Who needs a visa for the US?

Compact of Free Association; not for passports obtained through investment or passport-sale programs.

• Marshall Islands
• Micronesia

Source: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)↗, checked 31 Oct 2026Citizens of the FSM and RMI by birth and those citizens of the former TTPI who acquired FSM or RMI citizenship in 1986 are entitled under the Compacts to travel and apply for admission to the United States as nonimmigrants without visas.

Compact of Free Association.

• Palau

Source: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)↗, checked 31 Oct 2026Citizens of Palau by birth, and citizens of the former TTPI who acquired Palau citizenship in 1994, are entitled under the Compact to travel and apply for admission to the United States as nonimmigrants without visas.

No visa is needed; the official source does not state how long you may stay.

• Canada

Source: Code of Federal Regulations, 8 CFR 212.1 (DHS)↗, checked 31 Oct 2026Canadian citizens. A visa is generally not required for Canadian citizens, except those Canadians that fall under nonimmigrant visa categories E, K, S, or V

E-passport required.

• Andorra
• Australia
• Austria
• Belgium
• Brunei
• Chile
• Croatia
• Czechia
• Denmark
• Estonia
• Finland
• France
• Germany
• Greece
• Hungary
• Iceland
• Ireland
• Israel
• Italy
• Japan
• Latvia
• Liechtenstein
• Lithuania
• Luxembourg
• Malta
• Monaco
• Netherlands
• New Zealand
• Norway
• Poland
• Portugal
• Qatar
• San Marino
• Singapore
• Slovakia
• Slovenia
• South Korea
• Spain
• Sweden
• Switzerland
• Taiwan
• United Kingdom

Source: U.S. Department of Homeland Security↗, checked 31 Oct 2026Eligible citizens or nationals from VWP countries must obtain approval through ESTA prior to traveling to the United States under the VWP.

Apply for a visa before you travel.

• Bahamas

Source: Code of Federal Regulations, 8 CFR 212.1 (DHS)↗, checked 31 Oct 2026Bahamian nationals or British subjects resident in the Bahamas. A passport is required. A visa required of such an alien unless

Entry suspended since 9 Jun 2025 (Proclamation 10949, continued by Proclamation 10998); a visa issued before then, travel on another country's passport and case-by-case national-interest waivers are excepted.

• Afghanistan
• Chad
• Congo
• Equatorial Guinea
• Eritrea
• Haiti
• Iran
• Libya
• Myanmar
• Somalia
• Sudan
• Yemen

Source: The White House, Presidential Proclamation 10998 (Federal Register, 90 FR 59717)↗, checked 31 Oct 2026The entry into the United States of nationals of the following countries continues to be suspended and limited as set forth in Proclamation 10949 and herein

Entry as immigrants and nonimmigrants suspended since 1 Jan 2026; for PS: anyone travelling on Palestinian Authority documents; a visa issued before then, travel on another country's passport and case-by-case national-interest waivers are excepted.

• Burkina Faso
• Laos
• Mali
• Niger
• Palestine
• Sierra Leone
• South Sudan
• Syria

Source: The White House, Presidential Proclamation 10998 (Federal Register, 90 FR 59717)↗, checked 31 Oct 2026Full Suspension of Entry for Nationals of Countries of Identified Concern. The entry into the United States of nationals of the following countries is hereby suspended and limited

Entry on B-1/B-2 visitor visas suspended since 9 Jun 2025 (Proclamation 10949, continued by Proclamation 10998); a visa issued before then, travel on another country's passport and case-by-case national-interest waivers are excepted.

• Burundi
• Cuba
• Togo
• Venezuela

Source: The White House, Presidential Proclamation 10998 (Federal Register, 90 FR 59717)↗, checked 31 Oct 2026Continued Partial Suspension of Entry for Nationals of Countries of Identified Concern. The entry into the United States of nationals of the following countries continues to be suspended and limited as set forth in Proclamation 10949 and herein

Entry on B-1, B-2 and B-1/B-2 visitor visas suspended since 1 Jan 2026; a visa issued before then, travel on another country's passport and case-by-case national-interest waivers are excepted.

• Angola
• Antigua and Barbuda
• Benin
• Côte d'Ivoire
• Dominica
• Gabon
• Gambia
• Malawi
• Mauritania
• Nigeria
• Senegal
• Tanzania
• Tonga
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

Source: The White House, Presidential Proclamation 10998 (Federal Register, 90 FR 59717)↗, checked 31 Oct 2026Partial Suspension of Entry for Nationals of Countries of Identified Concern. The entry into the United States of nationals of the following countries is hereby suspended and limited, as follows

No visa only if cleared by U.S. immigration (preclearance) in the Bahamas before boarding a ship or aircraft to the U.S.

• Bahamas

Source: Code of Federal Regulations, 8 CFR 212.1 (DHS)↗, checked 31 Oct 2026A visa required of such an alien unless, prior to or at the time of embarkation for the United States on a vessel or aircraft, the alien satisfied the examining U.S. immigration officer at the Bahamas, that he or she is clearly and beyond a doubt entitled to admission

Apply before you travel at an embassy or consulate of the US, or the visa centre it names.

Nationalities not listed above: the official source says so in as many words.

• Albania
• Algeria
• Argentina
• Armenia
• Azerbaijan
• Bahrain
• Bangladesh
• Barbados
• Belarus
• Belize
• Bhutan
• Bolivia
• Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Botswana
• Brazil
• Bulgaria
• Cabo Verde
• Cambodia
• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• China
• Colombia
• Comoros
• Costa Rica
• Cyprus
• Djibouti
• Dominican Republic
• DR Congo
• Ecuador
• Egypt
• El Salvador
• Eswatini
• Ethiopia
• Fiji
• Georgia
• Ghana
• Grenada
• Guatemala
• Guinea
• Guinea-Bissau
• Guyana
• Honduras
• Hong Kong
• India
• Indonesia
• Iraq
• Jamaica
• Jordan
• Kazakhstan
• Kenya
• Kiribati
• Kosovo
• Kuwait
• Kyrgyzstan
• Lebanon
• Lesotho
• Liberia
• Macao
• Madagascar
• Malaysia
• Maldives
• Mauritius
• Mexico
• Moldova
• Mongolia
• Montenegro
• Morocco
• Mozambique
• Namibia
• Nauru
• Nepal
• Nicaragua
• North Korea
• North Macedonia
• Oman
• Pakistan
• 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
• Serbia
• Seychelles
• Solomon Islands
• South Africa
• Sri Lanka
• Suriname
• Tajikistan
• Thailand
• Timor-Leste
• Trinidad and Tobago
• Tunisia
• Türkiye
• Turkmenistan
• Tuvalu
• Uganda
• Ukraine
• United Arab Emirates
• Uruguay
• Uzbekistan
• Vanuatu
• Vatican City
• Vietnam

Source: Code of Federal Regulations, 8 CFR 212.1 (DHS)↗, checked 31 Oct 2026A valid unexpired visa that meets the requirements of part 215, subpart B, of this chapter, if applicable, and an unexpired passport, shall be presented by each arriving nonimmigrant alien

Most searched passports

• IndiaVisa required
• VietnamVisa required
• BrazilVisa required
• JapanETA · 90 daysE-passport required
• TürkiyeVisa required
• United KingdomETA · 90 daysE-passport required