{"question":{"passport":"MDV","destination":"GUM","entryDate":"2026-09-12"},"dateBasis":"reference-date","status":"conditional","headline":"Visa, stay set by the visa","requirement":{"kind":"visa_consular","message":"Before you travel: you need a visa from an embassy or consulate."},"stay":{"kind":"SET_BY_VISA","phrasing":"How long you may stay is set by your visa."},"conditions":[],"caveat":null,"source":{"documentId":"cfr2121","url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-8/chapter-I/subchapter-B/part-212/section-212.1","passage":"A valid unexpired visa that meets the requirements of part 215, subpart B, of this chapter, if applicable, and an unexpired passport, shall be presented by each arriving nonimmigrant alien except that the passport validity period for an applicant for admission who is a member of a class described in section 102 of the Act is not required to extend beyond the date of his application for admission if so admitted, and except as otherwise provided in the Act, this chapter, and for the following classes:","explanation":"The chapeau of 8 CFR 212.1 covers the group collectively, imposing the visa requirement on 'each arriving nonimmigrant alien' except as otherwise provided in the Act, this chapter, and the enumerated classes; none of the issuers on this row is named in those enumerated exceptions (Canadian, COFA, VWP, Guam-CNMI VWP, EVS-TAP) or on the VWP designated-country list, so the chapeau's default requirement applies to them.","publisher":"eCFR :: 8 CFR 212.1 -- Documentary requirements for nonimmigrants."},"checkedAt":"2026-08-29","snapshotAsOf":"2026-09-10","dataVersion":"4f66864a7d4f8a08b6c8c7e446d7f16addcd9303","upcomingChange":null,"alternatives":[],"scope":{"covers":["recorded entry requirement","recorded stay allowance"],"notEstablished":["personal admission decision","work permission","residence rights","tax position","individual eligibility for every condition"],"passportType":"ordinary"}}