The top left corner states Outre-Mer and F, and indicates the 3-digit Peruvian entry stamp in a New Zealand passport, issued at Peruvian exit stamp in a New Zealand passport, issued at In some countries, there is no formal control by immigration officials of travel documents upon exit.

With the introduction of e-visas, entry stamps into Myanmar at the airports of Yangon, Mandalay and Naypyidaw, the only three entry checkpoints where e-visas are allowed, have been modified to indicate such method of entry.

Ethiopia exit stamp in Addis Ababa airport in an Israeli passport Circular entry stamp presently used at Lahore airport. It could be argued that at a particular border crossing point the state of facilities are such that to deny travellers subject to the stamping obligation access to automated border gates and to require them to be processed manually by border guards would constitute 'serious difficulties' for such persons.The Immigration (Leave to Enter and Remain) Order 2000, Article 8B (as amended by The Immigration (Leave to Enter and Remain) Order 2000, Articles 8(5) and 8A (as amended by Exit stamp for air travel issued at Moscow Sheremetyevo Airport (2009).

They bear the date of entry, point of entry and terms of entry. The Schengen Agreement does not include all members of the EU but does additionally include some nations that are not EU membersFrench overseas territories (French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Wallis and Futuna)Countries/Regions not issuing exit immigration stampsFrench overseas territories (French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Wallis and Futuna)Countries/Regions not issuing exit immigration stampsRegulation (EU) 2017/2226 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2017 establishing an Entry/Exit System (EES) to register entry and exit data and refusal of entry data of third-country nationals crossing the external borders of the Member States and determining the conditions for access to the EES for law enforcement purposes, and amending the Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement and Regulations (EC) No 767/2008 and (EU) No 1077/2011 (Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on the operation of the provisions on stamping of the travel documents of third-country nationals in accordance with Articles 10 and 11 of Regulation (EC) No 562/2006 (Article 11 of the Schengen Borders Code (Regulation (EU) 2016/399) (Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on the operation of the provisions on stamping of the travel documents of third-country nationals in accordance with Articles 10 and 11 of Regulation (EC) No 562/2006 (Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on the operation of the provisions on stamping of the travel documents of third-country nationals in accordance with Articles 10 and 11 of Regulation (EC) No 562/2006 (Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on the operation of the provisions on stamping of the travel documents of third-country nationals in accordance with Articles 10 and 11 of Regulation (EC) No 562/2006 (Article 12 of the Schengen Borders Code (Regulation (EU) 2016/399) (Practical Handbook for Border Guards, Part II, Section I, Point 6.1 (Annex IV of the Schengen Borders Code (Regulation (EU) 2016/399) (Annex II of the Schengen Borders Code (Regulation (EU) 2016/399) (Practical Handbook for Border Guards, Part II, Section I, Point 6.5 (Annex V of the Schengen Borders Code (Regulation (EU) 2016/399) (Practical Handbook for Border Guards, Part II, Section I, Point 8.4 (Practical Handbook for Border Guards, Part II, Section I, Point 8.6 (COVID-19: Temporary Restriction on Non-Essential Travel to the EU (Guidance on the implementation of the temporary restriction on non-essential travel to the EU, on the facilitation of transit arrangements for the repatriation of EU citizens, and on the effects on visa policy' in order to provide 'advice and practical instructions (Art 11(3) of the Schengen Borders Code (Regulation (EU) 2016/399) recognises that an entry or exit stamp may be recorded on a sheet of paper indicating the traveller's name and travel document number (rather than inside the traveller's travel document) where stamping the travel document would cause 'serious difficulties' for the traveller.

Ukrainian passport stamps bear the country's name (since 2020 only country code UA), mode of travel (ship, train, vehicle, plane), code of the immigration officer, chevron (facing to the right for entry, to the left for exit), date, serial code (probably periodic), name of the checkpoint and its code.

Burkina Faso entry stamp in Ouagadougou airport in an Israeli passport
Exit stamps are a green oval. Entry stamp for sea travel, issued in Amsterdam IJmond. 52 Automatic passport check machines were installed at Entry and exit stamps at Don Mueang International Airport in an old Thai passport. A triangular multi colored entry stamp was used until 2015.


Exit stamp is round shaped and stamped with cyan ink. Gabon entry stamp in Libreville airport in an Israeli passport Tanzania exit stamp in Dar es Salaam airport in an Israeli passport The stamps are always in black except the date, which is in red.

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