Designated Countries/Territories List For Temporary Resident Visas

Designated Countries/Territories
A-C
Afghanistan	Albania	Algeria	Angola
Argentina	Armenia	Azerbaijan	Bahrain
Bangladesh	Belarus	Belize	Benin
Bhutan	Bolivia	Bosnia-Herzegovina	Brazil
Bulgaria	Burkina Faso	Burundi	Cambodia
Cameroon	Cape Verde	Central African Rep.	Chad
Chile	China	Colombia	Comoros
Congo (Democratic Rep.)	Congo (Rep. of the)	Costa Rica	Croatia
Cuba	Czech Rep.
D-I
Djibouti	Dominica	Dominican Republic	East Timor
Ecuador	Egypt	El Salvador	Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea	Estonia	Ethiopia	Fiji
Haiti	Honduras	Hungary	India
Indonesia	Iran	Iraq	Israel*
*(only Israeli citizens holding valid Israeli 'Travel Document' in lieu of National Passport)
J-O
Jamaica	Jordan	Kazakhstan	Kenya
Kiribati	Korea, North	Kuwait	Kurdistan
Laos	Latvia	Lebanon	Lesotho
Lebanon	Liberia	Libya	Lithuania
Macao SAR	Macedonia	Madagascar	Malawi
Malaysia	Maldives Islands	Mali	Marshall Islands
Mauritania	Mauritius	Mexico	Federal States of Micronesia
Moldova	Mongolia	Morocco	Mozambique
Myanmar (Burma)	Nauru	Nepal	Nicaragua
Niger	Nigeria	Oman
P-S
Pakistan	Palau	Palestinian Authority	Panama
Paraguay	Peru	Philippines	Poland
Qatar	Romania	Russia	Rwanda
Sao Tome e Principa	Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of	Senegal	Serbia-Montenegro
Seychelles	Sierra Leone	Slovak Republic	Somalia
South Africa	Sri Lanka	Sudan	Surinam
Syria
T-Z
Taiwan	Tajikistan	Tanzania	Thailand
Togo	Tonga	Trinidad and Tobago	Tunisia
Turkey	Turkmenistan	Tuvalu	Uganda
Ukraine	United Arab Emirates	Uruguay	Uzbekistan
Vanuatu	Venezuela	Vietnam	Yemen
Zambia	Zimbabwe