How Wandava checks visa rules
Wandava starts from the open Passport Index dataset and corrects it rule by rule. 188 corrections each cite an official or authoritative source. We then compare all 199 passports with IATA Timatic, the database airlines check at boarding, through the Wikipedia tables that cite it. In the latest audit (22 October 2026), 36,888 of 38,611 passport–destination rules (95.5%) matched Timatic or were confirmed with an official source. The other 1,723 are still being checked.
What we count
Wandava answers one question: where can you go without applying at an embassy? Each destination gets one of these labels:
- Visa free
- No application. Show your passport, and usually a return ticket, at the border.
- On arrival
- The visa is issued at the airport or border when you land. A fee may apply.
- eTA
- A short online travel authorisation, approved before you fly.
- eVisa
- A full visa applied for on the official government website, with no embassy visit.
- Visa required
- A visa from an embassy or consulate, or an online visa that needs a local sponsor or a full set of supporting documents.
"Without an embassy" adds up the first four: visa-free, visa on arrival, eTA and eVisa.
Why our totals differ from other websites
Passport rankings and visa maps count different things. Some count only visa-free countries. Some add visas on arrival, because neither needs a step before you travel. Some count every online visa as an eVisa, even when it needs a sponsor. Wandava shows each label separately, which is why a passport page gives two numbers: visa-free, and without an embassy.
Example, the Morocco passport: 40 visa-free, 63 with no step before you travel (visa-free plus visa on arrival), and 100 without an embassy.
Accuracy by passport
The 12 passports we check first, as of the latest audit (22 October 2026). "Matched or confirmed" counts the rules that agree with Timatic, plus the rules where Timatic differs and an official source confirmed our value.
| Passport | Visa-free | Without an embassy | Corrected with a source | Matched or confirmed | Still open |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Morocco | 40 | 100 | 26 | 192 / 198 | 6 |
 Algeria | 25 | 89 | 28 | 180 / 186 | 6 |
 Tunisia | 38 | 93 | 28 | 187 / 196 | 9 |
 Egypt | 21 | 87 | 31 | 188 / 197 | 9 |
 Nigeria | 27 | 70 | 25 | 191 / 198 | 7 |
 Ghana | 42 | 92 | 28 | 191 / 198 | 7 |
 Kenya | 41 | 95 | 28 | 191 / 198 | 7 |
 India | 26 | 100 | 31 | 188 / 196 | 8 |
 Pakistan | 11 | 69 | 29 | 190 / 195 | 5 |
 Bangladesh | 16 | 71 | 29 | 184 / 194 | 10 |
 Philippines | 37 | 101 | 25 | 183 / 196 | 13 |
 Indonesia | 45 | 107 | 32 | 177 / 190 | 13 |
How a rule gets corrected
- We compare our data with IATA Timatic, through Wikipedia, for every passport and list each difference.
- For each difference we read the destination's official source: immigration authority, foreign ministry, embassy or official gazette.
- If our value is wrong, we correct it with the source, the date we checked it and, for a real rule change, the date it took effect. If our value is right, we record that source so the difference is not reopened for six months.
- Rules for travellers who already hold a US, UK or Schengen visa are published only with an official government or embassy source. Official eVisa and eTA links point only to government portals.
- When no official source can be read, the rule stays as it is and remains on the open list. We don't change a rule on the word of a blog or a visa agency.
How often the data is checked
The visa data was last checked on 22 October 2026. In the 30 days before that, we recorded 1189 source checks: corrections, confirmed differences, visa-holder rules and official portals. Passport pages show the check date next to each corrected rule.
The data also covers 31 rules for holders of US, UK and Schengen visas, 73 official eVisa and eTA portals and 51 airport-transit lists, each with an official source.
Open data
Every rule is published as JSON, with a field reference. Data files and field reference
Found a rule that is out of date? Report it with a link to the official source, and we check it.