Arrival Guides

What to do when you first land, country by country

The paperwork, SIM cards, bank accounts and street-smarts that make your first week abroad painless. Practical, on-the-ground checklists for 213 countries and territories.

Europe

🇦🇱Albania🇦🇩Andorra🇦🇹Austria🇧🇾Belarus🇧🇪Belgium🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina🇧🇬Bulgaria🇭🇷Croatia🇨🇾Cyprus🇨🇿Czechia🇩🇰Denmark🇪🇪Estonia🇫🇴Faroe Islands🇫🇮Finland🇫🇷France🇩🇪Germany🇬🇮Gibraltar🇬🇷Greece🇬🇬Guernsey🇭🇺Hungary🇮🇸Iceland🇮🇪Ireland🇮🇲Isle of Man🇮🇹Italy🇯🇪Jersey🇽🇰Kosovo🇱🇻Latvia🇱🇮Liechtenstein🇱🇹Lithuania🇱🇺Luxembourg🇲🇹Malta🇲🇩Moldova🇲🇨Monaco🇲🇪Montenegro🇳🇱Netherlands🇲🇰North Macedonia🇳🇴Norway🇵🇱Poland🇵🇹Portugal🇷🇴Romania🇷🇺Russia🇸🇲San Marino🇷🇸Serbia🇸🇰Slovakia🇸🇮Slovenia🇪🇸Spain🇸🇪Sweden🇨🇭Switzerland🇺🇦Ukraine🇬🇧United Kingdom🇻🇦Vatican City

Middle East

🇧🇭Bahrain🇮🇷Iran🇮🇶Iraq🇮🇱Israel🇯🇴Jordan🇰🇼Kuwait🇱🇧Lebanon🇴🇲Oman🇵🇸Palestine🇶🇦Qatar🇸🇦Saudi Arabia🇸🇾Syria🇹🇷Turkey🇦🇪United Arab Emirates🇾🇪Yemen

Africa

🇩🇿Algeria🇦🇴Angola🇧🇯Benin🇧🇼Botswana🇧🇫Burkina Faso🇧🇮Burundi🇨🇻Cabo Verde🇨🇲Cameroon🇨🇫Central African Republic🇹🇩Chad🇰🇲Comoros🇨🇩Congo (DRC)🇨🇬Congo (Republic)🇨🇮Cote d'Ivoire🇩🇯Djibouti🇪🇬Egypt🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea🇪🇷Eritrea🇸🇿Eswatini🇪🇹Ethiopia🇬🇦Gabon🇬🇲Gambia🇬🇭Ghana🇬🇳Guinea🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau🇰🇪Kenya🇱🇸Lesotho🇱🇷Liberia🇱🇾Libya🇲🇬Madagascar🇲🇼Malawi🇲🇱Mali🇲🇷Mauritania🇲🇺Mauritius🇲🇦Morocco🇲🇿Mozambique🇳🇦Namibia🇳🇪Niger🇳🇬Nigeria🇷🇼Rwanda🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe🇸🇳Senegal🇸🇨Seychelles🇸🇱Sierra Leone🇸🇴Somalia🇿🇦South Africa🇸🇸South Sudan🇸🇩Sudan🇹🇿Tanzania🇹🇬Togo🇹🇳Tunisia🇺🇬Uganda🇿🇲Zambia🇿🇼Zimbabwe

Asia

🇦🇫Afghanistan🇦🇲Armenia🇦🇿Azerbaijan🇧🇩Bangladesh🇧🇹Bhutan🇧🇳Brunei🇰🇭Cambodia🇨🇳China🇬🇪Georgia🇭🇰Hong Kong🇮🇳India🇮🇩Indonesia🇯🇵Japan🇰🇿Kazakhstan🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan🇱🇦Laos🇲🇴Macau🇲🇾Malaysia🇲🇻Maldives🇲🇳Mongolia🇲🇲Myanmar🇳🇵Nepal🇰🇵North Korea🇵🇰Pakistan🇵🇭Philippines🇸🇬Singapore🇰🇷South Korea🇱🇰Sri Lanka🇹🇼Taiwan🇹🇯Tajikistan🇹🇭Thailand🇹🇱Timor-Leste🇹🇲Turkmenistan🇺🇿Uzbekistan🇻🇳Vietnam

Oceania

🇦🇺Australia🇫🇯Fiji🇵🇫French Polynesia🇬🇺Guam🇰🇮Kiribati🇲🇭Marshall Islands🇫🇲Micronesia🇳🇷Nauru🇳🇨New Caledonia🇳🇿New Zealand🇵🇼Palau🇵🇬Papua New Guinea🇼🇸Samoa🇸🇧Solomon Islands🇹🇴Tonga🇹🇻Tuvalu🇻🇺Vanuatu

North America

🇧🇲Bermuda🇨🇦Canada🇬🇱Greenland🇺🇸United States

Latin America & Caribbean

🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda🇦🇷Argentina🇦🇼Aruba🇧🇸Bahamas🇧🇧Barbados🇧🇿Belize🇧🇴Bolivia🇧🇷Brazil🇰🇾Cayman Islands🇨🇱Chile🇨🇴Colombia🇨🇷Costa Rica🇨🇺Cuba🇨🇼Curacao🇩🇲Dominica🇩🇴Dominican Republic🇪🇨Ecuador🇸🇻El Salvador🇬🇩Grenada🇬🇹Guatemala🇬🇾Guyana🇭🇹Haiti🇭🇳Honduras🇯🇲Jamaica🇲🇽Mexico🇳🇮Nicaragua🇵🇦Panama🇵🇾Paraguay🇵🇪Peru🇵🇷Puerto Rico🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis🇱🇨Saint Lucia🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines🇸🇷Suriname🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago🇺🇾Uruguay🇻🇪Venezuela