-registration required	Online pre-registration is required. Transit Control Card must also be obtained at the airport prior to departure.
South Atlantic and Antarctica
Falkland Islands	Visa required
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).
Antarctica		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.

Diplomatic and official passports

Countries	Stay
Azerbaijan	90 days
Bangladesh	30 days
Bolivia	90 days
China	90 days
El Salvador	90 days
Ethiopia	90 days
Guatemala	90 days
Honduras	90 days
India	90 days
Iran	90 days
Jordan	90 days
Kyrgyzstan	90 days
Laos	90 days
Lebanon	90 days
North Korea	90 days
Mali	30 days
Mexico	180 days
Morocco	90 days
Kuwait	90 days
Nicaragua	90 days
Pakistan	30 days
Russia	90 days
Thailand	90 days
Ukraine	90 days
United Arab Emirates	90 days
Vietnam	90 days
Zimbabwe	90 days

Serbian identity card as optional passport replacement

Serbian identity card

Serbian identity cards can be used instead of a passport for travel to some Balkan countries and territories that have signed bilateral agreements with Serbia.

Countries and territories	Stay
Albania	90 days
Bosnia and Herzegovina	90 days
Kosovo	90 days
Montenegro	30 days
North Macedonia	90 days

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

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.

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 or even accept passports that have already expired (but not been cancelled).

Some countries, such as Japan, Ireland and the United Kingdom, 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, 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, Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Laos, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Mongolia, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Oman, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, 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.

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 and South Africa.

Criminal record

Some countries, including Australia, Canada, Fiji, New Zealand and the United States, 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.

Israeli stamps

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

Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Syria, and Yemen 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.

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.

Fingerprinting countries/regions include Afghanistan, Argentina, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, India, Japan, Kenya (both fingerprints and a photo are taken), Malaysia upon entry and departure, Mongolia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Uganda, 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), intends to implement facial recognition for passengers departing from international airports to identify people who overstay their visa.

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 and the United Arab Emirates conducts iris scanning on visitors who need to apply for a visa.

See also

• Visa policy of Serbia
• Serbian nationality law
• Serbian passport
• List of passports

External links

• Ministry of Foreign Affairs