How to read a visa requirement before it ruins your trip
Visa rules are written to confuse. Here's how to read one in two minutes — and how the agent flags the parts that actually matter for your trip.
More trips are derailed by a visa footnote than by a missed flight. The rules are dense on purpose. Here is how to cut through one fast.
Start with your passport, not the country
The same destination has different rules depending on the passport you hold. Always read the requirement for your nationality — a friend's advice from a different passport is worse than none.
Watch three dates, not one
Issued, valid-until, and length-of-stay are different numbers, and the one that bites is usually the six-months-validity rule. Check your passport expiry against it before you book anything.
Let the agent do the cross-check
Privy Passport pulls the current requirement for your passport and destination and flags the parts that apply to your dates — so the footnote surfaces now, not at the gate.