Vatican City · Passport Index 2026
Vatican City · Passport Index 2026Vatican passport: visa-free countries
Ranked #25 in the world, with 132 places you can visit easily: no visa, a visa at the airport, or a short online form.
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Visa-free countries for Vatican passport holders
Just show your passport at the border.
Visa on arrival
Get your visa at the airport when you land. No need to apply in advance.
eVisa and online permits
Apply online before you fly; no embassy visit.
Where the Vatican passport can go
Every country coloured by its entry rule. Tap one for the details.
How the Vatican passport compares
Passports ranked close to it on the Passport Index 2026.
By region of the world
For each part of the world: how many countries' travellers can come easily. Easy means no visa, a visa at the airport, or a short online form.
- Europe44 of 45 countries
- Americas26 of 35 countries
- Oceania10 of 14 countries
- Asia30 of 50 countries
- Africa22 of 54 countries
All 198 destinations for Vatican passport holders
198 of 198 destinations
- AlbaniaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- AndorraVisa not requiredSouthern Europe
- Antigua and BarbudaVisa not requiredCaribbean180 days
- ArgentinaVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- AustriaVisa not requiredCentral Europe90 days
- BahamasVisa not requiredCaribbean240 days
- BelarusVisa not requiredEastern Europe30 days
- BelgiumVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- BelizeVisa not requiredCentral America
- BoliviaVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- Bosnia and HerzegovinaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- BotswanaVisa not requiredSouthern Africa90 days
- BrazilVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- BulgariaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- CanadaVisa not requiredNorth America180 days
- Cape VerdeVisa not requiredWestern Africa30 days
- ChileVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- ColombiaVisa not requiredSouth America180 days
- Costa RicaVisa not requiredCentral America90 days
- CroatiaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- CyprusVisa not requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- Czech RepublicVisa not requiredCentral Europe90 days
- DenmarkVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- DominicaVisa not requiredCaribbean21 days
- Dominican RepublicVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- EcuadorVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- El SalvadorVisa not requiredCentral America90 days
- EstoniaVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- EswatiniVisa not requiredSouthern Africa30 days
- FijiVisa not requiredMelanesia120 days
- FinlandVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- FranceVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- GambiaVisa not requiredWestern Africa90 days
- GeorgiaVisa not requiredWestern Asia365 days
- GermanyVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- GreeceVisa not requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- GrenadaVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- GuatemalaVisa not requiredCentral America90 days
- HaitiVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- HondurasVisa not requiredCentral America90 days
- Hong KongVisa not requiredEastern Asia14 days
- HungaryVisa not requiredCentral Europe90 days
- IcelandVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- IrelandVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- ItalyVisa not requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- KazakhstanVisa not requiredCentral Asia30 days
- KosovoVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- KyrgyzstanVisa not requiredCentral Asia60 days
- LatviaVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- LiechtensteinVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- LithuaniaVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- LuxembourgVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- MalaysiaVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- MaltaVisa not requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- MauritiusVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- MexicoVisa not requiredNorth America180 days
- MicronesiaVisa not requiredMicronesia30 days
- MoldovaVisa not requiredEastern Europe90 days
- MonacoVisa not requiredWestern Europe
- MontenegroVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- NetherlandsVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- NicaraguaVisa not requiredCentral America90 days
- North MacedoniaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- NorwayVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- PalestineVisa not requiredWestern Asia
- PanamaVisa not requiredCentral America180 days
- PeruVisa not requiredSouth America183 days
- PhilippinesVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- PolandVisa not requiredCentral Europe90 days
- PortugalVisa not requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- QatarVisa not requiredWestern Asia30 days
- RomaniaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVisa not requiredCaribbean30 days
- SamoaVisa not requiredPolynesia60 days
- San MarinoVisa not requiredSouthern Europe
- São Tomé and PríncipeVisa not requiredMiddle Africa15 days
- SerbiaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- SingaporeVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- SlovakiaVisa not requiredCentral Europe90 days
- SloveniaVisa not requiredCentral Europe90 days
- SpainVisa not requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- SurinameVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- SwedenVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- SwitzerlandVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- TaiwanVisa not requiredEastern Asia90 days
- TajikistanVisa not requiredCentral Asia30 days
- TunisiaVisa not requiredNorthern Africa90 days
- TürkiyeVisa not requiredWestern Asia90 days
- UkraineVisa not requiredEastern Europe90 days
- United Arab EmiratesVisa not requiredWestern Asia30 days
- UruguayVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- UzbekistanVisa not requiredCentral Asia30 days
- VanuatuVisa not requiredMelanesia30 days
- ZambiaVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- ArmeniaVisa on arrivalWestern Asia120 days
- BahrainVisa on arrivalWestern Asia14 days
- BangladeshVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia30 days
- BurundiVisa on arrivalEastern Africa
- CambodiaVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- ComorosVisa on arrivalEastern Africa45 days
- EgyptVisa on arrivalNorthern Africa30 days
- Guinea-BissauVisa on arrivalWestern Africa90 days
- IndonesiaVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- IranVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia30 days
- JordanVisa on arrivalWestern Asia
- KuwaitVisa on arrivalWestern Asia90 days
- LaosVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- MacauVisa on arrivalEastern Asia
- MadagascarVisa on arrivalEastern Africa90 days
- MalawiVisa on arrivalEastern Africa90 days
- MaldivesVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia30 days
- Marshall IslandsVisa on arrivalMicronesia90 days
- MozambiqueVisa on arrivalEastern Africa30 days
- NamibiaVisa on arrivalSouthern Africa
- NepalVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia90 days
- PalauVisa on arrivalMicronesia30 days
- Papua New GuineaVisa on arrivalMelanesia60 days
- RwandaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa30 days
- SenegalVisa on arrivalWestern Africa90 days
- SeychellesVisa on arrivalEastern Africa90 days
- Sri LankaVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia30 days
- TanzaniaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa90 days
- Timor-LesteVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- TuvaluVisa on arrivalPolynesia30 days
- ZimbabweVisa on arrivalSouthern Africa90 days
- AustraliaeTA requiredAustralia and New Zealand
- IsraeleTA requiredWestern Asia90 days
- KenyaeTA requiredEastern Africa90 days
- New ZealandeTA requiredAustralia and New Zealand90 days
- Saint Kitts and NeviseTA requiredCaribbean90 days
- South KoreaeTA requiredEastern Asia30 days
- United KingdomeTA requiredNorthern Europe180 days
- AfghanistaneVisaSouthern Asia30 days
- AngolaeVisaMiddle Africa30 days
- AzerbaijaneVisaWestern Asia30 days
- BenineVisaWestern Africa30 days
- BhutaneVisaSouthern Asia
- Burkina FasoeVisaWestern Africa
- CamerooneVisaMiddle Africa
- CubaeVisaCaribbean90 days
- DjiboutieVisaEastern Africa31 days
- DR CongoeVisaMiddle Africa7 days
- Equatorial GuineaeVisaMiddle Africa
- EthiopiaeVisaEastern Africa90 days
- GaboneVisaMiddle Africa90 days
- GuineaeVisaWestern Africa90 days
- IndiaeVisaSouthern Asia60 days
- IraqeVisaWestern Asia
- Ivory CoasteVisaWestern Africa90 days
- LesothoeVisaSouthern Africa
- LibyaeVisaNorthern Africa
- MauritaniaeVisaWestern Africa
- NigeriaeVisaWestern Africa90 days
- OmaneVisaWestern Asia30 days
- PakistaneVisaSouthern Asia
- RussiaeVisaEastern Europe30 days
- SomaliaeVisaEastern Africa30 days
- South SudaneVisaMiddle Africa
- SyriaeVisaWestern Asia
- ThailandeVisaSouth-Eastern Asia
- TogoeVisaWestern Africa15 days
- Trinidad and TobagoeVisaCaribbean
- UgandaeVisaEastern Africa
- VietnameVisaSouth-Eastern Asia90 days
- AlgeriaVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- BarbadosVisa requiredCaribbean
- BruneiVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- Central African RepublicVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- ChadVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- ChinaVisa requiredEastern Asia
- CongoVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- EritreaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- GhanaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- GuyanaVisa requiredSouth America
- JamaicaVisa requiredCaribbean
- JapanVisa requiredEastern Asia
- KiribatiVisa requiredMicronesia
- LebanonVisa requiredWestern Asia
- LiberiaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- MaliVisa requiredWestern Africa
- MongoliaVisa requiredEastern Asia
- MoroccoVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- MyanmarVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- NauruVisa requiredMicronesia
- NigerVisa requiredWestern Africa
- North KoreaVisa requiredEastern Asia
- ParaguayVisa requiredSouth America
- Saint LuciaVisa requiredCaribbean
- Saudi ArabiaVisa requiredWestern Asia
- Sierra LeoneVisa requiredWestern Africa
- Solomon IslandsVisa requiredMelanesia
- South AfricaVisa requiredSouthern Africa
- SudanVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- TongaVisa requiredPolynesia
- TurkmenistanVisa requiredCentral Asia
- United StatesVisa requiredNorth America
- VenezuelaVisa requiredSouth America
- YemenVisa requiredWestern Asia
Questions
How many countries can Vatican passport holders visit without a visa?
94 countries need no visa at all, and 38 more give a visa at the airport or a quick online permit.
Where does the Vatican City passport rank?
#27 of 199 passports, with 130 destinations reachable without applying ahead.
Which big countries can Vatican passport holders visit visa-free?
Brazil, Mexico, Philippines, Türkiye Germany, and 89 more.
Where can Vatican passport holders get a visa at the airport?
31 countries, including Indonesia, Bangladesh, Egypt Iran, and 27 more.
Which countries let Vatican passport holders apply online?
39 countries, including India, Pakistan, Nigeria Russia, and 35 more. Always use the official government website.
How many countries need an embassy visa for Vatican passport holders?
34, including China, United States, Japan South Africa, and 30 more. Apply weeks before you travel.
Can Vatican passport holders visit the US, UK or Europe without a visa?
United States: visa needed; United Kingdom: eta needed; Canada: no visa needed; Australia: eta needed; Japan: visa needed; France: no visa needed.
Which part of the world is easiest for Vatican passport holders?
Europe: 98% of its countries let you in without applying first.
Which nearby countries can Vatican passport holders visit easily?
Andorra, Cyprus, Greece, Italy Malta, and 3 more.
Does the Vatican City passport work for official or diplomatic travel?
Official and diplomatic passports often have their own rules. Each destination page shows them where they differ from a regular passport.
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