Passport validity

Passport validity is the length of time a passport can be used to travel to another country, or be used as a valid form of identification within or outside the issuing country before its date of expiration

Adult passport validity map

Adult passport validity across the world

Adult passports

Generally an adult passport is valid for ten years, such as a United Kingdom passport, United States Passport, New Zealand Passport or Australian passport, or for five years as used to be the situation for a Papua New Guinean passport or currently for an Indonesian passport. Some countries issue adult passports for periods between five to ten years, such as the Cuban passport, which is valid for six years.

Optional validity period

Some countries allow adult applicants to choose a passport validity, usually 5 or 10 years. For an example Canada, Hungary, Japan, Mexico (3, 6 or 10), Russia or South Korea.

Child and young adult passports

Most countries issue passports for children and young adults for five years, under passport issuing protocols a child or young adult passport is defined as being under 16 years for a United States Passport, under 19 years for a Japanese Passport, under 21 years for a Croatian passport, under 24 years for a German passport or under 30 years as is the case with a Spanish passport.

Infant passports

Because children change rapidly in appearance from infancy to age five, some countries issue infant passports for two years, such as the Austrian passport, or for one year in the case of the Republic of Korea passport.

Senior passports

Some countries issue passports with longer validity period to their senior citizens, for example Latvian passports are issued with a validity period of 10 years to applicants aged 60 or over and a Spanish passport issued to citizens over 70 never expires.

Validity on arrival

Many countries require passports to be valid for no less than six months upon arrival.

Countries requiring passport validity of at least 6 months on arrival include Afghanistan, Algeria, Bhutan, Botswana, Brunei, Cambodia, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Fiji, Guyana, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq (except when arriving at Basra - 3 months and Erbil or Sulaimaniyah - on arrival), Israel, Kenya, Laos, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Myanmar, Namibia, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Oman, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Lucia, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Taiwan, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Tuvalu, Uganda, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, countries requiring passport validity of at least 4 months on arrival include Micronesia, Zambia, countries requiring passport validity of at least 3 months on arrival include Schengen Area countries, Georgia, Honduras, Iceland, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Moldova, Nauru, Panama, United Arab Emirates and countries requiring passport validity of at least 1 month on arrival include Eritrea, Hong Kong, Macao, New Zealand, South Africa.[1] Other countries require either a passport valid on arrival or passport valid throughout the period of intended stay.

Adult passport validity by country

List
Country[1] Validity[1]
5 years
or less		 5–10 years 10 years
Albania Red X Red X Green tick
Algeria Red X Red X Green tick
Andorra Red X Red X Green tick
Angola Red X Red X Green tick
Antigua and Barbuda Red X Red X Green tick
Argentina Red X Red X Green tick
Armenia Red X Red X Green tick
Australia Red X Red X Green tick
Austria Red X Red X Green tick
Azerbaijan Red X Red X Green tick
Bahamas Red X Red X Green tick
Bangladesh Red X Red X Green tick
Barbados Red X Red X Green tick
Belarus Red X Red X Green tick
Belize Red X Red X Green tick
Bosnia and Herzegovina Red X Red X Green tick
Botswana Red X Red X Green tick
Cambodia Red X Red X Green tick
Canada Green tick Red X Green tick
China Red X Red X Green tick
Colombia Red X Red X Green tick
Croatia Green tick1 Red X Green tick
Cyprus Red X Red X Green tick
Czech Republic Red X Red X Green tick
Denmark Red X Red X Green tick
Fiji Red X Red X Green tick
France Red X Red X Green tick
Gabon Red X Red X Green tick
Georgia Red X Red X Green tick
Germany Red X Green tick Green tick
Hungary Green tick Red X Green tick
India Red X Red X Green tick
Iran Red X Red X Green tick
Ireland Red X Red X Green tick
Israel Red X Red X Green tick
Italy Red X Red X Green tick
Jamaica Red X Red X Green tick
Japan Green tick Red X Green tick
Kazakhstan Green tick Red X Red X
Kyrgyzstan Red X Red X Green tick
Kenya Red X Red X Green tick
Kiribati Red X Red X Green tick
Kosovo Red X Red X Green tick
Laos Red X Red X Green tick
Liechtenstein Red X Red X Green tick
Lesotho Red X Red X Green tick
Lithuania Red X Red X Green tick
Madagascar Red X Red X Green tick
Malawi Red X Red X Green tick
Malta Red X Red X Green tick
Mauritius Red X Red X Green tick
Mexico Green tick Green tick Green tick
Montenegro Red X Red X Green tick
Nauru Red X Red X Green tick
Nepal Red X Red X Green tick
Netherlands Red X Red X Green tick
Norway Red X Red X Green tick
Oman Red X Red X Green tick
Pakistan Red X Red X Green tick
Poland Red X Red X Green tick
South Korea Green tick Red X Green tick
Moldova Red X Red X Green tick
Russian Federation Green tick Red X Green tick
Saint Kitts and Nevis Red X Red X Green tick
Samoa Red X Red X Green tick
San Marino Red X Red X Green tick
Serbia Red X Red X Green tick
Slovakia Red X Red X Green tick
Slovenia Red X Red X Green tick
Solomon Islands Red X Red X Green tick
South Africa Red X Red X Green tick
Spain Green tick1 Red X Green tick
Sri Lanka Red X Red X Green tick
Sudan Red X Red X Green tick
Suriname Red X Red X Green tick
Swaziland Red X Red X Green tick
Switzerland Red X Red X Green tick
Tajikistan Red X Red X Green tick
Tanzania Red X Red X Green tick
Macedonia Red X Red X Green tick
Timor-Leste Red X Red X Green tick
Tonga Red X Red X Green tick
Turkey Red X Red X Green tick
Turkmenistan Red X Red X Green tick
Uganda Red X Red X Green tick
Ukraine Red X Red X Green tick
United Kingdom Red X Red X Green tick
United States Red X Red X Green tick
Uzbekistan Red X Red X Green tick
Vatican Red X Red X Green tick
Venezuela Red X Red X Green tick
Vietnam Red X Red X Green tick
Zambia Red X Red X Green tick
Zimbabwe Red X Red X Green tick
Bolivia Red X Green tick Red X
Costa Rica Red X Green tick Red X
Cuba Red X Green tick Red X
Dominican Republic Red X Green tick Red X
Ecuador Red X Green tick Red X
Egypt Red X Green tick Red X
Iraq Red X Green tick Red X
Kuwait Red X Green tick Red X
Rwanda Red X Green tick Red X
São Tomé and Príncipe Red X Green tick Red X
Syria Red X Green tick Red X
Afghanistan Green tick Red X Red X
Bahrain Green tick Red X Red X
Belgium Green tick Red X Red X
Benin Green tick Red X Red X
Brazil Red X Red X Green tick
Brunei Darussalam Green tick Red X Red X
Bulgaria Green tick Red X Red X
Burkina Faso Green tick Red X Red X
Burundi Green tick Red X Red X
Cabo Verde Green tick Red X Red X
Central African Republic Green tick Red X Red X
Chad Green tick Red X Red X
Chile Green tick Red X Red X
Congo Green tick Red X Red X
Côte d'Ivoire Green tick Red X Red X
Democratic Republic of the Congo Green tick Red X Red X
El Salvador Green tick Red X Red X
Eritrea Green tick Red X Red X
Estonia Green tick Red X Red X
Ethiopia Green tick Red X Red X
Finland Green tick Red X Red X
Gabon Green tick Red X Red X
Ghana Green tick Red X Red X
Greece Green tick Red X Red X
Grenada Green tick Red X Red X
Guatemala Green tick Red X Red X
Guinea Green tick Red X Red X
Guinea-Bissau Green tick Red X Red X
Guyana Green tick Red X Red X
Haiti Green tick Red X Red X
Honduras Green tick Red X Red X
Iceland Red X Red X Green tick
Indonesia Green tick Red X Red X
Jordan Green tick Red X Red X
Latvia Green tick Red X Green tick2
Lebanon Green tick Red X Red X
Liberia Green tick Red X Red X
Luxembourg Green tick Red X Red X
Malaysia Green tick Red X Red X
Maldives Green tick Red X Red X
Mali Green tick Red X Red X
Marshall Islands Green tick Red X Red X
Mauritania Green tick Red X Red X
Monaco Green tick Red X Red X
Mongolia Green tick Red X Red X
Mozambique Green tick Red X Red X
Myanmar Green tick Red X Red X
New Zealand[2] Red X Red X Green tick
Namibia Green tick Red X Red X
Nicaragua Green tick Red X Red X
Nigeria Green tick Red X Red X
North Korea Green tick Red X Red X
Palestine Green tick Red X Red X
Panama Green tick Red X Red X
Papua New Guinea Green tick Red X Red X
Paraguay Green tick Red X Red X
Peru Green tick Red X Red X
Philippines Green tick Red X Red X
Portugal Green tick Red X Red X
Qatar Green tick Red X Red X
Romania Green tick Red X Red X
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Red X Red X Green tick
Saudi Arabia Green tick Red X Red X
Senegal Green tick Red X Red X
Seychelles Green tick Red X Red X
Sierra Leone Green tick Red X Red X
Singapore Green tick Red X Red X
Somalia Green tick Red X Red X
South Sudan Green tick Red X Red X
Suriname Green tick Red X Red X
Sweden Green tick Red X Red X
Thailand Green tick Red X Red X
Trinidad and Tobago Green tick Red X Red X
Tunisia Green tick Red X Red X
United Arab Emirates Green tick Red X Red X

1 – Involuntary limitation of passport validity for young adults.
2 – Extended validity for senior citizens only.

Countries with no passport validity data

Gallery

References

  1. ↑ Timatic
  2. ↑ New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs passport website accessed 11 December 2015
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