Multiple-Entry Visa
Permission to enter more than once while the visa remains valid.
What is a Multiple-Entry Visa?
A multiple-entry visa allows you to enter a country more than once during its validity. It is a condition attached to a visa rather than a category of its own: a tourist or business visa may be issued single or multiple entry, and the label tells you how the permission behaves rather than what it is for.
Who it's for
Travellers whose trip involves leaving and returning — a regional itinerary with a hub, or repeat visits over a period.
↔ Compared with Single-Entry Visa
- The direct counterpart. A single-entry visa is used up on first entry; a multiple-entry one is not, which is what makes side trips possible.
↔ Compared with Long-Stay Visa
- Multiple entry is about how many times you may cross the border; long-stay is about how long you may remain. A visa can be either, both or neither.
The application process
How this type is obtained
It is not applied for separately so much as granted as a condition of the visa. Whether it is available, and on what basis, is decided by the destination.
1. Worth knowing
Multiple entry governs how often you may enter, not how long you may stay on each visit — the two limits are separate and both apply.
2. Worth knowing
It is the condition that matters most on itineraries with a hub, where a day trip across a border can otherwise end the trip.
3. Worth knowing
Where the visa remains valid but the passport is replaced, the link between the two becomes the thing to check.
What You Need to Know
Everything you need at a glance — what it covers, what to prepare and what to expect.
Travellers whose trip involves leaving and returning — a regional itinerary with a hub, or repeat visits over a period.
It is not applied for separately so much as granted as a condition of the visa. Whether it is available, and on what basis, is decided by the destination.
This page explains what the visa type means. It does not state what any country requires. Rules, costs and conditions are set by each destination and change without notice — always confirm the current requirements with that country’s official immigration authority or its embassy before you book or travel.
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