Entry

Visas and entry permission

Entry rules change, sometimes with little notice. This page names the kinds of permission people usually discuss. It is not legal advice, and it is not a complete list of documents.

People moving for a short visit often look at a tourist visa or an official e-visa product if one is being issued at the time of travel. People moving for work or study usually need a longer permission that is arranged with an employer, a school, or another sponsor, and that process is not the same as a tourist entry. The names of these categories, the forms they require, and the fees change. Read the current official government instructions before you buy a ticket or send a passport away.

A guide published on a website cannot tell you, on a given day, whether your nationality needs a visa, how long a stay can last, or whether you can apply from inside the country. Those answers belong on the official site or at the consulate that is actually handling your application. If a relocation agent or an employer offers to "arrange the visa," ask which official category they mean, whose name will be on the application, and where you can read the same rule yourself.

Do not send passport scans through this site's contact form. This page will not quote a fee, because any figure written here would go stale.