About EntryPolicies

What EntryPolicies Is

EntryPolicies is an independent global passport power and visa requirements database. We aggregate, structure, and publish entry requirement data for 95 countries and 95 passports. We are not a government agency, visa service, or law firm. We do not process visa applications or provide legal immigration advice.

Where Our Data Comes From

• IATA Timatic — the airline industry's standard visa requirement database
• Official government embassy and consulate websites — primary source verification for each country
• US Federal Register — automated monitoring of US visa policy changes via our fetch_policy_updates.py script
• EUR-Lex — EU visa and border policy regulations, including ETIAS implementation

Our database contains 13,507 passport-destination pairs. Each entry shows visa requirement type (visa-free, eTA/ESTA, eVisa, visa on arrival, visa required), maximum stay duration, and links to official application portals. Data is monitored for changes via automated policy scraping and updated when government sources change.

How We Work

We structure visa data into two complementary views: by destination (what do different passport holders need to enter France?) and by passport (where can a Japanese passport holder go visa-free?). Our long-form articles provide deeper analysis — Schengen 90/180 rule calculations, digital nomad visa comparisons, ETIAS implementation guides — with citations to the specific regulations they reference.

Who We Are

EntryPolicies is built and maintained by an independent developer with experience in structured visa data and automated policy monitoring. Our long-form articles are researched from primary legal sources (EU regulations, INA statutes, Federal Register notices) and clearly cite those sources. We are not immigration lawyers. We are people who make visa information structured, searchable, and current.

Disclaimer

Visa requirements change frequently. Always verify with the destination country's embassy or consulate before travel. This is not legal immigration advice. EntryPolicies is an informational reference, not a visa service or government agency.