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Q 01Which country's citizens have long been barred from Azerbaijan without special government permission?
Armenia
Armenia. Azerbaijan has also turned away travellers simply for having Armenian surnames, including Russian citizens in 2017.
Q 02Which passport-free zone asks visitors for passports valid three months past departure instead of six?
Schengen Area
Schengen Area. The passport must also have been issued within the previous 10 years, while many other countries insist on six months' validity.
Q 03Which Central American country turned away a Canadian tourist because her passport corner was torn?
Costa Rica
Costa Rica. The Ontario woman was detained and refused entry at the airport over a small tear in her passport's corner.
Q 04A stamp from which country can make travelers ineligible for the U.S. Visa Waiver Program?
Iran
Under the Visa Waiver Program Improvement and Terrorist Travel Prevention Act of 2015, people who have travelled to certain countries, including Iran, on or after 1 March 2011 are generally ineligible for the Visa Waiver Program.
Q 05Some Middle Eastern nations may deny entry if a passport shows prior travel to which country?
Israel
Countries such as Iran, Kuwait, Lebanon, Syria and Yemen refuse non-Israelis with any evidence of a visit, even a Jordanian or Egyptian stamp from a crossing with Israel; Israel now mostly issues entry slips instead of stamping passports.
Q 06Travellers with a Kosovo passport stamp may face issues entering which neighbouring country?
Serbia
Serbia does not recognize Kosovo as an independent state and may deny entry to travelers who have entered Kosovo from a third country and bear a Kosovo entry stamp, as it considers such an entry illegal.
Q 07Which disputed region, recognized as part of Azerbaijan, issues stamps that can get you denied entry to Azerbaijan?
Nagorno-Karabakh
Azerbaijan considers travel to Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) without its permission as an illegal act, and individuals with evidence of visiting this disputed territory in their passports will be denied entry to Azerbaijan.
Q 08Which breakaway republic wedged between Moldova and Ukraine hands visitors a migration card at its checkpoints?
Transnistria
Transnistria. No visa is needed, but visitors fill in two copies of the migration card and keep one to show when they leave.
Q 09Which partially recognized Black Sea territory issues stamps that can get you denied entry to Georgia?
Abkhazia
Georgia considers entry into Abkhazia from any point other than through Georgian-controlled territory as illegal. A passport stamp from Abkhazia can result in travelers being denied entry or facing penalties in Georgia.
Q 10A previous visit to which landlocked region bordering Russia can get a traveler denied entry to Georgia?
South Ossetia
Georgia treats entry to South Ossetia from Russia as a crime, and since the region cannot currently be reached from Georgian-controlled territory at all, virtually any visit leaves a traveler exposed to prosecution or refusal.