Central America
Central AmericaCosta Rica visa requirements
Travellers from 96 of 198 countries can visit Costa Rica easily: no visa, a visa at the airport, or a short online form.
What 198 passports need to visit Costa Rica
Find your own passport in the list below for the exact rule.
- No visa needed96 of 198 passportsJust show your passport at the border.
- Visa needed101 of 198 passportsApply at the embassy or consulate.
- Entry is restricted1 of 198 passportsSpecial approval or set entry points.
Types of Costa Rica visa
- Tourist visa and visa-free entry7 optionsYour passport determines whether you can visit without a visa for 180 or 30 days. Other travellers need a visa, unless they qualify through a visa or residence permit from another country.
- Transit visa1 optionsCitizens of the listed countries must apply for a transit visa before travelling through Costa Rica.
Find your passport
198 of 198 passports
- AndorraVisa not requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- Antigua and BarbudaVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- ArgentinaVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- AustraliaVisa not requiredAustralia and New Zealand90 days
- AustriaVisa not requiredCentral Europe90 days
- BahamasVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- BarbadosVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- BelgiumVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- BelizeVisa not requiredCentral America30 days
- BoliviaVisa not requiredSouth America30 days
- BrazilVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- BruneiVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia90 days
- BulgariaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- CanadaVisa not requiredNorth America180 days
- ChileVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- CroatiaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- CyprusVisa not requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- Czech RepublicVisa not requiredCentral Europe90 days
- DenmarkVisa not requiredNorthern Europe180 days
- DominicaVisa not requiredCaribbean30 days
- El SalvadorVisa not requiredCentral America90 days
- EstoniaVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- FijiVisa not requiredMelanesia30 days
- FinlandVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- FranceVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- GermanyVisa not requiredWestern Europe180 days
- GreeceVisa not requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- GrenadaVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- GuatemalaVisa not requiredCentral America90 days
- GuyanaVisa not requiredSouth America30 days
- HondurasVisa not requiredCentral America90 days
- Hong KongVisa not requiredEastern Asia180 days
- HungaryVisa not requiredCentral Europe180 days
- IcelandVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- IrelandVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- IsraelVisa not requiredWestern Asia90 days
- ItalyVisa not requiredSouthern Europe180 days
- JapanVisa not requiredEastern Asia180 days
- KiribatiVisa not requiredMicronesia30 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 Asia90 days
- MaldivesVisa not requiredSouthern Asia90 days
- MaltaVisa not requiredSouthern Europe180 days
- Marshall IslandsVisa not requiredMicronesia30 days
- MauritiusVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- MexicoVisa not requiredNorth America180 days
- MicronesiaVisa not requiredMicronesia30 days
- MonacoVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- MontenegroVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- NauruVisa not requiredMicronesia30 days
- NetherlandsVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- New ZealandVisa not requiredAustralia and New Zealand90 days
- NorwayVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- PalauVisa not requiredMicronesia30 days
- PanamaVisa not requiredCentral America90 days
- ParaguayVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- PeruVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- PhilippinesVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia90 days
- PolandVisa not requiredCentral Europe90 days
- PortugalVisa not requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- QatarVisa not requiredWestern Asia90 days
- RomaniaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe180 days
- RussiaVisa not requiredEastern Europe90 days
- Saint Kitts and NevisVisa not requiredCaribbean30 days
- Saint LuciaVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- SamoaVisa not requiredPolynesia30 days
- San MarinoVisa not requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- São Tomé and PríncipeVisa not requiredMiddle Africa90 days
- SerbiaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- SeychellesVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- SingaporeVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia90 days
- SlovakiaVisa not requiredCentral Europe90 days
- SloveniaVisa not requiredCentral Europe90 days
- Solomon IslandsVisa not requiredMelanesia30 days
- South AfricaVisa not requiredSouthern Africa90 days
- South KoreaVisa not requiredEastern Asia90 days
- SpainVisa not requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- SurinameVisa not requiredSouth America30 days
- SwedenVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- SwitzerlandVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- TaiwanVisa not requiredEastern Asia90 days
- TongaVisa not requiredPolynesia30 days
- Trinidad and TobagoVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- TürkiyeVisa not requiredWestern Asia90 days
- TuvaluVisa not requiredPolynesia30 days
- UkraineVisa not requiredEastern Europe180 days
- United Arab EmiratesVisa not requiredWestern Asia90 days
- United KingdomVisa not requiredNorthern Europe180 days
- United StatesVisa not requiredNorth America90 days
- UruguayVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- VanuatuVisa not requiredMelanesia30 days
- Vatican CityVisa not requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- AfghanistanVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- AlbaniaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- AlgeriaVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- AngolaVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- ArmeniaVisa requiredWestern Asia
- AzerbaijanVisa requiredWestern Asia
- BahrainVisa requiredWestern Asia
- BangladeshVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- BelarusVisa requiredEastern Europe
- BeninVisa requiredWestern Africa
- BhutanVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- Bosnia and HerzegovinaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- BotswanaVisa requiredSouthern Africa
- Burkina FasoVisa requiredWestern Africa
- BurundiVisa requiredEastern Africa
- CambodiaVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- CameroonVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- Cape VerdeVisa requiredWestern Africa
- Central African RepublicVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- ChadVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- ChinaVisa requiredEastern Asia
- ColombiaVisa requiredSouth America
- ComorosVisa requiredEastern Africa
- CongoVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- CubaVisa requiredCaribbean
- DjiboutiVisa requiredEastern Africa
- Dominican RepublicVisa requiredCaribbean
- DR CongoVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- EcuadorVisa requiredSouth America
- EgyptVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- Equatorial GuineaVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- EritreaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- EswatiniVisa requiredSouthern Africa
- EthiopiaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- GabonVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- GambiaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- GeorgiaVisa requiredWestern Asia
- GhanaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- GuineaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- Guinea-BissauVisa requiredWestern Africa
- HaitiVisa requiredCaribbean
- IndiaVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- IndonesiaVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- IranVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- IraqVisa requiredWestern Asia
- Ivory CoastVisa requiredWestern Africa
- JamaicaVisa requiredCaribbean
- JordanVisa requiredWestern Asia
- KazakhstanVisa requiredCentral Asia
- KenyaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- KosovoVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- KuwaitVisa requiredWestern Asia
- KyrgyzstanVisa requiredCentral Asia
- LaosVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- LebanonVisa requiredWestern Asia
- LesothoVisa requiredSouthern Africa
- LiberiaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- LibyaVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- MacauVisa requiredEastern Asia
- MadagascarVisa requiredEastern Africa
- MalawiVisa requiredEastern Africa
- MaliVisa requiredWestern Africa
- MauritaniaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- MoldovaVisa requiredEastern Europe
- MongoliaVisa requiredEastern Asia
- MoroccoVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- MozambiqueVisa requiredEastern Africa
- MyanmarVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- NamibiaVisa requiredSouthern Africa
- NepalVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- NicaraguaVisa requiredCentral America
- NigerVisa requiredWestern Africa
- NigeriaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- North KoreaVisa requiredEastern Asia
- North MacedoniaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- OmanVisa requiredWestern Asia
- PakistanVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- PalestineVisa requiredWestern Asia
- Papua New GuineaVisa requiredMelanesia
- RwandaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- Saudi ArabiaVisa requiredWestern Asia
- SenegalVisa requiredWestern Africa
- Sierra LeoneVisa requiredWestern Africa
- SomaliaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- South SudanVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- SudanVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- SyriaVisa requiredWestern Asia
- TajikistanVisa requiredCentral Asia
- TanzaniaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- ThailandVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- Timor-LesteVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- TogoVisa requiredWestern Africa
- TunisiaVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- TurkmenistanVisa requiredCentral Asia
- UgandaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- UzbekistanVisa requiredCentral Asia
- VenezuelaVisa requiredSouth America
- VietnamVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- YemenVisa requiredWestern Asia
- ZambiaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- ZimbabweVisa requiredSouthern Africa
- Sri LankaAdmission restrictedSouthern Asia
Who can visit easily, by part 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.
- Oceania13 of 14 countries
- Europe40 of 46 countries
- Americas26 of 34 countries
- Asia13 of 50 countries
- Africa4 of 54 countries
Questions
How many passports can enter Costa Rica without a visa?
96 of 198 passports can enter without applying before travel.
What is the most common entry rule for Costa Rica?
Visa needed: it applies to 101 passports.
Which passports need an embassy visa for Costa Rica?
101 passports, including India, China, Indonesia, Pakistan Nigeria, and 96 more.
Do India passport holders need a visa for Costa Rica?
Visa needed.
Do China passport holders need a visa for Costa Rica?
Visa needed.
Do United States passport holders need a visa for Costa Rica?
No visa needed, for up to 90 days.
Do Nigeria passport holders need a visa for Costa Rica?
Visa needed.
Do Pakistan passport holders need a visa for Costa Rica?
Visa needed.
Do Brazil passport holders need a visa for Costa Rica?
No visa needed, for up to 90 days.
Which region's passports have the easiest access to Costa Rica?
Oceania: 13 of 14 passports enter without applying first.
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