Recent Visa Reciprocity Changes

The U.S. Department of State Visa Reciprocity Tables are a database organized by country in which the Department of State publishes guidelines for document requirements to be used by visa applicants in preparation for submission of visa applications. Below is a list of changes made to the visa reciprocity tables since April 12, 2018. These changes come from a post released by the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA Doc. No. 18010535 ). For changes made earlier in 2018, please reference our earlier post "Updated Visa Reciprocity Changes."

• April 13, 2018 Updated information for:
  • Qatar: Updated General Information, Birth, Death, Marriage, Divorce, Adoption, National ID Card, Police, Military, Travel Documents, Post Contact, and Visa Services.
• April 16, 2018 Updated information for:
  • Saudi Arabia: Updated General Information, Birth, Death, Marriage, Divorce, Adoption, National ID Cards, Court/Prison, Police, Military, Travel Documents, and Post Contact.
  • Colombia: Updated General Information, Birth, Death, Marriage, Divorce, Adoption, National ID Cards, Court/Prison, Police, Military, Travel Documents, and Post Contact.
  • Argentina: Updated Police certificates.
  • Barbados: Updated General Information, Birth, Death, Marriage, Divorce, Adoption, National ID Cards, Court/Prison, Police, Military, Travel Documents, and Post Contact.
• April 18, 2018 Updated information for:
  • Oman: Updated General Information, Birth, Death, Marriage, Divorce, Adoption, National ID Cards, Court/Prison, Police, Military, Travel Documents, and Post Contact.
• April 23, 2018 Updated information for:
  • Sri Lanka: Updated General Information, Birth, Death, Marriage, Divorce, Adoption, National ID Cards, Court/Prison, Police, Military, Travel Documents, Post Contact, and Visa Services.
• April 24, 2018 Updated information for:
  • Kosovo: Updated General Information, Birth, Death, Marriage, Divorce, Adoption, National ID Cards, Court/Prison, Police, Military, Travel Documents, Post Contact, and Visa Services.
• April 25, 2018 Updated information for:
  • United Arab Emirates: Emirates: Updated General Information, Birth, Death, Marriage, Divorce, Adoption, National ID Cards, Court/Police, Prison, Military, Travel Documents, Post Contact, and Visa Services.
  • Somalia: Updated General Information, Birth, Death, Marriage, Divorce, Adoption, National ID Cards, Court/Police, Prison, Military, Travel Documents, Post Contact, and Visa Services.
  • Nauru: Updated General Information, Birth, Death, Marriage, Divorce, Adoption, National ID Cards, Court/Police, Prison, Military, Travel Documents, Post Contact, and Visa Services.
  • Chile: Updated General Information, Birth, Death, Marriage, Divorce, Adoption, National ID Cards, Police, Court, Prison, Military, Travel Documents, Post Contact, and Visa Services.
  • Netherlands: Updated General Information, Birth, Death, Marriage, Divorce, Adoption, National ID Cards, Police, Court/Conviction, Prison, Military, Travel Documents, and Post Contact.
• April 27, 2018 Updated information for:
  • Georgia: Updated General Information, Birth, Death, Marriage, Divorce, Adoption, National ID Cards, Police/Prison, Court, Military, Travel Documents, Other, Post Contact, and Visa Services.
• May 9, 2018 Updated information for:
  • Togo: Updated General Information, Birth, Death, Marriage, Divorce, Adoption, National ID Cards, Police, Prison, Court, Military, Travel Documents, Post Contact, and Visa Services.
  • Kenya: Updated General Information, Birth, Death, Marriage, Divorce, Adoption, National ID Cards, Police, Prison, Court, Military, Travel Documents, Post Contact, and Visa Services.
  • Estonia: Updated General Information, Birth, Death/Burial, Marriage, Divorce, Adoption, Identity, Police, Court, Prison, Military, Travel Documents, Other, Post Contact, and Visa Services.
  • Hong Kong: Updated General Information, Birth, Death, Marriage, Divorce, Adoption, National ID Cards, Police, Court, Prison, Military, Travel Documents, and Post Contact
• May 10, 2018 Updated information for:
  • Russia: Updated General Information, Post Contact and Visa Services.
  • Lebanon: Updated General Information, Birth, Death, Marriage, Divorce, Adoption, National ID Cards, Police/Court/Prison, Military, Travel Documents, Post Contact, and Visa Services.
• May 21, 2018 Updated information for:
  • Spain: Updated General Information, Birth, Death, Marriage, Divorce, Adoption, National ID Cards, Police, Court/Prison, Military, Travel Documents, Other Records, Post Contact, and Visa Services.
  • Cambodia: Updated General Information, Birth, Death, Marriage, Divorce, Adoption, National ID Cards, Court/Prison, Police, Military, Travel Documents, Post Contact, and Visa Services.
  • Afghanistan: Updated Adoption and Guardianship.
  • Tajikistan: Updated General Information, Birth, Death, Marriage, Divorce, Adoption, National ID Cards, Court/Prison, Police, Military, Travel Documents, Post Contact, and Visa Services.
• May 22, 2018 Updated information for:
  • South Korea: Updated General Information, Birth, Death, Marriage, Divorce, Adoption, National ID Cards, Police/Prison, Court, Military, Travel Documents, Other Records, Post Contact, and Visa Services.
• May 23, 2018 Updated information for:
  • Senegal: Updated Police and Post Contact.
  • Bulgaria: Updated Court.
• May 24, 2018 Updated Information for:
  • Israel, Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza: Updated Post Contact and Visa Services.
• May 29, 2018 Updated information for:
  • Ukraine: Updated Police.
• May 30, 2018 Updated information for:
  • Croatia: Updated Birth, Death, Marriage, Divorce, Adoption, Identity Card, Police, Court, Military Records, Travel Documents, and Post Contact.
• May 31, 2018 Updated information for:
  • Armenia: Updated General Information, Birth, Death, Marriage, Divorce, Adoption, National ID Cards, Police, Court, Prison, Military, Travel Documents, Other Records, Post Contact, and Visa Services.
  • Trinidad and Tobago: Updated Birth, Death, Marriage, Divorce, Adoption, National ID Cards, Court, Police/Prison, Military, Travel Documents, Post Contact, and Visa Services.
• June 4, 2018 Updated information for:
  • Somalia: Updated General Information, Birth, Death, Marriage, Divorce, Court/Prison, Police, National ID Cards, Travel Documents, and Post Contact.
• June 6, 2018 Updated information for:
  • Kosovo: Updated Police.
• June 15, 2018 Updated information for:
  • Honduras: Updated General Information, Birth, Death, Marriage, Divorce, Adoption, National ID Cards, Police, Court/Prison, Military, Travel Documents, Other, Post Contact, and Visa Services.
• June 18, 2018 Updated information for:
  • Taiwan: Updated General Information, Birth, Death, Marriage, Divorce, Adoption, National ID Cards, Court/Prison, Police, Military, Travel Documents, Post Contact, and Visa Services.
• June 19, 2018 Updated information for:
  • Malaysia: Updated General Information, Birth, Death, Marriage, Divorce, Adoption, National ID Cards, Court/Prison, Police, Military, Travel Documents, Post Contact, and Visa Services.
  • Venezuela: Updated General Information, Birth, Death, Marriage, Divorce, Adoption, National ID Cards, Police, Military, Travel Documents, Post Contact, and Visa Services.
• June 20, 2018 Updated information for:
  • Uruguay: Updated Police and Court/Prison.
• June 27, 2018 Updated information for:
  • Hungary: Updated General Information, Birth, Death, Marriage, Divorce, Adoption, National ID Cards, Police, Court, Prison, Military, Travel Documents, Post Contact, and Visa Services.
• July 3, 2018 Updated information for:
  • Bolivia: Updated General Information, Birth, Death, Marriage, Divorce, Adoption, National ID Cards, Police, Court, Prison, Military, Travel Documents, Post Contact, and Visa Services.
  • Russia: Updated Travel Documents.
• July 19, 2018 Updated information for:
  • Jordan: Updated Birth.
  • Macedonia: Updated General Information, Birth, Death/Burial, Marriage, Divorce, Adoption, National ID Cards, Police, Court, Prison, Military, Travel Documents, Other, Post Contact, and Visa Services.
  • Madagascar: Updated General Information, Birth, Death, Marriage, Divorce, Adoption, National ID Cards, Police, Court/Prison, Military, Travel Documents, Other, and Post Contact.
• July 20, 2018 Updated information for:
  • Saudi Arabia: Updated Police.

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