Visa Requirements API

GET

Know if a traveler needs a visa, an eVisa or nothing, and how long they can stay.

Visa Requirements tells you what a passport holder needs to enter another country: no visa, an electronic travel authorization, an eVisa, a visa on arrival, a visa arranged in advance, or entry restricted. It also returns the allowed stay in days where one is set. Paid plans can list every destination for one passport.

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Request

GETapi.apiverve.com/v1/visarequirements?passport=US&destination=JP

Query parameters

passportstring

destinationstring

Verification

Format

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Example

{
  "status": "ok",
  "error": null,
  "data": {
    "passport": "US",
    "passportName": "United States",
    "destination": "JP",
    "destinationName": "Japan",
    "requirement": "visa_free",
    "requirementLabel": "Visa not required",
    "visaRequiredInAdvance": false,
    "allowedStayDays": 90,
    "allowedStay": "90 days",
    "updatedAt": "2026-10-19T03:33:20.529Z"
  }
}

About the Visa Requirements API

Covers about 200 passports and up to 235 destinations each, including territories with their own entry rules such as Hong Kong, Puerto Rico and Greenland. Pass countries as ISO 3166 two-letter codes or English names. Requirements are normalized to six categories so they compare across countries, and the allowed stay is given both as days and as the original wording, e.g. 90 days within any 180-day period. Data is checked weekly. Entry rules change, and conditions such as passport validity, onward tickets or purpose of travel still apply, so confirm with the destination's official source before booking.

What people use it for

Travel Booking Checkout: Booking sites warn travelers at checkout when their passport needs a visa or eVisa for the destination, before they pay for a non-refundable fare.
Corporate Travel Approval: Travel management tools flag trips where an employee's nationality needs a visa arranged weeks in advance, so the request goes to the visa team first.
Trip Planning Apps: Itinerary apps show the allowed stay next to each stop so a multi-country route stays within the visa-free days.
Relocation and HR Tools: Mobility platforms compare how many destinations each candidate's passport reaches without an advance visa when planning client visits.

Ways to call it

One endpoint, many ways in — REST with JSON, XML, YAML and CSV, plus GraphQL and an MCP interface for AI agents.

JSON: Default REST response
XML: Markup format
YAML: Human-readable
CSV: Tabular export
GraphQL: Query language
MCP: For AI agents

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Other ways to use Visa Requirements

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Questions.

Common questions about the Visa Requirements API.

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Which passports and destinations are covered?

About 200 national passports, including Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Kosovo and Palestine, and up to 235 destinations each, including dependent territories with their own entry rules. Pass a two-letter ISO code such as US or a name such as Germany.

What does the Free plan return?

The Free plan answers any passport and destination pair with the requirement, allowed stay and update date, and gives the per-category counts for a passport on its own. The full list of destinations for one passport is on paid plans.

How current and reliable is the data?

The data is checked weekly and each answer carries an updatedAt date. A change is only accepted after it has stood for at least 24 hours, and a passport whose rules shift sharply in one week is held for review instead of published. Entry rules change and carry conditions, so confirm with the destination's official source before travel.

What does eta mean, and how is it different from evisa?

eta is an electronic travel authorization such as the US ESTA, Canada's eTA or the UK ETA: a short online approval for travelers who are otherwise visa exempt. evisa is a full visa applied for online. visaRequiredInAdvance is false for visa_free, visa_on_arrival and eta, and true for evisa and visa_required.

How many credits does a lookup use?

Each call uses 5 credits, whether it checks one passport and destination pair or lists every destination for a passport.

Request parameters — GET /v1/visarequirements

Sent in the query string. Premium parameters are accepted on every plan but only take effect on plans that include them. Anything not listed here is dropped rather than passed through.

Required

Parameter	Type	Example	Description
`passport`Required	string	`US`	The passport's country: a two-letter ISO code such as US, or an English name such as United States length 0-60
`destination`Required	string	`JP`	The destination country or territory: a two-letter ISO code such as JP, or an English name such as Japan length 0-60

Example request

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curl "https://api.apiverve.com/v1/visarequirements?passport=US&destination=JP" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Authentication

Send your key in the x-api-key header. That is the only auth step — no token exchange, and no per-endpoint scope to configure.

Header	When	Value
`x-api-key`Required	Every request	Your API key. Header names are case-insensitive, so `X-API-Key` is the same header.
`Authorization`Alternate	Instead of the above	`Bearer <key>` — for clients that only expose bearer auth. Resolves to the same account and the same billing.

401 is the only auth verdict

A 401 means the key is missing, invalid or expired. A 403 means the key is valid but not permitted here — blocked by a key restriction or an IP allow-list. Running out of credits is a 429.

Response — GET /v1/visarequirements

Every APIVerve endpoint returns the same three top-level keys, so one response handler covers your whole integration: status, error and data. Only data changes shape.

Sample response

{
  "status": "ok",
  "error": null,
  "data": {
    "passport": "US",
    "passportName": "United States",
    "destination": "JP",
    "destinationName": "Japan",
    "requirement": "visa_free",
    "requirementLabel": "Visa not required",
    "visaRequiredInAdvance": false,
    "allowedStayDays": 90,
    "allowedStay": "90 days",
    "updatedAt": "2026-10-22T09:00:00.000Z"
  }
}

Response fields

Paths are relative to data. Premium fields are absent rather than zeroed on plans that do not include them, so check for presence instead of comparing to 0.

Field	Type	Example	Description
`passport`	string	`"US"`	Passport country, ISO 3166 two-letter code
`passportName`	string	`"United States"`	Passport country name
`destination`	string	`"JP"`	Destination, ISO 3166 two-letter code
`destinationName`	string	`"Japan"`	Destination name
`requirement`	string	`"visa_free"`	visa_free, eta, evisa, visa_on_arrival, visa_required, restricted or unknown
`requirementLabel`	string	`"Visa not required"`	Readable form of requirement, e.g. Visa not required
`visaRequiredInAdvance`	boolean	`false`	Whether a visa must be obtained before travel; null when entry is restricted or unknown
`allowedStayDays`	number	`90`	Allowed stay in days, or null when none is set or it is not a fixed number of days
`allowedStay`	string	`"90 days"`	Allowed stay as stated, e.g. 90 days or 3 months
`updatedAt`	string	`"2026-10-22T09:00:00.000Z"`	When this passport's requirements last changed in the dataset (ISO 8601)

Response headers

Every response carries your balance, so your own code always knows where it stands without polling anything. All four are exposed to browsers through CORS.

Header	What it carries
`x-api-remaining-credits`	Credits left in the current cycle
`x-api-credits-used`	Credits spent in the current cycle
`x-api-max-credits`	The allowance for the cycle
`x-api-version`	Version of the endpoint that answered

Errors

Read the HTTP status first, then error for the specific reason. The body names the parameter that has to change.

Status	Meaning	What to do
`400`	Input was rejected	Read `error`; it names the parameter that has to change.
`401`	Key missing or invalid	Check the header name and the key value.
`403`	Key valid, but not permitted here	A key restriction or an IP allow-list — never a bad key.
`429`	Rate limited, or out of credits	Read `error` to tell them apart, then back off or top up.

What a call costs — 5 credits per call

Credits are shared across every APIVerve API — one balance, one key, one bill. Failed requests never count against it, so a rejected input costs nothing.

Plan	Per month	Credits	Visa Requirements calls	Per 1,000 calls
Free	Free	200	40	Free
Starter	$29.99	200,000	40,000	$0.75
Pro	$99.99	1,000,000	200,000	$0.50
Mega	$299.99	4,000,000	800,000	$0.37

Calls are what the credits buy at this API's rate — spend them here, on any of the other APIs, or across both. Nothing is reserved per endpoint.

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Call it from cURL — GET /v1/visarequirements

No SDK to install — this is a plain HTTPS call to /v1/visarequirements with your key in the x-api-key header. Swap in a real key and it runs as-is.

cURL

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curl "https://api.apiverve.com/v1/visarequirements" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Resources

ReferenceVisa Requirements API docsEvery parameter, every response field, and the errors.ParametersWhat this call acceptsRequired and optional inputs, with example values.

Call it from Node.js — GET /v1/visarequirements

No SDK to install — this is a plain HTTPS call to /v1/visarequirements with your key in the x-api-key header. Swap in a real key and it runs as-is.

Node.js

const res = await fetch("https://api.apiverve.com/v1/visarequirements", {
  headers: { "x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY" },
});
const { data } = await res.json();
console.log(data);

Resources

ReferenceVisa Requirements API docsEvery parameter, every response field, and the errors.ParametersWhat this call acceptsRequired and optional inputs, with example values.

Call it from Python — GET /v1/visarequirements

No SDK to install — this is a plain HTTPS call to /v1/visarequirements with your key in the x-api-key header. Swap in a real key and it runs as-is.

Python

import requests

res = requests.get(
    "https://api.apiverve.com/v1/visarequirements",
    headers={"x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY"},
)
print(res.json()["data"])

Resources

ReferenceVisa Requirements API docsEvery parameter, every response field, and the errors.ParametersWhat this call acceptsRequired and optional inputs, with example values.

Call it from C# / .NET — GET /v1/visarequirements

No SDK to install — this is a plain HTTPS call to /v1/visarequirements with your key in the x-api-key header. Swap in a real key and it runs as-is.

C# / .NET

using var client = new HttpClient();
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY");

var json = await client.GetStringAsync("https://api.apiverve.com/v1/visarequirements");
Console.WriteLine(json);

Resources

ReferenceVisa Requirements API docsEvery parameter, every response field, and the errors.ParametersWhat this call acceptsRequired and optional inputs, with example values.

Call it from Go — GET /v1/visarequirements

No SDK to install — this is a plain HTTPS call to /v1/visarequirements with your key in the x-api-key header. Swap in a real key and it runs as-is.

req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://api.apiverve.com/v1/visarequirements", nil)
req.Header.Set("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY")

res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))

Resources

ReferenceVisa Requirements API docsEvery parameter, every response field, and the errors.ParametersWhat this call acceptsRequired and optional inputs, with example values.

Call it from PHP — GET /v1/visarequirements

No SDK to install — this is a plain HTTPS call to /v1/visarequirements with your key in the x-api-key header. Swap in a real key and it runs as-is.

PHP

$ch = curl_init("https://api.apiverve.com/v1/visarequirements");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ["x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"]);

$response = curl_exec($ch);
echo $response;

Resources

ReferenceVisa Requirements API docsEvery parameter, every response field, and the errors.ParametersWhat this call acceptsRequired and optional inputs, with example values.

Call it from Ruby — GET /v1/visarequirements

No SDK to install — this is a plain HTTPS call to /v1/visarequirements with your key in the x-api-key header. Swap in a real key and it runs as-is.

Ruby

require "net/http"

uri = URI("https://api.apiverve.com/v1/visarequirements")
req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)
req["x-api-key"] = "YOUR_API_KEY"

res = Net::HTTP.start(uri.hostname, uri.port, use_ssl: true) { |h| h.request(req) }
puts res.body

Resources

ReferenceVisa Requirements API docsEvery parameter, every response field, and the errors.ParametersWhat this call acceptsRequired and optional inputs, with example values.

Visa Requirements API

Try it — live request, no key required

About the Visa Requirements API

What people use it for

Ways to call it

Other ways to use Visa Requirements

Questions.

Request parameters — GET /v1/visarequirements

Required

Authentication

Response — GET /v1/visarequirements

Response fields

Response headers

Errors

What a call costs — 5 credits per call

Call it from cURL — GET /v1/visarequirements

Resources

Call it from Node.js — GET /v1/visarequirements

Resources

Call it from Python — GET /v1/visarequirements

Resources

Call it from C# / .NET — GET /v1/visarequirements

Resources

Call it from Go — GET /v1/visarequirements

Resources

Call it from PHP — GET /v1/visarequirements

Resources

Call it from Ruby — GET /v1/visarequirements

Resources

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