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Taiwan status

According to Wikipedia itself political status of Taiwan is disputed - Political status of Taiwan. Unless the IP user (96.237.251.126) has some arguments to share (which I obviously want to read) then I'll consider that he is editing on a political agenda of one of the opposing sides in Taiwan political status dispute. So I open this discussion, where this editor can actually share the reasoning behind his edits instead of just blindly reverting. I have made some clarification to the article, but if that is not enough, please first discuss it here.--Twofortnights (talk) 20:12, 6 July 2014 (UTC)

Unlike any of the other "territories" listed in the section, Taiwan is a sovereign country with its own democratically elected government, military, and laws. It is not administered by or part of any other country's territory. Even though China disputes the political status of Taiwan, when it comes to the Taiwanese government's entry requirements for United States citizens there is no differentiation from customs processes that other countries follow. No special permission is needed (from other entities) to visit Taiwan and US citizens need not seek entry to the country anywhere else except through official entry points or through overseas diplomatic missions. Taiwan itself is part of the Visa Waiver program of the US Government and therefore its citizens do not need a visa when entering the United states either. Again, there are no restrictions for US citizens to enter any area administered by Taiwan and they need not seek permission to visit the country from any other authority except that of the government of Taiwan. Therefore I would argue that Taiwan should be moved from the Dependent, Disputed, or Restricted territories section. Kowl00n (talk) 17:15, 27 November 2014 (UTC)

No one is disputing that Taiwan has an autonomous immigration policy, but so does Hong Kong. Also it is a fact that the status of Taiwan is disputed and we are not here to solve that dispute, we are merely stating that there is a dispute, who is right or wrong is not relevant for us.--Twofortnights (talk) 17:43, 27 November 2014 (UTC)

To be fair, 20 countries do not recognize the People's Republic of China, and in many cases in which Taiwan is not recognized, there is still unofficial diplomacy occurring. And at the same time, Israel's status is very much disputed but there is no article on the political status of Israel and it is not mentioned as having limited recognition on the Politics of Israel. And while both Palestine and Kosovo are disputed, these countries are recognized by more than half of all United Nations members. So it doesn't make sense for 1 disputed country to be regarded as universally recognized and another disputed country to simply be called disputed. There should be a metric to decide whether one country is internationally recognized or if it's disputed. (Also, my opinion on Taiwan is that it could go in either category, it is a wild card disputed nation.) Elephantyarn3 (talk) 21:23, 15 June 2017 (UTC)

"a metric to decide whether one country is internationally recognized or if it's disputed" - the only objective metric that we have is the UN membership. It's not perfect but it's all we've got.--Twofortnights (talk) 23:06, 15 June 2017 (UTC)

Taiwan is not a country even based on the constitution of the Republic of China.(talk) 23:06, 27 October 2017 (UTC)

Kindly refrain from posting pro-communist Chinese lies here on Wikipedia. The country of Taiwan is officially known by it's official title of the Republic of China (Taiwan) and it is in every way a dejure independent sovereign nation-state (aka. country). The Republic of China (Taiwan) officially declared the independence of their country in the year 1912 during the Xinhai Revolution which overthrew the previous Qing Dynasty government of China and replaced it with what is now the Republic of China (Taiwan) government which has been in existence for 107 years, much longer than the communist People's Republic of China (PRC) which was created in 1949 after the Chinese Civil War which split and divide the once single unified country of "China" into the two separate independent "Chinese" countries that exist today, the communis People's Republic of China (PRC) and the democratic industrialized developed country of the Republic of China (Taiwan), a situation very similar to that of communist North Korea and democratic South Korea. Taiwan is NOT defacto independent as the communist Chinese influenced media commonly reports, it's nothing more than a distorted campaign of confusion and information war waged by the communist Chinese propaganda 50 cent army of the People's Republic of China (PRC) who are edited virtually all the Taiwan related pages to be pro-communist China. The historical facts cannot be ignored or distorted, the independent sovereign country of the Republic of China (Taiwan) officially declared their dejure independence and sovereignty of their country in the year 1912 and the official declaration is still there on Google for everyone to see. And just because the democratic Republic of China (Taiwan) lost their territory in mainland China to the communist People's Republic of China (PRC) during the Chinese Civil War does not reduce their independence or sovereignty in any way whatsoever. If the United States of America had lost the American Civil War to the Confederate States of America and President Abraham Lincoln had relocated the country of the United States of America to the island of Hawaii while the Confederate States of America took over all of the mainland territory of the American continent, would the United States of America still be a sovereign independent country in this hypothetical scenario? Of course it would, the Confederate States of America (CSA) taking over the mainland of the American continent does not in any way take away the sovereignty and independence of the United States of America (USA) and as long as the USA maintained their own President, government and military forces they are independent. And in the same way, the democratic Republic of China (Taiwan) lost their territory in mainland China to the communist People's Republic of China (PRC) but because the Republic of China (Taiwan) had officially declared their independence in 1912, combined with the fact that the Republic of China (Taiwan) continued to have their own elected president, government and powerful military forces, the democratic industrialized developed country of the Republic of China (Taiwan), commonly known simply as Taiwan, has continued to exist for over 107 years as a dejure independent sovereign country, and the communist Chinese have never controlled Taiwan, not even for one second. And this is an indisputed fact! 180.182.154.217 (talk) 17:26, 21 September 2018 (UTC)

The only objective measure is that it is disputed. Who is right and who is wrong is not for us to decide.--Twofortnights (talk) 19:32, 22 September 2018 (UTC)

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No, the European Union does not dispute Taiwan is a country. As matter of fact the Holy See of Vatican City, Europe officially recognizes Taiwan as an independent sovereign country, the official Embassy of the Holy See, Vatican City is located in Taiwan's capital city of Taipei, in addition to 17 other United Nations member countries that officially recognize Taiwan as a sovereign independent country. Additionally, The United States continues to support Taiwan and does not dispute it is a country. No country in the world actually disputes Taiwan is country except for China. And if you've been paying attention to what the Chinese have been doing you can see that they have pressured all countrie's of the world, forcing them, to recognize only "One China" under their so-called "One-China Policy" when the reality is indisputable, you have two separate independent countries that use the name "China" in their official national titles, they both have their own presidents, their own military forces, their own different monetary currencies, their government and their own sovereign territories. The Chinese are trying claim everything in the South China Seas despite the fact the Chinese lost an official legal ruling by the United Nations Tribunal in Hague that specifically states that the Chinese have no legal claim to the islands in the South China Sea, this United Nations Tribunal legal ruling was official, but China continues to ignore this official UN ruling and builds military missile bases on these islands in the South China Sea while bullying the Phillippines, Vietnam and other Southeast Asian countries into submission. They are also trying to bully Taiwan but thankfully Taiwan's military forces are extremely powerful, on par in every way with Israel's military forces. The Chinese are afraid of Taiwan's nuclear weapons which they now aim at major cities in China like Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou and also the Three Gorges Dam. In in the event of a foreign invasion by China against Taiwan, the Taiwanese military forces can launch nuclear weapons to destroy the Three Gorges Dam which instantly flood the entire region killing over 300 million people instantly. China has no chance to take over Taiwan unless they put soldiers on the ground in Taiwan, but the fact that Taiwan has a standing army of 2 million with another 5 million reserves and then add to that the hordes of Taiwanese civilian militia groups that would fight the Chinese invaders would make it impossible for them to take over Taiwan, given that only a small percentage of Taiwan's coastlines are suitable for an amphibious invasion force. And if the Chinese tried to send paratroopers they would instantly get shot down since Taiwan has state of the art radar systems, the most advanced U.S. made versions of the Patiot 3 missile defense systems and Taiwan's own domestically developed state of the art Tienkung missile defense systems. Taiwan now has the most advanced U.S. made versions of the Apache attack helicopter and Taiwan's own domestically made stealth warships and are now building more submarines. Additionally, Taiwan's domestic advanced technology industries have developed a state of the radar system that can detect the stealth jet fighters of China. Taiwan even has a National Space program that has already developed their own rockets, spacecraft and satellite launch capabilities, not to mention that Taiwan has their spy satellites in low Earth orbit right now continuously observing China. Taiwan is also currently building the first of their several Taiwanese aircraft carriers to compete with China's aircraft carriers. Taiwan is NOT Hong Kong or Macao, both of which are just territories of China that don't even have their own presidents or military forces, they both have nothing except a small police force. In stark contrast, Taiwan is a powerful industrialized and developed sovereign independent country that will never surrender to China, if the Chinese continue to provoke Taiwan, the Taiwanese forces have the ability to destroy all of China, this includes using Taiwanese nuclear weapons, biological weapons and chemical weapons which they have in stock are secured underneath their mountain ranges in central Taiwan. The world should not submit to the information war that the Chinese have been waging against not only Taiwan but the United States and Europe. This is NO dispute whatsoever that Taiwan is a country except for China causing problems and trying to force American airlines and other international European companies into following their communist Chinese viewpoints. The United States is a superpower, we don't bow to communist China, we don't submit to their information war or propaganda campaign. Read this....

1.) China stepping up disinformation war against Taiwan
2.) Taiwan Navy fires nuclear missile at China
3.) Taiwan's Hsiungfeng III "Anti-China" missiles are faster than the Brahmos missile
4.) Taiwan Navy fires hypersonic missile at fishing vessel as tensions it enemy China ratcheted up
5.) Satellite images reveal Taiwan's land attack cruise missiles
6.) Taiwan's Wan Chien "Ten Thousand Swords" cruise missile capable of striking China's coastal bases is now operational
7.) Taiwan deploys Apache attack helicopters to defend against enemy landing corps
8.) International airlines forced by China to refer to Taiwan as "part of China"
9.) Taiwan to field new radar systems to tackle Chinese fighter jets
10.) Taiwan's advanced Sky Sword II missiles to tackle Chinese fighter jets
11.) Taiwan to upgrade Yunfeng "Cloud Peak" missiles for launching satellites
12.) Taiwan to mass produce missiles to counter China
13.) Taiwan's Navy likely to get 60 Stealth mini-missile assault boats by 2022
14.) Taiwan's Navy plans to build new aircraft carrier
15.) Taiwan launches submarine building project to counter China invasion threats
16.) Taiwan owns missiles that can destroy China's invasion bases
17.) Taiwan prepared to build aircraft carrier to scare China
18.) Taiwan's Navy builds new aircraft carriers
19.) Taiwan steps up production of missiles to create asymmetric advantage over China military build-up 219.174.200.20 (talk) 12:33, 23 September 2018 (UTC)

Thank you. However, no one was implying that there is a dispute between the EU and Taiwan but between Taiwan and PR China over sovereignty. It's just an objective fact, we are not trying to determine anything else on this page as that would very out of scope. To measure this we ask ourselves "Is there any kind of significant dispute over the status of Taiwan?" and the answer is yes, there is. Nothing further really.--Twofortnights (talk) 14:30, 23 September 2018 (UTC)

No, this is not fair treatment of Taiwan. Israel's status as a country is also so-called "disputed" by 32 other UN member countries that do not recognize Israel as sovereign nation-state, but this does NOT in any way take away Israel's status as a sovereign nation. And as mentioned by the other editor, Israel doesn't have a page called the Political status of Israel like Taiwan does. In contrast, Taiwan only has ONE country that so-called "disputes" their status as a sovereign country, the communist People's Republic of China (PRC), and just because communist China disputes and refuses to recognize Taiwan as a sovereign independent country does not make this a "disputed" situation, Taiwan is still a sovereign independent nation-state that democratically elects their presidents and parliamentary officials, they maintain their own national military army, navy, marines, air force and national Taiwan space program to fight China's aggression. The only reason China is adamant about trying to destroy Taiwan is because the island of Taiwan is key primary part of the strategic First Island Chain of defense, and if this line of defense fails, then means that China can station their nuclear weapons, submarine bases, air force bases on the country of Taiwan and launch attacks against American air bases in Okinawa, Japan and other East Asian bases. This would push the U.S. military forces out of East Asia and allow China to dominate all of Asia with the eventual goal of exerting their dominance in the world and replacing the USA as the number #1 most powerful superpower in the world. Communist China, like the 32 Arab nations that don't recognize Israel, has absolutely no justification to "dispute" Taiwan's status as a sovereign independent given the indisputed fact the ip user above mentioned that the Republic of China (Taiwan) officially proclaimed their independence as a sovereign nation-state in 1912. So China can "dispute" Taiwan all they want just like they dispute the islands of the South China Sea, but they have absolutely no legitimate claim either Taiwan or the South China Sea islands. China has no more right or justification to claim Taiwan, South China Seas, US territory or Europe, absolutely no claim this is why China resorts to bullying tactics, intimidation and economic warfare to pressure and force countries around the world to follow their communist Chinese policy. China even continues to ignore the United Nations Tribunal ruling that stated they have no legitimate claim to the South China Seas islands. The democratic Republic of China (Taiwan) has never been controlled or administered by the communist People's Republic of China (PRC), not for even one second in the 107 year history of the Republic of China (Taiwan). And quite frankly it was the communist People's Republic of China (PRC) that seceded and rebelled from the established democratic Republic of China (Taiwan) during the Chinese Civil War, and not the other way around. So just because communist China wants to so-called "dispute" Taiwan or the South China Sea islands does not mean we have to entertain these communist Chinese trolls because the facts remain that Taiwan is still a separate country with their president, military, currency, different writing system and a culture that is different from China's communist culture, effectively fulfilling all the defined criteria of a nation-state country as defined by the United Nations, this is a fact so stop kowtowing to communist China because if you allow them, they will eventually want to "dispute" and take over parts of Siberian Russia which "used to be part of China" a few hundred years ago. A lame justification, times change, borders change and you can't keep going to back to the Ming dynasty and saying "oh, back then we had this or that territory"....absolute unjustified nonsense! 77.53.43.96 (talk) 00:15, 24 September 2018 (UTC)

Although what you are saying does not seem to be true, it's still not relevant for this article. The only question here is whether this territory is disputed or not. Not who disputes it, why, whether it's the "communists" or "democrats" or someone else, it's also not about the South China Seas, or defining things as "bullying tactics, intimidation and economic warfare", "take over of Siberian Russia", reasoning behind the dispute, the Island Chain Strategy, or any other thing you popped in there. It's literally just about the objective measure, and also consensus. Objective answer to whether this territory is significantly disputed is yes, and consensus is to keep it out of the main table which is reserved for UN member states only which the ROC has not been since 1971. Nothing else, nothing more. This is not the page for settling the dispute itself for sure.--Twofortnights (talk) 00:58, 24 September 2018 (UTC)

No, again, there is no so-called "dispute" over whether or not Taiwan is a country. The only reason, the ONE and ONLY reason why people think there is some kind of so-called "dispute" is due to the disinformation campaign waged by the Communist Chinese against Taiwan. Think about it, if it were for communist China, every single country on the face of the Earth would officially recognize Taiwan. The only reason, the ONE and ONLY reason why most countries don't officially have diplomatic relations with Taiwan is because communist China forces all the countries on Earth to subscribe to a political fiction known as the so-called "One-China policy." Everyone in politics understands very clearly that the reality is Taiwan is a sovereign country but they have to pretend to subscribe to communist China's "One-China policy" in order to do business with the Chinese and since the business market in communist China is huge with almost 2 billion people, the majority of the countries on Earth only see the money. This is equivalent of North Korea trying to force the world to accept a so-called "One-Korea Policy" and forcing countries subscribe to a politicial fiction and pretend that only "One Korea" exists just like most of the world pretends that only "One-China" exists when in fact there are two. The key point is, no country on Earth disputes Taiwan is a sovereign country, there is only ONE country that disputes Taiwan and that is communist China, and if it wasn't for communist China using bullying tactics, business incentives, economic warfare, and trade wars against Europe, USA, Canada, South America and other countries then Taiwan would officially be recognized by every single country on Earth except China. Ever since the split of China into the two current sovereign independent countries of the communist People's Republic of China (PRC) and the democratic Republic of China (Taiwan), the communist Chinese have never controlled Taiwan for even one second, keep that in mind because in all other disputed territories there are competing claims where each opposing side had actually maintained control of that disputed territory. But in the case of the country of Taiwan, communist China has never once managed to control the country of Taiwan, they never even managed to control Taiwan for even second. So without having any past ownership of the country of Taiwan, it's actually ridiculous for the communist Chinese to claim they own Taiwan even though the historical facts show very indisputably that the communist People's Republic of China (PRC), since the time of their founding in 1949, has NEVER own, NEVER controlled and NEVER administered Taiwan. The communist Chinese don't have any ability to control anything in Taiwan so where's the "dispute," the so-called "dispute" is nothing more than just a disinformation campaign by communist China. And the Republic of China (Taiwan) was originally one of the founding countries of the United Nations, not to mention the fact the Republic of China (Taiwan) was United Nations Security Council Member and the only reason why the Republic of China (Taiwan) was expelled from the United Nations was because the communist People's Republic of China (PRC) was able to bribe, convince and gather some of it's allied countries to make a United Nations General Assembly majority vote to expel Taiwan from the United Nations. Nothing more than dirty political warfare, that's all, but this doesn't affect the sovereignty and independence of the country of Taiwan as it is still independent and sovereign. Why is it that 32 United Nations countries refuse to recognize Israel as a country and nobody "disputes" Israels status but when just ONE country of communist China refuses to recognize Taiwan as a country you claim that this is a "dispute"????220.117.175.177 (talk) 07:28, 24 September 2018 (UTC)

As I have already explained this is not the page to discuss that. And no, Taiwan is recognized by 17 countries so the "just ONE country of communist China refuses to recognize Taiwan as a country" claim is obviously false. It is disputed, the dispute is significant and that is all that matters on this particular page. As for other articles, feel free to continue the extensive discussion you are attempting to initiate here. As for Israel, there is a whole section of the article devoted to the disputed status of Israel, just scroll down.--Twofortnights (talk) 09:09, 24 September 2018 (UTC)

Actually, this guy does have a point. All the countries that currently refuse to recognize Taiwan have been forced or pressured by China into following the one china policy. It's all in the news now, can't miss it. So yeah, he is technically right when he saids that "only one country disputes Taiwan's status" because other none of the other countries have ever expressed any hostility towards Taiwan. China is the only country that is expressedly hostile towards them. And the fact Taiwan used to be a United Nations Security Council Member means that it was already fully recognized by the United Nations as full fledged soveriegn country back in the 1960s and 1970s, otherwise it would never have been an official United Nations Security Council Member State which it was until 1979. China is the only reason why the country of Taiwan got expelled from the United Nations, that's it, no other country is hostile towards Taiwan except China! 110.163.142.119 (talk) 01:44, 25 September 2018 (UTC)

Thanks, but that's out of scope of this article. We are not here to determine why Taiwan is disputed, but just if it is somehow disputed or not. As for why please head over to Political status of Taiwan article please.--Twofortnights (talk) 18:33, 25 September 2018 (UTC)

This argument is ridiculous. Maybe list Taiwan in both sections and leave the political rumblings aside? (And lest my username confuse anyone, I’m not Chinese. It’s merely a hanzi version of Wesley, given me by a Chinese-American friend.) 伟思礼 (talk) 06:06, 20 March 2021 (UTC)

See https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/tourism-visit.html * With respect to a "country" or "countries" participating in VWP, it should be noted that the Taiwan Relations Act of 1979, Pub. L. No. 96-8, Section 4(b)(1), provides that “[w]henever the laws of the United States refer or relate to foreign countries, nations, states, governments, or similar entities, such terms shall include and such laws shall apply with respect to Taiwan.” 22 U.S.C. § 3303(b)(1). Accordingly, all references to “country” or “countries” in the Visa Waiver Program authorizing legislation, Section 217 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. 1187, are read to include Taiwan. This is consistent with the one-China policy of the United States, under which the United States has maintained unofficial relations with Taiwan since 1979.

So according to US law, Taiwan should be placed in the main chart of countries CandyStalnak (talk) 06:31, 4 October 2022 (UTC)

Afghanistan

I think the entry here for Afghanistan is out of date. Not sure if travel is allowed by the Taliban or US government at this point. — Preceding unsigned comment added by YQUVWynjszHUwDzv (talk • contribs) 04:31, 22 October 2022 (UTC)

Bailiwick of Guernsey

The reference cited for Guernsey does not mention USA but USA is included in the group that "may require entry clearance." That page points to a requirements document that also does not mention USA in either the visa required or visa not required sections. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 伟思礼 (talk • contribs) 19:31, 28 December 2022 (UTC)

Map accessibility

The map seems to not be quite legible for colorblind users, particularly the four greens. The map is also used on United States passport and it seems someone brought this up back in March 2021. Pinging @Lades2222: since you last updated the file, and @Getsnoopy: since you are the author of the file. Soulbust (talk) 21:24, 23 March 2023 (UTC)

Kosovo

Kosovo has, on several occasions, been moved to the "Territories or administrative subdivisions with different visa policies". Kosovo is neither a territory or an administrative subdivision. It is a de facto sovereign state, and is recognised as such but the United States. Taiwan(ROC) and both Koreas are included in the main table, and they also have disputes over sovereignty. It should be included in the main table. –DMartin 18:09, 13 April 2023 (UTC)

To be fair, there's a lack of standardisation on the way the countries are listed across all of the "Visa requirements for X citizens" pages. The vast majority would have the 'Visa Requirements' list based on the member states of the United Nations and states that are neither UN members nor UN observers are under 'Unrecognized or partially recognized countries' (Except for the Vatican City, who is a UN observer but with full membership rights). The only page I noticed to have their own system is Visa requirements for Pakistani citizens who seems to bundle almost everyone on their 'Visa requirements' and some select few as 'External territories, or Restricted territories'.

If the list of states with limited recognition was used to move countries out of the 'Visa Requirements' and into 'Unrecognized or partially recognized countries' then North Korea, South Korea, Israel, China (PRC), Cyprus and Armenia should be moved out too.

Kosovo has been moved to 'Unrecognized or partially recognized countries' on most of the pages, unless that section isn't included at all. Then Kosovo is removed entirely from the page. Taiwan was extensively talked about above, but on most pages it isn't included on the 'Visa Requirements' sections.

I believe that member states of the United Nations should be used as the guide for the 'Visa Requirements' section. 'The Territories or administrative subdivisions with different visa policies' seems to be quite a mixed list and should be split into 'Unrecognized or partially recognized countries' and 'Territories or administrative subdivisions with different visa policies'. TommyTu25 (talk) 18:44, 13 April 2023 (UTC)

I don't really see a point in separating "partially recognised" countries. It seems like it would simply piss people off and provide no real benefit. If a territory is in sole control of its access policy(ex: Serbia has no say in Kosovo's visa policy, DPRK has no say in ROK's), it should be in the main table. The second table should only be for administrative divisions whose access is controlled by their national government(ex: PRC control's Hong Kong's visa policy, UK controls Gibraltar's).

As a sidetone, I think that table could use some cleaning up for notability. It does not need to be mentioned that you need permission to access Mt Athos, or that North Sentinel Island is forbidden. –DMartin 19:57, 13 April 2023 (UTC)

"Visa requirement" column

I think the only items that should be coloured black in this column are countries where it isn to possible to obtain a visa. This is an article on visa restrictions, which by definition are imposed by the destination country. Especially regarding Cuba. Yes there are restrictions, but it's still perfectly possible for US Citizens to visit Cuba. –DMartin 04:24, 17 April 2023 (UTC)

ETA != visa free

ETA is decidedly not visa free, since they require you to apply for what is essentially a visa before leaving, and usually pay a fee as well. Visa free is a simple concept, you show up at the border, hand over your passport (or in the UK scan it using a machine) and assuming you aren't found on the database they check, you are most likely let in. ETA is not the same thing as this. ETA should have its own color, or just be colored with visa required. Stidmatt (talk) 09:33, 16 July 2023 (UTC)

I agree. ETA should be colored the same as an eVisa, because that is essentially what it is. Jrdilling7 (talk) 02:46, 4 August 2023 (UTC)

Bolivia & Syria

It is possible to obtain a Bolivian tourist visa upon arrival in airports and at land borders. US citizens do not need to get one in advance. Syria is also currently issuing visas for US citizens again since 2023. 181.42.45.176 (talk) 00:14, 5 May 2023 (UTC)

Unfortunately for Syria, we can't find any relevant information on the US State Department website.

If you provide us with a link related to 'resumption of visa issuance', we will check and correct it. Lades2222 (talk) 10:07, 7 May 2023 (UTC)

Travelers have been granted visas since this year. You can check this blog post for more information: https://cultureroadtravel.com/syria-open-for-americans/ and also this post from another tour agency: https://www.youngpioneertours.com/americans-can-travel-to-syria/ Additionally, the state department page does not explicitly state that US citizens are not being issued visas: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/international-travel/International-Travel-Country-Information-Pages/SyrianArabRepublic.html Jrdilling7 (talk) 01:06, 23 May 2023 (UTC)

I have sent some links above for proof and nothing has changed? It is possible for US citizens to obtain a visa to Syria now. Jrdilling7 (talk) 02:47, 4 August 2023 (UTC)

Ancient links

Old suspended programs, from before pandemic, are they even valid? I dunno what source is authoritative 2607:FB91:689:4CBE:442C:E6D6:0:648 (talk) 04:43, 17 August 2023 (UTC)

Malawi visa in advance?

I changed the former reference 293 because the previous citation (1) did NOT say "generally advised," it implied required and (2) it was about Europe and Asia and said nothing about US citizens.  伟思礼 (talk) 15:40, 27 September 2023 (UTC)

Citation needed

I’m sure it’s true that “Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan count as third countries” for China’s TWOV, but I’d really like to see a citation.  I wanted to put on it, but I have no idea what to do with a "transcoded section template.” 伟思礼 (talk) 02:58, 23 October 2023 (UTC)

U.S. State Department not a primary source

The U.S. State Department was wrong on the length of stay in Belize, so I corrected the number and changed the citation to an actual Belize government site.  Might be worth checking whether similar errors are on other countries.  Also, Timatic is a secondary source, but in this case, it apparently redirects to the primary source.  伟思礼 (talk) 17:51, 8 November 2023 (UTC)

Bogus citations

"American citizens are eligible for a ten-year, multiple-entry tourist visa" may be true, but the article that was cited does NOT say so. I changed it to something more relevant. 伟思礼 (talk) 06:24, 7 September 2023 (UTC)

Similarly, I deleted a citation from Monaco that had absolutely nothing to say about visa requirements for any country. 伟思礼 (talk) 19:38, 10 November 2023 (UTC)

Also, the prior reference on Monaco's "visa not required" said nothing about visa requirements.  I found a better citation, but if someone else knows one even better, please edit.  伟思礼 (talk) 19:53, 10 November 2023 (UTC)

Wikipedia article about Timatic is NOT a source.

I see that several entries in the table cite a Wikipedia article about Timatic while the pop-up makes it appear they actually cite Timatic.  I followed the link and found that the page has no mention of Mozambique, so I replaced that reference with a better one.  Recommend similar edits for many other countries. 伟思礼 (talk) 02:19, 15 February 2024 (UTC)

Similar for the dozens of citations to "International Air Transport Association (IATA), Travel Information Manual" which does not mention the visa requirements of any country. Isn't there policy that Wikipedia shouldn't cite itself as the source? 伟思礼 (talk) 05:44, 11 May 2024 (UTC)

Passport ranking misleading at best.

Both passport rankings provide misleading rankings.  In the 2024 Henley rankings, 23 countries are ahead of USA, making USA tied for 24th (not sixth) with four others. 伟思礼 (talk) 02:08, 9 May 2024 (UTC)

I realize they mention "dense ranking" but it's still misleading.  Unless someone actually goes there, it give the false impression that there are only six countries with more freedom. 伟思礼 (talk) 05:46, 11 May 2024 (UTC)