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United States: None [note 46] ... Hong Kong Sample visa no longer issued in travel documents since 2021. e-visas are issued instead since 2021. ... South Africa: old ...
As of 2025, holders of a United States passport may travel to 186 countries and territories without a travel visa, or with a visa on arrival. The United States passport ranks [Note 1] 9th in terms of travel freedom, according to the Henley Passport Index. [1] It is also ranked 8th by the Global Passport Power Rank. [2]
A U.S. visa does not authorize entry into the United States or a stay in a particular status, but only serves as a preliminary permission to travel to the United States and to seek admission at a port of entry. The final admission to the United States is made at the port of entry by a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officer.
The index, which ranks 199 passports based on how many out of 227 destinations they offer visa-free access to, has placed the US passport in ninth place, slipping from the top spot in 2014.
A South African passport is a valid proof of citizenship document according to South African nationality law. As of December 2024, citizens of South Africa enjoyed visa-free access to 106 countries, of which some may require pre-travel registration according to the Visa Restrictions Index.
Page of a passport with machine-readable zone in the red oval (US passport pictured) Passport booklets have an identity page containing the identity data. This page is in the Today size of 125 × 88 mm (4.92 × 3.46 in). The data of the machine-readable zone consists of two rows of 44 characters each.
Although its passport enjoys (for nationals with rights of abode in Taiwan) visa-free (or visa on arrival access) status in 137 countries, ranking the ordinary Taiwanese passport 29th in the world (tied with Uruguay) according to the Visa Restrictions Index, [1] some countries, such as Argentina, Brazil, the People's Republic of China , Jamaica ...
United States: Visa required [247] Holders of a B1 / B2 (B) Visa, Permanent Resident Card, D Visa who have entered the United States at least once since 2008 may use the Automated Passport Control (APC) Kiosk for faster processing at selected airports, before proceeding to a US Customs and Border Protection officer for finalization of entry ...