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VISA OBLIGATION - EXEMPTIONS APPLIED BY GREECE IN ACCORDANCE WITH COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 539/2001, AS AMENDED BY REGULATION (EC) No 2414/2001, REGULATION (EC) No 453/2003, REGULATION (EC) No 1932/2006, REGULATION (EC) No 1244/2009, REGULATION (EU) No 1091/2010  AND REGULATION (EU) No 1211/2010
 
COUNTRY ORDINARY PASSPORT DIPLOMATIC PASSPORT SERVICE PASSPORT
AFGHANISTAN  VISA VISA VISA
ALBANIA (NOTE 1) VISA - FREE VISA - FREE VISA - FREE
ALGERIA  VISA VISA - FREE VISA - FREE
ANDORRA  VISA - FREE VISA - FREE VISA - FREE
ANGOLA  VISA VISA VISA
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA VISA - FREE VISA - FREE VISA - FREE
ARGENTINA (ARGENTINE REPUBLIC)  VISA - FREE VISA - FREE VISA - FREE
ARMENIA  VISA VISA VISA
AUSTRALIA  VISA - FREE VISA - FREE VISA - FREE
AUSTRIA, REPUBLIC OF  VISA - FREE VISA - FREE VISA - FREE
AZERBAIJAN (AZERBAIJANI REPUBLIC)  VISA VISA VISA
BAHAMAS, COMMONWEALTH OF THE VISA - FREE VISA - FREE VISA - FREE
BAHRAIN, STATE OF  VISA VISA VISA
BANGLADESH, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF  VISA VISA VISA
BARBADOS VISA - FREE VISA - FREE VISA - FREE
BELARUS, REPUBLIC OF  VISA VISA VISA
BELGIUM, KINGDOM OF  VISA - FREE VISA - FREE VISA - FREE
BELIZE  VISA VISA VISA
BENIN, REPUBLIC OF  VISA VISA VISA
BHUTAN, KINGDOM OF VISA VISA VISA
BOLIVIA, REPUBLIC OF VISA VISA VISA
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA (NOTE 1) VISA - FREE VISA - FREE VISA - FREE
BOTSWANA, REPUBLIC OF  VISA VISA VISA
BRAZIL, FEDERATIVE REPUBLIC OF  VISA - FREE VISA - FREE VISA - FREE
BRUNEI (NEGARA BRUNEI DARUSSALAM)  VISA - FREE VISA - FREE VISA - FREE
BULGARIA, REPUBLIC OF  VISA - FREE VISA - FREE VISA - FREE
BURKINA FASO  VISA VISA VISA
BURUNDI, REPUBLIC OF  VISA VISA VISA
CAMBODIA, KINGDOM OF  VISA VISA VISA
CAMEROON, REPUBLIC OF  VISA VISA VISA
CANADA  VISA - FREE VISA - FREE VISA - FREE
CAPE VERDE, REPUBLIC OF  VISA VISA VISA
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC  VISA VISA VISA
CHAD, REPUBLIC OF  VISA VISA VISA
CHILE, REPUBLIC OF  VISA - FREE VISA - FREE VISA - FREE
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF  VISA VISA VISA
COLOMBIA, REPUBLIC OF  VISA VISA VISA
COMOROS, FEDERAL ISLAMIC REPUBLIC VISA VISA VISA
CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE  VISA VISA VISA
CONGO, REPUBLIC OF THE  VISA VISA VISA
COSTA RICA, REPUBLIC OF  VISA - FREE VISA - FREE VISA - FREE
COTE D'IVOIRE, REPUBLIC OF (IVORY COAST)  VISA VISA VISA
CROATIA, REPUBLIC OF  VISA - FREE VISA - FREE VISA - FREE
CUBA, REPUBLIC OF VISA VISA VISA
CYPRUS, REPUBLIC OF  VISA - FREE VISA - FREE VISA - FREE
CZECH REPUBLIC  VISA - FREE VISA - FREE VISA - FREE
DENMARK, KINGDOM OF  VISA - FREE VISA - FREE VISA - FREE
DJIBOUTI, REPUBLIC OF  VISA VISA VISA
DOMINICA COMMONWEALTH OF  VISA VISA VISA
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC  VISA VISA VISA
ECUADOR, REPUBLIC OF  VISA VISA VISA
EGYPT, ARAB REPUBLIC OF  VISA VISA VISA
EL SALVADOR, REPUBLIC OF  VISA - FREE VISA - FREE VISA - FREE
EQUATORIAL GUINEA, REPUBLIC OF  VISA VISA VISA
ERITREA, STATE OF  VISA VISA VISA
ESTONIA, REPUBLIC OF  VISA - FREE VISA - FREE VISA - FREE
ETHIOPIA (FEDERAL DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF ETHIOPIA)  VISA VISA VISA
FIJI ISLANDS, REPUBLIC OF THE  VISA VISA VISA
FINLAND, REPUBLIC OF  VISA - FREE VISA - FREE VISA - FREE
FRANCE (FRENCH REPUBLIC)  VISA - FREE VISA - FREE VISA - FREE
GABON (GABONESE REPUBLIC)  VISA VISA VISA
GAMBIA, THE  VISA VISA VISA
GEORGIA  VISA VISA - FREE VISA
GERMANY (FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF)  VISA - FREE VISA - FREE VISA - FREE
GHANA, REPUBLIC OF  VISA VISA VISA
GRENADA  VISA VISA VISA
GUATEMALA, REPUBLIC OF  VISA - FREE VISA - FREE VISA - FREE
GUINEA, REPUBLIC OF  VISA VISA VISA
GUINEA-BISSAU, REPUBLIC OF  VISA VISA VISA
GUYANA, CO-OPERATIVE REPUBLIC OF  VISA VISA VISA
HAITI, REPUBLIC OF  VISA VISA VISA
HOLY SEE (STATE OF THE VATICAN CITY)  VISA - FREE VISA - FREE VISA - FREE
HONDURAS, REPUBLIC OF  VISA - FREE VISA - FREE VISA - FREE
HUNGARY, REPUBLIC OF  VISA - FREE VISA - FREE VISA - FREE
ICELAND, REPUBLIC OF  VISA - FREE VISA - FREE VISA - FREE
INDIA, REPUBLIC OF  VISA VISA VISA
INDONESIA, REPUBLIC OF  VISA VISA VISA
IRAN, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF VISA VISA VISA
IRAQ, REPUBLIC OF  VISA VISA VISA
IRELAND  VISA - FREE VISA - FREE VISA - FREE
ISRAEL, STATE OF  VISA - FREE VISA - FREE VISA - FREE
ITALY (ITALIAN REPUBLIC)  VISA - FREE VISA - FREE VISA - FREE
JAMAICA  VISA VISA VISA
JAPAN  VISA - FREE VISA - FREE VISA - FREE
JORDAN, HASHEMITE KINGDOM OF  VISA VISA VISA
KAZAKHSTAN, REPUBLIC OF  VISA VISA VISA
KENYA, REPUBLIC OF  VISA VISA VISA
KIRIBATI, REPUBLIC OF  VISA VISA VISA
KOREA, NORTH (DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA) VISA VISA VISA
KOREA, SOUTH (REPUBLIC OF KOREA)  VISA - FREE VISA - FREE VISA - FREE
KUWAIT, STATE OF  VISA VISA VISA
KYRGYZSTAN (KYRGYZ REPUBLIC)  VISA VISA VISA
LAOS (LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC)  VISA VISA VISA
LATVIA, REPUBLIC OF  VISA - FREE VISA - FREE VISA - FREE
LEBANON (LEBANESE REPUBLIC)  VISA VISA VISA
LESOTHO, KINGDOM OF  VISA VISA VISA
LIBERIA, REPUBLIC OF  VISA VISA VISA
LIBYA (SOCIALIST PEOPLE'S LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA)  VISA VISA VISA
LIECHTENSTEIN, PRINCIPALITY OF  VISA - FREE VISA - FREE VISA - FREE
LITHUANIA, REPUBLIC OF  VISA - FREE VISA - FREE VISA - FREE
LUXEMBOURG, GRAND DUCHY OF  VISA - FREE VISA - FREE VISA - FREE
MADAGASCAR, REPUBLIC OF  VISA VISA VISA
MALAWI, REPUBLIC OF  VISA VISA VISA
MALAYSIA  VISA - FREE VISA - FREE VISA - FREE
MALDIVES, REPUBLIC OF  VISA VISA VISA
MALI, REPUBLIC OF  VISA VISA VISA
MALTA, REPUBLIC OF  VISA - FREE VISA - FREE VISA - FREE
MARSHALL ISLANDS, REPUBLIC OF THE  VISA VISA VISA
MAURITANIA, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF  VISA VISA VISA
MAURITIUS  VISA - FREE VISA - FREE VISA - FREE
MEXICO (UNITED MEXICAN STATES)  VISA - FREE VISA - FREE VISA - FREE
MICRONESIA, FEDERATED STATES OF  VISA VISA VISA
MOLDOVA, REPUBLIC OF  VISA VISA - FREE VISA
MONACO, PRINCIPALITY OF  VISA - FREE VISA - FREE VISA - FREE
MONGOLIA  VISA VISA VISA
MONTENEGRO (ΝΟΤΕ 1) VISA - FREE VISA - FREE VISA - FREE
MOROCCO, KINGDOM OF  VISA VISA - FREE VISA - FREE
MOZAMBIQUE, REPUBLIC OF  VISA VISA VISA
MYANMAR - BURMA, UNION OF  VISA VISA VISA
NAMIBIA, REPUBLIC OF  VISA VISA VISA
NAURU, REPUBLIC OF  VISA VISA VISA
NEPAL, KINGDOM OF  VISA VISA VISA
NETHERLANDS, KINGDOM OF THE  VISA - FREE VISA - FREE VISA - FREE
NEW ZEALAND  VISA - FREE VISA - FREE VISA - FREE
NICARAGUA, REPUBLIC OF  VISA - FREE VISA - FREE VISA - FREE
NIGER, REPUBLIC OF  VISA VISA VISA
NIGERIA, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF  VISA VISA VISA
NORWAY, KINGDOM OF  VISA - FREE VISA - FREE VISA - FREE
OMAN, SULTANATE OF  VISA VISA VISA
PAKISTAN, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF  VISA VISA - FREE VISA
PALAU, REPUBLIC OF  VISA VISA VISA
PANAMA, REPUBLIC OF  VISA - FREE VISA - FREE VISA - FREE
PAPUA NEW GUINEA, (INDEPENDENT STATE OF)  VISA VISA VISA
PARAGUAY, REPUBLIC OF  VISA - FREE VISA - FREE VISA - FREE
PERU, REPUBLIC OF  (ΝΟΤΕ 3) VISA VISA - FREE VISA - FREE
PHILIPPINES, REPUBLIC OF THE  VISA VISA - FREE VISA - FREE
POLAND, REPUBLIC OF  VISA - FREE VISA - FREE VISA - FREE
PORTUGAL (PORTUGUESE REPUBLIC)  VISA - FREE VISA - FREE VISA - FREE
QATAR, STATE OF  VISA VISA VISA
ROMANIA  VISA - FREE VISA - FREE VISA - FREE
RUSSIA (RUSSIAN FEDERATION)  VISA VISA - FREE VISA
RWANDA (RWANDESE REPUBLIC)  VISA VISA VISA
SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS, FEDERATION OF VISA - FREE VISA - FREE VISA - FREE
SAINT LUCIA  VISA VISA VISA
SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES  VISA VISA VISA
SAMOA, INDEPENDENT STATE OF  VISA VISA VISA
SAN MARINO, REPUBLIC OF  VISA - FREE VISA - FREE VISA - FREE
SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF  VISA VISA VISA
SAUDI ARABIA, KINGDOM OF  VISA VISA VISA
SENEGAL, REPUBLIC OF  VISA VISA VISA
SERBIA (NOTES 1 & 2) VISA FREE VISA - FREE VISA - FREE
SEYCHELLES, REPUBLIC OF VISA - FREE VISA - FREE VISA - FREE
SIERRA LEONE, REPUBLIC OF  VISA VISA VISA
SINGAPORE, REPUBLIC OF  VISA - FREE VISA - FREE VISA - FREE
SLOVAKIA (SLOVAK REPUBLIC)  VISA - FREE VISA - FREE VISA - FREE
SLOVENIA, REPUBLIC OF  VISA - FREE VISA - FREE VISA - FREE
SOLOMON ISLANDS  VISA VISA VISA
SOMALIA, REPUBLIC OF  VISA VISA VISA
SOUTH AFRICA, REPUBLIC OF  VISA VISA - FREE VISA - FREE
SPAIN, KINGDOM OF  VISA - FREE VISA - FREE VISA - FREE
SRI LANKA, DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF  VISA VISA VISA
SUDAN, REPUBLIC OF THE  VISA VISA VISA
SURINAME, REPUBLIC OF  VISA VISA VISA
SWAZILAND, KINGDOM OF  VISA VISA VISA
SWEDEN, KINGDOM OF  VISA - FREE VISA - FREE VISA - FREE
SWITZERLAND (SWISS CONFEDERATION)  VISA - FREE VISA - FREE VISA - FREE
SYRIA (SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC)  VISA VISA VISA
TAJIKISTAN, REPUBLIC OF  VISA VISA VISA
TANZANIA, UNITED REPUBLIC OF  VISA VISA VISA
THAILAND, KINGDOM OF  VISA VISA VISA
THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA (NOTE 1) VISA FREE VISA - FREE VISA - FREE
TIMOR-LESTE (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF) VISA VISA VISA
TOGO (TOGOLESE REPUBLIC)  VISA VISA VISA
TONGA, KINGDOM OF  VISA VISA VISA
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, REPUBLIC OF  VISA VISA VISA
TUNISIA, REPUBLIC OF  VISA VISA - FREE VISA - FREE
TURKEY, REPUBLIC OF  (NOTE 4) VISA VISA - FREE VISA - FREE
TURKMENISTAN  VISA VISA VISA
TUVALU  VISA VISA VISA
UGANDA, REPUBLIC OF  VISA VISA VISA
UKRAINE  VISA VISA - FREE VISA
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES  (NOTE 5) VISA VISA - FREE VISA
UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND  VISA - FREE VISA - FREE VISA - FREE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA VISA - FREE VISA VISA
URUGUAY, ORIENTAL REPUBLIC OF  VISA - FREE VISA - FREE VISA - FREE
UZBEKISTAN, REPUBLIC OF  VISA VISA VISA
VANUATU, REPUBLIC OF  VISA VISA VISA
VENEZUELA, BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC OF  VISA - FREE VISA - FREE VISA - FREE
VIETNAM, SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF  VISA VISA VISA
YEMEN, REPUBLIC OF  VISA VISA VISA
ZAMBIA, REPUBLIC OF  VISA VISA VISA
ZIMBABWE, REPUBLIC OF  VISA VISA - FREE VISA - FREE
 
ENTITIES AND TERRITORIAL AUTHORITIES THAT ARE NOT RECOGNISED AS STATES BY AT LEAST ONE MEMBER STATE
COUNTRY ORDINARY PASSPORT DIPLOMATIC PASSPORT SERVICE PASSPORT
PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY VISA VISA VISA
TAIWAN (NOTE 6) VISA - FREE VISA - FREE VISA - FREE
KOSOVO (UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 1244/10.06.1999) VISA VISA VISA
 
BRITISH CITIZENS WHO ARE NOT NATIONALS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND FOR THE PURPOSES OF COMMUNITY LAW
BRITISH NATIONALS (OVERSEAS) VISA - FREE
BRITISH OVERSEAS TERRITORIES CITIZENS WHO DO NOT HAVE THE RIGHT OF ABODE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM VISA
BRITISH OVERSEAS CITIZENS VISA
BRITISH SUBJECTS WHO DO NOT HAVE THE RIGHT OF ABODE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM VISA
BRITISH PROTECTED PERSONS VISA
 
REFUGEES AND STATELESS PERSONS
REFUGEES VISA
STATELESS PERSONS VISA
 
     SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGIONS OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION (NOTE 7) VISA - FREE
MACAO SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION (NOTE 8) VISA - FREE
 
 
NOTES
 
 
(1) THE VISA REQUIREMENT EXEMPTION SHOULD ONLY APPLIES TO HOLDERS OF BIOMETRIC PASSPORTS
 
(2) THE VISA REQUIREMENT EXEMPTION IS NOT APPLIED TO HOLDERS OF SERBIAN PASSPORTS ISSUED BY THE SERBIAN COORDINATION DIRECTORATE (IN SERBIAN: KOORDINACIONA UPRAVA)
 
(3) THE VISA EXEMPTION APPLIES TO HOLDERS OF SPECIAL (BUT NOT SERVICE) PASSPORTS ISSUED BY PERU
 
(4) THE VISA EXEMPTION APPLIES TO HOLDERS OF SERVICE AND SPECIAL PASSPORTS ISSUED BY TURKEY
 
(5) THE VISA EXEMPTION APPLIES TO HOLDERS OF DIPLOMATIC AND SPECIAL PASSPORTS ISSUED BY THE UAE
 
(6) THE EXEMPTION FROM THE VISA REQUIREMENT APPLIES ONLY TO HOLDERS OF PASSPORTS ISSUED BY TAIWAN WHICH INCLUDE AN IDENTITY CARD NUMBER
 
(7) THE VISA EXEMPTION APPLIES ONLY TO HOLDERS OF A "HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION" PASSPORT
 
(8) THE VISA EXEMPTION APPLIES ONLY TO HOLDERS OF A "REGIÃO ADMINISTRATIVA ESPECIAL DE MACAU" PASSPORT
 




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