Countries You Can Visit With a US Visa

A valid US visa can get you into more countries than the US. If your own passport needs visas, several countries accept a US one in place of their own, each with conditions: a multiple-entry visa, enough validity left, a stay that ends when the visa does. Below are the rules confirmed on each government’s own site as of October 2026, with stay limits, a sample trip and a check to run before you book.

Who can use a US visa to enter another country

These rules matter only if your own passport needs a visa for the country you are visiting: an Indian passport holder with a US visitor visa, for example. None of this applies to US citizens, who never hold a US visa: visa-free stays on a US passport depend on each country’s list of visa-exempt nationalities.

A green card or other US residence permit counts in most of the rules below. Mexico accepts US permanent residence but not temporary residence; Serbia, Montenegro, Georgia and Turkey accept a US residence permit next to a visa; and the Dominican Republic accepts permanent residence. Colombia’s rows for India, China and Vietnam name US visas only.

The visa also has to be in a passport you carry. Mexico asks for a visa properly affixed in your passport. If your US visa sits in an old, expired passport, Serbia lets you show both: the old passport with the valid visa and your valid new one.

Countries that accept a US visa, with stays and conditions

Each row comes from the country’s own government page, linked in the first column, and covers passports that otherwise need that country’s visa. All 7 countries in the table also name Schengen visas next to US visas, so entry with a Schengen visa opens the same countries on similar conditions.

Country	Who qualifies	What the US visa must be	Longest stay
Mexico	Any nationality; US permanent residents too	Valid, multiple-entry, affixed in the passport, valid for the stay	Up to 180 days, tourism or unpaid activities
Serbia	Any national passport, not emergency or convention travel documents; US residence permit holders too	Valid	90 days in a six-month period, within the visa’s validity
Georgia	Any foreigner with a visa or residence permit of a listed country, the US included	Valid on the day you enter	90 days in any 180-day period
Montenegro	Holders of a US visa or US residence permit	Valid	30 days, or until the visa expires if sooner
Dominican Republic	Holders of a US visa or US permanent residence	Valid and multiple-entry; enter with a passport and a Tourist Card	Not stated on the official page
Turkey	Listed nationalities, such as India, Pakistan and Bangladesh	Valid US visa or residence permit, plus conditions	Single-entry e-visa valid for one month
Colombia	Nationalities marked in the list, such as India, China and Vietnam	More than 180 days of validity on the day you enter	Not stated in the list
Schengen airports	Passports that need an airport transit visa	Valid; flying to the US or another non-Schengen country, or back from the US after using it	Airside transit only

Read “valid” in each row literally. Serbia and Montenegro tie your stay to the visa’s expiry date, Georgia checks the visa only on the day you cross the border, and Colombia wants more than 180 days still left when you land. An exemption replaces the visa, not the border check: the officer still decides whether you enter.

Mexico and the Dominican Republic with a US visa

Mexico has the widest rule. Travelers of any nationality with a valid US visa properly affixed in the passport need no Mexican visa for tourism or unpaid activities of up to 180 days. Mexico’s consulate in the UK adds that the visa must be multiple-entry and stay valid for your intended stay in Mexico. At a land crossing, the officer stamps your FMM entry form on arrival and asks for it again when you leave.

The Dominican Republic runs a similar rule under Decree 691-07 of 18 December 2007. Foreigners with US permanent residence or a valid multiple-entry US visa can enter for tourism with a valid passport and a Tourist Card. The foreign ministry’s page does not give a length of stay, so ask a Dominican consulate before planning a long trip, and do not assume Mexico’s 180 days apply.

Serbia, Montenegro and Georgia with a US visa

Serbia’s rule dates from a government decision of 30 October 2014. Holders of any national passport with a valid US visa or US residence permit can enter, transit and stay up to 90 days during a six-month period, within the validity of the visa or permit. Emergency travel documents and travel documents issued under international conventions do not qualify, and if your residence permit is a separate card rather than a sticker, show it with a valid passport.

Montenegro gives less time. Holders of a valid US visa or US residence permit can enter, stay or pass through for up to 30 days, and no longer than the visa’s expiry if that comes first. Your passport must have been issued within the last 10 years and stay valid for at least 3 months after the day you plan to leave.

Georgia uses a rolling window instead of a fixed stay: the same 90 days in any 180-day period that the Schengen area uses, set by a 2015 government ordinance.

Turkey and Colombia: only some passports qualify

A US visa does not get you into Turkey visa-free. Turkey’s foreign ministry lets ordinary passport holders of listed countries who hold a valid Schengen, US, UK or Irish visa or residence permit get a single-entry e-visa valid for one month. For most listed countries, that also depends on conditions the ministry’s page does not spell out.

India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Afghanistan are on the list. Iraqi nationals aged 15 to 50 qualify, and Egyptians aged 15 to 45 must also fly with one of 5 named airlines. It is still a visa, applied for online at evisa.gov.tr before you fly, unlike visas on arrival bought at an airport counter.

Colombia’s May 2026 visa list, issued under Resolutions 5488 of 2022 and 3717 of 2023, handles US visas row by row. For some nationalities that need a Colombian visa, including India, China and Vietnam, the row reads exempt if you hold a US or Schengen visa valid for more than 180 days at the moment you enter Colombia.

Count from your arrival date, not your booking date: a visa that expires 5 months after you land does not qualify. The list waives the visa only and does not set the number of days you get, so check the length of stay with Migración Colombia before planning a long trip.

Europe on a US visa: airport transit only

Some passports need airport transit visas even to change planes inside a Schengen airport without passing passport control. A valid US visa lifts that requirement under Article 3(5)(c) of the EU Visa Code when you fly on to the US or another non-Schengen country, or fly back from the US after using the visa. A green card works too: Article 3(5)(b) and Annex V of the Visa Code exempt holders of a valid US Permanent Resident Card, with no condition on where you fly.

The exemption stops at the transit area. To pass passport control into Spain, France or any other Schengen country, a passport from a visa-required country needs a Schengen visa for visits of up to 90 days in any 180-day period, according to the European Commission. A US visa does not replace it.

Planning a trip around your US visa’s expiry date

Each country on this page reads the expiry date differently, so the date printed on your visa decides the route. Visit the countries that end your stay at expiry while the visa still has months left, and keep Colombia for a visa with more than 180 days to run.

This is a sample case. Priya holds an Indian passport and a multiple-entry B1/B2 US visa that expires on 15 March 2027. She has no green card and plans a tourist trip starting 1 December 2026.

Leg	Dates	Days	Rule that applies	Fits?
Serbia	1 to 30 Dec 2026	30	90 days in six months, within the visa’s validity	Yes
Montenegro	31 Dec 2026 to 24 Jan 2027	25	Up to 30 days, not past the visa’s expiry	Yes
Georgia	25 Jan to 23 Feb 2027	30	90 days in 180, visa valid on the day of entry	Yes
Colombia	From 24 Feb 2027	None	Over 180 days of validity at entry	No, 19 days left
Mexico	24 Feb to 14 Mar 2027	19	Up to 180 days, visa valid for the stay	Yes, ends the day before expiry

Result: Priya swaps Colombia for Mexico and books her flight out of Mexico for 14 March 2027. Colombia was never open on this visa: on 1 December 2026 the visa had 104 days left, and Colombia wants more than 180.

How to check whether your US visa qualifies

Run this check for each country on the route, in the order you will visit them, because the answer changes as the visa’s expiry gets closer.

Checking a US visa against a country's rule

1. Confirm that your passport needs a visa for the destination, since these rules only matter if it does.
2. Find the rule on the destination’s own government site: its foreign ministry, immigration authority or a consulate page.
3. Check that your nationality is covered, because Turkey and Colombia apply their rules to listed passports only.
4. Read your visa: it must be unexpired, and for Mexico and the Dominican Republic it must be multiple-entry.
5. Count the days of validity left on your arrival date against the rule: more than 180 for Colombia, the full stay for Mexico, the day of entry for Georgia.
6. Cap your planned stay at the country’s limit, and at the visa’s expiry where the rule says so, as in Serbia and Montenegro.
7. Carry the passport that holds the visa, plus your current passport if the visa sits in an old one and the country accepts two, as Serbia does.