Gallery of passport stamps by country or territory
The gallery of passport stamps by country or territory contains an alphabetical list of sovereign states or dependent territories with images of their passport stamps including visas. All Schengen countries, Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Moldova, North Macedonia, Romania and Turkey use the same format for their stamps, and stamps are not issued while traveling from one Schengen country to another.
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Others
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
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
Belgium: pre-Schengen passport stamp from Eynatten border crossing, 1986. Border crossing with Germany at Aachen.
Brazil: Old style visa of Brasil in 2013
Bulgarian transit visa, type used during 1990s.
Bulgaria: old style entry stamp from 2005
Canada: old style stamp
Chad passport stamp confirming that the passport user had registered with the police.
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: 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
Old style entry stamp from Ecuador from 2015
Old style exit stamp from Ecuador from 2016
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
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 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 at Delhi Airport
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
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
Libya: visa issued in 1998
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
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
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
Rwanda: Newer style exit stamp (2022)
Saudi Arabia: old style entry stamp
Saudi Arabia: exit stamp in King Khalid International Airport, Riyadh
Slovakia: old style exit stamp from 2001
South Africa: old style entry stamp. This style is still current for road entry.
South Africa: old style exit stamp. 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
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
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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.
- ^ Argentina requires citizens of some countries to pay a reciprocity fee before entering the country (pictured left).
- ^ Republic of Artsakh does not issue entry or exit stamps. A travel permit is issued additionally to a visa and will be taken on departure at the border points.
- ^ Exit is recorded in a field on entry stamp
- ^ Australia no longer issues entry and departure stamps as a matter of course, however stamps are available on request. Australia is using an electronic visa system, so there is no more labeling of a visa stamp in a passport.
- ^ The Bahamas does not issue exit stamps.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Since 2016, foreign passports are not being stamped while entering or leaving Iran.
- ^ 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/exit stamp but a letter shown in entry cell is given on arrival.
- ^ 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 tourist office. 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.
- ^ 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 no longer issues stamps at the land border with the Republic of Cyprus, only at the ferry terminals of Kyrenia and Famagusta and at Ercan airport.
- ^ 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.
- ^ The United States does not issue exit stamps.