NIH Employee Chart of Visa and Training Requirements by Country or Territory

Consult the following chart to determine:

If you need a visa to travel to a particular country. This information applies only to official and diplomatic U.S. passports. It does not apply to U.S. personal passports, or to passports issued by other countries.
If you are required to attend security trainings required by the U.S. Department of State for foreign travel. This requirement has been phased in over time and, as of January 1, 2019, applies to all official travel. Access details on requirements for NIH Counter Threat Trainings for Foreign Travel.

When in doubt, please contact your Fogarty International Center International Travel Program Specialist.

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K |L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | V | X | Y | Z

A

Country or Territory	Visa Required for Official Passport?	Security Training(s) Required?
Afghanistan	Yes - request requirements from FIC 60 to 90 days before travel	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Albania	No	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Algeria	Yes - visa required	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Andorra	Yes - visa required	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Angola	Yes - visa required	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Antigua and Barbuda	No	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Argentina	Yes - visa required	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Armenia	No	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Aruba	No	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Australia	Yes - Electronic Travel Authority (ETA) is needed	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Austria	No	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Azerbaijan	Yes - visa required	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required

B

Country or Territory	Visa Required for Official Passport?	Security Training(s) Required?
Bahamas	No	CTAT/CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Bahrain	Yes - visa required	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Bangladesh	Yes - visa required	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Barbados	No	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Belarus	Yes - visa required	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Belgium	No	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Belize	No	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Benin	Yes - visa required	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Bermuda	No	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Bhutan	Yes - visa required	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Bolivia	Yes - visa required	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Bosnia-Herzegovina	No	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Botswana	No	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Brazil	Yes - visa required	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Brunei	Yes - visa required	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Bulgaria	Yes - visa required	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Burkina Faso	Yes - visa required	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Burma (Myanmar)	Yes - visa required	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Burundi	Yes - visa required	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required

C

Country or Territory	Visa Required for Official Passport?	Security Training(s) Required?
Cabo Verde	Yes - visa required	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Cambodia	Yes - visa required	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Cameroon	Yes - visa required	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Canada	No	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Cayman Islands	No	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Central African Republic	Yes - visa required	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Chad	Yes - visa required	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Chile	Yes - visa required	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
China	Yes - must apply in person at the Embassy of China, request requirements from FIC before submitting visa application to the Embassy	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Colombia	No	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Comoros Islands	Yes - visa required	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Congo, Democratic Republic	Yes - visa required	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Congo, Republic	Yes - visa required	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Cook Islands	No	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Costa Rica	No	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Cote D'Ivoire	Yes - visa required	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Croatia	No	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Cuba	Yes - request requirements from FIC 90 to 120 days before travel	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Curacao	No	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Cyprus	No	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Czech Republic	No	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required

D

Country or Territory	Visa Required for Official Passport?	Security Training(s) Required?
Denmark	No	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Djibouti	Yes - visa required	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Dominica	No	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Dominican Republic	Yes - visa required	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required

E

Country or Territory	Visa Required for Official Passport?	Security Training(s) Required?
Ecuador	Yes - visa required	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Egypt	Yes - visa required	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
El Salvador	No	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Equatorial Guinea	No	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Eritrea	Yes - visa required	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Estonia	No	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Eswatini	No	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Ethiopia	Yes - visa required	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required

F

Country or Territory	Visa Required for Official Passport?	Security Training(s) Required?
Fiji	No	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Finland	No	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
France	Yes - official passport must be signed before submitting visa application to the Embassy of France	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
French Guiana	Yes - visa required	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
French Polynesia	Yes - visa required	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required

G

Country or Territory	Visa Required for Official Passport?	Security Training(s) Required?
Gabon	Yes - visa required	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Gambia	Yes - visa required	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Georgia	No	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Germany	No	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Ghana	Yes - visa required	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Gibraltar	No	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Greece	Yes - must apply in person at the Embassy of Greece, request requirements from FIC before submitting visa application to the Embassy	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Grenada	No	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Guadeloupe	Yes - visa required	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Guatemala	No	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Guinea	Yes - visa required	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Guinea-Bissau	Yes - visa required	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Guyana	No	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required

H

Country or Territory	Visa Required for Official Passport?	Security Training(s) Required?
Haiti	Yes - visa required	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Holy See	No	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Honduras	No	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Hong Kong	No	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Hungary	No	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required

I

Country or Territory	Visa Required for Official Passport?	Security Training(s) Required?
Iceland	No	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
India	Yes - request requirements from FIC 60 to 90 days before travel	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Indonesia	Yes - visa required	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Iran	TRAVEL NOT ALLOWED	TRAVEL NOT ALLOWED
Iraq	Yes - visa required	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Ireland	No	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Israel	Yes - visa required	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Italy	No	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required

J

Country or Territory	Visa Required for Official Passport?	Security Training(s) Required?
Jamaica	No	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Japan	Yes - visa required	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Jordan	Yes - visa required	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required

K

Country or Territory	Visa Required for Official Passport?	Security Training(s) Required?
Kazakhstan	Yes - visa required	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Kenya	Yes - visa required	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Kiribati	Yes - visa required	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Korea (North)	TRAVEL NOT ALLOWED	TRAVEL NOT ALLOWED
Korea (South)	Yes - visa required	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Kosovo	No	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Kuwait	Yes - visa required	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Kyrgyz Republic	Yes - visa required	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required

L

Country or Territory	Visa Required for Official Passport?	Security Training(s) Required?
Laos	Yes - visa required	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Latvia	No	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Lebanon	Yes - request requirements from FIC 90 to 120 days before travel	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Lesotho	No	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Liberia	Yes - visa required	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Libya	Yes - visa required	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Liechtenstein	No	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Lithuania	No	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Luxembourg	No	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required

M

Country or Territory	Visa Required for Official Passport?	Security Training(s) Required?
Macau	No	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Macedonia	No	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Madagascar	Yes - visa required	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Malawi	Yes - visa required	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Malaysia	Yes	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Maldives	No	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Mali	Yes - visa required	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Malta	No	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Marshall Islands	No	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Martinique	Yes - visa required	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Mauritania	Yes - visa required	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Mauritius	No	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Mexico	No	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Micronesia	No	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Moldova	No	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Monaco	Yes - visa required	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Mongolia	No	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Montenegro	No	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Morocco	No	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Mozambique	Yes - visa required	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required

N

Country or Territory	Visa Required for Official Passport?	Security Training(s) Required?
Namibia	Yes - visa required	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Nauru	Yes - visa required	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Nepal	Yes - visa required	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Netherlands	No	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Netherlands Antilles	No	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
New Zealand	Yes - Electronic Travel Authority (ETA) is needed	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Nicaragua	No	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Niger	Yes - visa required	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Nigeria	Yes - visa required	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Niue	No	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Norfolk Island	Yes - visa required	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Norway	No	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required

O

Country or Territory	Visa Required for Official Passport?	Security Training(s) Required?
Oman	Yes - visa required	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required

P

Country or Territory	Visa Required for Official Passport?	Security Training(s) Required?
Pakistan	Yes - request requirements from FIC 60 to 90 days before travel	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Palau	No	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Panama	No	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Papua New Guinea	Yes - visa required	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Paraguay	Yes - visa required	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Peru	Yes - visa required	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Philippines	Yes	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Poland	No	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Portugal	No	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required

Q

Country or Territory	Visa Required for Official Passport?	Security Training(s) Required?
Qatar	Yes - visa required	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required

R

Country or Territory	Visa Required for Official Passport?	Security Training(s) Required?
Romania	No	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Russia	Yes - request requirements from FIC 90 to 120 days before travel	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Rwanda	Yes - visa required	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required

S

Country or Territory	Visa Required for Official Passport?	Security Training(s) Required?
Samoa	No	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
San Marino	No	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Sao Tome and Principe	Yes - visa required	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Saudi Arabia	Yes - request requirements from FIC 60 to 90 days before travel	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Senegal	No	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Serbia	No	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Seychelles	No	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Sierra Leone	Yes - visa required	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Singapore	No	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Slovakia	No	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Slovenia	No	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Solomon Islands	No	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Somalia	Yes - visa required	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
South Africa	No - must have 2 completely blank visa pages upon entry. Must stay in an Embassy-approved hotel and complete/submit security briefing.	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
South Sudan	Yes - request requirements from FIC 60 to 90 days before travel	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Spain	Yes - visa required	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Sri Lanka	Yes - request requirements from FIC 60 to 90 days before travel	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
St. Kitts and Nevis	No	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
St. Lucia	No	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
St. Martin	No	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
St. Pierre	Yes - visa required	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
St. Vincent	No	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Sudan	Yes - request requirements from FIC 60 to 90 days before travel	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Suriname	Yes - visa required	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Sweden	No	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Switzerland	No	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Syria	Yes - request requirements from FIC 60 to 90 days before travel	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required

T

Country or Territory	Visa Required for Official Passport?	Security Training(s) Required?
Taiwan	No - personal passport must be used	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Tajikistan	Yes - request requirements from FIC 60 to 90 days before travel	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Tanzania	Yes - visa required	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Thailand	Yes - visa required	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Timor-Leste	Yes - visa required	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Togo	Yes - visa required	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Tonga	No	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Trinidad and Tobago	No	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Tunisia	No	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Turkey	Yes - visa required	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Turkmenistan	Yes - request requirements from FIC 60 to 90 days before travel	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Tuvalu	No	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required

U

Country or Territory	Visa Required for Official Passport?	Security Training(s) Required?
Uganda	Yes - visa required	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Ukraine	No	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
United Arab Emirates	Yes - visa required	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
United Kingdom	No	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Uruguay	Yes - visa required	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Uzbekistan	Yes - request requirements from FIC 60 to 90 days before travel	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required

V

Country or Territory	Visa Required for Official Passport?	Security Training(s) Required?
Vanuatu	No	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Venezuela	Yes - visa required	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Vietnam	Yes - request requirements from FIC 90 to 120 days before travel	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Virgin Islands (British)	No	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required

W

Country or Territory	Visa Required for Official Passport?	Security Training(s) Required?
West Indies (British)	No	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required

Y

Country or Territory	Visa Required for Official Passport?	Security Training(s) Required?
Yemen	Yes - visa required	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required

Z

Country or Territory	Visa Required for Official Passport?	Security Training(s) Required?
Zambia	Yes - visa required	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required
Zimbabwe	Yes - visa required	CTAT/HTSOS or FACT required

Updated December 15, 2022