Travel Entry Requirements

Overview

Covers about 228 countries and territories. Passport validity is normalized to a rule and a number, such as 6 months after arrival, 3 months after departure or valid for the whole stay, with a one-line summary and plain-English guidance alongside. Send trip dates and a passport expiry date and the API works out the date the passport must be valid until and whether it passes. Rules come from UK FCDO travel advice, published for British passport holders; passport validity, blank page and vaccination rules are usually the same for every foreign visitor, while visa rules are not (see the Visa Requirements API). US advisory levels come from the State Department. Data is checked daily. Confirm with the destination's official source before travel.

Live Test Travel Entry Requirements API →

Endpoint

One host, one path per API. The block below shows this call in four languages; every one of them is the same HTTP request. Making requests covers the timeouts, retries and parameter rules that apply to all of them. The SDKs wrap the same call in a typed client.

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curl "https://api.apiverve.com/v1/entryrequirements?destination=TH&arrivalDate=2027-03-01&departureDate=2027-03-15&passportExpiry=2027-07-01" \
  -H "x-api-key: your_api_key_here"

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const res = await fetch('https://api.apiverve.com/v1/entryrequirements?destination=TH&arrivalDate=2027-03-01&departureDate=2027-03-15&passportExpiry=2027-07-01', {
  headers: { 'x-api-key': 'your_api_key_here' },
});

if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`${res.status} ${await res.text()}`);

const { data } = await res.json();
console.log(data);

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import requests

res = requests.get(
    "https://api.apiverve.com/v1/entryrequirements?destination=TH&arrivalDate=2027-03-01&departureDate=2027-03-15&passportExpiry=2027-07-01",
    headers={"x-api-key": "your_api_key_here"},
    timeout=15,
)
res.raise_for_status()

print(res.json()["data"])

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package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
)

func main() {
	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://api.apiverve.com/v1/entryrequirements?destination=TH&arrivalDate=2027-03-01&departureDate=2027-03-15&passportExpiry=2027-07-01", nil)
	req.Header.Set("x-api-key", "your_api_key_here")

	res, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	defer res.Body.Close()

	out, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
	fmt.Println(string(out))
}

Replace your_api_key_here with the key from your dashboard. When the inputs arrive as a list rather than one at a time, batch requests run up to 200 of them through this same API in a single call.

Authentication

Send your key in the x-api-key header. That is the only auth step — there is no token exchange and no per-endpoint scope to configure. Authentication covers creating, rotating and revoking keys.

Parameters

Sent in the query string. Premium parameters are accepted on every plan but only take effect on plans that include them.

Response

Every API returns the same three top-level keys, so one response handler covers your whole integration: status, error and data. Only data changes shape. Response format covers the envelope, the other output formats and how premium fields are withheld.

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{
  "status": "ok",
  "error": null,
  "data": {
    "destination": "TH",
    "destinationName": "Thailand",
    "passportValidity": {
      "rule": "months_after_arrival",
      "months": 6,
      "days": null,
      "summary": "Valid for at least 6 months after arrival",
      "issuedWithinYears": null,
      "guidance": "Your passport must be valid for at least 6 months after the day you arrive. It needs at least 1 blank page."
    },
    "blankPagesRequired": 1,
    "passportCheck": null,
    "yellowFever": {
      "certificate": "from_risk_countries",
      "certificateLabel": "Certificate required only when arriving from, or transiting, a country with yellow fever risk",
      "guidance": "A yellow fever vaccination certificate is required only if you are arriving from, or have transited through, a country with a risk of yellow fever transmission. Travelers coming directly from elsewher…"
    },
    "advisories": {
      "uk": {
        "level": "avoid_all_but_essential_travel_to_parts",
        "label": "Advises against all but essential travel to parts of the country",
        "url": "https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/thailand"
      },
      "us": {
        "level": 1,
        "label": "Exercise normal precautions",
        "url": "https://travel.state.gov/content/tsg_aem/us/en/home/international-travel/travel-advisories/destination.tha.html"
      }
    },
    "rulesUpdatedAt": "2026-10-12T10:20:34+01:00",
    "updatedAt": "2026-11-14T08:32:16.103Z"
  }
}

Response fields

Paths are relative to data. Premium fields are absent rather than zeroed on plans that do not include them, so check for presence instead of comparing to 0.

Errors

Read the HTTP status first, then error for the specific reason. The body names the parameter that has to change. Error handling covers the full status list and which of them are worth retrying.

Use cases

Booking Checkout Checks

Booking sites compare the traveler's passport expiry date with the destination's validity rule and warn before payment when it falls short.

Corporate Travel Risk

Travel management tools show the UK and US advisory levels for each trip and route level 3 and 4 destinations for approval.

Travel Agency Itineraries

Agencies print passport validity, blank page and yellow fever requirements on every itinerary instead of researching each country by hand.

Trip Planning Apps

Itinerary apps list what each stop needs, such as a yellow fever certificate after a stop in a risk country, so travelers prepare before they leave.

Other ways to use Travel Entry Requirements

Set up Travel Entry Requirements on APIVerve, or reach the same source a different way. Your APIVerve account and credits work on all of them — one key, one balance.

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