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Asia entry requirements 2027: visa rules for 24 countries

Entry rules for UK, EU, Norwegian and Swiss passport holders in 24 Asian countries: whether you need a visa or an online authorisation, how long you can stay, what to file before you fly and how long your passport must be valid. Nationality coverage varies by row. Each row comes from our full entry guide for that country, checked against official sources.

Researched and written by AI (Claude, Codex) · Published by tsam Inc.Facts checked

Entry rules depend on your exact nationality and passport, and they change. Use this table to see where you need to act, then open the country's guide for the full rules, fees and exceptions, and check the official site before you book. Coverage varies by row. If your Icelandic, Liechtenstein or other passport is not covered by a row, start from the guide and check its official nationality list.

  • Visa-free No visa for these passports for a short tourist visit.
  • Depends on passport Visa-free for some European passports; others need a visa or an online authorisation.
  • Visa or authorisation needed Every passport in this group needs a visa, a visa on arrival or an online authorisation.
CountryVisa and stay (UK, EU, Norwegian and Swiss passports)Before you flyPassport
BhutanVisa or authorisation neededchecked Official source ↗Visa approved online before travel: USD 40 per applicant, for a stay of up to 90 days from entry.Pay the SDF with the visa application: USD 100 per adult per night until 31 August 2027. A certified guide must accompany you throughout your visit.Valid for at least six months after your planned departure from Bhutan. Full guide →
BruneiVisa-freechecked Official source ↗UK and all EU/EFTA passports: visa-free for up to 90 days.Complete the E-Arrival card before arrival, including at land borders and ferry terminals; airside transit without passing immigration is exempt.At least six months on arrival (UK advice for British passports; Brunei also requires this of visa applicants); undamaged, with no missing pages. Full guide →
CambodiaVisa or authorisation neededchecked Official source ↗Visa needed: the tourist e-Visa (T), US$30, at evisa.gov.kh, gives 30 days. UK advice says that without an e-Visa you can get a visa on arrival at the airports and land border crossings, with a photo and payment in US dollars.e-Visa approval before you fly. Cambodia e-Arrival, free, from seven days before arrival by air.At least six months on entry. Full guide →
ChinaDepends on passportchecked Official source ↗No visa for up to 30 days, counted from the day after you enter: the UK, Norway, Switzerland, Iceland, Liechtenstein and every EU country except Czechia and Lithuania are on China's list until 31 December 2026 (no 2027 extension announced yet). Czech passports need a visa; 240-hour transit only for onward travel to a third country.Fill in the free arrival card online or at the border. Hotels register you with the police; elsewhere, register within 24 hours.Rules differ: China asks for validity covering your stay (three months for 240-hour transit); UK advice is six months from arrival and two blank pages, France six months after you leave. Six months after departure meets all. Full guide →
Hong KongVisa-freechecked Official source ↗No visa: British citizens up to 180 days; every EU country, Norway, Iceland, Switzerland and Liechtenstein up to 90 days.Nothing to file before you fly for these passports.British: valid one month after you leave Hong Kong; German: one month beyond the stay. Full guide →
IndiaVisa or authorisation neededchecked Official source ↗e-Visa needed before you fly. For most European passports the 30-day e-Tourist visa costs USD 25 from July to March and USD 10 from April to June, plus a 3% bank charge.Apply 4 to 120 days before arrival. e-Arrival card within 72 hours before landing.At least six months after the day you arrive, and two blank pages. Full guide →
IndonesiaVisa or authorisation neededchecked Official source ↗Visa on arrival (B1), also sold online as an e-VOA: IDR 500,000 for 30 days, extendable once for 30 more. Open to all EU and EFTA passports and British citizens.All Indonesia arrival card in the three days before landing. Bali: pay the IDR 150,000 tourist levy.Valid at least six months from arrival, with at least two blank pages (UK advice); onward ticket. Full guide →
JapanVisa-freechecked Official source ↗No visa. You are usually given 90 days on landing (all EU and EFTA countries and the UK). UK, Irish, German, Austrian and Swiss citizens can apply in Japan to extend to six months in total.Nothing compulsory. Visit Japan Web is free and optional; the customs declaration it replaces is compulsory, online or on paper.Valid for the whole stay, with one blank page. Full guide →
KazakhstanVisa-freechecked Official source ↗No visa for up to 30 days per entry and no more than 90 days in any 180: the UK, the EU, Norway and Switzerland are on the government's visa-free list. Apply for the free QazETA travel authorisation at least 72 hours before you fly: UK advice says you should have one from 1 November 2026, and from 1 July 2027 you will be refused entry without it.Your hotel or host registers you with the migration police within three working days. Declare cash worth more than USD 10,000 on arrival.Rules differ: at least 30 days from arrival with one blank page (UK), six months at entry (Germany); six months in an undamaged passport meets both. Full guide →
KyrgyzstanVisa-freechecked Official source ↗No visa for up to 30 days: the UK, every EU country, Norway and Switzerland are visa-free in the foreign ministry's e-visa tool, and UK and German advice counts those days within any 60-day period. Other passports: e-visa portal, allow five working days.No registration for stays of up to 30 days. Declare cash from USD 10,000 per person.Rules differ: six months after arrival (UK), six months beyond departure (Germany), six months after the end of your stay (France); six months after you leave meets all three. Full guide →
LaosDepends on passportchecked Official source ↗Luxembourg and Switzerland: 15 days visa-free. The UK, Norway and every other EU country are on the eVisa list (30 days; apply at least five days ahead), and the UK and German governments list arrival visas at the main airports.eVisa, if used, before you fly. Lao Digital Immigration Form (LDIF) within three days before arrival and departure at the main airports and Friendship Bridge I.Six months on arrival and two blank pages (UK and German advice); eVisa: more than 180 days. Full guide →
MacauVisa-freechecked Official source ↗No visa: British citizens up to six months; EU and Schengen passports, Norwegian, Swiss and Icelandic included, up to 90 days (Cyprus three months).No arrival card: immigration gives you a printed slip showing your stay.Valid at least 3 months after you leave Macau (German and French advice; Macau's own rule is 90 days beyond your stay). Full guide →
MalaysiaVisa-freechecked Official source ↗No visa for a tourist visit, usually up to 90 days (UK, Ireland, EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland); the immigration officer decides.Malaysia Digital Arrival Card (MDAC), free, in the 3 days before you arrive, arrival day included.At least six months from the date of entry (France, the strictest: six months from the day you leave); onward ticket and enough money. Full guide →
MaldivesVisa or authorisation neededchecked Official source ↗Free visa on arrival for tourists: 30 days for British tourists (UK advice), up to or under 30 days according to Germany and France. Show a return ticket, a prepaid hotel or guesthouse booking and enough funds.File the free IMUGA Traveller Declaration for every traveller, babies too, within 96 hours before your flight lands.Rules differ: at least one month with a machine-readable zone (Maldives Immigration), six months after your stay (France); six months meets both. Full guide →
MongoliaDepends on passportchecked Official source ↗Up to 30 days visa-free for tourism until the end of 2026 under a temporary scheme: the UK, Norway, Iceland, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and every EU country except Germany; no 2027 extension announced. German passports have a separate standing 30-day arrangement with no end date listed. Outside the scheme, arrange a visa at a Mongolian embassy; UK and EU passports are not on the e-visa list.Your hotel or camp registers you within 48 hours of arrival at each address; register yourself if staying privately. For 2027, check whether the temporary waiver has been extended before booking.At least six months after arrival. An e-visa application requires at least 180 days of passport validity when you apply. Full guide →
NepalVisa or authorisation neededchecked Official source ↗Visa needed, on arrival at Kathmandu airport or from an embassy: 15, 30 or 90 days, multiple entry.For a visa on arrival, fill in the online form up to 15 days ahead and keep the receipt.At least six months after entry. Full guide →
PhilippinesVisa-freechecked Official source ↗30 days visa-free for all EU countries, the UK, Norway, Iceland and Switzerland; you can ask for 29 more days in the country.eTravel, free, within 72 hours before arrival.Six months beyond the stay; return or onward ticket. Full guide →
SingaporeVisa-freechecked Official source ↗No visa for a short visit (UK, Ireland, EU, Switzerland, Norway). The officer decides how long you may stay, and your e-Pass shows the last day; foreign ministries usually quote 30 to 90 days, depending on nationality.SG Arrival Card, free, within three days before arrival, counting the arrival day.At least six months. Full guide →
South KoreaDepends on passportchecked Official source ↗No visa; usually 90 days (three months for Belgium, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Luxembourg and Greece). A K-ETA (KRW 10,000) is needed unless your passport is exempt. For arrivals up to 31 December 2026 the exemption covers the UK and 12 European countries: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Spain and Sweden; the Korean embassy in Switzerland adds Swiss and Liechtenstein passports. Other European passports, among them Irish, Portuguese, Luxembourg, Czech, Hungarian and Romanian, need a K-ETA; for arrivals in 2027, the country exemption ends unless it is extended. Visa-free travellers aged 17 or under or 65 or over on the day they arrive need no K-ETA in either year.K-ETA, if required, before you book non-refundable flights. Otherwise the free e-Arrival card or a paper card on arrival.See the guide Full guide →
Sri LankaVisa or authorisation neededchecked Official source ↗ETA needed before you fly. Free for 30 days for the UK, Norway, Switzerland and 12 EU countries: Austria, Belgium, Czechia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain and Sweden. Other passports, for example Irish, Portuguese, Luxembourg, Hungarian or Romanian, pay USD 50 online.Apply only at eta.gov.lk.At least six months after arrival; confirmed return ticket. Full guide →
TaiwanVisa-freechecked Official source ↗No visa, up to 90 days for UK, EU, Norwegian and Swiss citizens.Taiwan Arrival Card (TWAC), free, within seven days before arrival.At least six months on entry; a return or onward ticket. Full guide →
ThailandVisa-freechecked Official source ↗No visa for tourism, up to 30 days: every EU country, the UK, Norway, Iceland, Switzerland and Liechtenstein are on the official 60-country list.Thailand Digital Arrival Card (TDAC), free, within three days before arrival.Six months after arrival and one blank page for British passports (UK advice); check your own government's rule. Full guide →
UzbekistanVisa-freechecked Official source ↗No visa for up to 30 days, counted from the day you cross the border: the UK, every EU country, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland are on the foreign ministry's list. Other passports: e-visa at e-visa.gov.uz, USD 20.Registration within three days of arrival: a hotel does it at check-in; in a private house your host registers you, on Emehmon or at the migration office.Rules differ: three months after arrival (UK), three months at entry (Germany), six months beyond your return (France); six months beyond your return meets all three. Full guide →
VietnamDepends on passportchecked Official source ↗45 days visa-free for 21 European countries: the UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland for any purpose; Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Poland, Czechia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Slovakia and Slovenia for tourism. Other EU and EEA passports, such as Austrian, Irish and Portuguese, need an e-visa: USD 25 single entry, USD 50 multiple.e-visa (if needed) before you fly. Voluntary online pre-arrival declaration in the three days before arrival.Six months after arrival and two blank pages; with an e-visa, six months beyond the end of the visa. Full guide →

Passports from the Americas

US, Canadian, Mexican, Brazilian, Argentine, Chilean and Colombian ordinary passports, for a tourist visit arriving by air. Each cell shows what you need and the longest stay the official sources give. Fees, extensions, arrival cards and passport rules are in each country's guide and on the official sites.

CountryUnited StatesCanadaMexicoBrazilArgentinaChileColombia
BhutanVisaup to 90 daysVisaup to 90 daysVisaup to 90 daysVisaup to 90 daysVisaup to 90 daysVisaup to 90 daysVisaup to 90 days
BruneiVisa-freeup to 90 daysVisa-free1up to 90 daysVisa2Visa2Visa2Visa2Visa2
Cambodiae-Visaup to 30 dayse-Visaup to 30 dayse-Visaup to 30 dayse-Visaup to 30 dayse-Visaup to 30 dayse-Visaup to 30 dayse-Visaup to 30 days
ChinaVisaVisa-free3up to 30 daysVisaVisa-free3up to 30 daysVisa-free3up to 30 daysVisa-free3up to 30 daysVisa
Hong KongVisa-freeup to 90 daysVisa-freeup to 90 daysVisa-freeup to 90 daysVisa-freeup to 90 daysVisa-freeup to 90 daysVisa-freeup to 90 daysVisa-freeup to 90 days
Indiae-Visa4up to 30 dayse-Visa4up to 30 dayse-Visa4up to 30 dayse-Visa4up to 30 dayse-Visa4up to 30 dayse-Visa4up to 30 dayse-Visa4up to 30 days
IndonesiaVisa on arrivalup to 30 daysVisa on arrivalup to 30 daysVisa on arrivalup to 30 daysVisa on arrivalup to 30 daysVisa on arrivalup to 30 daysVisa on arrivalup to 30 daysVisa on arrivalup to 30 days
JapanVisa-freeup to 90 daysVisa-freeup to 90 daysVisa-freeup to 90 daysVisa-free5up to 90 daysVisa-freeup to 90 daysVisa-freeup to 90 daysVisa6
KazakhstanVisa-freeup to 30 daysVisa-freeup to 30 daysVisa-freeup to 30 daysVisa-freeup to 30 daysVisa-freeup to 30 daysVisa-freeup to 30 daysVisa-freeup to 30 days
KyrgyzstanVisa-freeup to 30 daysVisa-freeup to 30 daysVisa-freeup to 30 daysVisa-freeup to 30 daysVisa-freeup to 30 daysVisa-freeup to 30 daysVisa2
Laose-Visaup to 30 dayse-Visaup to 30 dayse-Visaup to 30 dayse-Visaup to 30 dayse-Visaup to 30 dayse-Visaup to 30 dayse-Visaup to 30 days
MacauVisa-freeup to 30 daysVisa-freeup to 30 daysVisa-freeup to 90 daysVisa-freeup to 90 daysVisa-freeup to 30 daysVisa-freeup to 30 daysVisa on arrivalup to 30 days
MalaysiaVisa-freeup to 90 daysVisa-freeup to 90 daysVisa-freeup to 30 daysVisa-freeup to 90 daysVisa-freeup to 90 daysVisa-freeup to 30 dayse-Visa2
MaldivesVisa on arrivalup to 30 daysVisa on arrivalup to 30 daysVisa on arrivalup to 30 daysVisa on arrivalup to 30 daysVisa on arrivalup to 30 daysVisa on arrivalup to 30 daysVisa on arrivalup to 30 days
MongoliaVisa-freeup to 90 daysVisa-freeup to 30 dayse-Visaup to 30 daysVisa-freeup to 90 daysVisa-freeup to 90 daysVisa-freeup to 90 daysVisa-freeup to 90 days
NepalVisa on arrivalup to 90 daysVisa on arrivalup to 90 daysVisa on arrivalup to 90 daysVisa on arrivalup to 90 daysVisa on arrivalup to 90 daysVisa on arrivalup to 90 daysVisa on arrivalup to 90 days
PhilippinesVisa-freeup to 30 daysVisa-freeup to 30 daysVisa-freeup to 30 daysVisa-freeup to 59 daysVisa-freeup to 30 daysVisa-freeup to 30 daysVisa-freeup to 30 days
SingaporeVisa-free7up to 90 daysVisa-free7up to 30 daysVisa-free7Visa-free7up to 30 daysVisa-free7Visa-free7Visa-free7
South KoreaVisa-freeup to 90 daysVisa-free1up to 6 monthsVisa-free8up to 3 monthsVisa-free9up to 90 daysVisa-free9up to 90 daysVisa-free9up to 90 daysVisa-free8up to 90 days
Sri LankaETAup to 30 daysETAup to 30 daysETAup to 30 daysETAup to 30 daysETAup to 30 daysETAup to 30 daysETAup to 30 days
TaiwanVisa-freeup to 90 daysVisa-freeup to 90 daysVisaVisaVisaVisa-freeup to 90 daysVisa
ThailandVisa-free1up to 30 daysVisa-freeup to 30 dayse-Visaup to 60 daysVisa-freeup to 90 daysVisa-freeup to 90 daysVisa-freeup to 90 dayse-Visaup to 60 days
UzbekistanVisa-freeup to 30 daysVisa-freeup to 30 daysVisa-freeup to 30 daysVisa-freeup to 30 daysVisa-freeup to 30 daysVisa-freeup to 30 dayse-Visaup to 30 days
Vietname-Visaup to 90 dayse-Visaup to 90 dayse-Visaup to 90 dayse-Visaup to 90 dayse-Visaup to 90 daysVisa-freeup to 90 dayse-Visaup to 90 days
  1. Official sources give different lengths of stay
  2. Length of stay not confirmed
  3. Visa-free scheme published until 31 December 2026
  4. 30-day e-Tourist visa; the 1-year and 5-year e-Tourist visas allow up to 180 days in a calendar year
  5. ICAO-compliant ePassport only
  6. Japan recommends getting a visa; without one, entry can be refused
  7. The e-Pass at arrival states your stay
  8. Whether K-ETA is needed is not confirmed
  9. K-ETA needed before you fly

Checked 9 November 2026 against each destination's official lists and the travellers' own government advice.

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