{"schemaVersion":1,"source":"live","checkedAt":"2026-10-08T03:06:05.901Z","passport":{"code":"MK","name":"North Macedonia","slug":"north-macedonia"},"destination":{"code":"NC","name":"New Caledonia"},"status":"visa_free","evidenceLevel":"exact","supportsCurrentStatus":true,"reviewedAt":"2026-08-25","allowedStays":[],"policies":[{"id":"north-macedonia-current-standard-ordinary-biometric-passport-french-overseas-waiver-2026","title":"North Macedonian standard ordinary biometric passports: five French overseas waivers","summary":"Every currently valid standard ordinary passport of the Republic of North Macedonia satisfies the biometric condition in the five separate current French territorial Annex II waivers.","status":"visa_free","conditions":["This is an ordinary short-visitor passport baseline only. The current MFA passport service states a maximum validity of 10 years for age 27+, 5 years for ages 4–27, and 2 years below age 4.","The official current civil-document record says all North Macedonian passports have been biometric since April 2012. Therefore a non-biometric standard ordinary passport could not remain valid after April 2022; the 2026 baseline is biometric.","Since 13 February 2024, only passports bearing the name ‘Republic of North Macedonia’ are valid for international travel. Earlier ‘Republic of Macedonia’ passports are not part of the current ordinary-passport baseline, even if retained to show travel history or valid visas.","The MFA says passport applicants provide a photograph, two fingerprints and a handwritten digital signature; applicants under 12 are not fingerprinted. That child enrolment exception does not establish a separate non-biometric ordinary-passport class.","The Interior Ministry's CSCA page confirms Ministry-issued biometric travel documents. Emergency, temporary, group, diplomatic, service, refugee, alien and other special travel documents are not classified by this policy.","Each cited French territorial Annex II separately limits the waiver to a biometric passport. French Guiana, Réunion and Mayotte permit stays up to 90 days per 180 days; French Polynesia and New Caledonia permit three months per six months, subject to a more favourable agreement. Activity, residence, entry-route and final-admission requirements remain applicable."],"sourceIds":["north-macedonia-mfa-current-passport-validity-biometric-capture-2026","north-macedonia-mvr-current-biometric-travel-document-csca-2026","us-state-current-north-macedonia-passport-format-2026","france-drom-current-annex-ii-mk-biometric-2026","france-mayotte-current-annex-ii-mk-biometric-2026","france-polynesia-current-annex-ii-mk-biometric-2026","france-new-caledonia-current-annex-ii-mk-biometric-2026"]}],"conditional":[],"sources":[{"id":"north-macedonia-mfa-current-passport-validity-biometric-capture-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-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-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"},{"id":"france-drom-current-annex-ii-mk-biometric-2026","title":"Current Annex II: French Guiana and Réunion entry visas","url":"https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/loda/article_lc/LEGIARTI000051759462","publisher":"Légifrance, French Government legal-publication service","jurisdiction":"France / French Guiana / Réunion","kind":"law","language":"French","reviewedAt":"2026-08-25"},{"id":"france-mayotte-current-annex-ii-mk-biometric-2026","title":"Current Annex II: Mayotte entry visas","url":"https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/loda/article_lc/LEGIARTI000051759443","publisher":"Légifrance, French Government legal-publication service","jurisdiction":"France / Mayotte","kind":"law","language":"French","reviewedAt":"2026-08-25"},{"id":"france-polynesia-current-annex-ii-mk-biometric-2026","title":"Order of 29 December 2011: French Polynesia entry documents and visas","url":"https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/loda/article_lc/LEGIARTI000045769438","publisher":"Légifrance, French Government legal-publication service","jurisdiction":"France / French Polynesia","kind":"law","language":"French","reviewedAt":"2026-08-25"},{"id":"france-new-caledonia-current-annex-ii-mk-biometric-2026","title":"Order of 22 July 2011: New Caledonia entry documents and visas","url":"https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/loda/article_lc/LEGIARTI000051759426","publisher":"Légifrance, French Government legal-publication service","jurisdiction":"France / New Caledonia","kind":"law","language":"French","reviewedAt":"2026-08-25"}]}