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Passport Stamps That Cause Problems — Daily trivia Tuesday, July 28, 2026: questions and answers
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Q 01Which country's citizens have long been barred from Azerbaijan without special government permission?
- AArmenia
- BGeorgia
- CTurkmenistan
- DRussia
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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?
- ACommon Travel Area
- BMercosur
- CASEAN
- DSchengen Area
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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?
- ABelize
- BPanama
- CCosta Rica
- DNicaragua
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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?
- ACanada
- BMexico
- CUnited Kingdom
- DIran
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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?
- AIsrael
- BCyprus
- CGreece
- DTurkey
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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?
- AAlbania
- BMontenegro
- CNorth Macedonia
- DSerbia
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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?
- ATransnistria
- BNagorno-Karabakh
- CSouth Ossetia
- DAbkhazia
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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?
- ATransnistria
- BGagauzia
- CCrimea
- DDonetsk
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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?
- ACrimea
- BAbkhazia
- CDonbas
- DAdjara
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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?
- ASouth Ossetia
- BDagestan
- CIngushetia
- DChechnya
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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.
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