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COUNTRY	DESCRIPTION
Afghanistan	Yes
Albania	Yes, only for men above age 18
Argentina	No
Armenia	Yes, but only for men
Australia	Yes
Austria	Yes
Azerbaijan	Yes
Belarus	Yes
Belgium	Yes
Belize	Yes
Bolivia	No (Except in wartime)
Bosnia and Herzegovina	No
Brazil	No (except in wartime)
Bulgaria	Yes
Canada	Yes
Cape Verde	No
Chile	Yes
China	Yes
Colombia	No
Costa Rica	No
Croatia	No
Cuba	Yes
Cyprus	Yes
Czech Republic	Yes
Denmark	Yes
Dominican Republic	No
Ecuador	No
Egypt	Yes
El Salvador	No (Except in wartime)
Estonia	Yes
Finland	Yes
France	Yes
Germany	Yes
Greece	Yes
Holy See (Vatican City)	No
Honduras	No
Hong Kong	Yes
Hungary	Yes
Iceland	Yes
India	Yes
Indonesia	Yes
Iraq	Yes
Ireland	Yes
Israel	Yes
Italy	Yes
Jamaica	Yes
Japan	Yes
Jordan	Yes
Kazakhstan	Yes
Kiribati	Yes
Kosovo	No
Kyrgyzstan	Yes
Laos	Yes
Latvia	Yes
Lebanon	Yes
Lithuania	Yes
Macau	No
Malaysia	Yes
Mexico	No (exception of Chihuahua)
Morocco	Yes
Nepal	Yes
Netherlands	Yes
New Zealand	Yes
Nicaragua	No
Nigeria	Yes
North Korea	Yes
Norway	No
Pakistan	Yes
Panama	No
Paraguay	No
Peru	Yes
Poland	Yes
Portugal	No
Republic of Macedonia	Yes
Republic of the Congo	No
Romania	Yes
Russia	Yes, but only for men between 18 and 65 years.
Saudi Arabia	Yes
Serbia	No
Singapore	Yes
Slovakia	Yes
Slovenia	Yes
Somalia	Yes
South Africa	Yes
South Korea	Yes
Spain	No
Sweden	Yes
Switzerland	Yes
Syria	Yes
Tajikistan	Yes
Tunisia	Yes
Turkey	Yes
Turkmenistan	Yes
Ukraine	Yes
United States	Yes
Uruguay	No
Uzbekistan	Yes, only for men aged between 18 and 60 years
Venezuela	No
Vietnam	Yes

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