{"schemaVersion":1,"source":"live","checkedAt":"2026-10-13T03:06:07.339Z","passport":{"code":"US","name":"United States","slug":"united-states"},"destination":{"code":"KP","name":"North Korea"},"status":"entry_restricted","evidenceLevel":"exact","supportsCurrentStatus":true,"reviewedAt":"2026-08-25","allowedStays":[],"policies":[{"id":"us-ordinary-passports-invalid-for-dprk-travel-2026","title":"Ordinary U.S. passports: North Korea travel restriction","summary":"U.S. Passport Services states that ordinary U.S. passports are invalid for travel to, in or through North Korea. A separately issued special-validation passport is limited to national-interest cases and is not an ordinary short-tourist route.","status":"entry_restricted","conditions":["Applies to an ordinary U.S. passport for travel to, in or through North Korea.","Passport Services may issue a special-validation passport only on a limited national-interest basis, including qualifying journalism, Red Cross work or compelling humanitarian cases.","A special validation is a separate passport exception and does not itself decide DPRK admission or replace any DPRK entry permission."],"sourceIds":["us-state-dprk-passport-special-validation-current-2026"]}],"conditional":[],"sources":[{"id":"us-state-dprk-passport-special-validation-current-2026","title":"Passport for Travel to North Korea","url":"https://travel.state.gov/en/passports/apply/unique-needs/special-validation.html","publisher":"U.S. Department of State, Passport Services","jurisdiction":"United States / Democratic People's Republic of Korea","kind":"government-guidance","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-25"}]}