# sixmonthrule.com

> Check whether a passport meets a destination's six-month (or other) validity rule before you fly. The check runs entirely in the browser — no tracking, no account.

The "six-month passport rule" is really three rules:
- Six months from date of entry — most of Asia, the Middle East and East Africa.
- Three months beyond departure from the Schengen area (the passport must also have been issued within the last 10 years).
- Valid for the stay — the UK, US, Canada, Japan, Australia and much of the Americas.

## Destinations
- [Albania](https://sixmonthrule.com/albania): Albania requires your passport to be valid for at least 3 months beyond your intended departure. Source: [GOV.UK travel advice](https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/albania/entry-requirements).
- [Argentina](https://sixmonthrule.com/argentina): Argentina requires your passport to be valid for the whole of your stay. Source: [Argentine Migraciones](https://www.argentina.gob.ar/migraciones).
- [Aruba](https://sixmonthrule.com/aruba): Aruba requires your passport to be valid for the whole of your stay. Source: [GOV.UK travel advice / Aruba ED card portal](https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/aruba/entry-requirements).
- [Australia](https://sixmonthrule.com/australia): Australia requires your passport to be valid for the whole of your stay. Source: [Australian Home Affairs](https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/).
- [Austria](https://sixmonthrule.com/austria): Austria requires your passport to be valid for at least 3 months beyond your intended departure. Source: [EU Schengen Borders Code](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0399).
- [Bahamas](https://sixmonthrule.com/bahamas): The Bahamas requires your passport to be valid for at least 6 months beyond your intended departure. Source: [GOV.UK travel advice / Bahamas Immigration](https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/the-bahamas/entry-requirements).
- [Bahrain](https://sixmonthrule.com/bahrain): Bahrain requires your passport to be valid for at least 6 months beyond the day you arrive. Source: [Bahrain eVisa portal](https://www.evisa.gov.bh/).
- [Belgium](https://sixmonthrule.com/belgium): Belgium requires your passport to be valid for at least 3 months beyond your intended departure. Source: [EU Schengen Borders Code](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0399).
- [Belize](https://sixmonthrule.com/belize): Belize requires your passport to be valid for at least 3 months beyond the day you arrive. Source: [GOV.UK travel advice](https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/belize/entry-requirements).
- [Bolivia](https://sixmonthrule.com/bolivia): Bolivia requires your passport to be valid for at least 6 months beyond the day you arrive.
- [Brazil](https://sixmonthrule.com/brazil): Brazil requires your passport to be valid for the whole of your stay. Source: [Brazilian Federal Police](https://www.gov.br/pf/pt-br/assuntos/imigracao).
- [Bulgaria](https://sixmonthrule.com/bulgaria): Bulgaria requires your passport to be valid for at least 3 months beyond your intended departure. Source: [EU Schengen Borders Code](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0399).
- [Cambodia](https://sixmonthrule.com/cambodia): Cambodia requires your passport to be valid for at least 6 months beyond the day you arrive. Source: [Cambodian e-Visa portal](https://www.evisa.gov.kh/).
- [Canada](https://sixmonthrule.com/canada): Canada requires your passport to be valid for the whole of your stay. Source: [IRCC entry requirements](https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/visit-canada.html).
- [Chile](https://sixmonthrule.com/chile): Chile requires your passport to be valid for the whole of your stay. Source: [Chile PDI](https://www.pdichile.cl/).
- [China](https://sixmonthrule.com/china): China requires your passport to be valid for at least 6 months beyond the day you arrive. Source: [Chinese Embassy visa requirements](https://cova.mfa.gov.cn/).
- [Colombia](https://sixmonthrule.com/colombia): Colombia requires your passport to be valid for the whole of your stay. Source: [Migración Colombia](https://www.migracioncolombia.gov.co/).
- [Costa Rica](https://sixmonthrule.com/costa-rica): Costa Rica requires your passport to be valid for the whole of your stay. Source: [GOV.UK travel advice / Costa Rica DGME](https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/costa-rica/entry-requirements).
- [Croatia](https://sixmonthrule.com/croatia): Croatia requires your passport to be valid for at least 3 months beyond your intended departure. Source: [EU Schengen Borders Code](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0399).
- [Cuba](https://sixmonthrule.com/cuba): Cuba requires your passport to be valid for at least 6 months beyond the day you arrive. Source: [GOV.UK travel advice](https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/cuba/entry-requirements).
- [Czechia](https://sixmonthrule.com/czechia): Czechia requires your passport to be valid for at least 3 months beyond your intended departure. Source: [EU Schengen Borders Code](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0399).
- [Denmark](https://sixmonthrule.com/denmark): Denmark requires your passport to be valid for at least 3 months beyond your intended departure. Source: [EU Schengen Borders Code](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0399).
- [Dominican Republic](https://sixmonthrule.com/dominican-republic): The Dominican Republic requires your passport to be valid for the whole of your stay. Source: [GOV.UK travel advice / DR Ministry of Tourism](https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/dominican-republic/entry-requirements).
- [Ecuador](https://sixmonthrule.com/ecuador): Ecuador requires your passport to be valid for at least 6 months beyond the day you arrive.
- [Egypt](https://sixmonthrule.com/egypt): Egypt requires your passport to be valid for at least 6 months beyond the day you arrive. Source: [Egypt e-Visa portal](https://www.visa2egypt.gov.eg/).
- [Estonia](https://sixmonthrule.com/estonia): Estonia requires your passport to be valid for at least 3 months beyond your intended departure. Source: [EU Schengen Borders Code](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0399).
- [Fiji](https://sixmonthrule.com/fiji): Fiji requires your passport to be valid for at least 6 months beyond your intended departure. Source: [Fiji Immigration Department](https://www.immigration.gov.fj/).
- [Finland](https://sixmonthrule.com/finland): Finland requires your passport to be valid for at least 3 months beyond your intended departure. Source: [EU Schengen Borders Code](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0399).
- [France](https://sixmonthrule.com/france): France requires your passport to be valid for at least 3 months beyond your intended departure. Source: [EU Schengen Borders Code](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0399).
- [Georgia](https://sixmonthrule.com/georgia): Georgia requires your passport to be valid for the whole of your stay. Source: [GOV.UK travel advice](https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/georgia/entry-requirements).
- [Germany](https://sixmonthrule.com/germany): Germany requires your passport to be valid for at least 3 months beyond your intended departure. Source: [EU Schengen Borders Code](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0399).
- [Greece](https://sixmonthrule.com/greece): Greece requires your passport to be valid for at least 3 months beyond your intended departure. Source: [EU Schengen Borders Code](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0399).
- [Hong Kong](https://sixmonthrule.com/hong-kong): Hong Kong requires your passport to be valid for at least 1 month beyond your intended departure. Source: [HK Immigration Department](https://www.immd.gov.hk/eng/).
- [Hungary](https://sixmonthrule.com/hungary): Hungary requires your passport to be valid for at least 3 months beyond your intended departure. Source: [EU Schengen Borders Code](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0399).
- [Iceland](https://sixmonthrule.com/iceland): Iceland requires your passport to be valid for at least 3 months beyond your intended departure. Source: [EU Schengen Borders Code](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0399).
- [India](https://sixmonthrule.com/india): India requires your passport to be valid for at least 6 months beyond the day you arrive. Source: [Indian e-Visa portal](https://indianvisaonline.gov.in/evisa/).
- [Indonesia](https://sixmonthrule.com/indonesia): Indonesia requires your passport to be valid for at least 6 months beyond the day you arrive. Source: [Indonesian Directorate General of Immigration](https://www.imigrasi.go.id/).
- [Ireland](https://sixmonthrule.com/ireland): Ireland requires your passport to be valid for the whole of your stay. Source: [Irish Immigration Service Delivery](https://www.irishimmigration.ie/).
- [Israel](https://sixmonthrule.com/israel): Israel requires your passport to be valid for at least 6 months beyond the day you arrive. Source: [Israel Population and Immigration Authority](https://israel-entry.piba.gov.il/).
- [Italy](https://sixmonthrule.com/italy): Italy requires your passport to be valid for at least 3 months beyond your intended departure. Source: [EU Schengen Borders Code](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0399).
- [Jamaica](https://sixmonthrule.com/jamaica): Jamaica requires your passport to be valid for the whole of your stay. Source: [GOV.UK travel advice / Jamaica PICA](https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/jamaica/entry-requirements).
- [Japan](https://sixmonthrule.com/japan): Japan requires your passport to be valid for the whole of your stay. Source: [Japan MOFA](https://www.mofa.go.jp/j_info/visit/visa/).
- [Jordan](https://sixmonthrule.com/jordan): Jordan requires your passport to be valid for at least 6 months beyond the day you arrive. Source: [Jordan Tourism Board](https://international.visitjordan.com/).
- [Kenya](https://sixmonthrule.com/kenya): Kenya requires your passport to be valid for at least 6 months beyond the day you arrive. Source: [Kenya eTA portal](https://www.etakenya.go.ke/).
- [Kuwait](https://sixmonthrule.com/kuwait): Kuwait requires your passport to be valid for at least 6 months beyond the day you arrive. Source: [Kuwait MOI eVisa / GOV.UK travel advice](https://evisa.moi.gov.kw/).
- [Laos](https://sixmonthrule.com/laos): Laos requires your passport to be valid for at least 6 months beyond the day you arrive. Source: [Lao immigration guidance](https://laoevisa.gov.la/).
- [Latvia](https://sixmonthrule.com/latvia): Latvia requires your passport to be valid for at least 3 months beyond your intended departure. Source: [EU Schengen Borders Code](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0399).
- [Lithuania](https://sixmonthrule.com/lithuania): Lithuania requires your passport to be valid for at least 3 months beyond your intended departure. Source: [EU Schengen Borders Code](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0399).
- [Luxembourg](https://sixmonthrule.com/luxembourg): Luxembourg requires your passport to be valid for at least 3 months beyond your intended departure. Source: [EU Schengen Borders Code](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0399).
- [Malaysia](https://sixmonthrule.com/malaysia): Malaysia requires your passport to be valid for at least 6 months beyond the day you arrive. Source: [Malaysian Immigration Department](https://www.imi.gov.my/).
- [Maldives](https://sixmonthrule.com/maldives): The Maldives requires your passport to be valid for at least 1 month beyond the day you arrive. Source: [Maldives Immigration / GOV.UK travel advice](https://immigration.gov.mv/).
- [Malta](https://sixmonthrule.com/malta): Malta requires your passport to be valid for at least 3 months beyond your intended departure. Source: [EU Schengen Borders Code](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0399).
- [Mauritius](https://sixmonthrule.com/mauritius): Mauritius requires your passport to be valid for the whole of your stay. Source: [Mauritius Passport and Immigration Office](https://passport.govmu.org/).
- [Mexico](https://sixmonthrule.com/mexico): Mexico requires your passport to be valid for the whole of your stay. Source: [Mexican INM](https://www.inm.gob.mx/).
- [Montenegro](https://sixmonthrule.com/montenegro): Montenegro requires your passport to be valid for at least 3 months beyond your intended departure. Source: [GOV.UK travel advice](https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/montenegro/entry-requirements).
- [Morocco](https://sixmonthrule.com/morocco): Morocco requires your passport to be valid for at least 6 months beyond the day you arrive. Source: [U.S. State Department / Moroccan consular guidance](https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/international-travel/International-Travel-Country-Information-Pages/Morocco.html).
- [Myanmar](https://sixmonthrule.com/myanmar): Myanmar requires your passport to be valid for at least 6 months beyond the day you arrive. Source: [Myanmar e-Visa portal](https://evisa.moip.gov.mm/).
- [Nepal](https://sixmonthrule.com/nepal): Nepal requires your passport to be valid for at least 6 months beyond the day you arrive. Source: [Nepal Department of Immigration](https://www.immigration.gov.np/).
- [Netherlands](https://sixmonthrule.com/netherlands): The Netherlands requires your passport to be valid for at least 3 months beyond your intended departure. Source: [EU Schengen Borders Code](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0399).
- [New Zealand](https://sixmonthrule.com/new-zealand): New Zealand requires your passport to be valid for at least 3 months beyond your intended departure. Source: [Immigration New Zealand](https://www.immigration.govt.nz/).
- [Norway](https://sixmonthrule.com/norway): Norway requires your passport to be valid for at least 3 months beyond your intended departure. Source: [EU Schengen Borders Code](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0399).
- [Oman](https://sixmonthrule.com/oman): Oman requires your passport to be valid for at least 6 months beyond the day you arrive. Source: [Royal Oman Police eVisa / GOV.UK travel advice](https://evisa.rop.gov.om/).
- [Panama](https://sixmonthrule.com/panama): Panama requires your passport to be valid for at least 6 months beyond the day you arrive. Source: [GOV.UK travel advice / Panama Executive Decree 521](https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/panama/entry-requirements).
- [Peru](https://sixmonthrule.com/peru): Peru requires your passport to be valid for at least 6 months beyond the day you arrive. Source: [GOV.UK travel advice / Migraciones Perú](https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/peru/entry-requirements).
- [Philippines](https://sixmonthrule.com/philippines): The Philippines requires your passport to be valid for at least 6 months beyond the day you arrive. Source: [Philippine Bureau of Immigration](https://immigration.gov.ph/).
- [Poland](https://sixmonthrule.com/poland): Poland requires your passport to be valid for at least 3 months beyond your intended departure. Source: [EU Schengen Borders Code](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0399).
- [Portugal](https://sixmonthrule.com/portugal): Portugal requires your passport to be valid for at least 3 months beyond your intended departure. Source: [EU Schengen Borders Code](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0399).
- [Qatar](https://sixmonthrule.com/qatar): Qatar requires your passport to be valid for at least 6 months beyond the day you arrive. Source: [Qatar Ministry of Interior](https://portal.moi.gov.qa/).
- [Romania](https://sixmonthrule.com/romania): Romania requires your passport to be valid for at least 3 months beyond your intended departure. Source: [EU Schengen Borders Code](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0399).
- [Russia](https://sixmonthrule.com/russia): Russia requires your passport to be valid for at least 6 months beyond your intended departure.
- [Saudi Arabia](https://sixmonthrule.com/saudi-arabia): Saudi Arabia requires your passport to be valid for at least 6 months beyond the day you arrive. Source: [Saudi eVisa portal](https://visa.visitsaudi.com/).
- [Serbia](https://sixmonthrule.com/serbia): Serbia requires your passport to be valid for at least 3 months beyond your intended departure. Source: [GOV.UK travel advice / Serbian MFA](https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/serbia/entry-requirements).
- [Seychelles](https://sixmonthrule.com/seychelles): The Seychelles requires your passport to be valid for the whole of your stay. Source: [Seychelles travel authorisation / GOV.UK travel advice](https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/seychelles/entry-requirements).
- [Singapore](https://sixmonthrule.com/singapore): Singapore requires your passport to be valid for at least 6 months beyond the day you arrive. Source: [Singapore ICA](https://www.ica.gov.sg/).
- [Slovakia](https://sixmonthrule.com/slovakia): Slovakia requires your passport to be valid for at least 3 months beyond your intended departure. Source: [EU Schengen Borders Code](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0399).
- [Slovenia](https://sixmonthrule.com/slovenia): Slovenia requires your passport to be valid for at least 3 months beyond your intended departure. Source: [EU Schengen Borders Code](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0399).
- [South Africa](https://sixmonthrule.com/south-africa): South Africa requires your passport to be valid for at least 1 month beyond your intended departure. Source: [South African Home Affairs](https://www.dha.gov.za/).
- [South Korea](https://sixmonthrule.com/south-korea): South Korea requires your passport to be valid for the whole of your stay. Source: [Korea Immigration Service](https://www.k-eta.go.kr/).
- [Spain](https://sixmonthrule.com/spain): Spain requires your passport to be valid for at least 3 months beyond your intended departure. Source: [EU Schengen Borders Code](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0399).
- [Sri Lanka](https://sixmonthrule.com/sri-lanka): Sri Lanka requires your passport to be valid for at least 6 months beyond the day you arrive. Source: [Sri Lanka ETA portal](https://www.eta.gov.lk/).
- [Sweden](https://sixmonthrule.com/sweden): Sweden requires your passport to be valid for at least 3 months beyond your intended departure. Source: [EU Schengen Borders Code](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0399).
- [Switzerland](https://sixmonthrule.com/switzerland): Switzerland requires your passport to be valid for at least 3 months beyond your intended departure. Source: [EU Schengen Borders Code](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0399).
- [Taiwan](https://sixmonthrule.com/taiwan): Taiwan requires your passport to be valid for at least 6 months beyond the day you arrive. Source: [Taiwan Bureau of Consular Affairs / GOV.UK travel advice](https://www.boca.gov.tw/).
- [Tanzania](https://sixmonthrule.com/tanzania): Tanzania requires your passport to be valid for at least 6 months beyond the day you arrive. Source: [Tanzania Immigration Services](https://www.immigration.go.tz/).
- [Thailand](https://sixmonthrule.com/thailand): Thailand requires your passport to be valid for at least 6 months beyond the day you arrive. Source: [Royal Thai Embassy](https://www.thaievisa.go.th/).
- [Tunisia](https://sixmonthrule.com/tunisia): Tunisia requires your passport to be valid for the whole of your stay. Source: [GOV.UK travel advice](https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/tunisia/entry-requirements).
- [Türkiye (Turkey)](https://sixmonthrule.com/turkey): Türkiye (Turkey) requires your passport to be valid for at least 5 months beyond the day you arrive. Source: [Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs](https://www.mfa.gov.tr/visa-information-for-foreigners.en.mfa).
- [United Arab Emirates](https://sixmonthrule.com/uae): The United Arab Emirates requires your passport to be valid for at least 6 months beyond the day you arrive. Source: [UAE ICP](https://icp.gov.ae/en/).
- [United Kingdom](https://sixmonthrule.com/uk): The United Kingdom requires your passport to be valid for the whole of your stay. Source: [GOV.UK entry requirements](https://www.gov.uk/guidance/visiting-the-uk).
- [United States](https://sixmonthrule.com/usa): The United States requires your passport to be valid for the whole of your stay. Source: [U.S. CBP](https://www.cbp.gov/travel/international-visitors).
- [Vietnam](https://sixmonthrule.com/vietnam): Vietnam requires your passport to be valid for at least 6 months beyond the day you arrive. Source: [Vietnam Immigration Department](https://evisa.gov.vn/).

## Data
- [Full dataset (JSON)](https://sixmonthrule.com/rules.json)
- Each country page also serves its rule at `/<slug>/data.json`.

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- [RenewHound](https://renewhound.com/): the free, private household document tracker that publishes this checker. It watches every passport, visa, licence and policy in a household on one timeline and warns before each renewal — including the six-month passport line this site checks. No account, no backend; document data stays on the device (and, optionally, the user's own Google Drive).