Visa requirements for Mexican citizens

A Mexican passport

Visa requirements for Mexican citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Mexico. As of 1 January 2017, Mexican citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 142 countries and territories, ranking the Mexican passport 26th in terms of travel freedom according to the Henley visa restrictions index.^[1]

Visa requirements map

Visa requirements for Mexican citizens

  Mexico

  Visa free access

  Visa on arrival

  eVisa

  Visa available both on arrival or online

  Visa required

Visa requirements

Country	Visa requirement	Notes (excluding departure fees)
Afghanistan	Visa required[2]
Albania	Visa not required[3]	90 days
Algeria	Visa required[4]
Andorra	Visa not required[5]	90 days
Angola	Visa required[6]
Antigua and Barbuda	Visa not required[7]	1 month
Argentina	Visa not required[8]	90 days
Armenia	Visa on arrival[9]	120 days
Australia	Visa required[10]	May apply online (Online Visitor e600 visa). 135 AUD.[11] Transit visa is not required.[12]
Austria	Visa not required[13]	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area
Azerbaijan	eVisa[14]	30 days. 23 USD.[15]
Bahamas	Visa not required[16]	3 months
Bahrain	Visa on arrival[17][18]	14 days. Visa is also obtainable online. 77 USD.[18]
Bangladesh	Visa required[19]	Visa on arrival available to business travelers if they are holding a letter of invitation issued by an accredited organization in Bangladesh that has notified the Immigration authorities prior to arrival.
Barbados	Visa not required[20]	6 months
Belarus	Visa not required[21]	5 days, must arrive via Minsk International Airport; Visas are issued on arrival at the Minsk International Airport if the support documents were submitted not later than 3 business days before expected date of arrival.[22]
Belgium	Visa not required[23]	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area
Belize	Visa not required[24]	1 month
Benin	Visa required[25]
Bhutan	Visa required[26]
Bolivia	Visa not required[27]	90 days
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Visa not required[28]	90 days within any 6 month period
Botswana	Visa not required[29]	90 days
Brazil	Visa not required[30]	90 days
Brunei	Visa required[31]
Bulgaria	Visa not required[32]	90 days within any 180 day period
Burkina Faso	Visa required[33]
Burundi	Visa required[34]
Cambodia	Visa on arrival[35]	30 days. Visa is also obtainable online. 37 USD.[36]
Cameroon	Visa required[37]
Canada	Visa not required[38]	6 months; eTA required if arriving by air. 7 CAD.[39]
Cape Verde	Visa on arrival[40]
Central African Republic	Visa required[41]
Chad	Visa required[42]
Chile	Visa not required[43]	90 days. A US$23 reciprocity fee is paid on arrival.
China	Visa required[44]	72-hours visa free visit when in transit at Beijing, Changsha, Chengdu, Chongqing, Dalian, Guangzhou, Guilin, Harbin, Kunming, Qingdao, Shenyang, Tianjin, Wuhan, Xi'an and Xiamen. 144-hours visa free visit when in transit at Hangzhou, Nanjing and Shanghai's Hongqiao and Pudong international airports, Railway Station and port.
Colombia	Visa not required[45]	90 days - extendable up to 180-days stay within a one year period
Comoros	Visa on arrival[46]
Republic of the Congo	Visa required[47]
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Visa required[48]
Costa Rica	Visa not required[49]	90 days
Cote d'Ivoire ! Côte d'Ivoire	eVisa[50]	70 EUR.[51]
Croatia	Visa not required[52]	90 days within any 180 day period
Cuba	Visa required !Tourist Card required[53]	30 days purchasing Tourist Card
Cyprus	Visa not required[54]	90 days within any 180 day period
Czech Republic	Visa not required[55]	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area
Denmark	Visa not required[56]	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area
Djibouti	Visa on arrival[57]
Dominica	Visa not required[58]	21 days
Dominican Republic	Visa not required[59]	90 days (10 USD Tourist Card must be purchased upon arrival)
Ecuador	Visa not required[60]	90 days
Egypt	Visa on arrival[61]	30 days
El Salvador	Visa not required[62]	3 months (10 USD Tourist Card must be purchased upon arrival)
Equatorial Guinea	Visa required[63]
Eritrea	Visa required[64]
Estonia	Visa not required[65]	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area
Ethiopia	Visa on arrival[66]
Fiji	Visa not required[67]	4 months
Finland	Visa not required[68]	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area
France	Visa not required[69]	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area (in Regions of France).
Gabon	e-Visa[70]	Electronic visa holders must arrive via Libreville International Airport. 85 EUR.
Gambia	Visa required[71]
Georgia	Visa not required[72]	1 year
Germany	Visa not required[73]	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area
Ghana	Visa required[74]
Greece	Visa not required[75]	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area
Grenada	Visa not required[76]	90 days
Guatemala	Visa not required[77]	90 days
Guinea	Visa required[78]
Guinea-Bissau	Visa on arrival[79]	90 days
Guyana	Visa required[80]
Haiti	Visa not required[81]	3 months
Honduras	Visa not required[82]	3 months
Hungary	Visa not required[83]	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area
Iceland	Visa not required[84]	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area
India	e-Visa[85]	60 days; e-Visa holders must arrive via 24 designated airports or 3 designated seaports.[86]
Indonesia	Visa not required[87]	30 days
Iran	Visa on arrival[88]	30 days[89]
Iraq	Visa required[90]
Ireland	Visa not required[91]	90 days
Israel	Visa not required[92]	3 months
Italy	Visa not required[93]	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area
Jamaica	Visa not required[94]	90 days (business), 6 months (tourist)
Japan	Visa not required[95]	90 days, extendable up to 180 days[96]
Jordan	Visa on arrival[97]	Conditions apply[98]
Kazakhstan	Visa not required[99]	30 days
Kenya	eVisa[100]	3 months. 51 USD.
Kiribati	Visa required[101]
North Korea	Visa required[102]
South Korea	Visa not required[103]	3 months
Kuwait	Visa required[104]
Kyrgyzstan	Visa on arrival[105]	1 month. Available at Manas International Airport.
Laos	Visa on arrival[106]	30 days, conditions apply[107]
Latvia	Visa not required[108]	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area
Lebanon	Visa on arrival[109]	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	eVisa[110][111]
Liberia	Visa required[112]
Libya	Visa required[113]
Liechtenstein	Visa not required[114]	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area
Lithuania	Visa not required[115]	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area
Luxembourg	Visa not required[116]	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area
Macedonia	Visa not required[117]	90 days
Madagascar	Visa on arrival[118]	30 days. 28 USD.
Malawi	Visa on arrival[119]
Malaysia	Visa not required[120]	30 days
Maldives	Visa on arrival[121]	30 days
Mali	Visa required[122]
Malta	Visa not required[123]	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area
Marshall Islands	Visa on arrival[124]	90 days
Mauritania	Visa on arrival[125]
Mauritius	Visa not required[126]	90 days
Micronesia	Visa not required[127]	30 days
Moldova	eVisa[128]	80 EUR.
Monaco	Visa not required[129]	90 days
Mongolia	Visa required[130]
Montenegro	Visa not required[131]	90 days
Morocco	Visa not required[132]	3 months
Mozambique	Visa on arrival[133]	30 days, conditions apply[134]
Myanmar	eVisa[135]	28 days, eVisa holders must arrive via Yangon, Nay Pyi Taw or Mandalay airports. 50 USD.[136]
Namibia	Visa required[137]
Nauru	Visa required[138]
Nepal	Visa on arrival[139]	90 days
Netherlands	Visa not required[140]	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area (European Netherlands)
New Zealand	Visa not required[141]	90 days
Nicaragua	Visa not required[142]	90 days
Niger	Visa required[143]
Nigeria	Visa required[144]
Norway	Visa not required[145]	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area
Oman	Visa required[146]
Pakistan	Visa required[147]	Visa on arrival when travelling on business valid for 30 days. Conditions apply.[148]
Palau	Visa on arrival[149]	30 days
Panama	Visa not required[150]	180 days
Papua New Guinea	Visa on arrival[151]	60 days
Paraguay	Visa not required[152]	90 days
Peru	Visa not required[153]	183 days
Philippines	Visa not required[154]	30 days
Poland	Visa not required[155]	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area
Portugal	Visa not required[156]	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area
Qatar	Visa on arrival !Free visa on arrival[157]	30 days, available at Hamad International Airport. eVisa is also available.
Romania	Visa not required[158]	90 days within any 180 day period
Russia	Visa required[159]
Rwanda	eVisa[160]
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Visa not required[161]	3 months
Saint Lucia	Visa not required[162]	6 weeks
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Visa not required[163]	1 month
Samoa	Visa on arrival !Entry Permit on arrival[164]	60 days
San Marino	Visa not required[165]	90 days
São Tomé and Príncipe	eVisa[166]	Visa is obtained online.[167]
Saudi Arabia	Visa required[168]
Senegal	Visa required[169]
Serbia	Visa not required[170]	90 days
Seychelles	Visa on arrival !Visitor's Permit on arrival[171]	3 months
Sierra Leone	Visa required[172]
Singapore	Visa not required[173]	30 days
Slovakia	Visa not required[174]	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area
Slovenia	Visa not required[175]	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area
Solomon Islands	Visa on arrival !Visitor's permit on arrival[176]	3 months
Somalia	Visa required[177]	Visa may be obtained on arrival, provided an invitation letter by the sponsor had been submitted to the authorities before arrival.
South Africa	Visa required[178]
South Sudan	Visa required[179]
Spain	Visa not required[180]	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area
Sri Lanka	Electronic Travel Authorization[181]	30 days. 35 USD.
Sudan	Visa required[182]
Suriname	Tourist Card on arrival[183]	90 days, available at Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport
Swaziland	Visa required[184]
Sweden	Visa not required[185]	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area
Switzerland	Visa not required[186]	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area
Syria	Visa required[187]
Tajikistan	Visa on arrival[188]	45 days at Dushanbe International Airport. Visa also available online. E-visa holders can enter through all border points. 50 USD.[189]
Tanzania	Visa on arrival[190]
Thailand	Visa required[191]
Timor-Leste	Visa on arrival[192]	30 days
Togo	Visa on arrival[193]	7 days
Tonga	Visa required[194]
Trinidad and Tobago	Visa not required[195]	90 days
Tunisia	Visa not required[196]	90 days
Turkey	eVisa[197]	Free for 30 days
Turkmenistan	Visa required[198]
Tuvalu	Visa on arrival[199]	1 month
Uganda	Visa on arrival[200]	May apply online. 50 USD.[201]
Ukraine	Visa on arrival[202]	15 days for business or tourism purposes, available at Kyiv Boryspil Airport, Kyiv International Airport (Zhuliany) and Odessa International Airport.[203]
United Arab Emirates	Visa required[204]	A 96-hour transit visa can be obtained on arrival at Dubai (DXB), provided transit time is at least 8 hours; and holding onward ticket to a third country; and holding a passport valid for at least 6 months from date of arrival. Visa fee of 170 AED. Visas are only issued as a part of a transit package together with hotel accommodation and airport transfer.[205]
United Kingdom	Visa not required[206]	6 months
United States	Visa required[207]
Uruguay	Visa not required[208]	3 months
Uzbekistan	Visa required[209]
Vanuatu	Visa not required[210]	30 days
Vatican City	Visa not required[211]
Venezuela	Visa not required[212]	90 days
Vietnam	Visa required[213]	Prearranged visa obtained online through travel agencies available at Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City or Da Nang airports. Phú Quốc visa exemption for up to 30 days.[214][215]
Yemen	Visa required[216]
Zambia	Visa on arrival[217]	90 days
Zimbabwe	eVisa[218]

Territories

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

Europe
Visitor to	Visa requirement	Notes (excluding departure fees)
Abkhazia	Visa required[219]
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.[220][221]
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus	Visa not required	3 months[222][223]
UN Buffer Zone in Cyprus	Access Permit required[224]	Access Permit is required for travelling inside the zone, except Civil Use Areas.
Faroe Islands	Visa not required[225]
Gibraltar	Visa not required[226]
Guernsey	Visa not required[227]
Isle of Man	Visa not required[228]
Jan Mayen	Permit required[229]	Permit issued by the local police required for staying for less than 24 hours[230] and permit issued by the Norwegian police for staying for more than 24 hours.[231]
Jersey	Visa not required[232]
Kosovo	Visa not required	90 days[233]
Nagorno-Karabakh Republic	Visa required[234][235]	Travellers with Nagorno-Karabakh visa (expired or valid) or evidence of travel to Nagorno-Karabakh (stamps) will be permanently denied entry to Azerbaijan.[236]
Russia	Special authorization required	Several closed cities and regions in Russia require special authorization.[237]
South Ossetia	Visa not required	Multiple entry visa to Russia and three-day prior notification are required to enter South Ossetia.[238][239]
Transnistria	Visa not required	Registration required after 24h.[240][241]
Africa
Visitor to	Visa requirement	Notes (excluding departure fees)
British Indian Ocean Territory	Special permit required	Special permit required.[242]
Eritrea outside Asmara	Travel permit required	To travel in the rest of the country, a Travel Permit for Foreigners is required (20 Eritrean nakfa).[243]
Mayotte	Visa not required[244]
Réunion	Visa not required[244]
Ascension Island	Entry Permit required	Entry Permit must be obtained minimum 28 days in advance (3 months for 20/30 pounds sterling, single/double entry).[245]
Saint Helena	Visitor's Pass required	Visitor's Pass granted on arrival valid for 4/10/21/60/90 days for 12/14/16/20/25 pound sterling.[246]
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.[247]
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.[248][249]
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.[250]
Asia
Visitor to	Visa requirement	Notes (excluding departure fees)
Hong Kong	Visa not required	3 months[251]
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.[252][253][254][255][256][257]
Iraqi Kurdistan	Visa on arrival	Visa on arrival for 15 days is available at Erbil and Sulaymaniyah airports.[258]
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.[259]
Kish Island	Visa not required	Visitors to Kish Island do not require a visa.[260]
Macao	Visa not required	90 days[261]
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.[262]
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.[263]
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[264]	Arrival by sea to Gaza Strip not allowed.[265]
Taiwan	Visa required[266]
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.[267][268][269]
Tibet Autonomous Region	TTP required	Tibet Travel Permit required (10 US Dollars).[270][271][272]
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.[273]
Korean Demilitarized Zone	Restricted zone.
UNDOF Zone and Ghajar	Restricted zone.
Phú Quốc	Visa not required	30 days[274]
Yemen	Special permission required	Special permission needed for travel outside Sana’a or Aden.[275]
Caribbean and North Atlantic
Visitor to	Visa requirement	Notes (excluding departure fees)f
Anguilla	Visa not required	3 months[276]
Aruba	Visa not required	30 days, extendable to 180 days[277][278]
Bermuda	Visa not required	Up to 6 months, decided on arrival[279]
Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba	Visa not required	3 months[280][281]
British Virgin Islands	Visa not required	30 days, extensions possible[282]
Cayman Islands	Visa not required	6 months[283]
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.[284]
Curacao	Visa not required	3 months[285]
French Guiana	Visa not required[286]
French West Indies	Visa not required	French West Indies refers to Martinique, Guadeloupe, Saint Martin and Saint Barthélemy.[287]
Greenland	Visa not required[225]
Margarita Island	Visa not required	All visitors are fingerprinted.[288]
Montserrat	Visa not required	6 months[289]
Puerto Rico	Visa required[290]
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	Visa not required[244]
Sint Maarten	Visa not required	3 months[291][292]
Turks and Caicos Islands	Visa not required	90 days[293]
U.S. Virgin Islands	Visa required[294]
Oceania
Visitor to	Visa requirement	Notes (excluding departure fees)
American Samoa	Entry permit required[295]
Ashmore and Cartier Islands	Special authorisation required	Special authorisation required.[296]
Clipperton Island	Special permit required	Special permit required.[297]
Cook Islands	Visa not required	31 days[298]
Lau Province	Special permission required	Special permission required.[299]
French Polynesia	Visa not required[300]
Guam	Visa required[301]
New Caledonia	Visa not required[244]
Niue	Visa on arrival	30 days[302]
Northern Mariana Islands	Visa required[303]
Pitcairn Islands	Visa not required	14 days visa free and landing fee 35 USD or tax of 5 USD if not going ashore.[304][305][306]
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.[307][308][309][310][311][312][313]
Wallis and Futuna	Visa not required[244]
South America
Visitor to	Visa requirement	Notes (excluding departure fees)
Galápagos	Pre-registration required	Online pre-registration is required. Transit Control Card must also be obtained at the airport prior to departure.[314]
South Atlantic and Antarctica
Visitor to	Visa requirement	Notes (excluding departure fees)
Falkland Islands	Visa required[315]
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).[316][317]
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.[318][319][320][321][322][323][324][325][326][327][328][329]

• Visas for Cambodia, Myanmar, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Sri Lanka and Turkey are obtainable online.^{[330][331][332][333][334][335][336][337]}

APEC Business Travel Card

  Full members of the scheme

  Transitional members (United States, Canada)

Holders of an APEC Business Travel Card (ABTC) travelling on business do not require a visa to the following countries:^[338]

_{1 – up to 90 days
2 – up to 60 days
3 – up to 59 days}

The card must be used in conjunction with a passport and has the following advantages:^[339]

• no need to apply for a visa or entry permit to APEC countries, as the card is treated as such (except by  Canada and  United States)
• undertake legitimate business in participating economies
• expedited border crossing in all member economies, including transitional members
• expedited scheduling of visa interview (United States)

Non-visa restrictions

Passport validity length

Many countries require passports to be valid for at least 6 months upon arrival and to have at least one or two blank pages for stamping.^[340]

Countries requiring passports to be valid at least 6 months on arrival include Abkhazia, Afghanistan, Algeria, Anguilla, Bahrain, Bhutan, Botswana, British Virgin Islands, Brunei, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Curaçao, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Fiji, Gabon, Guinea Bissau, Guyana, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq (except when arriving at Basra and Erbil or Sulaimaniyah), Israel, Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Laos, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Myanmar, Namibia, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Oman, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Qatar, Rwanda, Saint Lucia, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Somaliland, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen and Zimbabwe.^[341]

Countries requiring passports valid for at least 4 months on arrival include Micronesia and Zambia.

Countries requiring passports valid for at least 3 months on arrival include European Union countries (except Denmark, Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom, and except for EU/EEA/Swiss citizens), Albania, Belarus, Georgia, Honduras, Iceland, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Moldova, Monaco, Nauru, Panama, Saint Barthélemy, San Marino, Switzerland and the United Arab Emirates.

Bermuda requires passports to be valid for at least 45 days upon entry.

Countries that require a passport validity of at least 1 month on arrival include Eritrea, Hong Kong, Macao, New Zealand and South Africa.^[342]

Other countries require either a passport valid on arrival or a passport valid throughout the period of the intended stay.

Vaccination

Many African countries, including Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Uganda, Zambia require all incoming passengers to have a current International Certificate of Vaccination.

Some other countries require vaccination only if the passenger is coming from an infected area.^[343]

Israeli stamps

Iran,^[344] Kuwait,^[345] Lebanon,^[346] Libya,^[347] Saudi Arabia,^[348] Sudan,^[349] Syria^[350] and Yemen^[351] 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. Since 15 January 2013, Israel no longer stamps foreign passports at Ben Gurion Airport, giving passengers a card instead: "Since January 2013 a pilot scheme has been introduced whereby visitors are given an entry card instead of an entry stamp on arrival. You should keep this card with your passport until you leave. This is evidence of your legal entry into Israel and may be required, particularly at any crossing points into the Occupied Palestinian Territories." ^[352] Passports are still (as of 22 June 2017) stamped at Erez when travelling into and out of Gaza. Also, passports are still stamped (as of 22 June 2017) at the Jordan Valley/Sheikh Hussein and Yitzhak Rabin/Arava land borders with Jordan.

Armenian ethnicity

Due to a state of war existing between the Republic of Armenia and Azerbaijan, the government of Azerbaijan not only bans entry of citizens from Armenia, but also all citizens and nationals of any other country who are of Armenian descent, to the Republic of Azerbaijan^[353][354] (although there have been exceptions, notably for Armenia's participation at the 2015 European Games held in Azerbaijan).

Azerbaijan also strictly bans any visit by foreign citizens to the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh^[355] (the de facto Nagorno-Karabakh Republic), its surrounding territories and the Azerbaijani exclaves of Karki, Yuxarı Əskipara, Barxudarlı and Sofulu which are de jure part of Azerbaijan but under control of Armenia, without the prior consent of the government of Azerbaijan. Foreign citizens who enter these occupied territories, will be permanently banned from entering the Republic of Azerbaijan and will be included in their "list of personae non gratae".^[356]

Upon request, the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic authorities may attach their visa and/or stamps to a separate piece of paper in order to avoid detection of travel to their country.

Persona non grata

The government of a country can declare a diplomat persona non grata, banning their 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. Attempts to enter the Gaza strip by sea may attract a 10-year ban on entering Israel.^[357]

Fingerprinting

Several countries including Argentina, Cambodia, Japan, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, South Korea demand all passengers to be fingerprinted on arrival.^{[358][359][360][361][362][363][364]}

See also

• Visa policy of Mexico
• Mexican passport

References