How we verify
People plan border crossings around the numbers on this site. So every rule here names the authority it came from and the date it was last read, anything we could not source is labelled as unverified, and anything we could not source at all is not published.
Every rule names its source
A rule page is not written from a summary, a news story or another travel site. It cites the government or intergovernmental text that sets the rule, links to that text, and records the date someone read it. If the link dies or the text moves, the rule loses its verified status rather than keeping a label it no longer earns.
What the labels mean
Read against a named official source, on the date shown on the page. Still not legal advice, and still subject to how a border officer applies it.
Shown where a rule is known to exist but could not be sourced well enough to state it. It is marked on the page, no result is calculated from it, and the page is kept out of search results.
Authorities cited
These are the domains DAYOZA links to as sources today. Nothing else is treated as authority.
- cbp.gov
- eur-lex.europa.eu
- france-visas.gouv.fr
- gov.uk
- home-affairs.ec.europa.eu
- icp.gov.ae
- immi.homeaffairs.gov.au
- ircc.canada.ca
- mofa.go.jp
- netherlandsworldwide.nl
- nyidanmark.dk
- u.ae
- udi.no
What we will not do
- Invent or guess an official source URL. If the real page cannot be found, the rule does not ship.
- Fill gaps with plausible numbers. Missing data is shown as missing, never estimated.
- Publish a page whose only content is a rule it shares with every other country in the same zone. Those pages stay reachable for readers who navigate to them, and are kept out of search results.
What is published today
- 13 of 13 rules carry a named official source
- 10 of 35 country pages are open to search engines
- 45 nationality determinations for the Schengen area
- 7 UAE permits with a sourced rule
- 7 guides, in 14 languages
Most recent source check:
What this page is not
A verified rule is a correct reading of a published text, not a guarantee of what happens at a border. Rules change without notice, individual cases turn on facts we do not have, and only the authority itself can decide yours. Check the source before you travel.
Found something wrong?
Tell us which page it is and what the official text actually says. Corrections that cite the source are acted on first.
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