Visa requirements for Norwegian citizens

Visa requirements for Norwegian citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Norway.

As of 2024, Norwegian citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 190 countries and territories, ranking the Norwegian passport 4th, tied with passport from Belgium, Denmark, New Zealand, Switzerland and the United Kingdom in the world according to the Henley Passport Index.^[1]

As a member state of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), Norwegian citizens enjoy freedom of movement to live and work in other EFTA countries in accordance with the EFTA convention.^[2] Moreover, by virtue of Norway's membership of the European Economic Area (EEA), Norwegian citizens also enjoy freedom of movement within all EEA member states.

The Citizens' Rights Directive^[3] defines the right of free movement for citizens of the EEA,^[4] and all EFTA and EU citizens are not only visa-exempt but are legally entitled to enter and reside in each other's countries.

In order to travel to another country, a Norwegian citizen requires a passport, except within the Nordic Passport Union, where no identity card is formally required. However, an identity card such as a Norwegian driving licence is useful. A passport is also not required for holders of the Norwegian national identity card for travel to EU or EFTA countries, as well as certain other countries.

Country	Visa requirement	Allowed stay	Notes (excluding departure fees)
Afghanistan	Visa required[5]
Albania	Visa not required[6]	90 days
Algeria	Visa required[7]
Andorra	Visa not required[8]	90 days
Angola	Visa not required[9]	30 days	Maximum 3 entries per calendar year 30 days per trip, but no more than 90 days within any 1 calendar year for tourism purposes only.[10] Visitors must have a return/onward ticket and a hotel reservation confirmation.[11] An International Certificate of Vaccination is required.
Antigua and Barbuda	Visa not required[12]	6 months
Argentina	Visa not required[13]	90 days
Armenia	Visa not required[14]	180 days
Australia	eVisitor[15]	90 days	90 days on each visit in 12-month period if granted.
Austria	Visa not required[16]	Freedom of movement.
Azerbaijan	eVisa[17][18]	30 days
Bahamas	Visa not required[19]	8 months
Bahrain	eVisa / Visa on arrival[20]	14 days / 1 month
Bangladesh	Visa on arrival[21]	30 days
Barbados	Visa not required[22]	90 days
Belarus	Visa not required[23]	30 days[23]	Visa-free until 31 December 2024.[23]
Belgium	Visa not required[24]	Freedom of movement.
Belize	Visa not required[25]
Benin	eVisa[26][27]	30 days	Must have an international vaccination certificate. Three types of electronic visa are offered: the e-Visa valid for 30 days for a single entry (50€), the e-Visa valid for 30 days for several (multiple) entries (75€), and the e-Visa valid for 90 days to make several (multiple) entries (100€) [28]
Bhutan	eVisa[29][30]		Must pay 100 USDper person per day for Sustainable Development Fee
Bolivia	Visa not required[31]	90 days
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Visa not required[32]	90 days	90 days within any 6-month period.
Botswana	Visa not required[33]	90 days
Brazil	Visa not required[34]	90 days
Brunei	Visa not required[35]	90 days
Bulgaria	Visa not required[36]	Freedom of movement.
Burkina Faso	eVisa / Visa on arrival[37][38]	1 month
Burundi	Visa on arrival[39]	1 month	From December 2021, passengers of all countries that required visa, can now obtain visa on arrival at Bujumbura International Airport, and all land borders.[40]
Cambodia	eVisa / Visa on arrival[41][42]	30 days
Cameroon	eVisa[43][44]
Canada	Visa not required[45]	6 months	eTA required if arriving by air.[46]
Cape Verde	Visa not required[47][48]	30 days
Central African Republic	Visa required[49]
Chad	Visa required[50]
Chile	Visa not required[51]	90 days
China	Visa required[52]		24-hour visa-free transit through any international airports of China, allows domestic travel through different airports.[Note 1] 72-hour visa-free transit through Changsha, Guilin and Harbin airports, or Beihai port. 144-hour visa-free transit through Beijing, Chengdu, Chongqing, Dalian, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Jieyang, Kunming, Nanjing, Ningbo, Qingdao, Shanghai, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Shijiazhuang, Tianjin, Wuhan, Xiamen and Xi'an airports, or Dalian, Guangzhou, Lianyungang, Qingdao, Qinhuangdao, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Tianjin, Wenzhou, Xiamen and Zhoushan ports.[54] Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan count as third countries under the 24, 72 and 144-hours transit without visa (TWOV) policies. Visa not required to Hainan for 15 days. On 9 September 2024 China announced plan to extend the 15-day visa waiver to Norwegian citizens.[55]
Colombia	Visa not required[56]	90 days	90 days - extendable up to 180-days stay within a 1-year period.
Comoros	Visa on arrival[57]	45 days	Nationals of any country can obtain a visa on arrival for a maximum stay of 45 days. Also, the cost is 30 euros or 50 USD.
Republic of the Congo	Visa required[58]
Democratic Republic of the Congo	eVisa[59][60]	7 days
Costa Rica	Visa not required[61]	90 days
Côte d'Ivoire	eVisa[62][63]	3 months	e-Visa holders must arrive via Port Bouet Airport.
Croatia	Visa not required[64]	Freedom of movement.
Cuba	Tourist card required[65]	90 days	Can be extended up to 90 days with a fee.
Cyprus	Visa not required[66]	Freedom of movement
Czech Republic	Visa not required[67]	Freedom of movement
Denmark	Visa not required[68]	Freedom of movement (including Faroe Islands and Greenland).
Djibouti	eVisa[69][70]	90 days
Dominica	Visa not required[71][72]	6 months
Dominican Republic	Visa not required[73]	30 days	Can be extended upto 120 days with fee
Ecuador	Visa not required[74]	90 days
Egypt	eVisa / Visa on arrival[75][76]	30 days
El Salvador	Visa not required[77]	90 days
Equatorial Guinea	eVisa[78][79]		Must arrive via Malabo International Airport, processing fee 75 USD
Eritrea	Visa required[80]
Estonia	Visa not required[81]	Freedom of movement
Eswatini	Visa not required[82]	30 days
Ethiopia	eVisa / Visa on arrival[83]	90 days	Visa on arrival is obtainable only at Addis Ababa Bole International Airport.[84] e-Visa holders must arrive via Addis Ababa Bole International Airport. e-Visa is available for 30 or 90 days.[85]
Fiji	Visa not required[86]	4 months
Finland	Visa not required[87]	Freedom of movement
France	Visa not required[88]	Freedom of movement (in Regions of France)
Gabon	eVisa[89][90]	90 days	e-Visa holders must arrive via Libreville International Airport.
Gambia	Visa required[91]
Georgia	Visa not required[92]	1 year
Germany	Visa not required[93]	Freedom of movement
Ghana	Visa required[94]
Greece	Visa not required[95]	Freedom of movement
Grenada	Visa not required[96]	3 months
Guatemala	Visa not required[97]	90 days
Guinea	eVisa[98][99]	90 days	International Certificate of Vaccination required.
Guinea-Bissau	Visa on arrival[100]	90 days	Visitors must apply for a visa on arrival in advance or online.
Guyana	Visa not required[101]	90 days
Haiti	Visa not required[102]	90 days
Honduras	Visa not required[103]	90 days
Hungary	Visa not required[104]	Freedom of movement
Iceland	Visa not required[105]	Freedom of movement
India	eVisa[106]	30 days	e-Visa holders must arrive via 26 designated airports[Note 2] or 3 designated seaports.[Note 3][107] An Indian e-Tourist Visa may only be obtained twice within 1 calendar year.[citation needed] Foreigners of Pakistani origin or who hold a Pakistani Passport are not eligible for an e-Visa. Foreigners who are not Pakistani nationals, but whose parents or grandparents (either paternal or maternal) were born in, or were permanent residents in Pakistan, are also not eligible for an e-Visa.[108]
Indonesia	e-VOA / Visa on arrival[109]	30 days[110]
Iran	eVisa[111][112]	30 days
Iraq	eVisa[113]
Ireland	Visa not required[114]	Freedom of movement
Israel	Visa not required[115]	90 days
Italy	Visa not required[116]	Freedom of movement
Jamaica	Visa not required[117]	90 days
Japan	Visa not required[118]	90 days
Jordan	eVisa / Visa on arrival[119][120]	30 days	Visa can be obtained upon arrival, it will cost a total of 40 JOD, obtainable at most international ports of entry and land border crossings (except King Hussein/Allenby Bridge).
Kazakhstan	Visa not required[121]	30 days
Kenya	Electronic Travel Authorisation[122][123]	90 days	Applications can be submitted up to 90 days prior to travel and must be submitted at least 3 days in advance. eTA fee is USD 32.50. Proof of reservation at the hotel where visitors plan to stay is required (if staying with friends, an invitation letter is also acceptable). Yellow fever vaccination certificate is required if coming from endemic countries.
Kiribati	Visa not required[124]	90 days	90 days within any calendar year period
North Korea	Visa required[125]
South Korea	Electronical Travel Authorization[126][127]	90 days	The validity period of a K-ETA is 3 years from the date of approval.[128]
Kuwait	eVisa / Visa on arrival[129][130]	3 months
Kyrgyzstan	Visa not required[131]	60 days
Laos	Visa not required[132]	15 days	Visa not required from 1 July to 31 December 2024. eVisa and Visa on arrival also available. 17[Note 4] of the 31 border crossings are only open to visa holders.[133] e-Visa may be used to enter Laos through Luang Prabang, Pakse and Vientiane international airports, 3 Thai-Lao Friendship Bridges[Note 5] and in Boten (road and railroad).[134] Visa on arrival is available at Luang Prabang, Pakse and Vientiane international airports, the 4 Thai-Lao Friendship Bridges[Note 6] and 6 border crossings.[Note 7][133] Visa on arrival is extendable for an additional 60 days at the Department of Immigration in Vientiane.[135]
Latvia	Visa not required[136]	Freedom of movement.
Lebanon	Free visa on arrival[137]	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	Visa not required[138]	14 days	44 days eVisa also available.[139]
Liberia	Visa required[140]
Libya	eVisa[141][142]
Liechtenstein	Visa not required[143]	Freedom of movement.
Lithuania	Visa not required[144]	Freedom of movement.
Luxembourg	Visa not required[145]	Freedom of movement.
Madagascar	Visa on arrival[146]	60 days
Malawi	Visa not required[147]	30 days
Malaysia	Visa not required[148]	90 days
Maldives	Free visa on arrival[149]	30 days
Mali	Visa required[150]
Malta	Visa not required[151]	Freedom of movement.
Marshall Islands	Visa on arrival[152][153]	90 days	Visitors wishing to travel to Kwajalein are required to hold an Entry Authorization issued by the United States Military.
Mauritania	Visa on arrival[154]	30 days	Available at Nouakchott–Oumtounsy International Airport. Only the Nouakchott-Oumtounsy International Airport offers a Mauritania visa on arrival. Any other entry point necessitates a ride to the embassy.[155] A Mauritania visa costs about 30 euros and lasts for 30 days.[156]
Mauritius	Visa not required[157]	180 days	180 days per calendar year for tourism, 120 days per calendar year for business
Mexico	Visa not required[158]	180 days
Micronesia	Visa not required[159]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period.
Moldova	Visa not required[160]	90 days	90 days within any 180 days period.
Monaco	Visa not required[161]
Mongolia	Visa not required[162]	30 days	The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia has exempted visas for 34 countries from January 2023 to December 2025.
Montenegro	Visa not required[163]	90 days
Morocco	Visa not required[164]	90 days
Mozambique	Visa not required[165][166]	30 days	Travelers must register on the e-Visa platform at least 48 hours prior to travel and pay a processing fee of 650 MT.
Myanmar	eVisa[167][168]	28 days	e-Visa holders must arrive via Yangon, Nay Pyi Taw or Mandalay airports or via land border crossings with Thailand — Tachileik, Myawaddy and Kawthaung or India — Rih Khaw Dar and Tamu. e-Visa available for both tourism (allowed stay is 28 days) or business (allowed stay is 70 days) purposes.
Namibia	Visa not required[169]	3 months	3 months within a calendar year.
Nauru	Visa required[170]
Nepal	Online Visa / Visa on arrival[171]	90 days[172]
Netherlands	Visa not required[173]	Freedom of movement (European Netherlands).
New Zealand	Electronic Travel Authority[174]	3 months	International Visitor Conservation and Tourism Levy must be paid upon requesting an Electronic Travel Authority.[175] Holders of an Australian Permanent Resident Visa or Resident Return Visa may be granted a New Zealand Resident Visa on arrival permitting indefinite stay (pursuant to the Trans-Tasman Travel Arrangement), subject to meeting character requirements and obtaining an Electronic Travel Authority prior to departure.[176] Such travellers are not required to pay the International Visitor Conservation and Tourism Levy.[175]
Nicaragua	Visa not required[177]	90 days
Niger	Visa required[178]
Nigeria	eVisa[179][180]	90 days
North Macedonia	Visa not required[181]	90 days
Oman	Visa not required / eVisa[182][183]	14 days / 30 days
Pakistan	eVisa[184]	90 days	Issued free of charge as of August 2024.
Palau	Visa not required[185]	90 days
Panama	Visa not required[186]	90 days
Papua New Guinea	Easy Visitor Permit[187][188]	60 days	Free visa valid for 60 days (extension is possible for a fee) on arrival at Port Moresby or Tokua (Rabaul).
Paraguay	Visa not required[189]	90 days
Peru	Visa not required[190]	90 days
Philippines	Visa not required[191]	30 days
Poland	Visa not required[192]	Freedom of movement
Portugal	Visa not required[193]	Freedom of movement
Qatar	Visa not required[194]	90 days
Romania	Visa not required[195]	Freedom of movement
Russia	eVisa[196][197]	16 days
Rwanda	eVisa / Visa on arrival[198][199]	30 days
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Visa not required[200]	3 months
Saint Lucia	Visa not required[201]	90 days
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Visa not required[202]	6 months
Samoa	Visa not required[203]	90 days
San Marino	Visa not required[204]	90 days
São Tomé and Príncipe	Visa not required[205]	15 days[206]
Saudi Arabia	eVisa / Visa on arrival[207][208]	90 days
Senegal	Visa on arrival[209]	90 days
Serbia	Visa not required[210]	90 days	90 days within any 6-month period.
Seychelles	Visa not required[211][212]	90 days[213]	90 days within 180 days period
Sierra Leone	eVisa / Visa on arrival[214][215]	3 months / 30 days	It is valid for only for one month but can be extended at the immigration department once in-country.
Singapore	Visa not required[216]	90 days
Slovenia	Visa not required[217]	Freedom of movement.
Slovakia	Visa not required[218]	Freedom of movement.
Solomon Islands	Visa not required[219]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period.
Somalia	Visa on arrival[220]	30 days	Available at Berbera, Borama, Burao, Erigavo and Hargeisa airports.[citation needed] 30 days, available at Bosaso Airport, Galcaio Airport and Mogadishu Airport.[citation needed]
South Africa	Visa not required[221]	90 days
South Sudan	eVisa[222][223]		Obtainable online, 90 days for 200 USD and 180 days for 350 USD. Printed visa authorization must be presented at the time of travel.
Spain	Visa not required[224]	Freedom of movement.
Sri Lanka	eVisa / Visa on arrival[225][226]	60 days / 30 days	The standard visitor visa allows a stay of 60 days within any 6 month period.[227] Visa fees (for Standard visitor visa): SAARC - USD 35 Non SAARC - USD 75 e-Visa categories will be charged an additional USD 18.50 service fee. If transiting from any of the Sri Lankan airports, An e-Visa is exempted (2 day transit period).
Sudan	Visa required[228]
Suriname	Visa not required[229][230]	90 days	An entrance fee of USD 25 or EUR 25 must be paid online prior to arrival.[231] Multiple entry e-Visa is also available.[232]
Sweden	Visa not required[233]	Freedom of movement.
Switzerland	Visa not required[234]	Freedom of movement within EFTA.[2]
Syria	eVisa[235][236]
Tajikistan	Visa not required[237]	30 days	Visa also available online. e-Visa holders can enter through all border points.[238]
Tanzania	eVisa / Visa on arrival[239][240]	90 days
Thailand	Visa not required[241]	60 days
Timor-Leste	Visa not required[242]	90 days	90 days within any 180 days period.
Togo	eVisa[243][244]	15 days
Tonga	Visa not required[245][246]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period.
Trinidad and Tobago	Visa not required[247]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period.
Tunisia	Visa not required[248]	3 months
Turkey	Visa not required[249]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period.
Turkmenistan	Visa required[250]
Tuvalu	Visa not required[251]	90 days
Uganda	eVisa[252][253]	3 months	Determined at the port of entry. Must apply online at least 2 business days prior to travel. As of March 2017, airlines may deny passengers permission to board flights to Uganda without proof that they had successfully applied for an e-Visa. Ugandan immigration authorities may require additional documentation, including proof of a return plane ticket and detailed tour itinerary in Uganda. International Certificate of Vaccination required.
Ukraine	Visa not required[254]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period.
United Arab Emirates	Visa not required[255]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period[256]
United Kingdom	Visa not required[257]	6 months	ID card valid until 1 October 2021.[258]
United States	Visa Waiver Program[259][260]	90 days	ESTA is valid for 2 years from the date of issuance.[261] ESTA is also required when entering the country by cruise ship or land.[262] Visa required if Nationals of VWP countries who have travelled or been present in Iraq, North Korea, Syria, Iran, Sudan, Libya, Somalia, or Yemen at any time on or after 1 March 2011 (with limited exceptions), or those who have travelled or being present in Cuba at any time on or after 12 January 2021, or nationals of VWP countries who are also nationals of Iraq, Syria, Iran, North Korea or Sudan.
Uruguay	Visa not required[263]	90 days
Uzbekistan	Visa not required[264]	30 days
Vanuatu	Visa not required[265]	90 days
Vatican City	Visa not required[266]	90 days
Venezuela	Visa not required[267]	90 days
Vietnam	Visa not required[268]	45 days	Extended visas available at the following airports: Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi, Phu Quoc, or Danang. A single entry eVisa valid for 90 days is also available.[269] 30 day visa exemption at Phu Quoc Island.[270]
Yemen	Visa required[271]
Zambia	Visa not required[272]	90 days	Also eligible for a universal visa allowing access to Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwe	eVisa / Visa on arrival[273]	30 days	Also eligible for a universal visa allowing access to Zambia.

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

Visitor to	Visa requirement	Notes (excluding departure fees)
Europe
Abkhazia	Visa required	Tourists from all countries (except Georgia) can visit Abkhazia for a period not exceeding 24 hours as part of an organized tourist group.[274]
Kosovo	Visa not required	90 days[275]
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.[276][277]
Brest and  Grodno	Visa not required	Visa-free for 10 days[278]
Northern Cyprus	Visa not required	3 months[279]
UN Buffer Zone in Cyprus	Access Permit required	Access Permit is required for travelling inside the zone, except Civil Use Areas.[280]
Faroe Islands	Freedom of movement	ID card valid.
Åland	Freedom of movement	ID card valid.
Büsingen am Hochrhein and  Heligoland	Freedom of movement	ID card valid.
Livigno and  Campione d'Italia	Freedom of movement	ID card valid.
Gibraltar	Visa not required	Up to 6 months.[281]
Guernsey	Visa not required	90 days within a 12 month period.[282]
Isle of Man	Visa not required	Up to 6 months.[283]
Jersey	Visa not required	Up to 6 months.[284]
Jan Mayen	Freedom of movement	Unlimited, Norwegian citizens may live and work freely
Svalbard	Freedom of movement	Unlimited, Norwegian citizens may live and work freely
Azores and  Madeira	Freedom of movement	ID card valid.
Russia	Special authorization required	Several closed cities and regions in Russia require special authorization.[285]
Samnaun	Freedom of movement	ID card valid.
South Ossetia	Visa not required	Multiple entry visa to Russia and three-day prior notification are required to enter South Ossetia.[286][287]
Transnistria	Visa not required	Registration required after 24h.[288][289]
Africa
Eritrea outside Asmara	Travel permit required	To travel in the rest of the country, a Travel Permit for Foreigners is required (20 Eritrean nakfa).[290]
Mayotte	Freedom of movement	ID card valid.
Réunion	Freedom of movement	ID card valid.
Ascension Island	eVisa	3 months within any year period.[291][292]
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.[293]
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.[294]
Canary Islands,  Ceuta and  Melilla	Freedom of movement	ID card valid.
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic	Undefined	Undefined visa regime in the Western Sahara, same entry requirements with Morocco, controlled territory.
Somaliland	Visa on arrival	30 days for 30 US dollars, payable on arrival.[295][296]
Sudan outside Khartoum	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.[297]
Asia
British Indian Ocean Territory	Special permit required	Special permit required.[298]
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, Uttarakhand, Jammu and Kashmir, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh.[299][300][301] 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.[302][303]
Iraqi Kurdistan	Free Visa stamp on arrival	You can apply for an e-Visa (30 days) to visit the Iraqi Kurdistan Region.[304]
Baikonur & Priozersk	Special permission required	Special permission required for the town of Baikonur and surrounding areas in Kyzylorda Oblast, and the town of Gvardeyskiy near  Almaty.[305]
Kish Island	Visa not required	Visitors to Kish Island do not require a visa.[306]
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.[307]
Maldives outside Malé	Permission required	Tourists are generally prohibited from visiting non-resort islands without the express permission of the Government of Maldives.[308]
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	Arrival by sea to Gaza Strip not allowed.[309][310]
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.[311][312][313]
Hong Kong	Visa not required[314]	3 months[315]
Macau	Visa not required[316]	90 days
Taiwan	Visa not required	90 days
Tibet Autonomous Region	TTP required	Tibet Travel Permit required (10 US Dollars).[317][318][319]
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.[320]
Korean Demilitarized Zone	Restricted area
UNDOF Zone and Ghajar	Restricted area
Yemen outside Sana’a or Aden	Special permission required	Special permission needed for travel outside Sana’a or Aden.[321]
Americas
Anguilla	Visa not required[322]	3 months
Bermuda	Visa not required	Up to 6 months; Decided on arrival.[323]
British Virgin Islands	Visa not required[324]	30 days; Extensions possible.
Cayman Islands	Visa not required[325]	6 months
Montserrat	Visa not required[326]	6 months
Turks and Caicos Islands	Visa not required[327]	90 days
Aruba,  Curaçao and  Sint Maarten	Visa not required	3 months
Bonaire,  Sint Eustatius and  Saba	Visa not required	3 months[328][329]
French Guiana＆ Saint Pierre and Miquelon	Freedom of movement	ID card valid.
French West Indies	Freedom of movement	ID card valid. French West Indies refers to Martinique,  Guadeloupe,  Saint Martin and  Saint Barthélemy.[330]
Greenland	Freedom of movement	ID card valid.
Puerto Rico	Visa not required	Visa not required under the Visa Waiver Program, for 90 days on arrival from overseas for 2 years. ESTA required.[331]
U.S. Virgin Islands	Visa not required	Visa not required under the Visa Waiver Program, for 90 days on arrival from overseas for 2 years. ESTA required.[332]
Margarita Island	Visa not required	All visitors are fingerprinted.[333]
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.[334]
Galápagos	Pre-registration required	Online pre-registration is required. Transit Control Card must also be obtained at the airport prior to departure.[335]
Oceania
Ashmore and Cartier Islands	Special authorisation required	Special authorisation required.[336]
Macquarie Island	Special authorisation permit	A written authorisation of the Director of National Parks and Wildlife is required.
Cook Islands	Visa not required[337]	31 days
Niue	Visa not required	30 days[338][339]
Tokelau	Entry permit required	10 days/3 months/1 year. Visitors permits/Residence permits/Work permits/Special permits granted, allow the permit holder to be in Tokelau, for up to 10 days/3 months/1 year, unless otherwise specified. Apply for a travel permit at the Tokelau office in Apia, Samoa, at least 2 weeks prior to travel. Visitors are required to hold proof of sufficient funds to cover their stay.[340] The amount of funds needed is NZD 1,000 - per person per month of stay or NZD 400 - if accommodation. Tokelau can only be reached by boat from Samoa, and a permit from the Samoan Immigration Authorities is required to leave and re-enter Samoa.[341]
Norfolk Island	eVisitor[15]	120 days; Visa is issued upon arrival for a visit of up to max stay of 120 days, for holders of a multiple entry eVisitor issued by Australia, valid 30 days beyond the period of intended stay in Norfolk Island. From 1 July 2016 all movement between Norfolk Island and Australian mainland are considered as domestic movement, however all passenger are still required to carry passports or, for Australian citizens, some type of photographic identification and pass Customs and Immigration. Normal Australian Customs and Immigration procedures apply when entry is made from outside Australia. Passenger not carrying their passports aren't eligible to purchase duty-free goods on Norfolk Island.[342]
Christmas Island	Visa not required	90 days; Passports and visas are not required when travelling from the Australian mainland. However, photographic identification must be produced for clearance through Customs and Immigration. Normal Australian Customs and Immigration procedures apply when entry is made from outside Australia.
Cocos (Keeling) Islands	Visa not required	90 days; Passports and visas are not required when travelling from the Australian mainland. However, photographic identification must be produced for clearance through Customs and Immigration. Normal Australian Customs and Immigration procedures apply when entry is made from outside Australia.
Lau Province	Special permission required	Special permission required.[343]
Clipperton Island	Special permit required	Special permit required.[344]
French Polynesia	Freedom of movement	ID card valid.
New Caledonia	Freedom of movement	ID card valid.
Wallis and Futuna	Freedom of movement	ID card valid.
Pitcairn Islands	Visa not required	14 days visa free and landing fee 35 USD or tax of 5 USD if not going ashore.[345][346][347]
American Samoa	Electronic authorization	30 days[348]
Guam	Visa not required[349]	45 days
Northern Mariana Islands	Visa not required[350]	45 days
United States Minor Outlying Islands	Special permits required	Special permits required for Midway Atoll, Wake Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Palmyra Atoll, Howland Island, Baker Island, Jarvis Island, and Navassa Island. [351][352][353][354][355][356][357]
South Atlantic and Antarctica
Falkland Islands	Visa not required[358]	A visitor permit is normally issued as a stamp in the passport on arrival, The maximum validity period is 1 month.[359]
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).[360][361]
Antarctica	Permit required	Special permits required for  British Antarctic Territory,  French Southern and Antarctic Lands,  Argentine Antarctica, Australian Antarctic Territory, Bouvet Island, Chilean Antarctic Territory, Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Peter I Island, Queen Maud Land, Ross Dependency.[362][363][364][365][366][367][368][369][370][371][372][373]

Many countries have entry restrictions on foreigners that go beyond the common requirement of having either a valid visa or a visa exemption. Such restrictions may be health related or impose additional documentation requirements on certain classes of people for diplomatic or political purposes.

Many countries require a minimum number of blank pages to be available in the passport being presented, typically one or two pages.^[374] Endorsement pages, which often appear after the visa pages, are not counted as being valid or available.

Many African countries, including Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo, South Sudan, Uganda, and Zambia, require all incoming passengers older than nine months to one year^[375] to have a current International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis, as does the South American territory of French Guiana.^[376]

Some other countries require vaccination only if the passenger is coming from an infected area or has visited one recently or has transited for 12 hours in those countries: Algeria, Botswana, Cabo Verde, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Lesotho, Libya, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Seychelles, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tunisia, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.^[377][378]

Very few countries, such as Paraguay, just require a valid passport on arrival.

However many countries and groupings now require only an identity card – especially from their neighbours. Other countries may have special bilateral arrangements that depart from the generality of their passport validity length policies to shorten the period of passport validity required for each other's citizens^[379][380] or even accept passports that have already expired (but not been cancelled).^[381]

Some countries, such as Japan,^[382] Ireland and the United Kingdom,^[383] require a passport valid throughout the period of the intended stay.

In the absence of specific bilateral agreements, countries requiring passports to be valid for at least 6 more months on arrival include Afghanistan, Algeria, Anguilla, Bahrain,^[384] Bhutan, Botswana, British Virgin Islands, Brunei, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Curaçao, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Fiji, Gabon, Guinea Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel,^[385] Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Laos, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Mongolia, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Oman, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Peru,^[386] Philippines,^[387] Qatar, Rwanda, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tokelau, Tonga, Turkey, Tuvalu, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Vanuatu, Venezuela, and Vietnam.^[388]

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

Countries requiring passports with a validity of at least 3 months beyond the date of intended departure include Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Honduras, Montenegro, Nauru, Moldova and New Zealand. Similarly, the EEA countries of Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, all European Union countries (except Ireland) together with Switzerland also require 3 months validity beyond the date of the bearer's intended departure unless the bearer is an EEA or Swiss national.

Countries requiring passports valid for at least 3 months on arrival include Albania, North Macedonia, Panama, and Senegal.

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

Countries that require a passport validity of at least one month beyond the date of intended departure include Eritrea, Hong Kong, Lebanon, Macau, the Maldives^[389] and South Africa.

Some countries, including Australia, Canada, Fiji, New Zealand and the United States,^[390] routinely deny entry to non-citizens who have a criminal record, while others impose restrictions depending on the type of conviction and the length of the sentence.

The government of a country can declare a diplomat persona non grata, banning them from entering the country or expelling them if they have already entered. 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.^[391]

Kuwait,^[392] Lebanon,^[393] Libya,^[394] Syria,^[395] and Yemen^[396] 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 (unless the entry is for some work-related purposes). Since 15 January 2013, Israel no longer stamps foreign passports at Ben Gurion Airport. Passports are still (as of 22 June 2017^[update]) stamped at Erez when passing into and out of Gaza.^{[citation needed]}

Iran refuses admission to holders of passports containing an Israeli visa or stamp that is less than 12 months old.

Several countries mandate that all travellers, or all foreign travellers, be fingerprinted on arrival and will refuse admission to or even arrest travellers who refuse to comply. In some countries, such as the United States, this may apply even to transit passengers who merely wish to change planes rather than go landside.^[397]

Fingerprinting countries/regions include Afghanistan,^[398][399] Argentina,^[400] Brunei, Cambodia,^[401] China,^[402] Ethiopia,^[403] Ghana, Guinea,^[404] India, Japan,^[405][406] Kenya (both fingerprints and a photo are taken),^[407] Malaysia upon entry and departure,^[408] Mongolia, Saudi Arabia,^[409] Singapore, South Korea,^[410] Taiwan, Thailand,^[411] Uganda,^[412] the United Arab Emirates and the United States.

Many countries also require a photo be taken of people entering the country. The United States, which does not fully implement exit control formalities at its land frontiers (although long mandated by its own legislation),^{[413][414][415]} intends to implement facial recognition for passengers departing from international airports to identify people who overstay their visa.^[416]

Together with fingerprint and face recognition, iris scanning is one of three biometric identification technologies internationally standardised since 2006 by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) for use in e-passports^[417] and the United Arab Emirates conducts iris scanning on visitors who need to apply for a visa.^[418][419]

When in a country with no Norwegian representation, Norwegian citizens may seek assistance from public officials in the foreign services of any of the Nordic countries. This is afforded by the Helsinki Treaty which states that public officials in the foreign services of any of the Nordic countries shall assist citizens of another Nordic country if that country is not represented in the territory concerned.^[420][421]

• Norwegian passport
• Norwegian identity card
• Visa requirements for EFTA nationals
• Visa policy of the Schengen Area