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United States: passport 2026 and visa-free countries
Passport: United States. 179 countries and territories without a prior visa, rank 11 of 199. Entry terms and length of stay for every destination as of 4 October 2026.
Destinations by entry terms, 226 in total
- 138Visa-free
- 12ETA
- 29On arrival
- 30eVisa
- 17Visa required
United StatesPassport strength
A strong passport 11
Rank 11 of 199. 179 of 226 destinations without a prior visa. Key countries this passport opens without a visa: 18.
Schengen AreaVisa-free90 days
United KingdomETA180 days
CanadaVisa-free180 days
AustraliaETA
New ZealandETA90 days
JapanVisa-free90 days
South KoreaVisa-free90 days
SingaporeVisa-free90 days
United Arab EmiratesVisa-free90 days
TürkiyeVisa-free90 days
ThailandVisa-free60 days
MexicoVisa-free180 days
IsraelETA90 days
Hong KongVisa-free90 days
South AfricaVisa-free90 days
IndonesiaOn arrival30 days
ArgentinaVisa-free90 days
EgyptOn arrival30 daysWeak spots
Where a visa is needed and what is weaker 47
A prior visa is needed for 47 destinations, electronic or consular. Below are the main ones and the criteria where the passport is weaker. A second passport closes these gaps.
ChinaVisa required
IndiaeVisa
BrazileVisa
VietnameVisa
CubaeVisa
AfghanistaneVisa
AlgeriaVisa required
AzerbaijaneVisaWhat the passport gives
What a United States passport gives
rank 24 of 199
Balanced index: all criteria weighted equally. Open sources, licences and method on the index page.
Ranking for your goal →- Mobility92179 destinations without a prior visa
- Stability and rule of law70score 0.64 on a -2.5 to 2.5 scale
- Quality of life94HDI 0.938
- Health and longevity7879.3 years life expectancy
- Education92education index 0.91
- Taxes0citizenship-based tax: the US taxes citizens wherever they live
- US access100home country
- Plan B and family100dual citizenship allowed, passes to children
All destinations
Destinations by entry terms 226
The score adds up the first three types: destinations you can travel to without a visa arranged in advance.
Visa-free 138
Entry on your passport
AlbaniaEurope · 365 days
AndorraEurope · 90 days
AngolaAfrica · 30 days
AnguillaCaribbean · 90 days
Antigua and BarbudaCaribbean · 180 daysArgentinaAmericas · 90 days
ArmeniaMiddle East · 180 days
ArubaCaribbean · 30 days
AustriaEurope · 90 days
BahamasCaribbean · 240 days
BarbadosCaribbean · 180 days
BelgiumEurope · 90 days
BelizeAmericas · 180 days
BermudaAmericas · 180 days
BoliviaAmericas · 90 days
Bonaire, St. Eustatius and SabaCaribbean · 180 days
Bosnia and HerzegovinaEurope · 90 days
BotswanaAfrica · 90 days
British Virgin IslandsCaribbean · 30 days
BruneiAsia · 90 days
BulgariaEurope · 90 daysCanadaAmericas · 180 days
Cayman IslandsCaribbean · 180 days
ChileAmericas · 90 days
ColombiaAmericas · 90 days
Cook IslandsOceania · 31 days
Costa RicaAmericas · 90 days
CroatiaEurope · 90 days
CuraçaoCaribbean · 180 days
CyprusEurope · 90 days
CzechiaEurope · 90 days
DenmarkEurope · 90 days
DominicaCaribbean · 180 days
Dominican RepublicCaribbean · 30 days
EcuadorAmericas · 90 days
El SalvadorAmericas · 180 days
EstoniaEurope · 90 days
EswatiniAfrica · 30 days
Falkland IslandsAmericas · 30 days
Faroe IslandsEurope
FijiOceania · 120 days
FinlandEurope · 90 daysFranceEurope · 90 days
French GuianaAmericas · 90 days
French PolynesiaOceania · 90 days
French West IndiesCaribbean
GeorgiaEurope · 365 days
GermanyEurope · 90 days
GibraltarEurope
GreeceEurope · 90 days
GreenlandEurope
GrenadaCaribbean · 90 days
GuamOceania
GuatemalaAmericas · 90 days
GuyanaAmericas · 30 days
HaitiCaribbean · 90 days
HondurasAmericas · 90 daysHong KongAsia · 90 days
HungaryEurope · 90 days
IcelandEurope · 90 days
IrelandEurope · 90 days
ItalyEurope · 90 days
JamaicaCaribbean · 180 daysJapanAsia · 90 days
KazakhstanAsia · 30 days
KiribatiOceania · 90 days
KosovoEurope · 90 days
KyrgyzstanAsia · 30 days
LatviaEurope · 180 days
LesothoAfrica · 14 days
LiechtensteinEurope · 90 days
LithuaniaEurope · 90 days
LuxembourgEurope · 90 days
MacaoAsia · 30 days
MalaysiaAsia · 90 days
MaltaEurope · 90 days
Marshall IslandsOceania
MauritiusAfrica · 90 days
MayotteAfrica · 90 daysMexicoAmericas · 180 days
MicronesiaOceania
MoldovaEurope · 90 days
MonacoEurope · 90 days
MongoliaAsia · 90 days
MontenegroEurope · 90 days
MontserratCaribbean · 180 days
MoroccoAfrica · 90 days
NetherlandsEurope · 90 days
New CaledoniaOceania · 90 days
NicaraguaAmericas · 90 days
NiueOceania · 30 days
North MacedoniaEurope · 90 days
Northern Mariana IslandsOceania
NorwayEurope · 90 days
OmanMiddle East · 14 days
PalauOceania · 365 days
PanamaAmericas · 180 days
ParaguayAmericas · 90 days
PeruAmericas · 90 days
PhilippinesAsia · 30 days
PolandEurope · 90 days
PortugalEurope · 90 days
Puerto RicoCaribbean
QatarMiddle East · 90 days
RéunionAfrica · 90 days
RomaniaEurope · 90 days
San MarinoEurope
São Tomé and PríncipeAfrica · 15 days
SenegalAfrica · 90 days
SerbiaEurope · 90 daysSingaporeAsia · 90 days
Sint MaartenCaribbean · 180 days
SlovakiaEurope · 90 days
SloveniaEurope · 90 daysSouth AfricaAfrica · 90 daysSouth KoreaAsia · 90 days
SpainEurope · 90 days
St. HelenaAfrica
St. LuciaCaribbean · 42 days
St. Vincent and the GrenadinesCaribbean · 180 days
SurinameAmericas · 90 days
SwedenEurope · 90 days
SwitzerlandEurope · 90 days
TaiwanAsia · 90 days
TajikistanAsia · 30 daysThailandAsia · 60 days
Trinidad and TobagoCaribbean · 90 days
TunisiaAfrica · 90 daysTürkiyeEurope · 90 days
Turks and Caicos IslandsCaribbean · 90 days
UkraineEurope · 90 daysUnited Arab EmiratesMiddle East · 90 days
UruguayAmericas · 90 days
US Virgin IslandsCaribbean
UzbekistanAsia · 30 days
VanuatuOceania · 30 days
Vatican CityEurope
ZambiaAfrica · 30 daysETA 12
Electronic authorisation online
American SamoaOceania · 90 daysAustraliaOceania
Cape VerdeAfrica · 30 daysIsraelMiddle East · 90 days
KenyaAfrica · 90 days
MozambiqueAfrica · 30 daysNew ZealandOceania · 90 days
PalestineMiddle East
SeychellesAfrica · 90 days
Sri LankaAsia · 30 days
St. Kitts and NevisCaribbean · 90 daysUnited KingdomEurope · 180 daysOn arrival 29
Visa issued at the border
BahrainMiddle East · 14 days
BangladeshAsia · 30 days
BurundiAfrica · 30 days
CambodiaAsia · 30 days
ComorosAfrica · 45 daysEgyptAfrica · 30 days
EthiopiaAfrica · 90 days
GambiaAfrica · 30 days
Guinea-BissauAfrica · 90 daysIndonesiaAsia · 30 days
JordanMiddle East
KuwaitMiddle East · 90 days
LaosAsia · 30 days
LebanonMiddle East · 30 days
MadagascarAfrica · 90 days
MalawiAfrica · 30 days
MaldivesAsia · 30 days
NamibiaAfrica · 90 days
NepalAsia · 90 days
RwandaAfrica · 30 days
SamoaOceania · 90 days
Saudi ArabiaMiddle East · 90 days
Sierra LeoneAfrica · 90 days
Solomon IslandsOceania · 90 days
TanzaniaAfrica · 90 days
Timor-LesteAsia · 30 days
TongaOceania · 31 days
TuvaluOceania · 30 days
ZimbabweAfrica · 30 dayseVisa 30
Applied for online before travel
AfghanistanAsiaAzerbaijanEurope
BelarusEurope
BeninAfrica
BhutanAsiaBrazilAmericas
CameroonAfrica
Côte d'IvoireAfricaCubaCaribbean
DjiboutiAfrica
DR CongoAfrica
Equatorial GuineaAfrica
GabonAfrica
GhanaAfrica
GuineaAfricaIndiaAsia
IraqMiddle East
LibyaAfrica
MauritaniaAfrica
MyanmarAsia
NigeriaAfrica
PakistanAsia
Papua New GuineaOceania
SomaliaAfrica
South SudanAfrica
SyriaMiddle East
TogoAfrica
UgandaAfrica
VenezuelaAmericasVietnamAsiaVisa required 17
Through a consulate
Burkina Faso
Central African Republic
Chad
Eritrea
Iran
Liberia
Mali
Nauru
Niger
North Korea
Republic of the Congo
Russia
Sudan
Turkmenistan
YemenHow to strengthen the passport
A second citizenship opens the countries where this passport needs a visa. We count the better of the two passports.
- +12
Guinea-Bissau
Africa · new destinations
- +12
Sierra Leone
Africa · new destinations
- +11
Antigua and Barbuda
Caribbean · new destinations
- +10
Grenada
Caribbean · new destinations
- +10
Dominica
Caribbean · new destinations
- +9
Türkiye
Eurasia · new destinations
Frequently asked questions
United States: how many countries are visa-free?
In the BRIDGES index as of 4 October 2026: 179 of 226 countries and territories, 138 visa-free, 12 with an ETA and 29 with a visa on arrival. That is rank 11 of 199.
United States: is a Schengen visa needed?
No. Short trips to Schengen countries need no visa, up to 90 days. Once ETIAS starts, an electronic authorisation will be needed; no launch date has been announced yet.
United States → United Kingdom: is a visa needed?
ETA, 180 days. Electronic authorisation online.
United States → United Arab Emirates: is a visa needed?
Visa-free, 90 days. Entry on your passport.
How can the list of countries be expanded?
A second citizenship. For example, a passport of Guinea-Bissau adds 12 destinations without a prior visa, Sierra Leone adds 12. We will match a programme to your travel and budget.