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Greece Welcomes the World: Visa-Free Entry for 188 Countries

Greece is set to become even more accessible to global travellers with the introduction of visa-free entry for citizens of 188 countries.

This move is expected to significantly boost tourism to the Mediterranean nation, known for its stunning islands, rich history, and warm hospitality.

With its extensive coastline, diverse landscapes, and excellent transportation infrastructure, Greece offers a wealth of experiences for visitors. From exploring ancient ruins to relaxing on pristine beaches, there's something to cater to every traveller's taste.

The decision to open its doors to more visitors aligns with Greece's strategic focus on tourism as a key economic driver. By simplifying the entry process, the country aims to attract a wider range of travellers, including independent backpackers, families, and luxury tourists.

Countries requiring or not requiring a Visa

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,
AND REGULATION (EU) No509/2014 *

COUNTRYORDINARY PASSPORTDIPLOMATIC PASSPORTSERVICE PASSPORT
AFGHANISTANVISAVISAVISA
ALBANIA (NOTE 1)VISA-FREEVISA-FREEVISA-FREE
ALGERIAVISAVISA-FREEVISA-FREE
ANDORRAVISA-FREEVISA-FREEVISA-FREE
ANGOLAVISAVISAVISA
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDAVISA-FREEVISA-FREEVISA-FREE
ARGENTINAVISA-FREEVISA-FREEVISA-FREE
ARMENIAVISAVISA-FREEVISA
AUSTRALIAVISA-FREEVISA-FREEVISA-FREE
AUSTRIAVISA-FREEVISA-FREEVISA-FREE
AZERBAIJANVISAVISA-FREEVISA
BAHAMASVISA-FREEVISA-FREEVISA-FREE
BAHRAIN Note 9VISAVISA-FREEVISA
BANGLADESHVISAVISAVISA
BARBADOSVISA-FREEVISA-FREEVISA-FREE
BELARUSVISAVISAVISA
BELGIUMVISA-FREEVISA-FREEVISA-FREE
BELIZEVISAVISAVISA
BENINVISAVISAVISA
BHUTANVISAVISAVISA
BOLIVIAVISAVISA-FREEVISA-FREE
BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA (NOTE 1)VISA-FREEVISA-FREEVISA-FREE
BOTSWANAVISAVISAVISA
BRAZILVISA-FREEVISA-FREEVISA-FREE
BRUNEIVISA-FREEVISA-FREEVISA-FREE
BULGARIAVISA-FREEVISA-FREEVISA-FREE
BURKINA FASOVISAVISAVISA
BURUNDIVISAVISAVISA
CAMBODIAVISAVISAVISA
CAMEROONVISAVISAVISA
CANADAVISA-FREEVISA-FREEVISA -FREE
CAPE VERDEVISAVISA-FREEVISA-FREE
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLICVISAVISAVISA
CHADVISAVISAVISA
CHILEVISA-FREEVISA-FREEVISA-FREE
CHINAVISAVISA-FREEVISA
COLOMBIAVISA-FREEVISA-FREEVISA-FREE from 3/12/2015
COMOROSVISAVISAVISA
CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THEVISAVISAVISA
CONGO, REPUBLIC OF THEVISAVISAVISA
COSTA RICAVISA-FREEVISA-FREEVISA-FREE
COTE D'IVOIREVISAVISAVISA
CROATIAVISA-FREEVISA-FREEVISA-FREE
CUBAVISAVISAVISA
CYPRUSVISA-FREEVISA-FREEVISA-FREE
CZECH REPUBLICVISA-FREEVISA-FREEVISA-FREE
DENMARKVISA-FREEVISA-FREEVISA-FREE
DJIBOUTIVISAVISAVISA
DOMINICAVISA-FREEVISA-FREEVISA-FREE
DOMINICAN REPUBLICVISAVISAVISA
ECUADORVISAVISAVISA
EGYPTVISAVISA-FREEVISA-FREE
EL SALVADORVISA-FREEVISA-FREEVISA-FREE
EQUATORIAL GUINEAVISAVISAVISA
ERITREAVISAVISAVISA
ESTONIAVISA-FREEVISA-FREEVISA-FREE
ETHIOPIAVISAVISAVISA
FIJIVISAVISAVISA
FINLANDVISA-FREEVISA-FREEVISA-FREE
FRANCEVISA-FREEVISA-FREEVISA-FREE
GABONVISAVISAVISA
GAMBIAVISAVISAVISA
GEORGIA(NOTE 1)VISA-FREEVISA-FREEVISA-FREE
GERMANYVISA-FREEVISA-FREEVISA-FREE
GHANAVISAVISAVISA
GRENADAVISA-FREE FOR 90 DAYSVISA-FREE FOR 90 DAYSVISA-FREE FOR 90 DAYS
GUATEMALAVISA-FREEVISA-FREEVISA-FREE
GUINEAVISAVISAVISA
GUINEA-BISSAUVISAVISAVISA
GUYANAVISAVISAVISA
HAITIVISAVISAVISA
HOLY SEE (THE VATICAN)VISA-FREEVISA-FREEVISA-FREE
HONDURASVISA-FREEVISA-FREEVISA-FREE
HUNGARYVISA-FREEVISA-FREEVISA-FREE
ICELANDVISA-FREEVISA-FREEVISA-FREE
INDIAVISAVISA-FREEVISA
INDONESIAVISAVISA-FREE FOR 30 DAYSVISA-FREE FOR 30 DAYS
IRANVISAVISA-FREEVISA
IRAQVISAVISAVISA
IRELANDVISA-FREEVISA-FREEVISA-FREE
ISRAELVISA-FREEVISA-FREEVISA-FREE
ITALYVISA-FREEVISA-FREEVISA-FREE
JAMAICAVISAVISAVISA
JAPANVISA-FREEVISA-FREEVISA-FREE
JORDANVISAVISA - FREEVISA
KAZAKHSTANVISAVISA-FREEVISA
KENYAVISAVISAVISA
KIRIBATIVISA-FREEVISA -FREEVISA -FREE
KOREA, NORTHVISAVISAVISA
KOREA, SOUTHVISA-FREEVISA-FREEVISA-FREE
KUWAITVISAVISA-FREEVISA-FREE
KYRGYSTANVISAVISAVISA
LAOSVISAVISAVISA
LATVIAVISA-FREEVISA-FREEVISA-FREE
LEBANONVISAVISAVISA
LESOTHOVISAVISAVISA
LIBERIAVISAVISAVISA
LIBYAVISAVISAVISA
LIECHTENSTEINVISA-FREEVISA-FREEVISA-FREE
LITHUANIAVISA-FREEVISA-FREEVISA-FREE
LUXEMBOURGVISA-FREEVISA-FREEVISA-FREE
MADAGASCARVISAVISAVISA
MALAWIVISAVISAVISA
MALAYSIAVISA-FREEVISA-FREEVISA-FREE
MALDIVESVISAVISAVISA
MALIVISAVISAVISA
MALTAVISA-FREEVISA-FREEVISA-FREE
MARSHALL ISLANDSVISA-FREEVISA-FREEVISA-FREE
MAURITANIAVISAVISAVISA
MAURITIUSVISA-FREEVISA-FREEVISA-FREE
MEXICOVISA-FREEVISA-FREEVISA-FREE
MICRONESIAVISA-FREEVISA-FREEVISA-FREE
MOLDOVA
(NOTE 1)		VISA-FREEVISA-FREEVISA-FREE
MONACOVISA-FREEVISA-FREEVISA-FREE
MONGOLIAVISAVISA-FREE (from 10.05.2020)VISA-FREE (from 10.05.2020)
MONTENEGRO (NOTE 1)VISA-FREEVISA-FREEVISA-FREE
MOROCCOVISAVISA-FREEVISA-FREE
MOZAMBIQUEVISAVISAVISA
MYANMARVISAVISAVISA
NAMIBIAVISAVISAVISA
NAURUVISAVISAVISA
NEPALVISAVISAVISA
NETHERLANDSVISA-FREEVISA-FREEVISA-FREE
NEW ZEALANDVISA-FREEVISA-FREEVISA-FREE
NICARAGUAVISA-FREEVISA-FREEVISA-FREE
NIGERVISAVISAVISA
NIGERIAVISAVISAVISA
NORTH MACEDONIAVISA-FREEVISA-FREEVISA-FREE
NORWAYVISA-FREEVISA-FREEVISA-FREE
OMANVISAVISA-FREEVISA-FREE
PAKISTANVISAVISAVISA
PALAUVISA-FREEVISA-FREEVISA-FREE
PANAMAVISA-FREEVISA-FREEVISA-FREE
PAPUA NEW GUINEAVISAVISAVISA
PARAGUAYVISA-FREEVISA-FREEVISA-FREE
PERUVISA-FREEVISA-FREEVISA-FREE
PHILIPPINESVISAVISA-FREEVISA-FREE
POLANDVISA-FREEVISA-FREEVISA-FREE
PORTUGALVISA-FREEVISA-FREEVISA-FREE
QATARVISAVISA = FREE (from 16.02.2020)VISA -FREE (from 16.02.2020)
ROMANIAVISA-FREEVISA-FREEVISA-FREE
RUSSIAVISAVISAVISA
RWANDAVISAVISAVISA
SAINT KITTS AND NEVISVISA-FREEVISA-FREEVISA-FREE
SAINT LUCIAVISA-FREEVISA-FREEVISA-FREE
SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINESVISA-FREEVISA-FREEVISA-FREE
SAMOAVISA-FREEVISA-FREEVISA-FREE
SAN MARINOVISA-FREEVISA-FREEVISA-FREE
SAO TOME AND PRINCIPEVISAVISAVISA
SAUDI ARABIAVISAVISAVISA
SENEGALVISAVISAVISA
SERBIA (NOTES 1 & 2)VISA-FREEVISA-FREEVISA-FREE
SEYCHELLESVISA-FREEVISA-FREEVISA-FREE
SIERRA LEONEVISAVISAVISA
SINGAPOREVISA-FREEVISA-FREEVISA-FREE
SLOVAKIAVISA-FREEVISA-FREEVISA-FREE
SLOVENIAVISA-FREEVISA-FREEVISA-FREE
SOLOMON ISLANDSVISA-FREE FOR 90 DAYSVISA-FREE FOR 90 DAYSVISA-FREE FOR 90 DAYS
SOMALIAVISAVISAVISA
SOUTH AFRICAVISAVISA-FREEVISA-FREE
SPAINVISA-FREEVISA-FREEVISA-FREE
SRI LANKAVISAVISAVISA
SUDANVISAVISAVISA
SOUTH SUDANVISAVISAVISA
SURINAMEVISAVISAVISA
SWAZILANDVISAVISAVISA
SWEDENVISA-FREEVISA-FREEVISA-FREE
SWITZERLANDVISA-FREEVISA-FREEVISA-FREE
SYRIAVISAVISAVISA
TAJIKISTANVISAVISAVISA
TANZANIAVISAVISAVISA
THAILANDVISAVISA-FREEVISA
TIMOR-LESTEVISA-FREEVISA-FREEVISA-FREE
TOGOVISAVISAVISA
TONGAVISA-FREEVISA-FREEVISA-FREE
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGOVISA-FREEVISA-FREEVISA-FREE
TUNISIAVISAVISA-FREEVISA-FREE
TURKEY (NOTE 4)VISAVISA-FREEVISA-FREE
TURKMENISTANVISAVISAVISA
TUVALUVISA-FREEVISA-FREEVISA-FREE
UGANDAVISAVISAVISA
UKRAINE(NOTE 1)VISA-FREEVISA-FREEVISA-FREE
UNITED ARAB EMIRATESVISA-FREEVISA-FREEVISA-FREE
UNITED KINGDOMVISA-FREEVISA-FREEVISA-FREE
USAVISA-FREEVISAVISA
URUGUAYVISA-FREEVISA-FREEVISA-FREE
UZBEKISTANVISAVISA - FREEVISA
VANUATUVISAVISAVISA
VENEZUELAVISA-FREEVISA-FREEVISA-FREE
VIETNAMVISAVISA-FREE FOR STAY UP TO 90 DAYS IN A 180 DAY PERIODVISA
YEMENVISAVISAVISA
ZAMBIAVISAVISAVISA
ZIMBABWEVISAVISA-FREEVISA-FREE
ENTITIES AND TERRITORIAL AUTHORITIES THAT ARE NOT RECOGNISED AS STATES BY AT LEAST ONE MEMBER STATE
PALESTINIAN AUTHORITYVISAVISAVISA
TAIWAN (NOTE 6)VISA-FREEVISA-FREEVISA-FREE
KOSOVO (UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 1244/10.06.1999)VISA- FREEVISA- FREEVISA- FREE
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 KINGDOMVISA-FREE
BRITISH OVERSEAS CITIZENSVISA-FREE
BRITISH SUBJECTS WHO DO NOT HAVE THE RIGHT OF ABODE IN THE UNITED KINGDOMVISA-FREE
BRITISH PROTECTED PERSONSVISA-FREE
REFUGEES AND STATELESS PERSONS
REFUGEESVISA
STATELESSVISA
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
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