# Travel requirements for stateless persons

Travel requirements for stateless persons are public health and administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of states placed on stateless persons.
As of April 2024, stateless persons had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 1 territory, ranking last in terms of travel freedom (tied with the citizens of no state).

## Visa requirements

| Country / Region | Visa requirement | Allowed stay | Notes (excluding departure fees) |
| Svalbard | Visa not required | Unlimited | Customarily, anyone of any nationality may live and work freely in Svalbard. Travelers arriving and departing by air require some type of state-issued travel document. Travelers transiting through the Schengen area, including mainland Norway, must have a Schengen visa. This must be a double-entry visa so they can return to the Schengen area, including mainland Norway. "Regulations concerning rejection and expulsion from Svalbard" are enforced on a non-discriminatory basis. Grounds for exclusion include lack of means of support, and violation of laws or regulations. |
| Other jurisdictions | Visa required | | |

## Vaccination requirements
### Vaccination requirements map

Certain countries and territories require travellers arriving from certain jurisdictions to be vaccinated against specific diseases. This is a map of the minimal vaccination requirements for stateless persons arriving from countries that aren't classified as "risk countries".

### Quadrivalent meningococcal vaccination (ACYW135)

Meningococcal vaccination requirements for international travel :
| Country or territory | Details |
| Gambia | All travellers must show proof of vaccination with quadrivalent meningococcal vaccine (ACYW135) upon arrival. |
| Indonesia | Travellers arriving from or departing to Saudi Arabia must show proof of vaccination with quadrivalent ACYW-135. |
| Lebanon | Proof of vaccination with quadrivalent ACYW-135 is required for travellers departing Lebanon and going to Hajj, Umrah, and to certain African countries. |
| Libya | All travellers must show proof of vaccination with quadrivalent ACYW-135 upon arrival. |
| Philippines | Proof of vaccination with quadrivalent ACYW-135 is required for travellers going to Hajj and Umrah (in Saudi Arabia). |
| Saudi Arabia | Proof of vaccination is required for travellers 2 years of age and older who are Hajj or Umrah pilgrims and seasonal or pilgrim workers in Hajj and Umrah areas. Vaccination with quadrivalent ACYW135 (either polysaccharide or conjugate) must be issued not less than 10 days before arrival and not more than 3 years (polysaccharide vaccine) or 5 years (conjugate vaccine) before arrival. The immunisation certificate should clearly state if the traveller was vaccinated with the conjugate vaccine for the 5-year validity to apply. Vaccination is also required for domestic pilgrims, residents of Mecca and Medina, and any persons participating in Hajj or Umrah or seasonal or pilgrimage work in Hajj and Umrah zones. At the discretion of the Ministry of Health, travellers may be administered prophylactic antibiotics upon arrival. |

### Polio vaccination

Polio vaccination requirements for international travel :
| Country | Details |
| Afghanistan | Travellers from polio-endemic countries (Pakistan) need Carte Jaune proof of polio vaccination (received between 4 weeks and 12 months before departure) upon arrival. Residents and ALL travellers staying in Afghanistan longer than 4 weeks need proof of polio vaccination (received between 4 weeks and 12 months before departure) when departing from Afghanistan. |
| Belize | Travellers from Afghanistan and Pakistan need Carte Jaune proof of OPV or IPV vaccination (received between 4 weeks and 12 months before departure) upon arrival. Belize residents travelling countries with confirmed polio cases also need proof of vaccination. |
| Brunei | Travellers from polio-exporting countries need Carte Jaune proof of OPV or IPV vaccination (received between 4 weeks and 12 months before departure) upon arrival. |
| Egypt | Travellers from Afghanistan, Angola, Benin, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, China, Congo-Kinshasa, Ethiopia, Ghana, Indonesia, Kenya, Mozambique, Myanmar, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, and Somalia need Carte Jaune proof of OPV or IPV vaccination (received between 4 weeks and 12 months before departure) upon arrival. |
| Georgia | Travellers from at-risk countries need Carte Jaune proof of OPV or IPV vaccination (received between 4 weeks and 12 months before departure) upon arrival. Travellers without proof are offered OPV vaccination upon arrival. |
| India | Travellers from Afghanistan, Congo-Kinshasa, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, Pakistan, Somalia, and Syria need Carte Jaune proof of OPV or IPV vaccination (received between 4 weeks and 12 months before departure) upon arrival. |
| Iran | Travellers from Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Nigeria need Carte Jaune proof of OPV or IPV vaccination (received between 4 weeks and 12 months before departure) upon arrival. Travellers without proof will be vaccinated upon arrival. |
| Iraq | Travellers aged 15+ from Afghanistan and Pakistan need Carte Jaune proof of OPV or IPV vaccination (received between 4 weeks and 12 months before departure) upon arrival; children under age 15 must have received three doses of polio vaccine before travel. Travellers without proof will be vaccinated upon arrival. Travellers departing Iraq to Afghanistan and Pakistan must also provide proof of vaccination upon departure. |
| Jordan | Travellers from Afghanistan and Pakistan need Carte Jaune proof of OPV or IPV vaccination (received between 4 weeks and 12 months before departure) upon arrival. |
| Lebanon | Travellers from and to polio-affected countries need Carte Jaune proof of OPV or IPV vaccination (received between 4 weeks and 12 months before departure) upon arrival. |
| Libya | Travellers from Afghanistan and Pakistan need Carte Jaune proof of OPV or IPV vaccination (received between 4 weeks and 12 months before departure) upon arrival. |
| Maldives | Travellers from and to polio-exporting countries, as well as Hajj and Umrah pilgrims, need Carte Jaune proof of OPV or IPV vaccination (received between 4 weeks and 12 months before departure) upon arrival. |
| Morocco | Travellers from polio-affected countries need Carte Jaune proof of OPV or IPV vaccination (received between 4 weeks and 12 months before departure) upon arrival. |
| Nepal | Travellers from Afghanistan, Kenya, Nigeria, Pakistan, and Papua New Guinea need Carte Jaune proof of OPV or IPV vaccination (received between 4 weeks and 12 months before departure) upon arrival. |
| Oman | Travellers from polio-exporting countries need Carte Jaune proof of OPV or IPV vaccination (received between 4 weeks and 12 months before departure) upon arrival. |
| Pakistan | Travellers from ALL countries planning to stay in Pakistan for more than 4 weeks need Carte Jaune proof of OPV vaccination upon arrival. Residents and ALL travellers staying in Pakistan longer than 4 weeks need proof of OPV vaccination when departing from Pakistan. |
| Philippines | Travellers from or to high-risk countries need Carte Jaune proof of polio vaccination upon arrival or before departure, respectively. Due to an ongoing local VDPV2 outbreak, the government recommends all others travellers to consider getting a polio vaccine or booster dose, depending on their situation. |
| Qatar | Travellers from polio-exporting countries (identified by Qatar as: Afghanistan, Nigeria, Pakistan and Philippines) need Carte Jaune proof of OPV or IPV vaccination (received between 4 weeks and 12 months before departure) upon arrival. |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | Travellers from polio-endemic countries as identified by WHO (Afghanistan and Pakistan) need Carte Jaune proof of OPV or IPV vaccination (received between 4 weeks and 12 months before departure) upon arrival. |
| Saudi Arabia | Travellers from active-transmission (including wild or vaccine-derived poliovirus) and at-risk countries, as well as all travellers from Afghanistan, Congo-Kinshasa, Mozambique, Myanmar, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Somalia, Syria, and Yemen, need Carte Jaune proof of OPV or IPV vaccination (received between 4 weeks and 12 months before departure) upon arrival. Regardless of immunisation status, all travellers from Afghanistan, Myanmar, Nigeria, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Somalia, Syria, and Yemen will be given an Oral Polio Vaccine dose upon arrival. |
| Seychelles | Travellers from countries with polio outbreaks need Carte Jaune proof of OPV or IPV vaccination (received between 4 weeks and 12 months before departure) upon arrival. |
| Syria | Travellers from Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, and Pakistan need Carte Jaune proof of OPV or IPV vaccination (received between 4 weeks and 12 months before departure) upon arrival. ALL Syria residents departing Syria to any country also need proof of vaccination. |
| Ukraine | Long-term visitors departing to states with wild or circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus transmission should present Carte Jaune proof of vaccination with at least one dose of bivalent OPV or IPV (received between 4 weeks and 12 months before departure). Persons obliged to undertake urgent international travel must be immunised with a single dose of polio vaccine before their departure. There is also risk of poliovirus transmission inside Ukraine itself, and travellers to Ukraine are recommended to be up to date with their polio vaccination before entry. |

### Yellow fever vaccination

Yellow fever vaccination requirements for international travel (July 2019) :
| Country or territory | Status | Vaccination required for travellers coming from | Traveller age |
| Albania | No risk | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Algeria | No risk | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Angola | Risk country | All countries | 9 months or older |
| Antigua and Barbuda | No risk | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Argentina | Risk provinces: Misiones, Corrientes | No | – |
| Aruba | No risk | Risk countries | 9 months or older |
| Australia | No risk | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Bahamas | No risk | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Bahrain | No risk | Risk countries | 9 months or older |
| Bangladesh | No risk | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Barbados | No risk | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Belize | No risk | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Benin | Risk country | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Bolivia | Risk country | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Bonaire | No risk | Risk countries | 9 months or older |
| Botswana | No risk | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Brazil | Risk country | No | – |
| Brunei | No risk | Risk countries | 9 months or older |
| Burkina Faso | Risk country | Risk countries | 9 months or older |
| Burundi | Risk country | Risk countries | 9 months or older |
| Cabo Verde | No risk | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Cambodia | No risk | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Cameroon | Risk country | All countries | 9 months or older |
| Central African Republic | Risk country | All countries | 9 months or older |
| Chad | Risk country | All countries | 9 months or older |
| China | No risk | Risk countries | 9 months or older |
| Christmas Island | No risk | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Colombia | Risk country | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Congo-Brazzaville | Risk country | All countries | 9 months or older |
| Congo-Kinshasa | Risk country | All countries | 9 months or older |
| Costa Rica | No risk | Risk countries | 9 months or older |
| Côte d'Ivoire | Risk country | All countries | 9 months or older |
| Cuba | No risk | Risk countries | 9 months or older |
| Curaçao | No risk | Risk countries | 9 months or older |
| Dominica | No risk | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Dominican Republic | No risk | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Ecuador | Risk country | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Egypt | No risk | Risk countries | 9 months or older |
| El Salvador | No risk | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Equatorial Guinea | Risk country | Risk countries | 9 months or older |
| Eritrea | No risk | Risk countries | 9 months or older |
| Eswatini | No risk | Risk countries | 9 months or older |
| Ethiopia | Risk country | Risk countries | 9 months or older |
| Fiji | No risk | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| French Guiana | Risk country | All countries | 1 year or older |
| French Polynesia | No risk | Risk countries | 9 months or older |
| Gabon | Risk country | All countries | 1 year or older |
| Gambia | Risk country | Risk countries | 9 months or older |
| Ghana | Risk country | All countries | 9 months or older |
| Grenada | No risk | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Guadeloupe | No risk | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Guatemala | No risk | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Guinea | Risk country | Risk countries | 9 months or older |
| Guinea-Bissau | Risk country | All countries | 1 year or older |
| Guyana | Risk country | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Haiti | No risk | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Honduras | No risk | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| India | No risk | Risk countries | 9 months or older |
| Indonesia | No risk | Risk countries | 9 months or older |
| Iran | No risk | Risk countries | 9 months or older |
| Iraq | No risk | Risk countries | 9 months or older |
| Jamaica | No risk | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Jordan | No risk | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Kenya | Risk country | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Kyrgyzstan | No risk | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Laos | No risk | Risk countries | Unknown |
| Lesotho | No risk | Risk countries | 6 months or older |
| Liberia | Risk country | Risk countries | 9 months or older |
| Libya | No risk | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Madagascar | No risk | Risk countries | 9 months or older |
| Malawi | No risk | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Malaysia | No risk | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Maldives | No risk | Risk countries | 9 months or older |
| Mali | Risk country | All countries | 1 year or older |
| Malta | No risk | Risk countries | 9 months or older |
| Martinique | No risk | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Mauritania | Risk country | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Mayotte | No risk | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Montserrat | No risk | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Mozambique | No risk | Risk countries | 9 months or older |
| Myanmar | No risk | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Namibia | No risk | Risk countries | 9 months or older |
| Nepal | No risk | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| New Caledonia | No risk | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Nicaragua | No risk | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Niger | Risk country | All countries | 1 year or older |
| Nigeria | Risk country | All countries | 9 months or older |
| Niue | No risk | Risk countries | 9 months or older |
| North Korea | No risk | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Oman | No risk | Risk countries | 9 months or older |
| Pakistan | No risk | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Panama | Risk country | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Papua New Guinea | No risk | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Paraguay | Risk country | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Peru | Risk country | No | – |
| Philippines | No risk | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Pitcairn Islands | No risk | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Rwanda | No risk | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Saint Barthélemy | No risk | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Saint Helena | No risk | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | No risk | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Saint Lucia | No risk | Risk countries | 9 months or older |
| Saint Martin | No risk | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | No risk | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Samoa | No risk | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | No risk | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Saudi Arabia | No risk | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Senegal | Risk country | Risk countries | 9 months or older |
| Seychelles | No risk | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Sierra Leone | Risk country | All countries | Unknown |
| Singapore | No risk | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Sint Eustatius | No risk | Risk countries | 6 months or older |
| Sint Maarten | No risk | Risk countries | 9 months or older |
| Solomon Islands | No risk | Risk countries | 9 months or older |
| Somalia | No risk | Risk countries | 9 months or older |
| South Africa | No risk | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| South Sudan | Risk country | All countries | 9 months or older |
| Sri Lanka | No risk | Risk countries | 9 months or older |
| Sudan | Risk country | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Suriname | Risk country | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Tanzania | No risk | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Thailand | No risk | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Togo | Risk country | All countries | 9 months or older |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Risk region: Trinidad | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Uganda | Risk country | All countries | 1 year or older |
| United Arab Emirates | No risk | Risk countries | 9 months or older |
| Venezuela | Risk country | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Wallis and Futuna | No risk | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Zambia | No risk | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Zimbabwe | No risk | Risk countries | 9 months or older |
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### COVID-19 vaccination

Many countries increasingly consider the vaccination status of travellers with regard to quarantine requirements or when deciding to allow them entry at all. This is justified by research that shows that the Pfizer vaccine effect lasts for six months or so.