{"question":{"passport":"MHL","destination":"VIR","entryDate":"2026-09-12"},"dateBasis":"reference-date","status":"allowed","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":[],"caveat":null,"source":{"documentId":"cfr-212-1","url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-8/chapter-I/subchapter-B/part-212/section-212.1","passage":"Citizens of the Republic of the Marshall Islands and the Federated States of Micronesia may enter into, lawfully engage in employment, and establish residence in the United States and its territories and possessions without regard to paragraphs (14), (20) and (26) of section 212(a) of the Act pursuant to the terms of Pub. L. 99-239.","explanation":"Paragraph (d) names these two Compact states and substitutes a right to enter, work and reside for the visa paragraphs of section 212(a), so there is no tourist day cap to extract. The parentheticals (14), (20) and (26) are historic INA 212(a) paragraph numbers waived by the Compact, not footnotes attached to the country names.","publisher":"This content is from the eCFR and is authoritative but unofficial."},"checkedAt":"2026-08-20","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"}}