{"schemaVersion":1,"source":"live","checkedAt":"2026-10-08T03:06:05.901Z","passport":{"code":"MK","name":"North Macedonia","slug":"north-macedonia"},"destination":{"code":"FW","name":"French West Indies"},"status":"visa_free","evidenceLevel":"exact","supportsCurrentStatus":true,"reviewedAt":"2026-08-25","allowedStays":[{"label":"Up to 90 days in any 180-day period","maxDays":90,"basis":"rolling_period","withinDays":180}],"policies":[{"id":"north-macedonian-standard-biometric-passport-french-west-indies-visa-free-2026","title":"North Macedonian standard ordinary biometric passports: French West Indies visa-free visit","summary":"Both current French West Indies Annex II rule families waive North Macedonian biometric passports, and no currently valid standard ordinary North Macedonian passport remains non-biometric.","status":"visa_free","conditions":["FW is the intersection of Guadeloupe, Martinique, Saint-Martin and Saint-Barthélemy. Each current Annex II waives North Macedonian biometric passport holders for a short visitor stay.","North Macedonian issuer material specifies the ordinary passport's biometric enrolment and age-based 10/5/2-year terms. The current official civil-document record says every passport has been biometric since April 2012, so any non-biometric ordinary passport expired no later than April 2022; earlier Republic-of-Macedonia passports are invalid for international travel from 13 February 2024.","The uniform short-stay cap is 90 days in any 180-day period. Work, residence, transit, Schengen travel, emergency, temporary, group, diplomatic, service, refugee, alien and other special-document routes, passport validity and final admission are outside this policy."],"sourceIds":["france-interior-current-overseas-territorial-orders-2026","france-drom-current-annex-ii-fw-balkan-biometric-2026","france-saint-martin-barthelemy-current-annex-ii-fw-balkan-biometric-2026","north-macedonia-mfa-current-passport-validity-biometric-capture-fw-2026","north-macedonia-mvr-current-biometric-travel-document-csca-fw-2026","us-state-current-north-macedonia-passport-format-fw-2026"]}],"conditional":[],"sources":[{"id":"france-interior-current-overseas-territorial-orders-2026","title":"French Interior Ministry: overseas visas","url":"https://www.immigration.interieur.gouv.fr/limmigration-en-france/visas-en-france/visas-pour-loutre-mer","publisher":"French Ministry of the Interior, Directorate-General for Foreign Nationals","jurisdiction":"France / overseas territories","kind":"government-guidance","language":"French","reviewedAt":"2026-08-25"},{"id":"france-drom-current-annex-ii-fw-balkan-biometric-2026","title":"Order of 26 July 2011: Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Réunion and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, Annex II","url":"https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/loda/article_lc/LEGIARTI000051759462","publisher":"Légifrance, French Government legal-publication service","jurisdiction":"France / Guadeloupe / Martinique","kind":"law","language":"French","reviewedAt":"2026-08-25"},{"id":"france-saint-martin-barthelemy-current-annex-ii-fw-balkan-biometric-2026","title":"Order of 18 April 2012: Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin entry documents and visas, Annex II","url":"https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/loda/article_lc/LEGIARTI000051759455","publisher":"Légifrance, French Government legal-publication service","jurisdiction":"France / Saint-Martin / Saint-Barthélemy","kind":"law","language":"French","reviewedAt":"2026-08-25"},{"id":"north-macedonia-mfa-current-passport-validity-biometric-capture-fw-2026","title":"Frequently asked questions","url":"https://mfa.gov.mk/en-GB/kontakt/cpp-cesto-postavuvani-prasanja","publisher":"Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of the Republic of North Macedonia","jurisdiction":"Republic of North Macedonia","kind":"government-guidance","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-25"},{"id":"north-macedonia-mvr-current-biometric-travel-document-csca-fw-2026","title":"Public document-validity certificates","url":"https://mvr.gov.mk/mk-MK/uslugi/adresi-i-kontakt-telefoni/csca","publisher":"Ministry of Interior of the Republic of North Macedonia","jurisdiction":"Republic of North Macedonia","kind":"government-guidance","language":"Macedonian","reviewedAt":"2026-08-25"},{"id":"us-state-current-north-macedonia-passport-format-fw-2026","title":"North Macedonia: passport and other travel documents","url":"https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Visa-Reciprocity-and-Civil-Documents-by-Country/Macedonia.html","publisher":"U.S. Department of State","jurisdiction":"Republic of North Macedonia","kind":"government-guidance","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-25"}]}