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United States visa requirements by passport
46 passports can visit the United States without applying for a visa (42 of them need an online travel authorisation first). Find yours below, then how to apply if you need a visa. 194 of 198 answers are checked at official sources; the rest are marked.
Visa-free 4
- 🇨🇦 Canada180 days · not yet verified
- 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands · not yet verified
- 🇫🇲 Micronesia · not yet verified
- 🇵🇼 Palau · not yet verified
Electronic travel authorisation 42
- 🇦🇩 Andorra90 days
- 🇦🇺 Australia90 days
- 🇦🇹 Austria90 days
- 🇧🇪 Belgium90 days
- 🇧🇳 Brunei90 days
- 🇨🇱 Chile90 days
- 🇭🇷 Croatia90 days
- 🇨🇿 Czechia90 days
- 🇩🇰 Denmark90 days
- 🇪🇪 Estonia90 days
- 🇫🇮 Finland90 days
- 🇫🇷 France90 days
- 🇩🇪 Germany90 days
- 🇬🇷 Greece90 days
- 🇭🇺 Hungary90 days
- 🇮🇸 Iceland90 days
- 🇮🇪 Ireland90 days
- 🇮🇱 Israel90 days
- 🇮🇹 Italy90 days
- 🇯🇵 Japan90 days
- 🇱🇻 Latvia90 days
- 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein90 days
- 🇱🇹 Lithuania90 days
- 🇱🇺 Luxembourg90 days
- 🇲🇹 Malta90 days
- 🇲🇨 Monaco90 days
- 🇳🇱 Netherlands90 days
- 🇳🇿 New Zealand90 days
- 🇳🇴 Norway90 days
- 🇵🇱 Poland90 days
- 🇵🇹 Portugal90 days
- 🇶🇦 Qatar90 days
- 🇸🇲 San Marino90 days
- 🇸🇬 Singapore90 days
- 🇸🇰 Slovakia90 days
- 🇸🇮 Slovenia90 days
- 🇰🇷 South Korea90 days
- 🇪🇸 Spain90 days
- 🇸🇪 Sweden90 days
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland90 days
- 🇹🇼 Taiwan90 days
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom90 days
Visa needed 152
- 🇦🇫 Afghanistan
- 🇦🇱 Albania
- 🇩🇿 Algeria
- 🇦🇴 Angola
- 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda
- 🇦🇷 Argentina
- 🇦🇲 Armenia
- 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan
- 🇧🇸 Bahamas
- 🇧🇭 Bahrain
- 🇧🇩 Bangladesh
- 🇧🇧 Barbados
- 🇧🇾 Belarus
- 🇧🇿 Belize
- 🇧🇯 Benin
- 🇧🇹 Bhutan
- 🇧🇴 Bolivia
- 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina
- 🇧🇼 Botswana
- 🇧🇷 Brazil
- 🇧🇬 Bulgaria
- 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso
- 🇧🇮 Burundi
- 🇰🇭 Cambodia
- 🇨🇲 Cameroon
- 🇨🇻 Cape Verde
- 🇨🇫 Central African Republic
- 🇹🇩 Chad
- 🇨🇳 China
- 🇨🇴 Colombia
- 🇰🇲 Comoros
- 🇨🇬 Congo
- 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
- 🇨🇺 Cuba
- 🇨🇾 Cyprus
- 🇩🇯 Djibouti
- 🇩🇲 Dominica
- 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic
- 🇨🇩 DR Congo
- 🇪🇨 Ecuador
- 🇪🇬 Egypt
- 🇸🇻 El Salvador
- 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea
- 🇪🇷 Eritrea
- 🇸🇿 Eswatini
- 🇪🇹 Ethiopia
- 🇫🇯 Fiji
- 🇬🇦 Gabon
- 🇬🇲 Gambia
- 🇬🇪 Georgia
- 🇬🇭 Ghana
- 🇬🇩 Grenada
- 🇬🇹 Guatemala
- 🇬🇳 Guinea
- 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau
- 🇬🇾 Guyana
- 🇭🇹 Haiti
- 🇭🇳 Honduras
- 🇭🇰 Hong Kong
- 🇮🇳 India
- 🇮🇩 Indonesia
- 🇮🇷 Iran
- 🇮🇶 Iraq
- 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast
- 🇯🇲 Jamaica
- 🇯🇴 Jordan
- 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan
- 🇰🇪 Kenya
- 🇰🇮 Kiribati
- 🇽🇰 Kosovo
- 🇰🇼 Kuwait
- 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan
- 🇱🇦 Laos
- 🇱🇧 Lebanon
- 🇱🇸 Lesotho
- 🇱🇷 Liberia
- 🇱🇾 Libya
- 🇲🇴 Macau
- 🇲🇬 Madagascar
- 🇲🇼 Malawi
- 🇲🇾 Malaysia
- 🇲🇻 Maldives
- 🇲🇱 Mali
- 🇲🇷 Mauritania
- 🇲🇺 Mauritius
- 🇲🇽 Mexico
- 🇲🇩 Moldova
- 🇲🇳 Mongolia
- 🇲🇪 Montenegro
- 🇲🇦 Morocco
- 🇲🇿 Mozambique
- 🇲🇲 Myanmar
- 🇳🇦 Namibia
- 🇳🇷 Nauru
- 🇳🇵 Nepal
- 🇳🇮 Nicaragua
- 🇳🇪 Niger
- 🇳🇬 Nigeria
- 🇰🇵 North Korea
- 🇲🇰 North Macedonia
- 🇴🇲 Oman
- 🇵🇰 Pakistan
- 🇵🇸 Palestine
- 🇵🇦 Panama
- 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea
- 🇵🇾 Paraguay
- 🇵🇪 Peru
- 🇵🇭 Philippines
- 🇷🇴 Romania
- 🇷🇺 Russia
- 🇷🇼 Rwanda
- 🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis
- 🇱🇨 Saint Lucia
- 🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- 🇼🇸 Samoa
- 🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe
- 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia
- 🇸🇳 Senegal
- 🇷🇸 Serbia
- 🇸🇨 Seychelles
- 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone
- 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands
- 🇸🇴 Somalia
- 🇿🇦 South Africa
- 🇸🇸 South Sudan
- 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
- 🇸🇩 Sudan
- 🇸🇷 Suriname
- 🇸🇾 Syria
- 🇹🇯 Tajikistan
- 🇹🇿 Tanzania
- 🇹🇭 Thailand
- 🇹🇱 Timor-Leste
- 🇹🇬 Togo
- 🇹🇴 Tonga
- 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago
- 🇹🇳 Tunisia
- 🇹🇷 Türkiye
- 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan
- 🇹🇻 Tuvalu
- 🇺🇬 Uganda
- 🇺🇦 Ukraine
- 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates
- 🇺🇾 Uruguay
- 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan
- 🇻🇺 Vanuatu
- 🇻🇦 Vatican City
- 🇻🇪 Venezuela
- 🇻🇳 Vietnam
- 🇾🇪 Yemen
- 🇿🇲 Zambia
- 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
How to apply: US ESTA (Visa Waiver Program)
For citizens of Visa Waiver Program countries: business or tourism for up to 90 days.
Apply online on the official ESTA website before you travel. If your ESTA is denied, you can apply for a visa at a US embassy or consulate.
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Documents
- A passport from a Visa Waiver Program country
Source: dhs.gov ↗, read 10 November 2026.
Validity and stay
- ESTA: valid Generally 2 years, or until your passport expires, Up to 90 days per visit
Fee: ESTA: US$40.62. The fee set for fiscal year 2027 (US$40.27 before). If the ESTA is denied, only the cost-recovery part is charged.
Processing time
The official source doesn't state a processing time, so apply well before you plan to travel.
How to apply: US visitor visa (B-2)
For passports outside the Visa Waiver Program: tourism and visiting family or friends.
Complete the online DS-160 application, then book and attend an interview at a US embassy or consulate, where your photo and fingerprints are taken. Appointments are booked online; in India, through the embassy's appointment system. The visa lets you travel to the US, but the immigration officer on arrival decides whether you're admitted and for how long.
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Documents
- A completed DS-160 online application (bring its confirmation page to your appointment)
- A booked interview appointment
- Your passport
Source: in.usembassy.gov ↗, read 10 November 2026.
Validity and stay
- B-2 visitor visa: valid Set by the consulate, Decided by the officer on arrival
Fee: Set by the US Department of State. Visafar couldn't read the current fee at an official source, so check the official fee page (travel.state.gov) before you pay.
Processing time
The official source doesn't state a processing time, so apply well before you plan to travel.
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Not travel advice. Rules change and the border officer decides; confirm at United States's official sources before you travel. Updated 2026-11-10.