About Visa Requirements
Visa Requirements is an MCP server for travel tools and AI agents that need passport-entry information. It checks country pairs, lists destinations by entry requirement, and compares mobility across passports using a community-maintained Passport Index snapshot.
Key features
- 01Check visa rules for a passport and destination
- 02List destinations by passport and entry category
- 03Compare mobility for two to five passports
- 04Return stay limits when available
Use cases
- 01Check entry rules before planning a trip
- 02Find destinations accessible to a passport holder
- 03Compare travel access across passports
MCP support
Exposes visa_requirement, visa_free_destinations, and visa_passport_compare to MCP clients. It can run as a local stdio server or connect through the Pipeworx gateway.
Configuration
Remote servers need no local install. Pick your client, then copy the config or install in one click.
https://gateway.pipeworx.io/visa-requirements/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http pipeworx-io-visa-requirements https://gateway.pipeworx.io/visa-requirements/mcp{"mcpServers":{"pipeworx-io-visa-requirements":{"type":"http","url":"https://gateway.pipeworx.io/visa-requirements/mcp"}}}Open in Cursor{"servers":{"pipeworx-io-visa-requirements":{"type":"http","url":"https://gateway.pipeworx.io/visa-requirements/mcp"}}}Open in VS Code{"mcpServers":{"pipeworx-io-visa-requirements":{"type":"http","url":"https://gateway.pipeworx.io/visa-requirements/mcp"}}}{"mcpServers":{"pipeworx-io-visa-requirements":{"serverUrl":"https://gateway.pipeworx.io/visa-requirements/mcp"}}}Run commands in a terminal; paste JSON into the client’s MCP config and restart. Servers that need sign-in will prompt on first connect.
Tools
Details
From the project READMEmcp-visa-requirements
Visa Requirements MCP — passport visa rules for any nationality → destination pair
Part of Pipeworx — an MCP gateway connecting AI agents to 1679+ live data sources.
Tools
| Tool | Description |
|---|---|
visa_requirement | Do I need a visa? Visa requirement for one passport (nationality) traveling to one destination country — returns visa-free (with allowed stay days when known), visa on arrival, e-visa, eTA, visa required, or no admission. Covers 199×199 country pairs. Data: community-maintained Passport Index snapshot (last updated 2026-02-18) — verify with official sources before travel. Example: visa_requirement({ passport: "United States", destination: "Brazil" }) |
visa_free_destinations | Where can holders of a given passport travel without a visa? Lists every destination grouped by requirement: visa-free (with allowed stay days), visa on arrival, e-visa, eTA — plus counts for visa-required and no-admission. Optional filter to a single category. Answers "visa-free countries for X passport holders". Data: Passport Index snapshot (2026-02-18). Example: visa_free_destinations({ passport: "Germany" }) |
visa_passport_compare | Compare passport power: for 2-5 passports, how many destinations each can enter visa-free / on arrival / with e-visa or eTA / visa required (passport-ranking mobility comparison). With exactly 2 passports, also lists destinations where the requirements differ (up to 30). Data: Passport Index snapshot (2026-02-18). Example: visa_passport_compare({ passports: ["US", "India"] }) |
Quick Start
Add to your MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, etc.):
{
"mcpServers": {
"visa-requirements": {
"url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/visa-requirements/mcp"
}
}
}
What this endpoint actually serves
tools/list at https://gateway.pipeworx.io/visa-requirements/mcp returns the tools in the table
above plus the shared Pipeworx meta-tools — ask_pipeworx,
discover_tools, search_within, remember/recall and the rest of the
gateway-wide set. So the tool count you see is larger than this table: a
single-pack endpoint currently lists roughly 30 shared tools alongside the
pack's own. The connection's initialize response states its exact scope, and
is the authoritative answer for a given day.
This is deliberate, not multiplexing by accident. The meta-tools are what let a
scoped connection answer a question this pack does not cover — via
ask_pipeworx, which routes across the whole catalog — without you adding a
second MCP server. There is currently no way to mount a pack endpoint without
them; if the extra schemas cost you more context than the routing is worth,
connect to the full gateway once rather than to several pack endpoints.
Or connect to the full Pipeworx gateway to get every pack's tools listed directly, instead of just this one's:
{
"mcpServers": {
"pipeworx": {
"url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/mcp"
}
}
}
Both URLs reach the same gateway and the same 1679+ data sources. The
only difference is which pack's tools are listed directly; ask_pipeworx
reaches all of them from either one.
No MCP client? Call it over HTTP
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/v1/tools/visa_requirement \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{"passport":"US","destination":"Brazil"}'
No account needed for the first calls. Inspect any tool: GET https://gateway.pipeworx.io/v1/tools/visa_requirement. Find one: POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/v1/tools/search_packs with {"query":"..."}.
Standalone (no gateway account)
This package also runs as a local stdio MCP server — no Pipeworx account, no gateway round-trip:
{
"mcpServers": {
"visa-requirements": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "@pipeworx/mcp-visa-requirements"]
}
}
}
Or run it directly to confirm it starts:
npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-visa-requirements
It speaks MCP over stdin/stdout and answers initialize/tools/list/tools/call
for only this pack's tools — none of the shared meta-tools the gateway
connection above adds. Same source, same tools, no ask_pipeworx routing.
Using with ask_pipeworx
Instead of calling tools directly, you can ask questions in plain English — this works on the pack endpoint above as well as on the full gateway:
ask_pipeworx({ question: "your question about Visa Requirements data" })
The gateway picks the right tool and fills the arguments automatically.
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License
MIT
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