Post: #1

I have been doing a lot of research lately as I am looking to travel and live abroad for the next year and would like to be able to check out multiple countries without breaking the bank. I found an interesting site that broke down every countries visa regulations for US citizens. I thought it would be useful for anyone looking to travel, live, or do visa runs.

Here is the list I compiled for all countries that allow US citizens free visa entry:

EAST ASIA
Hong Kong – 90 days
Japan – 90 days
Macau – 30 days
Mongolia – 90 days
South Korea – 90 days
Taiwan – 90 days

CENTRAL ASIA
Kazakhstan – 30 days
Kyrgyzstan – 60 days

SOUTH ASIA
Brunei – 90 days
Indonesia- 30 days
Malaysia – 90 days
Philippines – 30 days or a visa on arrival for 59 days for $50 fee
Singapore – 90 days
Thailand – 30 days, maximum of visit is twice a year if not arriving by air

WEST ASIA/MIDDLE EAST
Armenia – 180 days
Georgia – 365 days
Israel – 90 days
Palestine


NON-SCHENGEN EU
Albania – 365 days
Andorra – 90 days
Armenia – 180 days
Belarus – 5 days must arrive visa Minsk Airport
Bulgaria – 90 days within 180-day period
Croatia – 90 days within 180-day period
Cyprus – 90 days within 180-day period
Ireland – 90 days, must show purpose of travel, sufficient fund, return ticket, and accommodation booking
Kosovo – 90 days
Macedonia – 90 days
Moldova – 90 days
Monaco – 90 days within 180-day (not Schooner member)
Montenegro – 90 days
Romania – 90 days within 180-day (not Schengen member)
San Marino
Serbia – 90 days within 180-day (not Schengen member)
Ukraine – 90 days within 180-day (not ​​​​Schengen member)
United Kingdom – 180 days must show return ticket and accommodation booking
Vatican City


EAST AFRICA
Mayotte – 90 days
Mauritius – 90 days

NORTH AFRICA
Morocco – 90 days
Tunisia – 90 days

SOUTH AFRICA
Botswana – 90 days
Lesotho – 14 days extendable up to 180 days
Namibia – 90 days
South Africa – 90 days
Swaziland – 30 days

WEST AFRICA
Senegal – 90 days international certificate of vaccination required​


CENTRAL AMERICA
Belize – 30 days, can be extended p to 6 months
Costa Rica – 90 days, must pay departure tax of $29
Colombia – 90 days, can be extended up to 180 days
El Salvador – 90 days
Guatemala – 90 days, exit fee is required when leaving by air
Honduras – 90 days, depart airport tax must be paid in cash
Nicaragua – 90 days, tourist card of $10 fee

SOUTH AMERICA
Argentina – 90 days, can be extended up to 180 days
Aruba – 90 days
Chile – 90 days
Curacao – 90 days
Falkland Islands
French Guiana – 90 days
Ecuador – 90 days can be extended for another 90 days
Guyana – 90 days
Peru – 183, determined on arrival
Uruguay – 90 days


OCEANIA
Australia – 90 days for every 365-day period
Fiji – 120 days
Kiribati – 30 days
Marshall Islands – unlimited days of stay and legal to work
Micronesia – unlimited days of stay and legal to work
New Zealand – 90 days
Palau – 365 days and legal to work
Vanuatu – 30 days can be extended up to 120 days

Post: #2

A better list would be a sheet of visa countries and what you need to do to get them. Looks like that site you got your data from misses most of North America/Carribbean. No Colombia on there either.

Post: #3

These details are available on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visa_requi...s_citizens

Post: #4

(08-26-2018 02:46 PM)godzilla Wrote:  A better list would be a sheet of visa countries and what you need to do to get them. Looks like that site you got your data from misses most of North America/Carribbean. No Colombia on there either.

Well, this is a list of free visa countries, meant for people who don't want to spend money or go through the hassle of applying for a visa. I will the compile the list you mentioned and add it.

The only place in NA that lets you in without paying for Visa is Canada and I don't see many people wanting to go there. Colombia is there, I put it in Central America by mistake.

(08-26-2018 03:02 PM)DaveR Wrote:  These details are available on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visa_requi...s_citizens

Yeah I know. I can delete if you think I should...

Post: #5

I use Passport Index to compare visa conditions.

It gives you a simple, easy to read list of visa conditions for each country & you can compare with different countries side-by-side. Obviously, this is just a quick guide for referencing. You need to find relevant websites for the country you are visiting to know the full visa conditions.

Post: #6

Yeah thanks for posting that. There are many resources for people who want to find all the intricate details on visa regulations. I mainly just wanted to throw up a thread where people can see the countries that allow you to enter and stay dates, visa free. This means no need to apply or pay a fee, as long as you have a US passport then your good to go.

Post: #7

Georgia is the winner on this list.

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I actually made a data sheet for Batumi (which is Georgia's most developed / civilized city). The TL;DR

- 0% foreign income tax (very good for digital nomads, cryptocurrency guys, rich kids or international businessmen)
- Bank accounts are super easy to open (unlike Asia which makes it so hard now)
- Cost of living is really cheap. Like the bottom 20 of the world easily.
- Women mostly suck. Hardly anyone using dating apps and women don't really drink in bars that often (unless they're on a date / with husband). High marriage rate but I have yet to hear of a Georgian woman who married a foreigner.
- Bad pollution (especially Tbilisi)
- The cities are low crime but I would be hesitant to explore the backwoods. It was a major story this year of a Georgian-American family (who spoke fluent Georgian) who got murdered by a horny shepard who wanted to rape his wife so the guy killed the husband, wife and young kid.

Post: #8

Also it would be helpful if someone could chronicle the countries that allow unlimited border runs (whether by land or air).


I know for a fact Thailand (air), Taiwan (air) and South Korea (air or ferry) allows people to do border runs for years at a time.

It's also to my understanding, because of a weird legal agreement, that Americans can do infinite border runs in Poland (even in SCH) but other nationalities cannot.

Post: #9

Thanks for the info on Georgia. I started looking more into the country after noticing it was 365 day visa. What about Albania?

I will look more into the unlimited border runs, I figured this would be a good start for people looking to head to another country or hop between a few to avoid getting into trouble with border runs.

Post: #10

(08-26-2018 11:06 PM)BaatumMania Wrote:  Also it would be helpful if someone could chronicle the countries that allow unlimited border runs (whether by land or air).


I know for a fact Thailand (air), Taiwan (air) and South Korea (air or ferry) allows people to do border runs for years at a time.

It's also to my understanding, because of a weird legal agreement, that Americans can do infinite border runs in Poland (even in SCH) but other nationalities cannot.

I second BaatumMania on this. For us long-term expats, this is really the crucial question. A lot of countries will issue you a one-month or three-month visa on arrival, but will let you renew it indefinitely either in-country or through a visa run. Unfortunately, this is not the kind of thing that is usually officially announced as a policy on the embassy website, so you can only confirm it through word of month.

I know for a fact Mexico allows unlimited visa runs for Americans, and I assume Europeans as well. They're also pretty generous in that you get a six-month visa on arrival, so you only have to do two visa runs per year.

Anyone know the details for the rest of Latin America?

Post: #11

Working holiday visas are available to young (18-30 year old) American citizens to:

• Singapore
• New Zealand
• Australia
• South Korea
• Ireland

https://www.gooverseas.com/blog/american...iday-visas

Generally 6-12 months, cash in bank of $2000 to $10000 and a few other restrictions like student status or recent graduate.

It's a bit more extensive for Canadians due to the whole British Commonwealth thing and other political factors:

3 Australia
4 Belgium
5 Chile
6 Costa Rica
7 Croatia
8 Czech Republic
9 Denmark
10 Estonia
11 France
12 Germany
13 Greece
14 Hong Kong
15 Ireland
16 Italy
17 Japan
18 Korea
19 Latvia
20 Lithuania
21 Mexico
22 Netherlands
23 New Zealand
24 Norway
25 Poland
26 Slovakia
27 Slovenia
28 Spain
29 Sweden
30 Switzerland
31 Taiwan
32 Ukraine
33 United Kingdom

https://global-goose.com/working-holiday...canadians/

Post: #12

(08-27-2018 12:15 AM)louiebeans Wrote:  Thanks for the info on Georgia. I started looking more into the country after noticing it was 365 day visa. What about Albania?

I will look more into the unlimited border runs, I figured this would be a good start for people looking to head to another country or hop between a few to avoid getting into trouble with border runs.

According to Andrew Henderson (who runs Nomadcapitalist blog) he claims in Albania (and Montenegro) all you have to do is buy any form of property (even a crackshack) and you get a temporary 12 month visa that is renewable forever.

But you know I live in Georgia right now and I couldn't imagine Albania being better than Georgia at anything except maybe sluts (but I am skeptical because I can't imagine a backwater European country having a lot of active users on Tinder. But Albania is probably less touristy and probably hasn't been ruined by Arab / Turkish sex tourists).

Post: #13

(08-26-2018 11:06 PM)BaatumMania Wrote:  Also it would be helpful if someone could chronicle the countries that allow unlimited border runs (whether by land or air).


I know for a fact Thailand (air), Taiwan (air) and South Korea (air or ferry) allows people to do border runs for years at a time.

It's also to my understanding, because of a weird legal agreement, that Americans can do infinite border runs in Poland (even in SCH) but other nationalities cannot.

Even better, the countries that allow you to renew your visa without even leaving the country, without even doing a border run, for long periods of time.

Was debating whether to post this or not, but I like the spirit of the thread, so decided to share my current list.

So, Georgia you've got the one year, and that's great.

Mexico's a special case, it gives you 6 months and you have to fly out and can fly back in, but you can just keep doing it, 6 months is not as bad as every 3 months.

Dominican Republic, there's a $1400 fine for a ten year overstay according to a comment on tripadvisor from 2015, for example, so if that info is current, you can basically stay as long as you want.

The Philippines allows up to about 2 or three years of renewals, then you just fly out and back in. You do have to go to the immigration office every month or two (sometimes they let you extend longer) to extend, though. Still, much more convenient than a flight.

Argentina also is apparently pretty friendly to long term stays, with very small fines for even lengthy overstays. I don't have the details on me, though.

Cambodia apparently is very friendly to long term stays as well, it was friendlier but now requires a bit more action on your part.

Post: #14

I'm waiting to come across someone who spent a long time in Mexico especially as a non-Mexican and not in a beach resort town. Well I know a woman who did it but a woman can do well in Mexico and even Rep. of Georgia (because they're not affected by the bad female situation).

There doesn't really seem to be many of those people (strangely Medellin seems to have more "expats" that talk about their experiences on YouTube and online).

I spent some 3 weeks in Mexico some years ago but honestly tacos wasn't enough to make me want to stay longer. The female situation was rather bad on the west coast (there's more Amerindian blood in that region and I ain't talking about no sexy slender Pocahontas. Mainly fat women: I like meat on my bones but I don't want to eat the whole cow).