How long can you stay?
Pick your destination and trip dates and we’ll tell you whether a US passport can stay that long visa-free, the date you must leave by, and — for Europe — how much of your rolling 90-day Schengen allowance it uses.
How this tool works
Two different things decide how long you can stay, and mixing them up is what gets people refused at the border.
- The permitted stay — how many days your passport buys you. For most destinations this resets each time you enter.
- The Schengen rolling window — a single 90-day allowance shared across the whole Schengen area, not per country. Days in France and Italy come out of the same pot.
The Schengen rule, in the European Commission’s own words, is “no more than 90 days in any 180-day period, which entails considering the 180-day period preceding each day of stay.” It is a moving window, not a calendar reset: on every single day of your trip, the previous 180 days are counted afresh. A common mistake is to assume the clock resets at the new year, or after one trip ends — it does not.
The Commission is equally specific about the arithmetic: “the date of entry shall be considered as the first day of stay and the date of exit shall be considered as the last day of stay.” Both ends count, so a trip from the 1st to the 10th is ten days, not nine.
Stay lengths here are read from the U.S. State Department’s country information pages. Where a page does not state a length, or a visa is required outright, we say so rather than publish a number the source never gave.
This is guidance, not authorisation. Entry is decided by the destination’s border officers, and the rules change. Confirm with the embassy or consulate before you travel.
Visa-free stay for a US passport (56 destinations)
| Destination | Permitted stay | What you need | How it resets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 180 days | Nothing in advance | Per entry |
| Mexico | 180 days | Nothing in advance | Per entry |
| United Kingdom | 180 days | Nothing in advance | Per entry |
| Ireland | 90 days | Nothing in advance | Per entry |
| France | 90 days | Nothing in advance | Schengen 90/180 rolling window |
| Italy | 90 days | Nothing in advance | Schengen 90/180 rolling window |
| Spain | 90 days | Nothing in advance | Schengen 90/180 rolling window |
| Germany | 90 days | Nothing in advance | Schengen 90/180 rolling window |
| Netherlands | 90 days | Nothing in advance | Schengen 90/180 rolling window |
| Portugal | 90 days | Nothing in advance | Schengen 90/180 rolling window |
| Greece | 90 days | Nothing in advance | Schengen 90/180 rolling window |
| Switzerland | 90 days | Nothing in advance | Schengen 90/180 rolling window |
| Austria | 90 days | Nothing in advance | Schengen 90/180 rolling window |
| Belgium | 90 days | Nothing in advance | Schengen 90/180 rolling window |
| Czechia | 90 days | Nothing in advance | Schengen 90/180 rolling window |
| Poland | 90 days | Nothing in advance | Schengen 90/180 rolling window |
| Croatia | 90 days | Nothing in advance | Schengen 90/180 rolling window |
| Iceland | 90 days | Nothing in advance | Schengen 90/180 rolling window |
| Norway | 90 days | Nothing in advance | Schengen 90/180 rolling window |
| Sweden | 90 days | Nothing in advance | Schengen 90/180 rolling window |
| Denmark | 90 days | Nothing in advance | Schengen 90/180 rolling window |
| Japan | 90 days | Nothing in advance | Per entry |
| South Korea | 90 days | Nothing in advance | Per entry |
| China | Visa required | Visa required in advance | Not published |
| Thailand | 60 days | Nothing in advance | Per entry |
| Vietnam | Not published | e-Visa in advance | Not published |
| Singapore | 90 days | Nothing in advance | Per entry |
| Indonesia | 30 days | e-Visa in advance | Per entry |
| Philippines | 30 days | Nothing in advance | Per entry |
| Malaysia | 90 days | Nothing in advance | Per entry |
| India | 60 days | e-Visa in advance | Per entry |
| United Arab Emirates | 30 days | Nothing in advance | Per entry |
| Israel | 90 days | Travel authorisation (ETA) | Per entry |
| Turkey | 90 days | Nothing in advance | Per entry |
| Egypt | 30 days | Visa on arrival | Per entry |
| Morocco | 90 days | Nothing in advance | Per entry |
| South Africa | 90 days | Nothing in advance | Per entry |
| Kenya | Not published | Travel authorisation (ETA) | Not published |
| Australia | 90 days | Travel authorisation (ETA) | Per entry |
| New Zealand | Not published | Travel authorisation (ETA) | Not published |
| Fiji | 120 days | Nothing in advance | Per entry |
| Brazil | Visa required | Visa required in advance | Not published |
| Argentina | 90 days | Nothing in advance | Per entry |
| Chile | 90 days | Nothing in advance | Per entry |
| Peru | 90 days | Nothing in advance | Per entry |
| Colombia | 90 days | Nothing in advance | Per entry |
| Costa Rica | 180 days | Nothing in advance | Per entry |
| Panama | 180 days | Nothing in advance | Per entry |
| Dominican Republic | 30 days | Nothing in advance | Per entry |
| Jamaica | 90 days | Nothing in advance | Per entry |
| Bahamas | 90 days | Nothing in advance | Per entry |
| Aruba | 30 days | Nothing in advance | Per entry |
| Bermuda | 90 days | Nothing in advance | Per entry |
| Belize | 30 days | Nothing in advance | Per entry |
| Guatemala | 90 days | Nothing in advance | Per entry |
| Ecuador | 90 days | Nothing in advance | Per entry |
FAQ
What is the Schengen 90/180 rule?
You may spend no more than 90 days in any 180-day period across the whole Schengen area. It is a rolling window: on every day of your stay, border officers count back over the previous 180 days. It does not reset at the new year, and it does not reset when a trip ends — days drop out of the count only as they age past 180 days.
Do the arrival and departure days both count?
Yes. The European Commission states that the date of entry is the first day of stay and the date of exit is the last day of stay. A trip from the 1st to the 10th counts as ten days, not nine.
Is the 90 days per country or for all of Europe?
For the Schengen area it is shared across every member state. Days in France, Spain and Italy all come out of the same 90. Non-Schengen European countries, such as the UK and Ireland, run their own separate allowances.
What happens if I overstay?
Overstaying can mean a fine, deportation, and an entry ban that follows you across the whole area for years. Border systems record entry and exit dates, so it is not something that goes unnoticed.
Does my passport need to be valid for longer than my stay?
Usually yes, and it is a separate rule from the length of stay. Many countries require three or six months of validity beyond your trip. Our passport validity checker covers that requirement per country.
Why does this tool say ‘not published’ for some countries?
Because the State Department page for that destination does not state a permitted stay length, or a visa is required outright. Rather than repeat a figure the source never gave, we say what is actually known and point you at the embassy.