Passport validity
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Passport validity is the length of time a passport can be used to travel to another country, or be used as a vaild form of identification within or outside the issuing country before its expiration date.
Adult Passport Validity Map
Adult Passports
Generally an adult passport is valid for ten years, such as a United Kingdom passport or a United States Passport, or five years, as is the situation for a New Zealand Passport or an Indonesian passport. Some countries issue adult passports for periods between five to ten years, such as the Cuban passport, which is valid for six years. Other countries issue passports that do not expire, for example a Spanish passport issued to citizens over 70 never expires.
Child and Young Adult Passports
Most countries issue passports for children and young adults for five years, under passport issuing protocols a child or young adult passport is defined as being under 16 years for a United States Passport, under 19 years for a Japanese Passport or under 30 years as is the case with a Spanish passport.
Infant Passports
Because children change rapidly in appearance from infancy to age five, some countries issue infant passports for two years, such as the Austrian passport, or for one year in the case of the Republic of Korea passport.
Validity on Arrival
Many countries require passport validity of no less than six months on arrival.
Countries With Ten-Year Passport Validity
Albania Algeria Andorra Angola Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belize Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Cambodia Canada China Colombia Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Fiji France Gabon Georgia Germany Hungary India Iran Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Kenya Kiribati Kosvo Laos Liechtenstein Lesotho Lithuania Madagascar Malawi Malta Mauritius Mexico Montenegro Nauru Nepal Netherlands Norway Oman Pakistan Poland Portugal Korea Moldova Russian Federation Saint Kitts and Nevis Samoa San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands South Africa Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Switzerland Tajikistan Tanzania Macedonia Timor-Leste Tonga Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uzbekistan Vatican Venezuela Viet Nam Zambia Zimbabwe
Countries With Five to Ten-Year Passport Validity
Bolivia Costa Rica Cuba Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt Iraq Kuwait Rwanda Sao Tome and Principe Syria
Countries With Five-Year or Less Passport Validity
Afghanistan Bahrain Belgium Benin Bhutan Brazil Brunei Darussalam Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cabo Verde Central African Republic Chad Chile Congo Côte d'Ivoire Democratic Republic of the Congo El Salvador Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Finland Gabon Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Iceland Indonesia Jordan Latvia Lebanon Liberia Luxembourg Malaysia Maldives Mali Marshall Islands Mauritania Monaco Mongolia Mozambique Myanmar New Zealand Namibia Nicaragua Nigeria North Korea (if you can get one) Palestine Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Qatar Romania Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Saudi Arabia Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Somalia South Sudan Suriname Sweden Thailand Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia United Arab Emirates
Countries With No Passport Validity Data
Comoros Djibouti Equatorial Guinea Western Sahara Vanuatu
Gallery
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US adult passport with ten year validity -
Indonesian adult passport with five-year validity
References
- ^ The Department of Internal Affairs, Te Tari Taiwhenua. "New Zealand issues passports that are valid for five years", passports.gov.nz, Wellington. Retrieved on 10 August 2014.