Check one traveller, then add the result to a private trip plan to compare up to eight family members or companions. The checker applies only published conditions supported by official, commercially reusable sources.
For standard passenger-lane rules only.
Compare up to eight anonymous travellers before deciding which lane the group should use.
| Traveller | Route | Passport | Age | Outcome |
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Saved entries survive refreshes in this browser tab and are cleared when the tab closes or you select “Clear trip”. No names or passport numbers are requested.
Inputs are used only to calculate this result and are not written into the page URL. This checker does not decide whether you may enter a country.
Coverage is intentionally limited to systems where we can support the rule engine with current official guidance and a commercial-compatible reuse licence. Europe’s EES is a border-registration system, not a universal eGate permission rule.
Biometric passport, route, age, height and valid digital immigration permission/status can matter.
AustraliaThe current access-expansion trial accepts any valid passport, including a non-ePassport, alongside age, height and child-accompaniment requirements.
New ZealandEligible ePassport issuers and the minimum age determine the standard automated-gate route.
Europe / SchengenEES records many non-EU short-stay travellers; nationality and residence-document exemptions can change the result.
The checker gives a route result. These guides explain the situations that usually need more context: family travel, a failed gate, the difference between EES and an eGate, and how to identify an electronic passport.
Compare the current UK, Australian and New Zealand age, height, adult-accompaniment and passport rules in one place.
TroubleshootingPassport chip, facial matching, digital immigration status, family rules, system faults and what manual processing means.
Europe explainedUnderstand why EES registration, a self-service kiosk and permission to use an automated passport gate are three different questions.
Passport basicsFind the ePassport symbol, understand what the chip proves and why a machine-readable passport is not always the same thing.
“Can I use the eGate?” can depend on passport issuer, age, height, document type, digital immigration permission, membership or residence documents. The checker exposes the conditions instead of hiding them behind a simple yes/no.
We do not claim worldwide coverage. Systems are added only when current official rules can be represented cautiously and the source terms allow our commercial use. Unsupported systems are not guessed.