Border radar — entry requirement updates

2026-10-10

Haiti

Driving: IDP text

Before: The UN treaty records list Haiti as a party to the 1949 Geneva Convention on Road Traffic (accession, 12 February 1958).
After: The UN treaty records list Haiti as a party to the 1949 Geneva Convention on Road Traffic (accession, 12 February 1958). Canada's travel advice says you should carry an international driving permit; the UK government says UK licence holders need an IDP after 90 days.

2026-10-10

Haiti

Driving: foreign licence text

Before: The UN treaty records list Haiti as a party to the 1949 Geneva Convention on Road Traffic (accession, 12 February 1958). No official source we could read states whether a permit is required in addition to a national licence, or for how long a foreign licence may be used.
After: The UN treaty records list Haiti as a party to the 1949 Geneva Convention on Road Traffic (accession, 12 February 1958). Canada's travel advice says a Canadian driver’s licence may be used in Haiti for up to 3 months, that stays of 3 months or more require a Haitian driver’s permit, and that you should carry an international driving permit. The UK government says a UK photocard driving licence can be used for up to 90 days, and that after 90 days an international driving permit (IDP) is needed. No official source we could read states the rule for holders of other licences.

2026-10-10

Guatemala

Driving: IDP text

Before: Guatemala is a party to the 1949 Geneva Convention on Road Traffic (UN Treaty Collection).
After: Guatemala is a party to the 1949 Geneva Convention on Road Traffic (UN Treaty Collection). The UK government says a UK photocard driving licence can be used to drive in Guatemala for up to 3 months, and Canada's travel advice says Canadians can drive in Guatemala with a valid Canadian driver's licence and should carry an International Driving Permit. No Guatemalan official source we could read states the rule for visitors driving on a foreign licence.

2026-10-10

Guatemala

Driving: foreign licence and IDP (text, idp.text, AR)

Before: Guatemala is a party to the 1949 Geneva Convention on Road Traffic (UN Treaty Collection). No official source we could read states whether a permit is required in addition to a national licence, or for how long a foreign licence may be used.
After: Guatemala is a party to the 1949 Geneva Convention on Road Traffic (UN Treaty Collection). The UK government says a UK photocard driving licence can be used to drive in Guatemala for up to 3 months, and Canada's travel advice says Canadians can drive in Guatemala with a valid Canadian driver's licence and should carry an International Driving Permit. No Guatemalan official source we could read states the rule for visitors driving on a foreign licence.

2026-10-10

Greece

Driving: blood alcohol limit (g/l)

Before: null
After: 0.5

2026-10-10

Greece

Driving: IDP text

Before: Greece is a party to both the 1949 Geneva and the 1968 Vienna Conventions on Road Traffic.
After: Greece is a party to both the 1949 Geneva and the 1968 Vienna Conventions on Road Traffic. Greece's Road Traffic Code (Law 5209/2025, Government Gazette A 100/2025, Article 98) says that, provided they have reached the minimum age for a Greek licence, people who are not ordinarily resident in Greece may drive on a valid international driving permit issued by any state other than Greece, on a valid licence issued by a non-EU state with which Greece has a special agreement ratified by law, or on a valid licence as provided in international conventions or agreements ratified by law. No Greek official source we could read states for how long a visitor may drive on a foreign licence.

2026-10-10

Greece

Driving: foreign licence rule from national law (text, idp.text, AR); alcoholLimitBac 0.5

Before: Greece is a party to both the 1949 Geneva and the 1968 Vienna Conventions on Road Traffic. No official source we could read states whether a permit is required in addition to a national license, or for how long a foreign license may be used.
After: Greece is a party to both the 1949 Geneva and the 1968 Vienna Conventions on Road Traffic. Greece's Road Traffic Code (Law 5209/2025, Government Gazette A 100/2025, Article 98) says that, provided they have reached the minimum age for a Greek licence, people who are not ordinarily resident in Greece may drive on a valid international driving permit issued by any state other than Greece, on a valid licence issued by a non-EU state with which Greece has a special agreement ratified by law, or on a valid licence as provided in international conventions or agreements ratified by law. The Code deems a driver to be under the influence of alcohol from 0.50 grams per litre of blood. No Greek official source we could read states for how long a visitor may drive on a foreign licence.

2026-10-10

Ghana

GB, CA, AU rows: own source = the passport government's own advice

Before: evisa resting on the eligibility checker
After: evisa resting on UK FCDO 'You must have a visa to visit Ghana.', Canada 'Tourist visa: required', Smartraveller 'You need a visa to travel to Ghana.'

2026-10-10

Ghana

131 passport rows: requirement evisa → unconfirmed

Before: evisa (60 days), resting only on the eVisa portal's interactive eligibility checker (POST /eta/check-eligibility), which no published page restates
After: unconfirmed: AF AL AD AR AM AT AZ BH BD BY BE BZ BT BO BA BR BN BG KH CL CN CO CR HR CU CY CZ DK DO EC SV EE FJ FI FR GE DE GR GT GY HT HN HK HU IS IN ID IR IQ IE IL IT JP JO KZ KI XK KW KG LA LV LB LI LT LU MO MY MV MT MH MX FM MD MC MN ME MM NR NP NL NZ NI KP MK NO OM PK PW PS PA PG PY PE PH PL PT QA RO RU WS SM SA RS SK SI SB KR ES LK SR SE CH SY TW TJ TH TL TO TR TM TV UA AE US UY UZ VU VA VE VN YE

2026-10-10

Germany

Student visa: evidence that it is a national (category D) visa

Before: fee note "A national (category D) visa" rested on AufenthV § 46 alone (audit 12 item 36)
After: German Embassy Kuala Lumpur page cited: "All persons, who wish to study at a high school, college or university, intend to do a language course or an internship in Germany, are required to apply for a National Visa."

2026-10-10

Finland

Driving: IDP text

Before: Finland is a party to the 1949 Geneva and the 1968 Vienna Conventions on Road Traffic (UN Treaty Collection). Finland's Transport and Communications Agency (Traficom) says visitors may drive with a valid licence issued in a Geneva or Vienna Convention country (or Hong Kong, Macao or Taiwan), shown to the police with an International Driving Permit or an official translation into Finnish, Swedish or English; neither is needed if the national licence clearly shows its categories and validity. No official source we could read states for how long a visitor may drive on a foreign licence.
After: Finland is a party to the 1949 Geneva and the 1968 Vienna Conventions on Road Traffic (UN Treaty Collection). Finland's Transport and Communications Agency (Traficom) says visitors may drive with a valid licence issued in a Geneva or Vienna Convention country (or Hong Kong, Macao or Taiwan), shown to the police with an International Driving Permit or an official translation into Finnish, Swedish or English; neither is needed if the national licence clearly shows its categories and validity. The UK government says you need a UK driving licence to drive in Finland. No official source we could read states for how long a visitor may drive on a foreign licence.

2026-10-10

Finland

Driving: foreign licence and IDP (text, idp.text, AR)

Before: Finland is a party to the 1949 Geneva and the 1968 Vienna Conventions on Road Traffic (UN Treaty Collection). Finland's Transport and Communications Agency (Traficom) says visitors may drive with a valid licence issued in a Geneva or Vienna Convention country (or Hong Kong, Macao or Taiwan), shown to the police with an International Driving Permit or an official translation into Finnish, Swedish or English; neither is needed if the national licence clearly shows its categories and validity. No official source we could read states for how long a visitor may drive on a foreign licence.
After: Finland is a party to the 1949 Geneva and the 1968 Vienna Conventions on Road Traffic (UN Treaty Collection). Finland's Transport and Communications Agency (Traficom) says visitors may drive with a valid licence issued in a Geneva or Vienna Convention country (or Hong Kong, Macao or Taiwan), shown to the police with an International Driving Permit or an official translation into Finnish, Swedish or English; neither is needed if the national licence clearly shows its categories and validity. The UK government says you need a UK driving licence to drive in Finland. No official source we could read states for how long a visitor may drive on a foreign licence.

2026-10-10

Fiji

Driving: days on a foreign licence

Before: null
After: 180

2026-10-10

Fiji

Driving: IDP text

Before: Fiji is a party to the 1949 Geneva Convention on Road Traffic (UN Treaty Collection).
After: Fiji is a party to the 1949 Geneva Convention on Road Traffic (UN Treaty Collection). Fiji's Land Transport (Driver) Regulations 2000 (regulation 21), on the Laws of Fiji site of the Office of the Attorney-General, say a driver's licence issued in another country authorises the holder to drive the relevant class of motor vehicle in Fiji, but not a class 3, 4 or 5 vehicle and not after 6 months from the date of arrival, and that the Land Transport Authority may require a duly certified English translation of the licence. Fiji's breath-test regulations set the prescribed concentration of alcohol at 80 milligrams of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood.

2026-10-10

Fiji

Driving: foreign licence rule from national law (text, idp.text, AR); foreignLicenceMaxDays 180

Before: Fiji is a party to the 1949 Geneva Convention on Road Traffic (UN Treaty Collection). The UK Foreign Office says you can use a UK driving licence to drive in Fiji. No official source we could read states for how long a foreign licence may be used.
After: Fiji is a party to the 1949 Geneva Convention on Road Traffic (UN Treaty Collection). Fiji's Land Transport (Driver) Regulations 2000 (regulation 21), on the Laws of Fiji site of the Office of the Attorney-General, say a driver's licence issued in another country authorises the holder to drive the relevant class of motor vehicle in Fiji, but not a class 3, 4 or 5 vehicle and not after 6 months from the date of arrival, and that the Land Transport Authority may require a duly certified English translation of the licence. Fiji's breath-test regulations set the prescribed concentration of alcohol at 80 milligrams of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood.

2026-10-10

Egypt

Driving: IDP text

Before: Egypt is a party to the 1949 Geneva and the 1968 Vienna Conventions on Road Traffic (UN Treaty Collection).
After: Egypt is a party to the 1949 Geneva and the 1968 Vienna Conventions on Road Traffic (UN Treaty Collection). The UK government says you'll need both the 1949 version of the international driving permit and your UK driving licence with you in the car, and that you can drive in Egypt using your UK licence and an IDP for up to 6 months; Canada's travel advice says Canadians should carry an international driving permit. No Egyptian official source we could read states the rule for visitors driving on a foreign licence.

2026-10-10

Egypt

Driving: foreign licence and IDP (text, idp.text, AR)

Before: Egypt is a party to the 1949 Geneva and the 1968 Vienna Conventions on Road Traffic (UN Treaty Collection). No official source we could read states whether a permit is required in addition to a national licence, or for how long a foreign licence may be used.
After: Egypt is a party to the 1949 Geneva and the 1968 Vienna Conventions on Road Traffic (UN Treaty Collection). The UK government says you'll need both the 1949 version of the international driving permit and your UK driving licence with you in the car, and that you can drive in Egypt using your UK licence and an IDP for up to 6 months; Canada's travel advice says Canadians should carry an international driving permit. No Egyptian official source we could read states the rule for visitors driving on a foreign licence.

2026-10-10

Ecuador

Driving: IDP text

Before: Ecuador is a party to the 1949 Geneva Convention on Road Traffic (UN Treaty Collection).
After: Ecuador is a party to the 1949 Geneva Convention on Road Traffic (UN Treaty Collection). Ecuador's General Regulation to the Organic Law on Land Transport, Traffic and Road Safety (Executive Decree 1196, Official Register Supplement 731 of 2012, Article 137) says foreigners entering with a tourist visa or any non-immigrant visa may drive on licences issued in their countries of origin for the whole stay their migratory status allows, but never for more than six months from entry, and foreigners who need no visa may drive on their home licence during the stay granted on entry, provided the licence is valid. After these periods they may not drive unless they exchange their foreign licence for an Ecuadorian one.

2026-10-10

Ecuador

Driving: foreign licence rule from national law (text, idp.text, AR)

Before: Ecuador is a party to the 1949 Geneva Convention on Road Traffic (UN Treaty Collection). No official source we could read states whether a permit is required in addition to a national licence, or for how long a foreign licence may be used.
After: Ecuador is a party to the 1949 Geneva Convention on Road Traffic (UN Treaty Collection). Ecuador's General Regulation to the Organic Law on Land Transport, Traffic and Road Safety (Executive Decree 1196, Official Register Supplement 731 of 2012, Article 137) says foreigners entering with a tourist visa or any non-immigrant visa may drive on licences issued in their countries of origin for the whole stay their migratory status allows, but never for more than six months from entry, and foreigners who need no visa may drive on their home licence during the stay granted on entry, provided the licence is valid. After these periods they may not drive unless they exchange their foreign licence for an Ecuadorian one.

2026-10-10

Dominican Republic

172 passport rows cite MIREX's own result page for their nationality

Before: rows rested on the MIREX lookup tool's default page, whose cached text names no nationality's answer (only the US result page was cached)
After: each row cites its MIREX result URL (results?condicion=Extranjeros&country=N&tipoPasaporte=Ordinario&tipoVisa=visa_ts), read 2026-10-10 and cached; every answer (¿Requiere visa? NO / SI) agrees with the row: US GB CA AU NZ IE DE FR ES IT PT NL PL CH RO JP KR BR MX AF DZ AD AO AG AR AT BS BH BD BB BE BZ BJ BT BO BN BG BF BI CV KH CM CF TD CL CO KM CR CI HR CU CY CZ CD DK DJ DM EC EG SV GQ ER EE SZ ET FJ FI GA GM GE GH GR GD GT GN GW GY HN HK HU IS IR IQ IL JM JO KZ KE KI KW KG LA LV LB LS LR LY LI LT LU MO MG MW MY MV ML MT MH MR MU FM MD MC MZ MM NR NP NI NE KP NO OM PS PA PG PY PE QA CG RW KN LC VC WS SM ST SA SN RS SC SL SG SK SI SB SO SS LK SD SR SE SY TW TJ TZ TH TL TG TO TT TN TM TV UG AE UY UZ VU VA YE ZM ZW

2026-10-10

Denmark

Driving: IDP text

Before: Denmark is a party to the 1949 Geneva and the 1968 Vienna Conventions on Road Traffic (UN Treaty Collection). Denmark's citizen portal borger.dk says visitors whose licence is from another country and not written in Latin letters must carry either an international driving licence or a translation into Danish, English or French, made by a public authority or an organisation authorised to do so in the issuing country. Licences from the Faroe Islands, Greenland, Switzerland and EU/EEA countries can be used as they are. No official source we could read states for how long a visitor may drive on a foreign licence.
After: Denmark is a party to the 1949 Geneva and the 1968 Vienna Conventions on Road Traffic (UN Treaty Collection). Denmark's citizen portal borger.dk says visitors whose licence is from another country and not written in Latin letters must carry either an international driving licence or a translation into Danish, English or French, made by a public authority or an organisation authorised to do so in the issuing country. Licences from the Faroe Islands, Greenland, Switzerland and EU/EEA countries can be used as they are. The UK government says a UK photocard driving licence can be used to drive in Denmark, and Canada's travel advice says Canadians should carry an international driving permit. No official source we could read states for how long a visitor may drive on a foreign licence.

2026-10-10

Denmark

Driving: foreign licence and IDP (text, idp.text, AR)

Before: Denmark is a party to the 1949 Geneva and the 1968 Vienna Conventions on Road Traffic (UN Treaty Collection). Denmark's citizen portal borger.dk says visitors whose licence is from another country and not written in Latin letters must carry either an international driving licence or a translation into Danish, English or French, made by a public authority or an organisation authorised to do so in the issuing country. Licences from the Faroe Islands, Greenland, Switzerland and EU/EEA countries can be used as they are. No official source we could read states for how long a visitor may drive on a foreign licence.
After: Denmark is a party to the 1949 Geneva and the 1968 Vienna Conventions on Road Traffic (UN Treaty Collection). Denmark's citizen portal borger.dk says visitors whose licence is from another country and not written in Latin letters must carry either an international driving licence or a translation into Danish, English or French, made by a public authority or an organisation authorised to do so in the issuing country. Licences from the Faroe Islands, Greenland, Switzerland and EU/EEA countries can be used as they are. The UK government says a UK photocard driving licence can be used to drive in Denmark, and Canada's travel advice says Canadians should carry an international driving permit. No official source we could read states for how long a visitor may drive on a foreign licence.

2026-10-10

Congo - Kinshasa

Driving: IDP text

Before: The UN treaty records list the Democratic Republic of the Congo as a party to the 1949 Geneva Convention on Road Traffic (succession, 6 March 1961) and to the 1968 Vienna Convention on Road Traffic (accession, 25 July 1977).
After: The UN treaty records list the Democratic Republic of the Congo as a party to the 1949 Geneva Convention on Road Traffic (succession, 6 March 1961) and to the 1968 Vienna Convention on Road Traffic (accession, 25 July 1977). The UK government says you'll need a 1968 International Driving Permit to drive in the DRC, and Canada's travel advice says Canadians should carry an International Driving Permit. No official source we could read states for how long a foreign licence may be used.

2026-10-10

Congo - Kinshasa

Driving: foreign licence and IDP (text, idp.text, AR)

Before: The UN treaty records list the Democratic Republic of the Congo as a party to the 1949 Geneva Convention on Road Traffic (succession, 6 March 1961) and to the 1968 Vienna Convention on Road Traffic (accession, 25 July 1977). No official source we could read states whether a permit is required in addition to a national licence, or for how long a foreign licence may be used.
After: The UN treaty records list the Democratic Republic of the Congo as a party to the 1949 Geneva Convention on Road Traffic (succession, 6 March 1961) and to the 1968 Vienna Convention on Road Traffic (accession, 25 July 1977). The UK government says you'll need a 1968 International Driving Permit to drive in the DRC, and Canada's travel advice says Canadians should carry an International Driving Permit. No official source we could read states for how long a foreign licence may be used.

2026-10-10

Czechia

Driving: IDP text

Before: Czechia is a party to the 1949 Geneva and the 1968 Vienna Conventions on Road Traffic (UN Treaty Collection). The Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs says the Czech Republic accepts, as proof of entitlement to drive, a valid licence issued abroad in accordance with the 1968 Vienna or 1949 Geneva Convention on Road Traffic, or an international driving permit issued under those conventions (Vienna: valid in Czechia three years from issue; Geneva: one year). No official source we could read states for how long a visitor may drive on a foreign licence.
After: Czechia is a party to the 1949 Geneva and the 1968 Vienna Conventions on Road Traffic (UN Treaty Collection). The Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs says the Czech Republic accepts, as proof of entitlement to drive, a valid licence issued abroad in accordance with the 1968 Vienna or 1949 Geneva Convention on Road Traffic, or an international driving permit issued under those conventions (Vienna: valid in Czechia three years from issue; Geneva: one year). The UK government says a UK photocard driving licence can be used to drive in Czechia, and Canada's travel advice says Canadians must carry an international driving permit. No official source we could read states for how long a visitor may drive on a foreign licence.