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Passport Validity Length: Carte Jaune
Passport Validity Length: Carte Jaune
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Israeli border control Entry Permit (issued as a stand-alone document rather than a stamp affixed in a passport)
Kuwait,[424] Lebanon,[425] Libya,[426] Sudan,[427] Syria,[428] and Yemen[429] do not allow entry to
people with passport stamps from Israel or whose passports have either a used or an
unused Israeli visa, or where there is evidence of previous travel to Israel such as entry or
exit stamps from neighbouring border posts in transit countries such as Jordan and Egypt.
To circumvent this Arab League boycott of Israel, the Israeli immigration services have
now mostly ceased to stamp foreign nationals' passports on either entry to or exit from
Israel. Since 15 January 2013, Israel no longer stamps foreign passports at Ben Gurion
Airport. Passports are still (as of 22 June 2017) stamped at Erez when travelling into and
out of Gaza. Also, passports are still stamped (as of 22 June 2017) at the Jordan
Valley/Sheikh Hussein and Yitzhak Rabin/Arava land borders with Jordan.
The Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage claims that having an Israeli
stamp does not disqualify someone from visiting Saudi Arabia.[430]
Iran refuses admission to holders of passports containing an Israeli visa or stamp that is
less than 12 months old.
Armenian ethnicity[edit]
Main article: Armenia–Azerbaijan relations
Due to a state of war existing between Armenia and Azerbaijan, the government of
Azerbaijan not only bars entry of Armenian citizens, but also all citizens and nationals of
any other country who are of Armenian descent, into the Republic of Azerbaijan.[431][432]
Azerbaijan also strictly bans any visit by foreign citizens to the separatist region
of Nagorno-Karabakh[433] (the de facto independent Republic of Artsakh), its surrounding
territories, and the Azerbaijani exclaves of Karki, Yuxarı Əskipara, Barxudarlı,
and Sofulu which are de jure part of Azerbaijan but under the control of Armenia, without
the prior consent of the government of Azerbaijan. Foreign citizens who enter these
territories will be permanently banned from entering the Republic of Azerbaijan[434] and will
be included in their "list of personae non gratae".[435] As of 2 September 2019, the list
mentioned 852 people.
Upon request, the authorities of the largely unrecognised Republic of Artsakh may attach
their visa and/or stamps to a separate piece of paper in order to avoid detection of travel to
their territory.
Biometrics[edit]
See also: Countries applying biometrics
A fingerprint scanner at Dulles International Airport collects biometric data on visitors, which can be used for
confirming identities.
Several countries mandate that all travellers, or all foreign travellers, be fingerprinted on
arrival and will refuse admission to or even arrest travellers who refuse to comply. In some
countries, such as the United States, this may apply even to transit passengers who
merely wish to quickly change planes rather than go landside.[436]
Fingerprinting countries include Afghanistan,[437][438] Argentina,[439] Brunei,
Cambodia,[440] China,[441] Ethiopia,[442] Ghana, Guinea,[443] India, Japan,[444][445] Kenya
(fingerprints and photo),[446] Malaysia upon entry and departure,[447] Paraguay, Saudi
Arabia,[448] Singapore, South Korea,[449] Taiwan, Thailand,[450] Uganda[451] and the United
States.
Many countries also require a photo be taken of people entering the country. The United
States, which does not fully implement exit control formalities at its land frontiers (although
long mandated by its legislature),[452] [453] [454] intends to implement facial recognition for
passengers departing from international airports to identify people who overstay their
visa.[455]
Together with fingerprint and face recognition, iris scanning is one of three biometric
identification technologies internationally standardised since 2006 by the International Civil
Aviation Organization (ICAO) for use in e-passports[456] and the United Arab Emirates
conducts iris scanning on visitors who need to apply for a visa.[457][458] The United
States Department of Homeland Security has announced plans to greatly increase the
biometric data it collects at US borders.[459] In 2018, Singapore began trials of iris scanning
at three land and maritime immigration checkpoints.[460][461]
See also[edit]
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