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A checked date records source review, not proof that every traveller uses the same clearance procedure.", "baseReviewAt": "2026-09-07", "countries": [ { "id": "008", "name": "Albania", "region": "Europe", "reviewedAt": "2026-09-23", "evidenceLevel": "official", "evidenceQuality": "official", "sources": [ { "url": "https://asp.gov.al/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Law-no.39-dated-26.6.2025-On-the-State-border-control.pdf", "label": "Albanian State Police: Law 39/2025, Article 17", "type": "official", "publishedAt": "2025-06-26", "checkedAt": "2026-09-23", "quote": "The travel documents of foreigners are regularly stamped upon entry and exit at the state border.", "evidenceQuality": "official" }, { "url": "https://kryeministria.al/newsroom/vendime-te-miratuara-ne-mbledhjen-e-keshillit-te-ministrave-date-13-maj-2026/", "label": "Albanian Council of Ministers: border-stamp specifications and procedures, paragraphs 10–16", "type": "official", "publishedAt": "2026-05-13", "checkedAt": "2026-09-23", "evidenceQuality": "official" } ], "reviewNote": "Sources checked 23 September 2026. Reported practice is distinguished from an official current policy.", "decisionReason": "Reddit's fully stopped around 2023 label is too broad. The current law and a May 2026 implementing decision explicitly retain entry and exit stamping. Law applies at the state border. Travellers report wider non-stamping at Tirana, but that does not establish all-nationality, all-crossing abolition.", "entry": { "status": "mixed", "label": "Nationality and permit exemptions", "scope": "Article 17 exempts Albania, EU, EEA, Switzerland, Andorra, Monaco and San Marino nationals, valid residence-permit holders, and specified official/crew/local-border cases. Other foreign tourists are covered by the stamping rule, including visa-exempt visitors. Family relationship alone without a valid residence permit does not exempt a foreign traveller.", "detail": "No stamp for exempt nationalities and valid residence-permit holders; the law still requires stamps for other foreign travellers." }, "exit": { "status": "mixed", "label": "Nationality and permit exemptions", "scope": "Article 17 exempts Albania, EU, EEA, Switzerland, Andorra, Monaco and San Marino nationals, valid residence-permit holders, and specified official/crew/local-border cases. Other foreign tourists are covered by the stamping rule, including visa-exempt visitors. Family relationship alone without a valid residence permit does not exempt a foreign traveller.", "detail": "The same statutory exemptions and stamping rule apply on exit." }, "noStamp": { "status": "conditional", "label": "Depends on traveller or crossing", "scope": "Article 17 exempts Albania, EU, EEA, Switzerland, Andorra, Monaco and San Marino nationals, valid residence-permit holders, and specified official/crew/local-border cases. Other foreign tourists are covered by the stamping rule, including visa-exempt visitors. Family relationship alone without a valid residence permit does not exempt a foreign traveller.", "detail": "Reddit's fully stopped around 2023 label is too broad. The current law and a May 2026 implementing decision explicitly retain entry and exit stamping. Law applies at the state border. Travellers report wider non-stamping at Tirana, but that does not establish all-nationality, all-crossing abolition.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://asp.gov.al/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Law-no.39-dated-26.6.2025-On-the-State-border-control.pdf", "label": "Albanian State Police: Law 39/2025, Article 17", "type": "official", "publishedAt": "2025-06-26", "checkedAt": "2026-09-23", "quote": "The travel documents of foreigners are regularly stamped upon entry and exit at the state border.", "evidenceQuality": "official" }, { "url": "https://kryeministria.al/newsroom/vendime-te-miratuara-ne-mbledhjen-e-keshillit-te-ministrave-date-13-maj-2026/", "label": "Albanian Council of Ministers: border-stamp specifications and procedures, paragraphs 10–16", "type": "official", "publishedAt": "2026-05-13", "checkedAt": "2026-09-23", "evidenceQuality": "official" } ] }, "stampRequest": { "status": "qualified", "detail": "No guaranteed souvenir-stamp service established. Article 17 permits stamps on a separate sheet on request where a passport stamp would cause serious difficulties.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://asp.gov.al/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Law-no.39-dated-26.6.2025-On-the-State-border-control.pdf", "label": "Albanian State Police: Law 39/2025, Article 17", "type": "official", "publishedAt": "2025-06-26", "checkedAt": "2026-09-23", "quote": "The travel documents of foreigners are regularly stamped upon entry and exit at the state border.", "evidenceQuality": "official" }, { "url": "https://kryeministria.al/newsroom/vendime-te-miratuara-ne-mbledhjen-e-keshillit-te-ministrave-date-13-maj-2026/", "label": "Albanian Council of Ministers: border-stamp specifications and procedures, paragraphs 10–16", "type": "official", "publishedAt": "2026-05-13", "checkedAt": "2026-09-23", "evidenceQuality": "official" } ] }, "entryProof": { "detail": "Cabinet decision paragraph 16 provides a lawful-entry/exit confirmation form where the stamp or electronic record is missing, after Border and Migration Police verify supporting records.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://asp.gov.al/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Law-no.39-dated-26.6.2025-On-the-State-border-control.pdf", "label": "Albanian State Police: Law 39/2025, Article 17", "type": "official", "publishedAt": "2025-06-26", "checkedAt": "2026-09-23", "quote": "The travel documents of foreigners are regularly stamped upon entry and exit at the state border.", "evidenceQuality": "official" }, { "url": "https://kryeministria.al/newsroom/vendime-te-miratuara-ne-mbledhjen-e-keshillit-te-ministrave-date-13-maj-2026/", "label": "Albanian Council of Ministers: border-stamp specifications and procedures, paragraphs 10–16", "type": "official", "publishedAt": "2026-05-13", "checkedAt": "2026-09-23", "evidenceQuality": "official" } ] }, "sourceHistory": [], "researchModules": [ "seven-normalized.json" ], "sourcesCheckedAt": "2026-09-23" }, { "name": "Andorra", "reviewedAt": "2026-09-23", "evidenceLevel": "partial", "evidenceQuality": "Government guidance scoped to traveller and crossing", "reviewNote": "Sources checked 23 September 2026; unknown directions are not inferred.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://visitandorra.com/en/visitor-information/passports-visas-and-customs/", "label": "Visit Andorra: passports and border documents", "checkedAt": "2026-09-23", "evidenceQuality": "Official primary guidance", "publishedAt": null }, { "url": "https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/andorra/entry-requirements", "label": "UK FCDO: Andorra", "checkedAt": "2026-09-23", "evidenceQuality": "Government travel advice", "publishedAt": null } ], "decisionReason": "Official Andorra guidance establishes document requirements but does not substantiate an all-traveller no-stamp rule. The reference’s open-border label is not independent evidence of passport-stamping practice.", "entry": { "status": "unknown", "label": "Not established by current sources", "scope": "Entry through France or Spain, with applicable passport and transit-visa requirements.", "detail": "Official Andorra guidance establishes document requirements but does not substantiate an all-traveller no-stamp rule. The reference’s open-border label is not independent evidence of passport-stamping practice." }, "exit": { "status": "unknown", "label": "Not established by current sources", "scope": "Entry through France or Spain, with applicable passport and transit-visa requirements.", "detail": "Official Andorra guidance establishes document requirements but does not substantiate an all-traveller no-stamp rule. The reference’s open-border label is not independent evidence of passport-stamping practice." }, "noStamp": { "status": "unconfirmed", "label": "Not established as stamp-free", "scope": "Entry through France or Spain, with applicable passport and transit-visa requirements.", "detail": "Official Andorra guidance establishes document requirements but does not substantiate an all-traveller no-stamp rule. The reference’s open-border label is not independent evidence of passport-stamping practice.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://visitandorra.com/en/visitor-information/passports-visas-and-customs/", "label": "Visit Andorra: passports and border documents", "checkedAt": "2026-09-23", "evidenceQuality": "Official primary guidance" }, { "url": "https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/andorra/entry-requirements", "label": "UK FCDO: Andorra", "checkedAt": "2026-09-23", "evidenceQuality": "Government travel advice" } ] }, "id": "020", "region": "Europe", "sourceHistory": [], "researchModules": [ "root-refresh.json" ], "sourcesCheckedAt": "2026-09-23" }, { "id": "660", "name": "Anguilla", "region": "Caribbean", "reviewedAt": "2026-09-23", "evidenceLevel": "limited", "entry": { "status": "unknown", "label": "Stamp practice not fully verified", "scope": "Foreign visitors; air and ferry arrivals need their own check.", "detail": "US travel advice asks for a blank passport page per stamp, but does not explicitly establish which crossings or directions routinely stamp. This is insufficient to verify Reddit's entry-only classification." }, "exit": { "status": "unknown", "label": "Exit stamp unverified", "scope": "Air and sea departures.", "detail": "No current primary source explicitly confirming no exit passport stamp was located. Departure tax is not evidence about stamping." }, "noStamp": { "status": "unconfirmed", "label": "Not confirmed stamp-free", "scope": "Countrywide no-stamp claim not established.", "detail": "Reddit labels this entry-only; primary evidence reviewed does not settle entry and exit practice separately.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://travel.state.gov/en/international-travel/travel-advisories/anguilla.html", "label": "US State Department: Anguilla travel requirements", "type": "official_travel_advice", "publishedAt": "2026-07-30", "checkedAt": "2026-09-23" }, { "url": "https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/anguilla/entry-requirements", "label": "FCDO: Anguilla entry requirements", "type": "official_travel_advice", "checkedAt": "2026-09-23" } ] }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://travel.state.gov/en/international-travel/travel-advisories/anguilla.html", "label": "US State Department: Anguilla travel requirements", "type": "official_travel_advice", "publishedAt": "2026-07-30", "checkedAt": "2026-09-23", "evidenceQuality": "official_travel_advice" }, { "url": "https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/anguilla/entry-requirements", "label": "FCDO: Anguilla entry requirements", "type": "official_travel_advice", "checkedAt": "2026-09-23", "publishedAt": null, "evidenceQuality": "official_travel_advice" } ], "sourceHistory": [], "researchModules": [ "reddit-caribbean.json" ], "decisionReason": "Reddit labels this entry-only; primary evidence reviewed does not settle entry and exit practice separately.", "sourcesCheckedAt": "2026-09-23" }, { "id": "028", "name": "Antigua and Barbuda", "region": "Caribbean", "reviewedAt": "2026-09-23", "evidenceLevel": "official_entry_only", "entry": { "status": "stamp", "label": "Entry endorsement", "scope": "Foreign visitors processed by an immigration officer.", "detail": "The Immigration Department describes endorsing a visitor's passport with an entry permit and tells visitors to check the admission class and period recorded in it." }, "exit": { "status": "unknown", "label": "Exit stamp unverified", "scope": "Air and sea departures.", "detail": "The department requires departing air passengers to clear immigration with their card, passport and boarding pass. That is not an explicit statement that the passport is stamped or left unstamped." }, "noStamp": { "status": "unconfirmed", "label": "Entry endorsement retained", "scope": "Foreign visitors.", "detail": "Entry endorsement is documented; no primary no-exit-stamp rule was located, so the full Reddit entry-only label remains unverified.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://immigration.gov.ag/about-department/departments/", "label": "Antigua and Barbuda Immigration: air and sea arrival/departure procedures", "type": "official", "checkedAt": "2026-09-23" } ] }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://immigration.gov.ag/about-department/departments/", "label": "Antigua and Barbuda Immigration: air and sea arrival/departure procedures", "type": "official", "checkedAt": "2026-09-23", "publishedAt": null, "evidenceQuality": "official" } ], "sourceHistory": [], "researchModules": [ "reddit-caribbean.json" ], "decisionReason": "Entry endorsement is documented; no primary no-exit-stamp rule was located, so the full Reddit entry-only label remains unverified.", "sourcesCheckedAt": "2026-09-23" }, { "id": "032", "name": "Argentina", "region": "South America", "entry": { "status": "digital", "label": "No routine stamp (air and sea)", "scope": "Air and sea immigration controls covered by Argentina’s digital movement-record policy.", "detail": "Migraciones replaced entry and exit passport stamps at air and sea crossings with digital records from 25 April 2022. The announcement describes progressive rollout elsewhere; it does not establish completion at every land crossing." }, "exit": { "status": "digital", "label": "No routine stamp (air and sea)", "scope": "Air and sea immigration controls covered by Argentina’s digital movement-record policy.", "detail": "Migraciones replaced entry and exit passport stamps at air and sea crossings with digital records from 25 April 2022. The announcement describes progressive rollout elsewhere; it does not establish completion at every land crossing." }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.argentina.gob.ar/node/311951", "label": "Argentina Migraciones: digital entry and exit records", "checkedAt": "2026-09-23", "publishedAt": null, "evidenceQuality": "Government source; see scope and limitations" } ], "reviewedAt": "2026-09-23", "evidenceLevel": "verified", "reviewNote": "Official evidence checked for the stated traveller and crossing; unverified directions remain unknown.", "previousReviewAt": "2026-09-07", "noStamp": { "status": "conditional", "label": "Air and sea only", "scope": "Air and sea immigration controls covered by Argentina’s digital movement-record policy.", "detail": "Both directions at air and sea crossings; land rollout is not established. Migraciones replaced entry and exit passport stamps at air and sea crossings with digital records from 25 April 2022. The announcement describes progressive rollout elsewhere; it does not establish completion at every land crossing.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.argentina.gob.ar/node/311951", "label": "Argentina Migraciones: digital entry and exit records", "checkedAt": "2026-09-23" } ] }, "policyChange": { "date": "2022-04-25", "label": "Digital air and sea movement records", "detail": "The announcement describes progressive extension elsewhere; all land crossings are not established.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.argentina.gob.ar/node/311951", "label": "Argentina Migraciones: digital entry and exit records", "checkedAt": "2026-09-23" } ] }, "sourceHistory": [ { "url": "https://www.argentina.gob.ar/node/311951", "label": "Argentina Migraciones: digital entry and exit records", "checkedAt": "2026-09-23" } ], "researchModules": [ "policy-facts.json" ], "decisionReason": "Both directions at air and sea crossings; land rollout is not established. Migraciones replaced entry and exit passport stamps at air and sea crossings with digital records from 25 April 2022. The announcement describes progressive rollout elsewhere; it does not establish completion at every land crossing.", "sourcesCheckedAt": "2026-09-23" }, { "id": "036", "name": "Australia", "region": "Oceania", "entry": { "status": "mixed", "label": "No routine stamp; available on request", "scope": "Travellers entering and leaving Australia, including foreign visitors. The High Commission explicitly distinguishes this change from the policy already applying to Australian citizens.", "detail": "No routine passport stamp; a traveller can request one." }, "exit": { "status": "mixed", "label": "No routine stamp; available on request", "scope": "Travellers entering and leaving Australia, including foreign visitors. The High Commission explicitly distinguishes this change from the policy already applying to Australian citizens.", "detail": "No routine passport stamp; a traveller can request one." }, "system": "SmartGate; visitor stamp rules unverified", "sources": [ { "url": "https://singapore.embassy.gov.au/sing/visas-faq.html", "label": "Australian High Commission Singapore: arrival/departure stamp FAQ", "type": "official", "publishedAt": null, "checkedAt": "2026-09-23", "quote": "ceased date stamping travellers’ passports on arrival and departure from Australia unless a stamp is requested by the traveller", "evidenceQuality": "official" }, { "url": "https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/entering-and-leaving-australia/request-movement-records/overview", "label": "Home Affairs: requesting travel records", "type": "official", "publishedAt": null, "checkedAt": "2026-09-23", "evidenceQuality": "official" } ], "reviewedAt": "2026-09-23", "evidenceLevel": "official", "reviewNote": "Sources checked 23 September 2026. Reported practice is distinguished from an official current policy.", "noStamp": { "status": "confirmed", "label": "No routine stamp; on request", "scope": "Travellers entering and leaving Australia, including foreign visitors. The High Commission explicitly distinguishes this change from the policy already applying to Australian citizens.", "detail": "Substantially matches Reddit's 2012 date, but fully stopped should mean no routine stamp rather than stamps unavailable. The official statement covers arrivals and departures without an air-only restriction. Australia has no international land crossing.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://singapore.embassy.gov.au/sing/visas-faq.html", "label": "Australian High Commission Singapore: arrival/departure stamp FAQ", "type": "official", "publishedAt": null, "checkedAt": "2026-09-23", "quote": "ceased date stamping travellers’ passports on arrival and departure from Australia unless a stamp is requested by the traveller", "evidenceQuality": "official" }, { "url": "https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/entering-and-leaving-australia/request-movement-records/overview", "label": "Home Affairs: requesting travel records", "type": "official", "publishedAt": null, "checkedAt": "2026-09-23", "evidenceQuality": "official" } ] }, "evidenceQuality": "official", "decisionReason": "Substantially matches Reddit's 2012 date, but fully stopped should mean no routine stamp rather than stamps unavailable. The official statement covers arrivals and departures without an air-only restriction. 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This is not a rule for all passports or internal Schengen crossings. EU citizens, residence/long-stay permit holders and other exempt categories are outside this comparison; check the official exemption list." }, "exit": { "status": "digital", "label": "No routine stamp (EES)", "scope": "EES-covered non-EU short-stay travellers crossing an external border of a participating country.", "detail": "EES records entry and exit digitally and replaces passport stamps for covered travellers from 10 April 2026. This is not a rule for all passports or internal Schengen crossings. EU citizens, residence/long-stay permit holders and other exempt categories are outside this comparison; check the official exemption list." }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://home-affairs.ec.europa.eu/policies/schengen/smart-borders/entry-exit-system_en", "label": "European Commission: EES", "checkedAt": "2026-09-23", "publishedAt": null, "evidenceQuality": "Government source; see scope and limitations" }, { "url": "https://wiki.travel-europe.europa.eu/spaces/faq/pages/1180892/General%2BQuestions", "label": "EU: participating countries", "checkedAt": "2026-09-23", "publishedAt": null, "evidenceQuality": "Government source; see scope and limitations" }, { "url": "https://home-affairs.ec.europa.eu/news/entry-exit-system-fully-operational-10-april-2026-who-exempt-2026-07-27_en", "label": "European Commission: exemptions", "checkedAt": "2026-09-23", "publishedAt": null, "evidenceQuality": "Government source; see scope and limitations" } ], "reviewedAt": "2026-09-23", "evidenceLevel": "verified", "reviewNote": "Official evidence checked for the stated traveller and crossing; unverified directions remain unknown.", "group": "ees", "noStamp": { "status": "confirmed", "label": "No routine passport stamp", "scope": "EES-covered non-EU short-stay travellers crossing an external border of a participating country.", "detail": "EES records entry and exit digitally and replaces passport stamps for covered travellers from 10 April 2026. 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This is not a new passport sticker or souvenir stamp.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://home-affairs.ec.europa.eu/policies/schengen/smart-borders/entry-exit-system_en", "label": "European Commission: EES", "checkedAt": "2026-09-23" }, { "url": "https://wiki.travel-europe.europa.eu/spaces/faq/pages/1180892/General%2BQuestions", "label": "EU: participating countries", "checkedAt": "2026-09-23" }, { "url": "https://home-affairs.ec.europa.eu/news/entry-exit-system-fully-operational-10-april-2026-who-exempt-2026-07-27_en", "label": "European Commission: exemptions", "checkedAt": "2026-09-23" } ] }, "sourceHistory": [ { "url": "https://home-affairs.ec.europa.eu/policies/schengen/smart-borders/entry-exit-system_en", "label": "European Commission: EES", "checkedAt": "2026-09-23" }, { "url": "https://wiki.travel-europe.europa.eu/spaces/faq/pages/1180892/General%2BQuestions", "label": "EU: participating countries", "checkedAt": "2026-09-23" }, { "url": "https://home-affairs.ec.europa.eu/news/entry-exit-system-fully-operational-10-april-2026-who-exempt-2026-07-27_en", "label": "European Commission: exemptions", "checkedAt": "2026-09-23" } ], "researchModules": [ "policy-facts.json" ], "decisionReason": "EES records entry and exit digitally and replaces passport stamps for covered travellers from 10 April 2026. 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Current treatment of visa-free visitors and UK/US/Canadian passport holders was not resolved from a current primary rule.", "detail": "Foreign-tourist passports were reported to stop receiving arrival stamps; separate visa paperwork can carry the stamp." }, "exit": { "status": "unknown", "label": "No-stamp tourist practice reported", "scope": "Foreign tourist visits. Do not extend this to Iranian passport holders or all visa/nationality combinations. Current treatment of visa-free visitors and UK/US/Canadian passport holders was not resolved from a current primary rule.", "detail": "The same reported policy explicitly includes departure stamps." }, "noStamp": { "status": "unconfirmed", "label": "Reported or disputed; not confirmed", "scope": "Foreign tourist visits. Do not extend this to Iranian passport holders or all visa/nationality combinations. Current treatment of visa-free visitors and UK/US/Canadian passport holders was not resolved from a current primary rule.", "detail": "Reddit's 2016 date is unsupported. Located evidence describes a 2018 announcement, June 2019 order and August 2019 implementation. Contemporary travel operators still describe separate-paper practice, but current exceptions remain unresolved. Interior Ministry spokesman said implementation covered land, sea and air borders in August 2019. This historical official statement does not independently verify every crossing's 2026 practice.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.tasnimnews.ir/en/news/2019/08/06/2070278/iran-halts-passport-stamping-for-tourists-official-says", "label": "Tasnim: Interior Ministry spokesman announces implementation", "type": "news_report_of_named_official", "publishedAt": "2019-08-06", "checkedAt": "2026-09-23", "evidenceQuality": "news_report_of_named_official" }, { "url": "https://www.visitouriran.com/blog/does-iran-stamp-tourists-passports/", "label": "Visit Our Iran: tourist passport stamping", "type": "tour_operator", "publishedAt": "2024-08-21", "updatedAt": "2024-10-03", "checkedAt": "2026-09-23", "evidenceQuality": "tour_operator" } ] }, "stampRequest": { "status": "qualified", "detail": "No current official entitlement found.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.tasnimnews.ir/en/news/2019/08/06/2070278/iran-halts-passport-stamping-for-tourists-official-says", "label": "Tasnim: Interior Ministry spokesman announces implementation", "type": "news_report_of_named_official", "publishedAt": "2019-08-06", "checkedAt": "2026-09-23", "evidenceQuality": "news_report_of_named_official" }, { "url": "https://www.visitouriran.com/blog/does-iran-stamp-tourists-passports/", "label": "Visit Our Iran: tourist passport stamping", "type": "tour_operator", "publishedAt": "2024-08-21", "updatedAt": "2024-10-03", "checkedAt": "2026-09-23", "evidenceQuality": "tour_operator" } ] }, "entryProof": { "detail": "Carry visa/authorization paperwork; a separate sheet may receive the entry and exit stamps.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.tasnimnews.ir/en/news/2019/08/06/2070278/iran-halts-passport-stamping-for-tourists-official-says", "label": "Tasnim: Interior Ministry spokesman announces implementation", "type": "news_report_of_named_official", "publishedAt": "2019-08-06", "checkedAt": "2026-09-23", "evidenceQuality": "news_report_of_named_official" }, { "url": "https://www.visitouriran.com/blog/does-iran-stamp-tourists-passports/", "label": "Visit Our Iran: tourist passport stamping", "type": "tour_operator", "publishedAt": "2024-08-21", "updatedAt": "2024-10-03", "checkedAt": "2026-09-23", "evidenceQuality": "tour_operator" } ] }, "sourceHistory": [], "researchModules": [ "seven-normalized.json" ], "sourcesCheckedAt": "2026-09-23" }, { "id": "372", "name": "Ireland", "region": "Europe", "entry": { "status": "stamp", "label": "Entry permission stamp", "scope": "Non-EU/non-EEA/non-Swiss/non-UK arrivals in the cited entry procedure; departure statement published in employment-visa guidance.", "detail": "Irish Immigration describes an entry permission stamp for covered arrivals and separately states that Ireland does not issue exit stamps. An arrival endorsement remains; the two directions are different." }, "exit": { "status": "digital", "label": "Ireland does not issue exit stamps", "scope": "Non-EU/non-EEA/non-Swiss/non-UK arrivals in the cited entry procedure; departure statement published in employment-visa guidance.", "detail": "Irish Immigration describes an entry permission stamp for covered arrivals and separately states that Ireland does not issue exit stamps. An arrival endorsement remains; the two directions are different." }, "system": "Manual ink", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.irishimmigration.ie/at-the-border/entry-for-non-eu-non-eea-non-swiss-and-non-uk-nationals/", "label": "Irish Immigration: non-EU entry", "checkedAt": "2026-09-23", "evidenceQuality": "Official primary guidance", "publishedAt": null }, { "url": "https://www.irishimmigration.ie/coming-to-work-in-ireland/what-are-my-work-visa-options/applying-for-a-long-stay-employment-visa/employment-visa/", "label": "Irish Immigration: no exit stamps", "checkedAt": "2026-09-23", "evidenceQuality": "Official primary guidance", "publishedAt": null } ], "reviewedAt": "2026-09-23", "evidenceLevel": "verified", "reviewNote": "Sources checked 23 September 2026; unknown directions are not inferred.", "noStamp": { "status": "conditional", "label": "No exit stamps; entry permission remains", "scope": "Non-EU/non-EEA/non-Swiss/non-UK arrivals in the cited entry procedure; departure statement published in employment-visa guidance.", "detail": "Irish Immigration describes an entry permission stamp for covered arrivals and separately states that Ireland does not issue exit stamps. An arrival endorsement remains; the two directions are different.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.irishimmigration.ie/at-the-border/entry-for-non-eu-non-eea-non-swiss-and-non-uk-nationals/", "label": "Irish Immigration: non-EU entry", "checkedAt": "2026-09-23", "evidenceQuality": "Official primary guidance" }, { "url": "https://www.irishimmigration.ie/coming-to-work-in-ireland/what-are-my-work-visa-options/applying-for-a-long-stay-employment-visa/employment-visa/", "label": "Irish Immigration: no exit stamps", "checkedAt": "2026-09-23", "evidenceQuality": "Official primary guidance" } ] }, "evidenceQuality": "Government guidance scoped to traveller and crossing", "decisionReason": "Irish Immigration describes an entry permission stamp for covered arrivals and separately states that Ireland does not issue exit stamps. An arrival endorsement remains; the two directions are different.", "sourceHistory": [ { "label": "www.irishimmigration.ie", "url": "https://www.irishimmigration.ie/at-the-border/entry-for-non-eu-non-eea-non-swiss-and-non-uk-nationals/", "checkedAt": "2026-09-07" } ], "researchModules": [ "root-refresh.json" ], "sourcesCheckedAt": "2026-09-23" }, { "id": "376", "name": "Israel", "region": "Middle East", "entry": { "status": "mixed", "label": "Cards at Ben Gurion; other entries may stamp", "scope": "Listed visa-exempt visitors in embassy guidance; Ben Gurion airport entry, with other crossings differing.", "detail": "Israel’s embassy describes separate entry and exit cards for its listed visa-exempt nationalities. FCDO confirms an entry card at Ben Gurion but warns that other entry points may stamp passports. This is not a countrywide no-stamp guarantee." }, "exit": { "status": "digital", "label": "Separate exit card (listed visa-exempt visitors)", "scope": "Listed visa-exempt visitors in embassy guidance; Ben Gurion airport entry, with other crossings differing.", "detail": "Israel’s embassy describes separate entry and exit cards for its listed visa-exempt nationalities. FCDO confirms an entry card at Ben Gurion but warns that other entry points may stamp passports. This is not a countrywide no-stamp guarantee." }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://embassies.gov.il/switzerland/en/the-embassy/departments/services-consular-section-visa", "label": "Israel Embassy: visa-exempt visitor cards", "checkedAt": "2026-09-23", "publishedAt": null, "evidenceQuality": "Government source; see scope and limitations" }, { "url": "https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/israel/entry-requirements", "label": "UK FCDO: airport card and other-entry exceptions", "checkedAt": "2026-09-23", "publishedAt": null, "evidenceQuality": "Government source; see scope and limitations" } ], "reviewedAt": "2026-09-23", "evidenceLevel": "verified", "reviewNote": "Official evidence checked for the stated traveller and crossing; unverified directions remain unknown.", "previousReviewAt": "2026-09-07", "noStamp": { "status": "conditional", "label": "Visitor cards; crossing matters", "scope": "Listed visa-exempt visitors in embassy guidance; Ben Gurion airport entry, with other crossings differing.", "detail": "Separate cards for listed visa-exempt visitors, with Ben Gurion entry verified and other entry points capable of stamping. Israel’s embassy describes separate entry and exit cards for its listed visa-exempt nationalities. FCDO confirms an entry card at Ben Gurion but warns that other entry points may stamp passports. This is not a countrywide no-stamp guarantee.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://embassies.gov.il/switzerland/en/the-embassy/departments/services-consular-section-visa", "label": "Israel Embassy: visa-exempt visitor cards", "checkedAt": "2026-09-23" }, { "url": "https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/israel/entry-requirements", "label": "UK FCDO: airport card and other-entry exceptions", "checkedAt": "2026-09-23" } ] }, "decisionReason": "Separate cards for listed visa-exempt visitors, with Ben Gurion entry verified and other entry points capable of stamping. Israel’s embassy describes separate entry and exit cards for its listed visa-exempt nationalities. FCDO confirms an entry card at Ben Gurion but warns that other entry points may stamp passports. This is not a countrywide no-stamp guarantee.", "sourcesCheckedAt": "2026-09-23" }, { "id": "380", "name": "Italy", "region": "Europe", "entry": { "status": "digital", "label": "No routine stamp (EES)", "scope": "EES-covered non-EU short-stay travellers crossing an external border of a participating country.", "detail": "EES records entry and exit digitally and replaces passport stamps for covered travellers from 10 April 2026. This is not a rule for all passports or internal Schengen crossings. EU citizens, residence/long-stay permit holders and other exempt categories are outside this comparison; check the official exemption list." }, "exit": { "status": "digital", "label": "No routine stamp (EES)", "scope": "EES-covered non-EU short-stay travellers crossing an external border of a participating country.", "detail": "EES records entry and exit digitally and replaces passport stamps for covered travellers from 10 April 2026. This is not a rule for all passports or internal Schengen crossings. EU citizens, residence/long-stay permit holders and other exempt categories are outside this comparison; check the official exemption list." }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://home-affairs.ec.europa.eu/policies/schengen/smart-borders/entry-exit-system_en", "label": "European Commission: EES", "checkedAt": "2026-09-23", "publishedAt": null, "evidenceQuality": "Government source; see scope and limitations" }, { "url": "https://wiki.travel-europe.europa.eu/spaces/faq/pages/1180892/General%2BQuestions", "label": "EU: participating countries", "checkedAt": "2026-09-23", "publishedAt": null, "evidenceQuality": "Government source; see scope and limitations" }, { "url": "https://home-affairs.ec.europa.eu/news/entry-exit-system-fully-operational-10-april-2026-who-exempt-2026-07-27_en", "label": "European Commission: exemptions", "checkedAt": "2026-09-23", "publishedAt": null, "evidenceQuality": "Government source; see scope and limitations" } ], "reviewedAt": "2026-09-23", "evidenceLevel": "verified", "reviewNote": "Official evidence checked for the stated traveller and crossing; unverified directions remain unknown.", "previousReviewAt": "2026-09-07", "group": "ees", "noStamp": { "status": "confirmed", "label": "No routine passport stamp", "scope": "EES-covered non-EU short-stay travellers crossing an external border of a participating country.", "detail": "EES records entry and exit digitally and replaces passport stamps for covered travellers from 10 April 2026. This is not a rule for all passports or internal Schengen crossings. EU citizens, residence/long-stay permit holders and other exempt categories are outside this comparison; check the official exemption list.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://home-affairs.ec.europa.eu/policies/schengen/smart-borders/entry-exit-system_en", "label": "European Commission: EES", "checkedAt": "2026-09-23" }, { "url": "https://wiki.travel-europe.europa.eu/spaces/faq/pages/1180892/General%2BQuestions", "label": "EU: participating countries", "checkedAt": "2026-09-23" }, { "url": "https://home-affairs.ec.europa.eu/news/entry-exit-system-fully-operational-10-april-2026-who-exempt-2026-07-27_en", "label": "European Commission: exemptions", "checkedAt": "2026-09-23" } ] }, "policyChange": { "date": "2026-04-10", "label": "EES fully operational", "detail": "Routine passport stamps replaced for EES-covered external-border short stays; rollout began 12 October 2025.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://home-affairs.ec.europa.eu/policies/schengen/smart-borders/entry-exit-system_en", "label": "European Commission: EES", "checkedAt": "2026-09-23" }, { "url": "https://wiki.travel-europe.europa.eu/spaces/faq/pages/1180892/General%2BQuestions", "label": "EU: participating countries", "checkedAt": "2026-09-23" }, { "url": "https://home-affairs.ec.europa.eu/news/entry-exit-system-fully-operational-10-april-2026-who-exempt-2026-07-27_en", "label": "European Commission: exemptions", "checkedAt": "2026-09-23" } ] }, "entryProof": { "detail": "Entries and exits are recorded in EES. This is not a new passport sticker or souvenir stamp.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://home-affairs.ec.europa.eu/policies/schengen/smart-borders/entry-exit-system_en", "label": "European Commission: EES", "checkedAt": "2026-09-23" }, { "url": "https://wiki.travel-europe.europa.eu/spaces/faq/pages/1180892/General%2BQuestions", "label": "EU: participating countries", "checkedAt": "2026-09-23" }, { "url": "https://home-affairs.ec.europa.eu/news/entry-exit-system-fully-operational-10-april-2026-who-exempt-2026-07-27_en", "label": "European Commission: exemptions", "checkedAt": "2026-09-23" } ] }, "sourceHistory": [ { "url": "https://home-affairs.ec.europa.eu/policies/schengen/smart-borders/entry-exit-system_en", "label": "European Commission: EES", "checkedAt": "2026-09-23" }, { "url": "https://wiki.travel-europe.europa.eu/spaces/faq/pages/1180892/General%2BQuestions", "label": "EU: participating countries", "checkedAt": "2026-09-23" }, { "url": "https://home-affairs.ec.europa.eu/news/entry-exit-system-fully-operational-10-april-2026-who-exempt-2026-07-27_en", "label": "European Commission: exemptions", "checkedAt": "2026-09-23" } ], "researchModules": [ "policy-facts.json" ], "decisionReason": "EES records entry and exit digitally and replaces passport stamps for covered travellers from 10 April 2026. This is not a rule for all passports or internal Schengen crossings. EU citizens, residence/long-stay permit holders and other exempt categories are outside this comparison; check the official exemption list.", "sourcesCheckedAt": "2026-09-23" }, { "id": "388", "name": "Jamaica", "region": "Caribbean", "reviewedAt": "2026-09-23", "evidenceLevel": "official_process_plus_traveller_report", "evidenceQuality": "official process plus traveller report", "sources": [ { "url": "https://jis.gov.jm/pica-to-buy-more-immigration-kiosks/", "label": "Jamaica Information Service: PICA kiosks issue landing records", "type": "official", "publishedAt": "2023-09-26", "updatedAt": "2023-09-27", "checkedAt": "2026-09-23", "evidenceQuality": "official" }, { "url": "https://jis.gov.jm/immigration-kiosks-installed-sangster-international-airport/", "label": "JIS: kiosks and removal of outgoing airport immigration", "type": "official", "publishedAt": "2014-12-12", "checkedAt": "2026-09-23", "evidenceQuality": "official" }, { "url": "https://jis.gov.jm/faster-processsing-arriving-passengers/", "label": "JIS: original kiosk eligibility and manual processing", "type": "official", "publishedAt": "2014-11-28", "checkedAt": "2026-09-23", "evidenceQuality": "official" }, { "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/PassportPorn/comments/1wlny7i/jamaica/", "label": "PassportPorn: recent Montego Bay kiosk and discretionary stamp report", "type": "traveller_report", "publishedAt": "2026-09-20", "commentAt": "2026-09-21", "checkedAt": "2026-09-23", "evidenceQuality": "traveller_report" } ], "reviewNote": "Sources checked 23 September 2026. Reported practice is distinguished from an official current policy.", "decisionReason": "The circa-2017 fully stopped label overstates a mixed airport process. Government sources date kiosk introduction to 2014; no nationwide abolition date established. Montego Bay and Kingston airports have kiosks and manual desks; seaport no-stamp policy not established.", "entry": { "status": "mixed", "label": "Kiosks and manual desks differ", "scope": "Airport kiosk eligibility matters. The original 2014 criteria excluded visa-required passengers, under-18 family groups and permit holders; current exact eligibility should be checked with PICA, not frozen to that historical list.", "detail": "No stamp reported for eligible airport kiosk users; manual processing can still issue an entry stamp. Official sources confirm kiosk landing records, not a universal stamp ban." }, "exit": { "status": "digital", "label": "No outgoing immigration at airports", "scope": "Airport kiosk eligibility matters. The original 2014 criteria excluded visa-required passengers, under-18 family groups and permit holders; current exact eligibility should be checked with PICA, not frozen to that historical list.", "detail": "Jamaica's government reported removing outgoing airport immigration in 2013; do not extrapolate to seaports." }, "noStamp": { "status": "conditional", "label": "Depends on traveller or crossing", "scope": "Airport kiosk eligibility matters. The original 2014 criteria excluded visa-required passengers, under-18 family groups and permit holders; current exact eligibility should be checked with PICA, not frozen to that historical list.", "detail": "The circa-2017 fully stopped label overstates a mixed airport process. Government sources date kiosk introduction to 2014; no nationwide abolition date established. Montego Bay and Kingston airports have kiosks and manual desks; seaport no-stamp policy not established.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://jis.gov.jm/pica-to-buy-more-immigration-kiosks/", "label": "Jamaica Information Service: PICA kiosks issue landing records", "type": "official", "publishedAt": "2023-09-26", "updatedAt": "2023-09-27", "checkedAt": "2026-09-23", "evidenceQuality": "official" }, { "url": "https://jis.gov.jm/immigration-kiosks-installed-sangster-international-airport/", "label": "JIS: kiosks and removal of outgoing airport immigration", "type": "official", "publishedAt": "2014-12-12", "checkedAt": "2026-09-23", "evidenceQuality": "official" }, { "url": "https://jis.gov.jm/faster-processsing-arriving-passengers/", "label": "JIS: original kiosk eligibility and manual processing", "type": "official", "publishedAt": "2014-11-28", "checkedAt": "2026-09-23", "evidenceQuality": "official" }, { "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/PassportPorn/comments/1wlny7i/jamaica/", "label": "PassportPorn: recent Montego Bay kiosk and discretionary stamp report", "type": "traveller_report", "publishedAt": "2026-09-20", "commentAt": "2026-09-21", "checkedAt": "2026-09-23", "evidenceQuality": "traveller_report" } ] }, "stampRequest": { "status": "qualified", "detail": "Not guaranteed. 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The separate entry and exit records show what is known.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/namibia/entry-requirements", "label": "UK FCDO: Namibia entry requirements", "checkedAt": "2026-09-23" } ] }, "decisionReason": "Available evidence does not establish that routine passport stamping has ended for this destination. The separate entry and exit records show what is known.", "sourcesCheckedAt": "2026-09-23" }, { "id": "524", "name": "Nepal", "region": "Asia", "entry": { "status": "stamp", "label": "Yes (US visitors entering by land)", "scope": "US citizen visitors arriving at official land crossings.", "detail": "US State Department guidance specifically requires land-arriving US visitors to obtain a visa and entry stamp; missing clearance can prevent departure. The cited section does not establish ordinary airport stamping or exit stamping." }, "exit": { "status": "unknown", "label": "Not verified", "scope": "US citizen visitors arriving at official land crossings.", "detail": "US State Department guidance specifically requires land-arriving US visitors to obtain a visa and entry stamp; missing clearance can prevent departure. The cited section does not establish ordinary airport stamping or exit stamping." }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://travel.state.gov/en/international-travel/travel-advisories/nepal.html", "label": "US State Department: Nepal", "checkedAt": "2026-09-23", "publishedAt": null, "evidenceQuality": "Government source; see scope and limitations" } ], "reviewedAt": "2026-09-23", "evidenceLevel": "partial", "reviewNote": "Official evidence checked for the stated traveller and crossing; unverified directions remain unknown.", "noStamp": { "status": "unconfirmed", "label": "Not established as stamp-free", "scope": "Not included among confirmed no-stamp destinations.", "detail": "Available evidence does not establish that routine passport stamping has ended for this destination. The separate entry and exit records show what is known.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://travel.state.gov/en/international-travel/travel-advisories/nepal.html", "label": "US State Department: Nepal", "checkedAt": "2026-09-23" } ] }, "decisionReason": "Available evidence does not establish that routine passport stamping has ended for this destination. The separate entry and exit records show what is known.", "sourcesCheckedAt": "2026-09-23" }, { "id": "528", "name": "Netherlands", "region": "Europe", "entry": { "status": "digital", "label": "No routine stamp (EES)", "scope": "EES-covered non-EU short-stay travellers crossing an external border of a participating country.", "detail": "EES records entry and exit digitally and replaces passport stamps for covered travellers from 10 April 2026. This is not a rule for all passports or internal Schengen crossings. EU citizens, residence/long-stay permit holders and other exempt categories are outside this comparison; check the official exemption list." }, "exit": { "status": "digital", "label": "No routine stamp (EES)", "scope": "EES-covered non-EU short-stay travellers crossing an external border of a participating country.", "detail": "EES records entry and exit digitally and replaces passport stamps for covered travellers from 10 April 2026. This is not a rule for all passports or internal Schengen crossings. EU citizens, residence/long-stay permit holders and other exempt categories are outside this comparison; check the official exemption list." }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://home-affairs.ec.europa.eu/policies/schengen/smart-borders/entry-exit-system_en", "label": "European Commission: EES", "checkedAt": "2026-09-23", "publishedAt": null, "evidenceQuality": "Government source; see scope and limitations" }, { "url": "https://wiki.travel-europe.europa.eu/spaces/faq/pages/1180892/General%2BQuestions", "label": "EU: participating countries", "checkedAt": "2026-09-23", "publishedAt": null, "evidenceQuality": "Government source; see scope and limitations" }, { "url": "https://home-affairs.ec.europa.eu/news/entry-exit-system-fully-operational-10-april-2026-who-exempt-2026-07-27_en", "label": "European Commission: exemptions", "checkedAt": "2026-09-23", "publishedAt": null, "evidenceQuality": "Government source; see scope and limitations" } ], "reviewedAt": "2026-09-23", "evidenceLevel": "verified", "reviewNote": "Official evidence checked for the stated traveller and crossing; unverified directions remain unknown.", "previousReviewAt": "2026-09-07", "group": "ees", "noStamp": { "status": "confirmed", "label": "No routine passport stamp", "scope": "EES-covered non-EU short-stay travellers crossing an external border of a participating country.", "detail": "EES records entry and exit digitally and replaces passport stamps for covered travellers from 10 April 2026. This is not a rule for all passports or internal Schengen crossings. 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No current primary departure-stamp rule was established." }, "exit": { "status": "unknown", "label": "Not established by current sources", "scope": "NZ residents travelling on foreign passports and Australian permanent residents, across air and sea entry; temporary visa holders differ.", "detail": "From 19 March 2018, the cited policy removed entry stamps for the specified residents. It explicitly retains entry stamping for temporary visa holders. 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No current primary departure-stamp rule was established.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.immigration.govt.nz/formshelp/visa-paks/2018-mar-23-removal-of-passport-stamps-for-new-zealand-and-australian-residents/", "label": "New Zealand Immigration: resident entry-stamp removal", "checkedAt": "2026-09-23", "evidenceQuality": "Official primary guidance" } ] }, "evidenceQuality": "Government guidance scoped to traveller and crossing", "decisionReason": "From 19 March 2018, the cited policy removed entry stamps for the specified residents. It explicitly retains entry stamping for temporary visa holders. No current primary departure-stamp rule was established.", "policyChange": { "date": "2018-03-19", "label": "Resident arrival stamps removed", "detail": "Applies to the specified resident categories, not all foreign visitors.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.immigration.govt.nz/formshelp/visa-paks/2018-mar-23-removal-of-passport-stamps-for-new-zealand-and-australian-residents/", "label": "New Zealand Immigration: resident entry-stamp removal", "checkedAt": "2026-09-23", "evidenceQuality": "Official primary guidance" } ] }, "sourceHistory": [ { "label": "www.immigration.govt.nz", "url": "https://www.immigration.govt.nz/formshelp/visa-paks/2018-mar-23-removal-of-passport-stamps-for-new-zealand-and-australian-residents/", "checkedAt": "2026-09-07" } ], "researchModules": [ "root-refresh.json" ], "sourcesCheckedAt": "2026-09-23" }, { "id": "408", "name": "North Korea", "region": "Asia", "reviewedAt": "2026-09-23", "evidenceLevel": "tour_operator_firsthand", "evidenceQuality": "tour operator firsthand", "sources": [ { "url": "https://koryogroup.com/blog/rason-travel-north-korea-faqs-2025", "label": "Koryo Tours: Rason 2025 FAQs, Will I get a North Korean passport stamp?", "type": "tour_operator_firsthand", "publishedAt": "2025", "checkedAt": "2026-09-23", "quote": "Rason does stamp your passport upon entry and exit", "evidenceQuality": "tour_operator_firsthand" } ], "reviewNote": "Sources checked 23 September 2026. 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The page does not establish a departure-stamp rule." }, "exit": { "status": "unknown", "label": "Not verified", "scope": "British citizen visitors; cruise disembarkation differs from remaining aboard.", "detail": "British visitors are instructed to obtain an arrival-date stamp. Cruise passengers are stamped if they disembark; officials do not board Canal-transit cruises to stamp everyone. The page does not establish a departure-stamp rule." }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/panama/entry-requirements", "label": "UK FCDO: Panama entry requirements", "checkedAt": "2026-09-23", "publishedAt": null, "evidenceQuality": "Government source; see scope and limitations" } ], "reviewedAt": "2026-09-23", "evidenceLevel": "partial", "reviewNote": "Official evidence checked for the stated traveller and crossing; unverified directions remain unknown.", "noStamp": { "status": "unconfirmed", "label": "Not established as stamp-free", "scope": "Not included among confirmed no-stamp destinations.", "detail": "Available evidence does not establish that routine passport stamping has ended for this destination. The separate entry and exit records show what is known.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/panama/entry-requirements", "label": "UK FCDO: Panama entry requirements", "checkedAt": "2026-09-23" } ] }, "decisionReason": "Available evidence does not establish that routine passport stamping has ended for this destination. The separate entry and exit records show what is known.", "sourcesCheckedAt": "2026-09-23" }, { "id": "604", "name": "Peru", "region": "South America", "entry": { "status": "mixed", "label": "Stamp at land borders; digital at airports", "scope": "International airport controls, plus British visitor land entries as described by FCDO.", "detail": "Migraciones replaced routine passport stamps with virtual TAM at international-airport controls from 29 May 2023; contingency stamps remain possible. 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This does not mean stamps have ended at staffed counters." }, "exit": { "status": "mixed", "label": "No at e-gates; stamp on request", "scope": "Eligible e-Gate users; arrival enrollment rules and departure conditions differ.", "detail": "NIA explicitly says eligible e-Gate users no longer require passport stamps, but may request a same-day entry or exit stamp at a service counter. Arrival access depends on residence or reciprocal eligibility; departure access is broader. This does not mean stamps have ended at staffed counters." }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://news.immigration.gov.tw/NewsSection/Detail/a9feadfd-c9a6-4492-b3e2-33d5afe54c95?category=1&lang=EN", "label": "Taiwan NIA: no stamp required after e-Gate clearance", "checkedAt": "2026-09-23", "publishedAt": null, "evidenceQuality": "Government source; see scope and limitations" }, { "url": "https://www.immigration.gov.tw/5475/5478/6928/6931/366038/cp_news", "label": "Taiwan NIA: foreign-person e-Gate eligibility", "checkedAt": "2026-09-23", "publishedAt": null, "evidenceQuality": "Government source; see scope and limitations" } ], "reviewedAt": "2026-09-23", "evidenceLevel": "verified", "reviewNote": "Official evidence checked for the stated traveller and crossing; unverified directions remain unknown.", "previousReviewAt": "2026-09-07", "noStamp": { "status": "conditional", "label": "E-gates only; stamps on request", "scope": "Eligible e-Gate users; arrival enrollment rules and departure conditions differ.", "detail": "Eligible e-Gate users can clear without a stamp, but can still request a same-day official stamp. NIA explicitly says eligible e-Gate users no longer require passport stamps, but may request a same-day entry or exit stamp at a service counter. Arrival access depends on residence or reciprocal eligibility; departure access is broader. This does not mean stamps have ended at staffed counters.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://news.immigration.gov.tw/NewsSection/Detail/a9feadfd-c9a6-4492-b3e2-33d5afe54c95?category=1&lang=EN", "label": "Taiwan NIA: no stamp required after e-Gate clearance", "checkedAt": "2026-09-23" }, { "url": "https://www.immigration.gov.tw/5475/5478/6928/6931/366038/cp_news", "label": "Taiwan NIA: foreign-person e-Gate eligibility", "checkedAt": "2026-09-23" } ] }, "stampRequest": { "status": "available", "detail": "Eligible e-Gate users may request an entry or exit stamp at the service counter on the same day.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://news.immigration.gov.tw/NewsSection/Detail/a9feadfd-c9a6-4492-b3e2-33d5afe54c95?category=1&lang=EN", "label": "Taiwan NIA: no stamp required after e-Gate clearance", "checkedAt": "2026-09-23" }, { "url": "https://www.immigration.gov.tw/5475/5478/6928/6931/366038/cp_news", "label": "Taiwan NIA: foreign-person e-Gate eligibility", "checkedAt": "2026-09-23" } ] }, "sourceHistory": [ { "url": "https://news.immigration.gov.tw/NewsSection/Detail/a9feadfd-c9a6-4492-b3e2-33d5afe54c95?category=1&lang=EN", "label": "Taiwan NIA: no stamp required after e-Gate clearance", "checkedAt": "2026-09-23" }, { "url": "https://www.immigration.gov.tw/5475/5478/6928/6931/366038/cp_news", "label": "Taiwan NIA: foreign-person e-Gate eligibility", "checkedAt": "2026-09-23" } ], "researchModules": [ "policy-facts.json" ], "decisionReason": "Eligible e-Gate users can clear without a stamp, but can still request a same-day official stamp. NIA explicitly says eligible e-Gate users no longer require passport stamps, but may request a same-day entry or exit stamp at a service counter. Arrival access depends on residence or reciprocal eligibility; departure access is broader. This does not mean stamps have ended at staffed counters.", "sourcesCheckedAt": "2026-09-23" }, { "id": "764", "name": "Thailand", "region": "Asia", "entry": { "status": "stamp", "label": "Stamp at cited staffed clearance", "scope": "Tak staffed immigration procedure; airport automated-channel access has separate eligibility and rollout.", "detail": "Tak’s official staffed entry procedure instructs stamping the visa and stay period. TAT’s 2026 Phuket announcement confirms automated departures from 13 June but says nothing about ink stamps. It cannot prove a nationwide or all-airport no-stamp rule. The 2026 Tak PDF was inaccessible; the indexed 2025 procedure supports this narrower entry finding." }, "exit": { "status": "unknown", "label": "Automated channels; stamp rule not established", "scope": "Tak staffed immigration procedure; airport automated-channel access has separate eligibility and rollout.", "detail": "Tak’s official staffed entry procedure instructs stamping the visa and stay period. TAT’s 2026 Phuket announcement confirms automated departures from 13 June but says nothing about ink stamps. It cannot prove a nationwide or all-airport no-stamp rule. The 2026 Tak PDF was inaccessible; the indexed 2025 procedure supports this narrower entry finding." }, "system": "Staffed immigration stamp", "sources": [ { "url": "https://tak.immigration.go.th/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/%E0%B8%AB%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%B7%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%98%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%8D%E0%B8%8D%E0%B8%B22568-ITA68.pdf", "label": "Tak Immigration: staffed entry procedure", "checkedAt": "2026-09-23", "publishedAt": "2025-06", "evidenceQuality": "Government guidance", "access": "Official indexed PDF text" }, { "url": "https://www.tatnews.org/2026/06/phuket-international-airport-updates-immigration-services-with-automated-passport-channels/", "label": "Tourism Authority of Thailand: Phuket departure channels", "checkedAt": "2026-09-23", "publishedAt": "2026-06-04", "evidenceQuality": "Government guidance", "access": "Rendered official page" } ], "reviewedAt": "2026-09-23", "evidenceLevel": "partial", "reviewNote": "Sources reviewed 23 September 2026; conclusions are limited to the stated traveller, direction and crossing.", "noStamp": { "status": "unconfirmed", "label": "Not established as stamp-free", "scope": "Tak staffed immigration procedure; airport automated-channel access has separate eligibility and rollout.", "detail": "Tak’s official staffed entry procedure instructs stamping the visa and stay period. TAT’s 2026 Phuket announcement confirms automated departures from 13 June but says nothing about ink stamps. It cannot prove a nationwide or all-airport no-stamp rule. The 2026 Tak PDF was inaccessible; the indexed 2025 procedure supports this narrower entry finding.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://tak.immigration.go.th/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/%E0%B8%AB%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%B7%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%98%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%8D%E0%B8%8D%E0%B8%B22568-ITA68.pdf", "label": "Tak Immigration: staffed entry procedure", "checkedAt": "2026-09-23", "publishedAt": "2025-06", "evidenceQuality": "Government guidance", "access": "Official indexed PDF text" }, { "url": "https://www.tatnews.org/2026/06/phuket-international-airport-updates-immigration-services-with-automated-passport-channels/", "label": "Tourism Authority of Thailand: Phuket departure channels", "checkedAt": "2026-09-23", "publishedAt": "2026-06-04", "evidenceQuality": "Government guidance", "access": "Rendered official page" } ] }, "evidenceQuality": "Official staffed-entry procedure and airport rollout; departure stamp outcome unverified", "decisionReason": "Tak’s official staffed entry procedure instructs stamping the visa and stay period. TAT’s 2026 Phuket announcement confirms automated departures from 13 June but says nothing about ink stamps. It cannot prove a nationwide or all-airport no-stamp rule. The 2026 Tak PDF was inaccessible; the indexed 2025 procedure supports this narrower entry finding.", "sourceHistory": [ { "label": "tak.immigration.go.th", "url": "https://tak.immigration.go.th/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/%E0%B8%AB%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%B7%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%98%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%8D%E0%B8%8D%E0%B8%B22569-FN.pdf", "checkedAt": "2026-09-07" } ], "researchModules": [ "asia-refresh.json" ], "sourcesCheckedAt": "2026-09-23" }, { "id": "780", "name": "Trinidad and Tobago", "region": "Caribbean", "reviewedAt": "2026-09-23", "evidenceLevel": "official_entry_only", "entry": { "status": "stamp", "label": "Entry stamp", "scope": "Foreign tourist admissions.", "detail": "Canada's travel advice explicitly says tourists receive an arrival stamp recording their authorized stay. Trinidad and Tobago's Immigration Division also tells visitors to request extensions before their entry or extension stamp expires." }, "exit": { "status": "unknown", "label": "Exit stamp unverified", "scope": "Air and sea departures.", "detail": "The official online arrival/departure card does not establish whether a passport receives an exit stamp. No explicit current no-exit-stamp rule was located." }, "noStamp": { "status": "unconfirmed", "label": "Entry stamp retained", "scope": "Tourist visitors.", "detail": "Electronic arrival/departure forms coexist with entry stamps. Reddit's no-exit claim remains independently unverified.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://homelandsecurity.gov.tt/divisions/immigrationdivision/", "label": "Trinidad and Tobago Immigration Division: entry-stamp and extension guidance", "type": "official", "checkedAt": "2026-09-23" }, { "url": "https://travel.gc.ca/destinations/trinidad-and-tobago", "label": "Government of Canada: tourist arrival stamps", "type": "official_travel_advice", "checkedAt": "2026-09-23" } ] }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://homelandsecurity.gov.tt/divisions/immigrationdivision/", "label": "Trinidad and Tobago Immigration Division: entry-stamp and extension guidance", "type": "official", "checkedAt": "2026-09-23", "publishedAt": null, "evidenceQuality": "official" }, { "url": "https://travel.gc.ca/destinations/trinidad-and-tobago", "label": "Government of Canada: tourist arrival stamps", "type": "official_travel_advice", "checkedAt": "2026-09-23", "publishedAt": null, "evidenceQuality": "official_travel_advice" } ], "sourceHistory": [], "researchModules": [ "reddit-caribbean.json" ], "decisionReason": "Electronic arrival/departure forms coexist with entry stamps. Reddit's no-exit claim remains independently unverified.", "sourcesCheckedAt": "2026-09-23" }, { "id": "792", "name": "Turkey", "region": "Middle East", "entry": { "status": "stamp", "label": "Entry stamp at land borders", "scope": "British citizen visitors entering Turkey at land borders.", "detail": "FCDO explicitly instructs British visitors entering by land to have officials stamp and date the passport. The page does not establish a stamp at every airport or a departure rule." }, "exit": { "status": "unknown", "label": "Departure stamping not verified", "scope": "British citizen visitors entering Turkey at land borders.", "detail": "FCDO explicitly instructs British visitors entering by land to have officials stamp and date the passport. The page does not establish a stamp at every airport or a departure rule." }, "system": "Land-border entry stamp", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/turkey/entry-requirements", "label": "UK FCDO: Turkey land-entry stamp", "checkedAt": "2026-09-23", "publishedAt": null, "evidenceQuality": "Government guidance", "access": "Rendered official page" } ], "reviewedAt": "2026-09-23", "evidenceLevel": "partial", "reviewNote": "Sources reviewed 23 September 2026; conclusions are limited to the stated traveller, direction and crossing.", "noStamp": { "status": "unconfirmed", "label": "Not established as stamp-free", "scope": "British citizen visitors entering Turkey at land borders.", "detail": "FCDO explicitly instructs British visitors entering by land to have officials stamp and date the passport. The page does not establish a stamp at every airport or a departure rule.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/turkey/entry-requirements", "label": "UK FCDO: Turkey land-entry stamp", "checkedAt": "2026-09-23", "publishedAt": null, "evidenceQuality": "Government guidance", "access": "Rendered official page" } ] }, "evidenceQuality": "Official scoped evidence", "decisionReason": "FCDO explicitly instructs British visitors entering by land to have officials stamp and date the passport. The page does not establish a stamp at every airport or a departure rule.", "sourceHistory": [ { "label": "www.gov.uk", "url": "https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/turkey/entry-requirements", "checkedAt": "2026-09-07" } ], "researchModules": [ "asia-refresh.json" ], "sourcesCheckedAt": "2026-09-23" }, { "id": "784", "name": "United Arab Emirates", "region": "Middle East", "entry": { "status": "unknown", "label": "Current arrival stamp scope not established", "scope": "Dubai Terminal 3 Smart Tunnel pilot; not every emirate, land border, visitor or smart gate.", "detail": "WAM’s 2018 official pilot report explicitly describes passport-free and stamp-free Smart Tunnel departure clearance. Current GDRFA gate instructions explain biometrics and fallback to a counter but do not extend that stamping statement to all present channels. Retain the narrow pilot evidence and its age." }, "exit": { "status": "mixed", "label": "No stamp in documented Dubai Smart Tunnel pilot", "scope": "Dubai Terminal 3 Smart Tunnel pilot; not every emirate, land border, visitor or smart gate.", "detail": "WAM’s 2018 official pilot report explicitly describes passport-free and stamp-free Smart Tunnel departure clearance. Current GDRFA gate instructions explain biometrics and fallback to a counter but do not extend that stamping statement to all present channels. Retain the narrow pilot evidence and its age." }, "system": "Dubai biometric clearance; channel-specific", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.wam.ae/en/article/hszr7ju1-pilot-phase-smart-tunnel-launched-dubai-airport", "label": "UAE WAM: Dubai Smart Tunnel pilot", "checkedAt": "2026-09-23", "publishedAt": "2018-10-10", "evidenceQuality": "Government guidance", "access": "Rendered official page" }, { "url": "https://www.gdrfad.gov.ae/en/node/2109", "label": "Dubai GDRFA: using Smart Gates", "checkedAt": "2026-09-23", "publishedAt": null, "evidenceQuality": "Government guidance", "access": "Rendered official page" } ], "reviewedAt": "2026-09-23", "evidenceLevel": "partial", "reviewNote": "Sources reviewed 23 September 2026; conclusions are limited to the stated traveller, direction and crossing.", "noStamp": { "status": "conditional", "label": "Dubai Smart Tunnel; historical pilot evidence", "scope": "Dubai Terminal 3 Smart Tunnel pilot; not every emirate, land border, visitor or smart gate.", "detail": "WAM’s 2018 official pilot report explicitly describes passport-free and stamp-free Smart Tunnel departure clearance. Current GDRFA gate instructions explain biometrics and fallback to a counter but do not extend that stamping statement to all present channels. Retain the narrow pilot evidence and its age.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.wam.ae/en/article/hszr7ju1-pilot-phase-smart-tunnel-launched-dubai-airport", "label": "UAE WAM: Dubai Smart Tunnel pilot", "checkedAt": "2026-09-23", "publishedAt": "2018-10-10", "evidenceQuality": "Government guidance", "access": "Rendered official page" }, { "url": "https://www.gdrfad.gov.ae/en/node/2109", "label": "Dubai GDRFA: using Smart Gates", "checkedAt": "2026-09-23", "publishedAt": null, "evidenceQuality": "Government guidance", "access": "Rendered official page" } ] }, "evidenceQuality": "Official historical pilot plus current gate procedure; present reach unverified", "decisionReason": "WAM’s 2018 official pilot report explicitly describes passport-free and stamp-free Smart Tunnel departure clearance. Current GDRFA gate instructions explain biometrics and fallback to a counter but do not extend that stamping statement to all present channels. Retain the narrow pilot evidence and its age.", "policyChange": { "date": "2018-10-10", "label": "Dubai Smart Tunnel pilot", "detail": "Pilot at Terminal 3 explicitly removed stamping for its users; this date is not a UAE-wide abolition.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.wam.ae/en/article/hszr7ju1-pilot-phase-smart-tunnel-launched-dubai-airport", "label": "UAE WAM: Dubai Smart Tunnel pilot", "checkedAt": "2026-09-23", "publishedAt": "2018-10-10", "evidenceQuality": "Government guidance", "access": "Rendered official page" } ] }, "sourceHistory": [ { "label": "mediaoffice.ae", "url": "https://mediaoffice.ae/en/news/2020/october/23-10/emirates", "checkedAt": "2026-09-07" }, { "label": "www.gdrfad.gov.ae", "url": "https://www.gdrfad.gov.ae/en/node/2109", "checkedAt": "2026-09-07" } ], "researchModules": [ "asia-refresh.json" ], "sourcesCheckedAt": "2026-09-23" }, { "id": "826", "name": "United Kingdom", "region": "Europe", "entry": { "status": "mixed", "label": "Standard visitor nationality exemptions", "scope": "Standard visitors from EEA/Switzerland and Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea and the US; purpose-of-entry exceptions apply.", "detail": "Home Office guidance says eligible standard visitors are not stamped, including at staffed desks. The Creative Worker concession still requires a Border Force stamp; e-gates are not suitable for that route. The cited sources do not independently establish a universal exit rule." }, "exit": { "status": "unknown", "label": "Not established by current sources", "scope": "Standard visitors from EEA/Switzerland and Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea and the US; purpose-of-entry exceptions apply.", "detail": "Home Office guidance says eligible standard visitors are not stamped, including at staffed desks. The Creative Worker concession still requires a Border Force stamp; e-gates are not suitable for that route. The cited sources do not independently establish a universal exit rule." }, "system": "e-Gates; category-specific counter stamp", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/visit-guidance/visit-caseworker-guidance-accessible--2", "label": "UK Home Office: visit caseworker guidance section 3.4", "checkedAt": "2026-09-23", "evidenceQuality": "Official primary guidance", "publishedAt": null }, { "url": "https://www.gov.uk/uk-border-control/at-border-control", "label": "UK Border Force: compulsory stamp exceptions", "checkedAt": "2026-09-23", "evidenceQuality": "Official primary guidance", "publishedAt": null } ], "reviewedAt": "2026-09-23", "evidenceLevel": "partial", "reviewNote": "Sources checked 23 September 2026; unknown directions are not inferred.", "noStamp": { "status": "conditional", "label": "Eligible standard visitors; purpose matters", "scope": "Standard visitors from EEA/Switzerland and Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea and the US; purpose-of-entry exceptions apply.", "detail": "Home Office guidance says eligible standard visitors are not stamped, including at staffed desks. The Creative Worker concession still requires a Border Force stamp; e-gates are not suitable for that route. The cited sources do not independently establish a universal exit rule.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/visit-guidance/visit-caseworker-guidance-accessible--2", "label": "UK Home Office: visit caseworker guidance section 3.4", "checkedAt": "2026-09-23", "evidenceQuality": "Official primary guidance" }, { "url": "https://www.gov.uk/uk-border-control/at-border-control", "label": "UK Border Force: compulsory stamp exceptions", "checkedAt": "2026-09-23", "evidenceQuality": "Official primary guidance" } ] }, "evidenceQuality": "Government guidance scoped to traveller and crossing", "decisionReason": "Home Office guidance says eligible standard visitors are not stamped, including at staffed desks. The Creative Worker concession still requires a Border Force stamp; e-gates are not suitable for that route. The cited sources do not independently establish a universal exit rule.", "sourceHistory": [ { "label": "www.gov.uk", "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/getting-through-the-uk-border-faster/faster-travel-through-the-uk-border", "checkedAt": "2026-09-07" } ], "researchModules": [ "root-refresh.json" ], "sourcesCheckedAt": "2026-09-23" }, { "id": "840", "name": "United States", "region": "North America", "entry": { "status": "mixed", "label": "Stamp not guaranteed; electronic I-94", "scope": "Foreign visitors admitted under the I-94 process; not a rule for returning US citizens.", "detail": "CBP’s Definition of an I-94 guidance says travellers may receive an admission stamp and describes the electronic arrival/departure record. That does not guarantee a souvenir stamp. The older automation article still describes a stamp categorically, so use the more cautious outcome; departure stamping is not verified here." }, "exit": { "status": "unknown", "label": "Not verified", "scope": "Foreign visitors admitted under the I-94 process; not a rule for returning US citizens.", "detail": "CBP’s Definition of an I-94 guidance says travellers may receive an admission stamp and describes the electronic arrival/departure record. That does not guarantee a souvenir stamp. The older automation article still describes a stamp categorically, so use the more cautious outcome; departure stamping is not verified here." }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.help.cbp.gov/s/article/Article-1428?language=en_US", "label": "CBP: Definition of an I-94", "checkedAt": "2026-09-23", "publishedAt": null, "evidenceQuality": "Government source; see scope and limitations" }, { "url": "https://www.help.cbp.gov/s/article/Article-1466?language=en_US", "label": "CBP: I-94 automation (wording differs)", "checkedAt": "2026-09-23", "publishedAt": null, "evidenceQuality": "Government source; see scope and limitations" } ], "reviewedAt": "2026-09-23", "evidenceLevel": "partial", "reviewNote": "Official evidence checked for the stated traveller and crossing; unverified directions remain unknown.", "previousReviewAt": "2026-09-07", "noStamp": { "status": "unconfirmed", "label": "Not established as stamp-free", "scope": "Not included among confirmed no-stamp destinations.", "detail": "Available evidence does not establish that routine passport stamping has ended for this destination. The separate entry and exit records show what is known.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.help.cbp.gov/s/article/Article-1428?language=en_US", "label": "CBP: Definition of an I-94", "checkedAt": "2026-09-23" }, { "url": "https://www.help.cbp.gov/s/article/Article-1466?language=en_US", "label": "CBP: I-94 automation (wording differs)", "checkedAt": "2026-09-23" } ] }, "decisionReason": "Available evidence does not establish that routine passport stamping has ended for this destination. The separate entry and exit records show what is known.", "sourcesCheckedAt": "2026-09-23" }, { "id": "858", "name": "Uruguay", "region": "South America", "reviewedAt": "2026-09-23", "evidenceLevel": "disputed", "evidenceQuality": "disputed", "sources": [ { "url": "https://aeropuertodecarrasco.com.uy/en/biometric-technology-in-punta-del-este/", "label": "Carrasco Airport operator: biometric immigration technology", "type": "airport_operator", "publishedAt": null, "checkedAt": "2026-09-23", "evidenceQuality": "airport_operator" }, { "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/1s7xrw8/countries_that_no_longer_stamp_passports/", "label": "Supplied Reddit thread: Uruguay counterexamples", "type": "traveller_reports", "publishedAt": "2026-03", "checkedAt": "2026-09-23", "evidenceQuality": "traveller_reports" } ], "reviewNote": "Sources checked 23 September 2026. Reported practice is distinguished from an official current policy.", "decisionReason": "Reddit's fully stopped around 2024 classification is unverified and contradicted by comments in that same thread. No official abolition announcement was located. Airport operator confirms biometric gates at Carrasco since 2016 and technology at Punta del Este; it does not announce all-crossing stamp abolition. Ferry and Brazil land-border comments contradict a blanket claim.", "entry": { "status": "unknown", "label": "No-stamp claim disputed", "scope": "Do not turn Mercosur ID-card travel, Uruguayan-citizen treatment or biometric-gate use into a rule for all foreign passports.", "detail": "Countrywide no-stamp policy not verified. Travellers in the supplied thread report ferry entry stamps in January and March 2026." }, "exit": { "status": "unknown", "label": "No-stamp claim disputed", "scope": "Do not turn Mercosur ID-card travel, Uruguayan-citizen treatment or biometric-gate use into a rule for all foreign passports.", "detail": "The same traveller reports describe stamps on exit as well as entry." }, "noStamp": { "status": "unconfirmed", "label": "Reported or disputed; not confirmed", "scope": "Do not turn Mercosur ID-card travel, Uruguayan-citizen treatment or biometric-gate use into a rule for all foreign passports.", "detail": "Reddit's fully stopped around 2024 classification is unverified and contradicted by comments in that same thread. No official abolition announcement was located. Airport operator confirms biometric gates at Carrasco since 2016 and technology at Punta del Este; it does not announce all-crossing stamp abolition. 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Digital arrival declarations do not replace the entry endorsement." }, "exit": { "status": "unknown", "label": "Separate departure stamp not established", "scope": "British citizen visitors under the entry rules described by FCDO.", "detail": "FCDO requires an entry stamp and checking the permitted-departure date before leaving immigration. Its phrase entry and exit stamp refers to dates given on arrival; it does not prove a second physical stamp on departure. 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