Can I Enter (Visa Rules) API

Base URL

https://api.canienter.com

Authentication

The free tier needs no key or account. Higher-volume tiers are pay-per-request; registered agents get a slightly larger free allowance.

Rate limit

5 requests per IP per day on the free tier, reported in `X-RateLimit-Limit`, `X-RateLimit-Remaining` and `X-RateLimit-Reset`.

Pricing

Free at five requests a day. Paid per-request tiers exist for higher volume.

CORS

Enabled — callable directly from browser JavaScript

Official docs

Read the docs

Every request below was executed against the live API on 2026-08-21, and the response shown is the real body it returned — not an illustration.

curl 'https://api.canienter.com/free/check?passport=NLD&destination=JPN'

const res = await fetch("https://api.canienter.com/free/check?passport=NLD&destination=JPN");
if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`Request failed: ${res.status}`);
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);

import requests

res = requests.get("https://api.canienter.com/free/check?passport=NLD&destination=JPN", timeout=20)
res.raise_for_status()
print(res.json())

{
  "dataset_version": "2026-08-21",
  "evaluated_at": "2026-08-21T08:01:23.503Z",
  "request_id": "req_34b0038bb92940f6b91c",
  "inputs": {
    "passport": "NLD",
    "destination": "JPN",
    "transit": null,
    "purpose": "tourism",
    "documents_held": []
  },
  "passport": {
    "code": "NLD",
    "name": "Netherlands"
  },
  "destination": {
    "code": "JPN",
    "name": "Japan"
  },
  "requirement": "visa_free",
  "requirement_label": "No visa required",
  "allowed_stay_days": 90,
  "verdict_verification": {
    "status": "secondary_source_only",
    "source": "aggregated_secondary_matrix",
    "matrix_revision": "2026-08-21",
    "basis": "The base visa verdict derives from an aggregated visa-requirement matrix, not from a per-verdict official citation. Official sources, where present, attach to entry_rules fields."
  },
  "entry_rules_verification": {
    "status": "verified_official_sources",
    "last_verified": "2026-08-16",
    "staleness_days": 5,
    "basis": "Entry-rules fields curated against official government sources with per-field citations (see the source objects inside entry_rules)."
  },
  "verification": {
    "status": "secondary_source_only",
    "last_verified": "2026-08-16",
    "staleness_days": 5,
    "basis": "Deprecated combined status — the weakest of verdict_verification and entry_rules_verification. Read those blocks for the split provenance."
  },
  "entry_rules": {
    "passport_validity": {
      "rule": "valid_for_stay",
      "months": null,
      "note": "Passport must be valid on entry and for the stay; MOFA/ISA stipulate a vali

requirementstring

The verdict: `visa_free`, `visa_on_arrival`, `e_visa`, `eta`, `visa_required`, `no_admission`, `unknown` or `needs_review`.

requirement_labelstring

Human-readable form of the verdict, ready to display.

allowed_stay_daysinteger

Permitted stay in days where the verdict is visa-free or visa-on-arrival.

verdict_verificationobject

How the visa verdict was derived, with `status`, `source` and a plain-English `basis`. Never claimed as officially verified.

entry_rules_verificationobject

Provenance of the curated rules layer: `verified_official_sources`, `stale`, `not_curated` or `needs_review`, with `last_verified` and `staleness_days`.

entry_rulesobject

Passport validity minimum, blank-page requirement, onward-ticket rule, yellow-fever certificate and other health requirements, with citations.

inputs / defaults_appliedobject / array

What you asked and what was assumed — ordinary passport, tourism purpose — so nothing is silently inferred.

dataset_version / evaluated_at / request_idstring

Dataset revision, evaluation time and a request identifier for reproducibility and support.

passport / destinationobject

Resolved country codes and names for both ends of the query.

• Show entry requirements on a travel booking or guide page
• Warn a traveller their passport validity is too short for a destination
• Surface onward-ticket and vaccination requirements before departure
• Check transit visa rules for a connecting itinerary
• Add a visa checker to a country guide with caching