{"question":{"passport":"ESP","destination":"SJM","entryDate":"2026-09-12"},"dateBasis":"reference-date","status":"conditional","headline":"Visa-free","requirement":{"kind":"none","message":"You can travel without arranging a visa."},"stay":{"kind":"NO_LIMIT","phrasing":"Free movement. No limit under this regime."},"conditions":[{"kind":"ENTRY_REQUIREMENT","text":"Travellers to and from Svalbard must present themselves for control when required by the Governor of Svalbard and identify themselves with a passport valid for entry into Norway."},{"kind":"ENTRY_REQUIREMENT","text":"Everyone staying in Svalbard must have the means to be able to reside there; the Governor may reject persons who do not meet the requirements."},{"kind":"HOLDS_VISA","text":"Foreign citizens with a visa requirement for the Schengen Area must hold a Schengen visa when travelling to and from Svalbard via mainland Norway, the standard route to the archipelago."}],"caveat":null,"source":{"documentId":"fr-depositaire-spitsberg","url":"https://basedoc.diplomatie.gouv.fr/api/records/1.0/search/?dataset=basedoc_tra_doc_traites_accords_france&q=Spitsberg&rows=1","passage":"Danemark/Afghanistan/Afrique du Sud/Albanie/Allemagne/Arabie saoudite/Argentine/Australie/Belgique/Bulgarie/Canada/Chili/Chine/\\u00c9gypte/Espagne/Estonie/\\u00c9tats-Unis/Russie/Finlande/Gr\\u00e8ce/Hongrie/Inde/Irlande/Islande/Italie/Japon/Lettonie/Lituanie/Monaco/Norv\\u00e8ge/Nouvelle-Z\\u00e9lande/Pays-Bas/Pologne/Portugal/Cor\\u00e9e du Sud/R\\u00e9publique dominicaine/Cor\\u00e9e du Nord/Tch\\u00e9quie/Roumanie/Royaume-Uni/Slovaquie/Su\\u00e8de/Suisse/Venezuela","explanation":"This register entry of the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs — the depositary under art. 10 of the Svalbard Treaty — enumerates the High Contracting Parties, and every issuer on this row appears in that enumeration (Germany's two-letter code D is the same passport as DEU, listed as 'Allemagne'). The right those parties hold is quoted in fieldSources from the Treaty itself.","publisher":"\"doc_titre\": \"Trait\\u00e9 reconnaissant la souverainet\\u00e9 de la Norv\\u00e8ge sur l'archipel du Spitsberg, y compris l'\\u00eele aux Ours\" … \"mae_vigueur\": \"EN VIGUEUR\" … \"doc_ref\": \"TRA19200018\""},"checkedAt":"2026-08-23","snapshotAsOf":"2026-09-10","dataVersion":"4f66864a7d4f8a08b6c8c7e446d7f16addcd9303","upcomingChange":null,"alternatives":[],"scope":{"covers":["recorded entry requirement","recorded stay allowance"],"notEstablished":["personal admission decision","work permission","residence rights","tax position","individual eligibility for every condition"],"passportType":"ordinary"}}