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What countries do not need 6 months passport validity?
Most countries require foreign travellers to have at least six months of validity left on their passports from the day they arrive.
However, travel experts have revealed that some countries don’t require this, allowing travellers with only 3 months left on their passports to enter.
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The countries that don’t require six months validity on passports
Before travelling, it’s worth checking the UK Government’s foreign travel advice, which can be found on the website.
Here are the countries you can travel to if you have less than six months left on your passport, according to the experts at Visa Guide World.
These countries require at least three months of validity on passports:
- Albania
- Andorra
- Austria
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Belize
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Bulgaria
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Eswatini
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Hong Kong
- Hungary
- Iceland
- Italy
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- Kazakhstan
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Lichtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Malta
- Moldova
- Monaco
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Nauru
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- North Macedonia
- Norway
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Saint Lucia
- San Marino
- Serbia
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Syria
- Togo
- Uzbekistan
- Vatican City
Belize, Eswatini, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Morocco, Nauru, Syria and Uzbekistan all “require a 3-month passport validity from your arrival date into the country.”
The experts added: “Schengen countries require that you have a passport validity of 3 months from the date you intend to leave the EU.”
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Other countries require differing passport validity periods upon arrival:
- Armenia – Planned length of stay
- Australia – Planned length of stay
- Barbados – Planned length of stay
- Bermuda – Planned length of stay
- Benin – Planned length of stay
- Burkina Faso – Planned length of stay
- Canada – Planned length of stay
- Chile – Must expire after you leave Chile, no period length needed
- Congo, Democratic Republic of the – Planned length of stay
- Costa Rica – Your passport must expire at least one day after the day you plan to leave
- Gambia – Planned length of stay
- Georgia – Planned length of stay
- Ireland – Planned length of stay
- Jamaica – Planned length of stay
- Japan – Planned length of stay
- North Korea – Planned length of stay
- Liberia – Planned length of stay
- Libya – Planned length of stay
- Maldives – One month (upon arrival date)
- Mauritius – Planned length of stay
- Mexico – Planned length of stay
- Micronesia – 120 days (upon arrival date)
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- Niger – Planned length of stay
- Paraguay – Planned length of stay
- Sao Tome and Principe – Planned length of stay
- Seychelles – Planned length of stay
- South Africa – 30 days (after departure)
- Tunisia – Planned length of stay
- Turkey – 150 days (upon arrival date)
- Ukraine – Planned length of stay
- United States of America – Planned length of stay
- Uruguay – Planned length of stay
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