Gallery of passport stamps by country or territory
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The gallery of passport stamps by country or territory contains an accurate alphabetical list of sovereign states, partially recognised states, and dependent territories with images of their passport stamps including visas. All Schengen countries and Cyprus use the same format for their stamps and stamps are not issued when traveling from one Schengen country to another, except for land border crossings to, from, and between Romania and Bulgaria.
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Others
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Albania: Former design of an entry stamp (issued in Durrës) -
Albania: Former design of an exit stamp (issued at Tirana Airport) -
Anguilla: Former entry stamp design -
Argentina: old entry stamp issued in 2002 -
Argentina: Old exit stamp issued in 2002 -
Argentina: Entry stamp (no longer issued) -
Argentina: Exit stamp (no longer issued) -
Armenia: Old-style passport stamp (2015) -
Australia: Entry stamp (no longer issued) -
Australia: Exit stamp (no longer issued) -
Australia: Visa grant list -
Austria: 1947 entry stamp -
Austria: 1947 exit stamp -
Austria: 1965 transit visa -
Azerbaijan: 2016 entry stamp -
Azerbaijan: 2016 exit stamp -
Azerbaijan: 2023 electronic visa -
Bahrain: defunct exit stamp (used until 2021) -
Bangladesh: Visa on arrival issued at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka -
Belgium: Pre-Schengen passport stamp from Eynatten border crossing, 1986. Border crossing with Germany at Aachen. -
Brazil: Old style visa of Brazil in 2013 -
Bulgarian Transit visa, type used during 1990s. -
Bulgaria: Old style entry stamp from 2005 -
Cambodia: Old style entry stamp -
Cambodia: Old style exit stamp -
Canada: Old style stamp -
Chad Passport stamp confirming that the passport user had registered with the police. -
Chile: entry stamp issued in 1971. -
Chile: entry stamp issued in 1979 at Pudahuel International Airport. -
Chile: old entry stamp issued in 1977 at Pudahuel International Airport. -
Chile: exit stamp issued in 2002 at Los Libertadores land border crossing. -
China: Entry stamp for visa free transit (Beijing Airport) -
China: Short-use stamp (1h) for an in-transit passenger (Guangzhou Airport) -
ROC (Taiwan) Entry Permit for Mainland China residents (New Version) -
ROC (Taiwan) Entry Permit for Mainland China residents (Old Version) -
ROC (Taiwan) multiple Entry Permit for Mainland China residents -
ROC (Taiwan) entry permit -
ROC (Taiwan) individual Visit Permit issued by PRC (on Mainland Travel Permit for Taiwan Residents) -
ROC (Taiwan) immigration stamp -
Colombia: cancellation stamp issued at El Dorado Airport -
Colombia: old style entry stamp issued at El Dorado Airport -
Colombia: old style exit stamp issued at El Dorado Airport -
Colombia: exit tax stamp issued by the Aeronautica Civil at El Dorado Airport -
Costa Rica Old style entry stamp in 2014 -
Croatia: pre-EU visa and the passport stamp (2000) -
Cyprus: pre-EU visa and the passport stamps (1997) -
Czech Republic: pre-EU exit stamp (2002) -
Czech Republic: pre-EU exit stamp design issued at Prague Airport -
Czechoslovakia: 1947 entry stamp -
Czechoslovakia: 1947 exit stamp -
Czechoslovakia: an exit permission issued by the Czechoslovak government to a Czechoslovak national allowing the individual to leave the country for traveling purposes, 1967 -
Czechoslovakia: 1987 entry stamp -
Czechoslovakia: a railway exit stamp issued in 1988 -
Czechoslovakia: a visa issued in 1988 -
Czechoslovakia: 1991 entry stamp -
Czechoslovakia: entry and exit visa stamps issued in the era of the Czech and Slovak Federative Republic -
Old style entry stamp from Denmark -
Dominican Republic: exit passport stamp issued in 2012 at Punta Cana international airport. -
Old style entry stamp from Ecuador from 2015 -
Old style exit stamp from Ecuador from 2016 -
Egypt: Stamp for visa-free entry to the Sinai resorts -
France: visa issued in 1969 -
France: visa issued in 1987 -
France: visa issued in 1993 -
Georgia: old-style passport stamp (2019) -
Germany: Visa specimen, type 1924 -
Germany: former design of German visa -
Gibraltar: Old-style entry stamp of Gibraltar -
Greenland: old-style passport stamp (2002) -
Guatemala: Old-style departure stamp of Guatemala -
Honduras: Old-style entry stamp of Honduras -
Honduras: Old-style exit stamp of Honduras -
Hong Kong: entry passport stamp issued in 2006. -
Hong Kong: exit passport stamp issued in 2006. -
Hong Kong individual Visit Permit issued by PRC (on Chinese Two-way Permit for Hong Kong and Macau) -
Hong Kong visa for residents of the People's Republic of China living overseas -
Hong Kong visa for residents of the Republic of China -
Entry slip for Hong Kong issued upon entry as of March 2013 -
Hong Kong Visit Permit for other purpose with a stay period of 14 days and single entry issued by PRC (on Chinese Two-way Permit for Hong Kong and Macau) -
Hungary: visa with border stamps, issued in 1989 -
Hungary: old style exit stamp from 2000 -
Hungary stamp from 2003 before joining EU -
India: e-Visa issued at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in Mumbai -
India: Domestic Immigration stamp permitting entry into the Andaman and Nicobar Islands -
Indonesia: Old Style Indonesia visa -
Iran: old style entry stamp -
Iran: old style exit stamp -
Iraq: old style exit stamp -
Ireland: old style stamp -
Ireland: immigration stamp issued at Dublin Airport -
Ireland: Entry stamp issued to a British passport holder (note the "BR", by request, in the corner) -
Israel: Entry paper at Ben Gurion Airport -
Israel: Exit paper at Ben Gurion Airport -
Italy: 1993 visa -
Jamaica: old style stamp -
Korea (South): entry stamp (issued in some airports and ports - not Incheon) -
Korea (South): exit stamp (issued in some airports and ports) -
Libya: visa issued in 1930, during the period of Italian colonialism -
Macau: individual Visit Permit issued by PRC (on Chinese Two-way Permit for Hong Kong and Macau) -
Macau: former exit stamp -
Malaysia: Old description in entry stamp of Malaysia -
Malaysia: Sabah entry stamp from other regions of Malaysia -
Malta: old style passport stamp from 1999 -
Mexico: Old style entry stamp of Mexico -
Moldova: old style entry stamp from 2005 -
Moldova: old style exit stamp -
Old style passport stamps from Nazi Germany and Romania, issued in a Hungarian passport in 1940 -
Nagorno Karabakh: old style visa -
Nepal: visa on arrival, issued for free, granted to nationals of certain states -
Netherlands: pre-Schengen visa, issued in 1988 -
Nicaragua: old style stamp -
Norfolk Island old stamp used before Australia abolished its self-governing status in 2016 -
Northern Cyprus: visa on a sheet of paper, 2005 -
Northern Cyprus: entry and exit stamps, 2015 -
Old style entry stamp from Panama from 2015 -
Old style exit stamp from Panama -
Peru: old exit stamp issued in 2014. -
Peru: old entry stamp issued in 2017 at Puno land border crossing. -
Poland: visa issued in 1990 -
Poland: old style exit stamp from 2002 -
Romania: transit visa issued in 1994 -
Romania: old style entry stamp from 2004 -
Rwanda: old style entry stamp from 2008 -
Saudi Arabia: old style entry stamp -
Saudi Arabia: exit stamp in King Khalid International Airport, Riyadh -
Singapore: entry stamp issued in 2006. -
Singapore: stamp issued in 2006 -
Slovakia: old style exit stamp from 2001 -
South Africa: Current style entry stamp only from Cape Town INT Airport. This style is also current for road entry. -
South Africa: old style exit stamp from Cape Town INT Airport. OR Thambo INT Airport (Formerly JHB INT Airport) used this style since 1994-2006. This style is still current for road travel. -
Sweden: visa issued in 1987 -
Sweden: old style exit stamp from 2007 -
Switzerland: visa issued in 1931 -
Tanzania:Old style visa of Tanzania -
Thailand Old style visa of Thailand -
Thailand Old style entry stamp -
Thailand Old style exit stamp -
Tunisia"': old style entry stamp -
"Tunisia': old style exit stamp -
Turkey old style entry stamp -
Turkey: old style exit stamp -
Turkey: stamp issued in passport for temporary import of a vehicle -
United Kingdom stamp -
United Kingdom exit stamp from 1989 -
United Kingdom visitor visa issued prior to UK leaving the EU -
FR Yugoslavia exit visa from 2002 -
El Salvador: Old-style airport entry stamp from 2007.
See also
Notes
- ^ Due to its landlocked condition, Andorra does not issue a separate passport stamp. However one is available upon request at the border.
- ^ Antarctica is not officially part of any sovereign state. There are no border controls, and therefore no official entry/exit stamps. Some post offices, souvenir shops, and research stations provide unofficial passport stamps (which may invalidate passports).
- ^ Exit is recorded in a field on entry stamp
- ^ The Bahamas does not issue exit stamps.
- ^ Bahrain does not issue exit stamps. Furthermore, no entry stamps are issued at the border with Saudi Arabia.
- ^ If visa on arrival is granted and stamped in the passport, no separate entry stamp is issued.
- ^ Bermuda abolished visas as of 2014 but still requires a multiple-entry visa from Canada, UK, or USA for some nationalities.
- ^ Though stamps are issued upon both arrival and departure, there are only minor differences. The first 3 numbers after the date are assigned to the various points of entry and exit. The next number indicates entry or exit, '1' for entry, '2' for exit. The four digit number along the right edge is the Federal Police agent that made the stamp.
- ^ Canada does not issue exit stamps. On Canada's border with the United States, stamps are issued only if requested.
- ^ Colombia uses an identical stamp for both entry and exit. Entry or exit is recorded by a marking the field I (for entry) or E (for exit) with a pen.
- ^ Tourist card, which is not a visa, is always required for foreign citizens and nationals to obtain before entering Cuba, even when visa is required too.
- ^ El Salvador does not issue any stamps if coming from Honduras/Nicaragua/Guatemala due to C4-group regulations.
- ^ Fiji no longer issues exit stamps
- ^ As flights have ceased from Greenland to countries outside the Schengen Area (with which Greenland maintains an open border), Greenland no longer issues passport stamps. Some souvenir shops, such as the one at Kulusuk Airport, provide the same entry and exit stamps for free.
- ^ Guatemala uses many different stamps with various Mayan glyphs. But there is no difference in design between entry or exit stamps. Entry or exit is marked separately by border officials.
- ^ Honduras now places passports in a printer and prints the stamp rather than using a physical inked stamp.
- ^ As a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China, travelers entering Hong Kong will receive a different stamp than those entering mainland China. A Visa is issued to foreign passport holders only. An entry permit issued to mainland Chinese passport holders who apply in overseas or Macau but not in mainland China.
- ^ India uses various styles of entry and exit stamps. Entry stamps are blue, exit stamps are red.
- ^ Since 2016, foreign passports are not being stamped while entering or leaving Iran.[1]
- ^ Since 15 January 2013, Israel no longer stamps foreign passports at Ben Gurion Airport, giving passengers a card instead that reads: "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." Passports are still (as of 22 June 2017[update]) stamped at Erez when travelling into and out of Gaza. Also, passports are still stamped (as of 22 June 2017[update]) at the Jordan Valley/Sheikh Hussein and Yitzhak Rabin/Arava land borders with Jordan.
- ^ The visa stamps and top visa pictured are normally issued for business or official visitors only. Most tourists are issued a tourist card, pictured in blue, that is not contained within a passport and is surrendered upon departure.
- ^ No entry stamp but the sticker shown is applied to the passport on arrival. Exit stamp on request
- ^ Passports containing stamps from Kosovo will have them "annulled" upon entry to Serbia. The entry stamp shown was annulled.
- ^ Liechtenstein does not issue tourist visas, therefore tourists have to apply for a visa of a different member of the Schengen Area.
- ^ Liechtenstein follows the same entry rules as Switzerland and a passport stamp is not required. However for a nominal fee one is available at the Tourist Center.
- ^ A Visa is issued to foreign passport holders only. An entry permit issued to mainland Chinese passport holders who apply in overseas or Hong Kong but not in mainland China. In mainland China, Chinese citizens must obtain a Two-way Permit with the endorsement for entering Macau.
- ^ Citizens of all countries have visa-free entry to Micronesia, therefore the Federated States of Micronesia does not issue any tourist visa.
- ^ Because of its relationship with France and the policy of open borders, Monaco does not issue a separate passport stamp. However a free one is available upon request at the town hall. As of 2020, the Monaco tourist office no longer stamps official passports due to the possibility of invalidating them as official documents. Instead, they offer a souvenir passport, which they stamp instead.[2]
- ^ Montserrat government currently only issues e-visas.
- ^ This stamp is issued for Australian citizens (if requested), under the Trans-Tasman Travel Arrangement.
- ^ New Zealand does not issue exit stamps. New Zealand does not issue entry stamps for NZ/Australian citizens and Australian Permanent Residence (who receive NZ residence visa on arrival) even on request.
- ^ Nicaragua does not issue any exit stamps on exit to Honduras/El Salvador/Guatemala due to C4-group regulations.
- ^ All visitors to Niue are given a 30-day visa on arrival (marked by the entry stamp).
- ^ North Cyprus at the land border with the Republic of Cyprus are available upon request only at the Ledra Street Pedestrian crossing, stamps are regularly issued at the ferry terminals of Kyrenia and Famagusta and at Ercan airport.
- ^ Peru currently does not issue passports stamps upon entry or exit at airports, only at land borders. Stamps issued at seaports, as well as stamps issued at airports other than Jorge Chavez International Airport are unknown.
- ^ Due to its landlocked condition, San Marino visa policy follows the Italian one. San Marino does not issue regular passport stamps, and only issues souvenir stamps upon request at the visitors centre.
- ^ Serbian passports are stamped on exit only, while foreign passports are stamped on entry and exit (until 2018, foreign passports were stamped on entry only).
- ^ Effective October 21, 2021 Singapore no longer stamps passports on entry or exit.
- ^ This style was formerly used for all forms of entry, but is now used only for entry by road.
- ^ New style airport entry stamp. A similar style will likely soon replace road entry stamps.
- ^ Transit stamp. No exit stamp is issued for transit visas.
- ^ South Ossetia does not stamp passports, this stamp was provided to the traveler after asking their Ministry of Immigration for the stamp.
- ^ Mainland Chinese residents who reside in Mainland China or overseas must apply an entry permit in advance. This kind of entry permit is different to the Taiwanese Visa (See Taiwan Entry Permit for Mainland China citizens in Gallery). Hong Kong permanent residents who hold a HKSAR passport and/or British National (Overseas) passport, and Macau permanent residents who hold a Macao Special Administrative Region passport may apply an entry permit online before entering Taiwan or apply one in major Taiwan's international airports for a fee while arriving. The National without household registration must apply an entry permit in order to enter Taiwan even when they have a Republic of China passport. Other aliens may apply a regular visa if they have to.
- ^ The United Kingdom has not been issuing exit stamps since 1998 when paper-based embarkation (‘exit’) controls for passengers were ended.[4]
- ^ The United States does not issue exit stamps.
References
- ^ "Foreign tourists' passports not to be stamped in Iran". 18 August 2018.
- ^ "The Principality of Monaco Souvenir Passport". Visit Monaco. 14 February 2020. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
- ^ "Information | Niue". Archived from the original on 2015-07-17. Retrieved 2018-10-04.
- ^ "Research briefings" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-04-09. Retrieved 2017-01-08.
- ^ a b "10 things you didn't know about the Vatican City". The Daily Telegraph. 7 June 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
External links
- Passport stamps from the whole world - 181 countries, 748 scans
