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US Passport Visa-Free Countries 2023

A United States passport is a powerful document to have, ranking 7th in terms of travel freedom according to the 2021 Henley Passport Index. The Henley Passport Index is a global ranking of countries' passports according to the travel freedom they afford their holders. The U.S. passport is tied for 7th place with passports from several other countries: Czech Republic, Greece, Malta, Norway, and the United Kingdom.

Where can U.S. passport holders travel visa-free?

As of October 1, 2021, US citizens can travel visa-free to 185 countries and territories (though a few require a visa on arrival). Note, however, that some of these countries do implement stiffer requirements after one has stayed a certain length of time—typically 30, 60, 90, or 180 days.

Perhaps most importantly considering Europe's popularity as a vacation destination, US citizens do not need a tourist visa to enter any of the 27 countries of the European Union—or the United Kingdom, which recently left the EU.

Countries that still require a visa ... and possibly something more

In countries where visas are required, travelers must typically pay registration fees, departure taxes, and travel fees. For example, if a U.S. citizen wants to travel to Russia, a visa is required, can take up to three weeks to process, and costs $139.

Many countries require potential visitors to be fingerprinted and photographed. Additionally, countries including Chad, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Niger, require an International Certificate of Vaccination. This practice has become particularly prevalent since the global COVID-19 pandemic that began in early 2020.

Finally, some countries screen potential visitors based upon their previous destinations. In Libya, Sudan, and Syria, anyone with Israeli entry or exit stamps on their passport may be denied entry into the country.

China also requires a travel visa for US citizens. The application must include travel dates, itinerary, and proof of onward travel out of China. The application must also be typed and have no handwritten corrections. Additionally, every visitor to China between the ages of 14 and 70 is fingerprinted upon arrival and departure.

Which country is off-limits to U.S. citizens?

US citizens are not permitted to travel to North Korea, with or without a visa. The travel ban took effect in 2017 after a United States student died after being released from a North Korean prison. Failure to adhere to the rules can result in criminal penalties and having one's passport revoked. To travel to North Korea, US passport holders need to obtain a special passport validation from the United States government.

Always double-check before departure

Before traveling, it is necessary to check the visa requirements of one's destination. It's also important to check any travel advisories a country might have, which are issued by the U.S. Department of State for unsafe countries.

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Country
Visa Requirements
Travel Advisory Level
AfghanistanRequiredLevel 4: Do Not Travel
AlbaniaNot RequiredLevel 4: Do Not Travel
AlgeriaRequiredLevel 4: Do Not Travel
American SamoaETA
AndorraNot RequiredLevel 3: Reconsider Travel
AngolaRequiredLevel 3: Reconsider Travel
AnguillaNot RequiredLevel 3: Reconsider Travel
Antigua and BarbudaNot RequiredLevel 4: Do Not Travel
ArgentinaNot RequiredLevel 3: Reconsider Travel
ArmeniaNot RequiredLevel 4: Do Not Travel
ArubaNot RequiredLevel 4: Do Not Travel
AustraliaETALevel 3: Reconsider Travel
AustriaNot RequiredLevel 4: Do Not Travel
AzerbaijanRequiredLevel 4: Do Not Travel
BahamasNot RequiredLevel 4: Do Not Travel
BahrainOn ArrivalLevel 3: Reconsider Travel
BangladeshOn ArrivalLevel 2: Exercise Increased Caution
BarbadosNot RequiredLevel 4: Do Not Travel
BelarusRequiredLevel 4: Do Not Travel
BelgiumNot RequiredLevel 3: Reconsider Travel
BelizeNot RequiredLevel 4: Do Not Travel
BeninRequiredLevel 3: Reconsider Travel
BermudaNot RequiredLevel 4: Do Not Travel
BhutanRequiredLevel 1: Exercise Normal Precautions
BoliviaOn ArrivalLevel 2: Exercise Increased Caution
Bosnia and HerzegovinaNot RequiredLevel 4: Do Not Travel
BotswanaNot RequiredLevel 4: Do Not Travel
BrazilNot RequiredLevel 3: Reconsider Travel
British Virgin IslandsNot RequiredLevel 4: Do Not Travel
BruneiNot RequiredLevel 4: Do Not Travel
BulgariaNot RequiredLevel 4: Do Not Travel
Burkina FasoOn ArrivalLevel 4: Do Not Travel
BurundiRequiredLevel 4: Do Not Travel
CambodiaOn ArrivalLevel 4: Do Not Travel
CameroonRequiredLevel 2: Exercise Increased Caution
CanadaNot RequiredLevel 3: Reconsider Travel
Cayman IslandsNot RequiredLevel 3: Reconsider Travel
Central African RepublicNot RequiredLevel 4: Do Not Travel
ChadRequiredLevel 3: Reconsider Travel
ChileNot RequiredLevel 3: Reconsider Travel
ChinaRequiredLevel 3: Reconsider Travel
ColombiaNot RequiredLevel 3: Reconsider Travel
Cook IslandsNot Required
Costa RicaNot RequiredLevel 4: Do Not Travel
CroatiaNot RequiredLevel 4: Do Not Travel
CubaRequiredLevel 4: Do Not Travel
CuracaoNot RequiredLevel 4: Do Not Travel
CyprusNot RequiredLevel 3: Reconsider Travel
Czech RepublicNot RequiredLevel 3: Reconsider Travel
DenmarkNot RequiredLevel 3: Reconsider Travel
DjiboutiRequiredLevel 3: Reconsider Travel
DominicaNot RequiredLevel 4: Do Not Travel
Dominican RepublicNot RequiredLevel 3: Reconsider Travel
DR CongoRequiredLevel 4: Do Not Travel
EcuadorNot RequiredLevel 3: Reconsider Travel
EgyptOn ArrivalLevel 3: Reconsider Travel
El SalvadorNot RequiredLevel 3: Reconsider Travel
Equatorial GuineaNot RequiredLevel 3: Reconsider Travel
EritreaRequiredLevel 4: Do Not Travel
EstoniaNot RequiredLevel 4: Do Not Travel
EswatiniNot RequiredLevel 3: Reconsider Travel
EthiopiaOn ArrivalLevel 3: Reconsider Travel
Falkland IslandsNot Required
Faroe IslandsNot Required
FijiNot RequiredLevel 4: Do Not Travel
FinlandNot RequiredLevel 3: Reconsider Travel
FranceNot RequiredLevel 3: Reconsider Travel
French GuianaNot RequiredLevel 4: Do Not Travel
French PolynesiaNot RequiredLevel 4: Do Not Travel
GabonOn ArrivalLevel 3: Reconsider Travel
GambiaOn ArrivalLevel 3: Reconsider Travel
GeorgiaNot RequiredLevel 4: Do Not Travel
GermanyNot RequiredLevel 3: Reconsider Travel
GhanaRequiredLevel 2: Exercise Increased Caution
GibraltarNot Required
GreeceNot RequiredLevel 4: Do Not Travel
GreenlandNot Required
GrenadaNot RequiredLevel 4: Do Not Travel
GuamNot Required
GuatemalaNot RequiredLevel 3: Reconsider Travel
GuineaRequiredLevel 2: Exercise Increased Caution
Guinea BissauOn ArrivalLevel 3: Reconsider Travel
GuyanaNot RequiredLevel 4: Do Not Travel
HaitiNot RequiredLevel 4: Do Not Travel
HondurasNot RequiredLevel 3: Reconsider Travel
Hong KongNot RequiredLevel 3: Reconsider Travel
HungaryNot RequiredLevel 3: Reconsider Travel
IcelandNot RequiredLevel 3: Reconsider Travel
IndiaRequiredLevel 2: Exercise Increased Caution
IndonesiaNot RequiredLevel 3: Reconsider Travel
IranRequiredLevel 4: Do Not Travel
IraqNot RequiredLevel 4: Do Not Travel
IrelandNot RequiredLevel 4: Do Not Travel
IsraelNot RequiredLevel 4: Do Not Travel
ItalyNot RequiredLevel 3: Reconsider Travel
Ivory CoastRequiredLevel 3: Reconsider Travel
JamaicaNot RequiredLevel 4: Do Not Travel
JapanNot RequiredLevel 3: Reconsider Travel
JordanOn ArrivalLevel 3: Reconsider Travel
KazakhstanNot RequiredLevel 4: Do Not Travel
KenyaRequiredLevel 2: Exercise Increased Caution
KiribatiNot RequiredLevel 4: Do Not Travel
KuwaitOn ArrivalLevel 1: Exercise Normal Precautions
KyrgyzstanNot RequiredLevel 1: Exercise Normal Precautions
LaosOn ArrivalLevel 4: Do Not Travel
LatviaNot RequiredLevel 4: Do Not Travel
LebanonOn ArrivalLevel 4: Do Not Travel
LesothoNot RequiredLevel 3: Reconsider Travel
LiberiaRequiredLevel 3: Reconsider Travel
LibyaRequiredLevel 4: Do Not Travel
LiechtensteinNot RequiredLevel 3: Reconsider Travel
LithuaniaNot RequiredLevel 4: Do Not Travel
LuxembourgNot RequiredLevel 3: Reconsider Travel
MadagascarOn ArrivalLevel 3: Reconsider Travel
MalawiOn ArrivalLevel 3: Reconsider Travel
MalaysiaNot RequiredLevel 4: Do Not Travel
MaldivesOn ArrivalLevel 4: Do Not Travel
MaliRequiredLevel 4: Do Not Travel
MaltaNot RequiredLevel 3: Reconsider Travel
Marshall IslandsNot RequiredLevel 4: Do Not Travel
MauritaniaOn ArrivalLevel 2: Exercise Increased Caution
MauritiusNot RequiredLevel 3: Reconsider Travel
MayotteNot Required
MexicoNot RequiredLevel 3: Reconsider Travel
MicronesiaNot RequiredLevel 3: Reconsider Travel
MoldovaNot RequiredLevel 4: Do Not Travel
MonacoNot Required
MongoliaNot RequiredLevel 4: Do Not Travel
MontenegroNot RequiredLevel 4: Do Not Travel
MontserratNot RequiredLevel 1: Exercise Normal Precautions
MoroccoNot RequiredLevel 3: Reconsider Travel
MozambiqueOn ArrivalLevel 3: Reconsider Travel
MyanmarRequiredLevel 4: Do Not Travel
NamibiaNot RequiredLevel 2: Exercise Increased Caution
NauruRequiredLevel 4: Do Not Travel
NepalOn ArrivalLevel 3: Reconsider Travel
NetherlandsNot RequiredLevel 3: Reconsider Travel
New CaledoniaNot RequiredLevel 4: Do Not Travel
New ZealandETALevel 3: Reconsider Travel
NicaraguaNot RequiredLevel 4: Do Not Travel
NigerRequiredLevel 3: Reconsider Travel
NigeriaRequiredLevel 3: Reconsider Travel
NiueNot Required
North KoreaForbiddenLevel 4: Do Not Travel
North MacedoniaNot RequiredLevel 4: Do Not Travel
Northern Mariana IslandsNot Required
NorwayNot RequiredLevel 4: Do Not Travel
OmanNot RequiredLevel 2: Exercise Increased Caution
PakistanRequiredLevel 3: Reconsider Travel
PalestineNot Required
PanamaNot RequiredLevel 3: Reconsider Travel
Papua New GuineaOn ArrivalLevel 4: Do Not Travel
ParaguayOn ArrivalLevel 1: Exercise Normal Precautions
PeruNot RequiredLevel 2: Exercise Increased Caution
PhilippinesNot RequiredLevel 3: Reconsider Travel
PolandNot RequiredLevel 3: Reconsider Travel
PortugalNot RequiredLevel 3: Reconsider Travel
Puerto RicoNot Required
QatarNot RequiredLevel 3: Reconsider Travel
Republic of the CongoRequiredLevel 2: Exercise Increased Caution
ReunionNot Required
RomaniaNot RequiredLevel 4: Do Not Travel
RwandaOn ArrivalLevel 2: Exercise Increased Caution
Saint Kitts and NevisNot RequiredLevel 4: Do Not Travel
Saint LuciaNot RequiredLevel 4: Do Not Travel
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesNot Required
SamoaOn ArrivalLevel 4: Do Not Travel
San MarinoNot Required
Sao Tome and PrincipeNot RequiredLevel 3: Reconsider Travel
Saudi ArabiaOn ArrivalLevel 4: Do Not Travel
SenegalNot RequiredLevel 1: Exercise Normal Precautions
SerbiaNot RequiredLevel 4: Do Not Travel
SeychellesOn ArrivalLevel 4: Do Not Travel
Sierra LeoneOn ArrivalLevel 3: Reconsider Travel
SingaporeNot RequiredLevel 4: Do Not Travel
SlovakiaNot RequiredLevel 3: Reconsider Travel
SloveniaNot RequiredLevel 4: Do Not Travel
Solomon IslandsOn Arrival
SomaliaOn ArrivalLevel 4: Do Not Travel
South AfricaNot RequiredLevel 3: Reconsider Travel
South KoreaNot RequiredLevel 3: Reconsider Travel
South SudanRequiredLevel 4: Do Not Travel
SpainNot RequiredLevel 3: Reconsider Travel
Sri LankaETALevel 3: Reconsider Travel
SudanRequiredLevel 4: Do Not Travel
SurinameRequiredLevel 4: Do Not Travel
SwedenNot RequiredLevel 3: Reconsider Travel
SwitzerlandNot RequiredLevel 4: Do Not Travel
SyriaRequiredLevel 4: Do Not Travel
TaiwanNot RequiredLevel 3: Reconsider Travel
TajikistanOn ArrivalLevel 4: Do Not Travel
TanzaniaOn ArrivalLevel 4: Do Not Travel
ThailandNot RequiredLevel 4: Do Not Travel
Timor LesteOn ArrivalLevel 3: Reconsider Travel
TogoOn ArrivalLevel 2: Exercise Increased Caution
TongaOn ArrivalLevel 4: Do Not Travel
Trinidad and TobagoNot RequiredLevel 3: Reconsider Travel
TunisiaNot RequiredLevel 3: Reconsider Travel
TurkeyRequiredLevel 4: Do Not Travel
TurkmenistanRequiredLevel 4: Do Not Travel
Turks and Caicos IslandsNot RequiredLevel 3: Reconsider Travel
TuvaluOn ArrivalLevel 4: Do Not Travel
UgandaOn ArrivalLevel 3: Reconsider Travel
UkraineNot RequiredLevel 4: Do Not Travel
United Arab EmiratesOn ArrivalLevel 3: Reconsider Travel
United KingdomNot RequiredLevel 4: Do Not Travel
UruguayNot RequiredLevel 3: Reconsider Travel
UzbekistanNot RequiredLevel 4: Do Not Travel
VanuatuNot RequiredLevel 4: Do Not Travel
Vatican CityNot Required
VenezuelaRequiredLevel 4: Do Not Travel
VietnamRequiredLevel 3: Reconsider Travel
YemenRequiredLevel 4: Do Not Travel
ZambiaOn ArrivalLevel 1: Exercise Normal Precautions
ZimbabweOn ArrivalLevel 2: Exercise Increased Caution
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How many countries a US citizen can visit without visa?

A US Citizen can visit a total of 185 countries without a visa, as of October 1, 2021.

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