Central America
Central AmericaEl Salvador visa requirements
Travellers from 88 of 198 countries can visit El Salvador easily: no visa, a visa at the airport, or a short online form.
What 198 passports need to visit El Salvador
Find your own passport in the list below for the exact rule.
- No visa needed88 of 198 passportsJust show your passport at the border.
- eVisa44 of 198 passportsApply on the official website.
- Visa needed65 of 198 passportsApply at the embassy or consulate.
- Entry permit needed1 of 198 passportsArranged by a sponsor or tour operator.
Types of El Salvador visa
- Visitor entry5 optionsMany nationalities can visit without a visa for up to 180 days. Bolivian citizens get up to 90 days. Other travellers may qualify through an existing visa or need a Special Entry Permit.
- Transit without a visa1 optionsTravellers who would normally need a visa can transit without one for up to 96 hours if they hold an onward ticket.
Find your passport
198 of 198 passports
- AlbaniaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- 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
- BahrainVisa not requiredWestern Asia90 days
- BarbadosVisa not requiredCaribbean180 days
- BelgiumVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- BelizeVisa not requiredCentral America90 days
- BoliviaVisa not requiredSouth America
- BrazilVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- BruneiVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia180 days
- BulgariaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe180 days
- CanadaVisa not requiredNorth America180 days
- ChileVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- ColombiaVisa not requiredSouth America90 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
- Dominican RepublicVisa not requiredCaribbean180 days
- EcuadorVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- EstoniaVisa not requiredNorthern Europe180 days
- FijiVisa not requiredMelanesia180 days
- FinlandVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- FranceVisa not requiredWestern Europe180 days
- GermanyVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- GreeceVisa not requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- GuatemalaVisa not requiredCentral America180 days
- HondurasVisa not requiredCentral America90 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 Asia90 days
- KuwaitVisa not requiredWestern Asia90 days
- LatviaVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- LiechtensteinVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- LithuaniaVisa not requiredNorthern Europe180 days
- LuxembourgVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- MadagascarVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- MalaysiaVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia180 days
- MaltaVisa not requiredSouthern Europe180 days
- Marshall IslandsVisa not requiredMicronesia90 days
- MexicoVisa not requiredNorth America180 days
- MonacoVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- NetherlandsVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- New ZealandVisa not requiredAustralia and New Zealand180 days
- NicaraguaVisa not requiredCentral America90 days
- North MacedoniaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe180 days
- NorwayVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- PanamaVisa not requiredCentral America180 days
- ParaguayVisa not requiredSouth America180 days
- PeruVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- PolandVisa not requiredCentral Europe90 days
- PortugalVisa not requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- QatarVisa not requiredWestern Asia90 days
- RomaniaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- RussiaVisa not requiredEastern Europe180 days
- Saint Kitts and NevisVisa not requiredCaribbean180 days
- Saint LuciaVisa not requiredCaribbean180 days
- Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVisa not requiredCaribbean180 days
- San MarinoVisa not requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- São Tomé and PríncipeVisa not requiredMiddle Africa90 days
- Saudi ArabiaVisa not requiredWestern Asia90 days
- SingaporeVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia90 days
- SlovakiaVisa not requiredCentral Europe180 days
- SloveniaVisa not requiredCentral Europe180 days
- Solomon IslandsVisa not requiredMelanesia90 days
- South AfricaVisa not requiredSouthern Africa90 days
- South KoreaVisa not requiredEastern Asia90 days
- SpainVisa not requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- SwedenVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- SwitzerlandVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- Trinidad and TobagoVisa not requiredCaribbean180 days
- TürkiyeVisa not requiredWestern Asia90 days
- TuvaluVisa not requiredPolynesia90 days
- UkraineVisa not requiredEastern Europe180 days
- United Arab EmiratesVisa not requiredWestern Asia90 days
- United KingdomVisa not requiredNorthern Europe180 days
- United StatesVisa not requiredNorth America180 days
- UruguayVisa not requiredSouth America180 days
- VanuatuVisa not requiredMelanesia90 days
- Vatican CityVisa not requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- AngolaeVisaMiddle Africa
- BenineVisaWestern Africa
- BhutaneVisaSouthern Asia
- BotswanaeVisaSouthern Africa
- Burkina FasoeVisaWestern Africa
- BurundieVisaEastern Africa
- CambodiaeVisaSouth-Eastern Asia
- CamerooneVisaMiddle Africa
- Central African RepubliceVisaMiddle Africa
- ChadeVisaMiddle Africa
- ComoroseVisaEastern Africa
- CongoeVisaMiddle Africa
- DjiboutieVisaEastern Africa90 days
- Equatorial GuineaeVisaMiddle Africa
- EswatinieVisaSouthern Africa
- EthiopiaeVisaEastern Africa
- GhanaeVisaWestern Africa
- GuineaeVisaWestern Africa90 days
- Guinea-BissaueVisaWestern Africa
- HaitieVisaCaribbean
- Hong KongeVisaEastern Asia
- Ivory CoasteVisaWestern Africa
- JamaicaeVisaCaribbean
- JordaneVisaWestern Asia
- KenyaeVisaEastern Africa
- KiribatieVisaMicronesia
- KyrgyzstaneVisaCentral Asia
- LebanoneVisaWestern Asia90 days
- LiberiaeVisaWestern Africa
- MalawieVisaEastern Africa
- MalieVisaWestern Africa
- MauritaniaeVisaWestern Africa
- NaurueVisaMicronesia
- PalestineeVisaWestern Asia
- RwandaeVisaEastern Africa
- SamoaeVisaPolynesia
- Sierra LeoneeVisaWestern Africa
- SomaliaeVisaEastern Africa
- TajikistaneVisaCentral Asia
- Timor-LesteeVisaSouth-Eastern Asia
- TogoeVisaWestern Africa
- TongaeVisaPolynesia
- UgandaeVisaEastern Africa
- YemeneVisaWestern Asia
- AfghanistanVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- AlgeriaVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- ArmeniaVisa requiredWestern Asia
- AzerbaijanVisa requiredWestern Asia
- BangladeshVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- BelarusVisa requiredEastern Europe
- Bosnia and HerzegovinaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- Cape VerdeVisa requiredWestern Africa
- ChinaVisa requiredEastern Asia
- CubaVisa requiredCaribbean
- DominicaVisa requiredCaribbean
- DR CongoVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- EgyptVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- EritreaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- GabonVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- GambiaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- GeorgiaVisa requiredWestern Asia
- GrenadaVisa requiredCaribbean
- GuyanaVisa requiredSouth America
- IndiaVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- IndonesiaVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- IranVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- IraqVisa requiredWestern Asia
- KazakhstanVisa requiredCentral Asia
- KosovoVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- LaosVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- LesothoVisa requiredSouthern Africa
- LibyaVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- MacauVisa requiredEastern Asia
- MaldivesVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- MauritiusVisa requiredEastern Africa
- MicronesiaVisa requiredMicronesia
- MongoliaVisa requiredEastern Asia
- MontenegroVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- MoroccoVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- MozambiqueVisa requiredEastern Africa
- MyanmarVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- NamibiaVisa requiredSouthern Africa
- NepalVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- NigerVisa requiredWestern Africa
- NigeriaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- North KoreaVisa requiredEastern Asia
- OmanVisa requiredWestern Asia
- PakistanVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- PalauVisa requiredMicronesia
- Papua New GuineaVisa requiredMelanesia
- PhilippinesVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- SenegalVisa requiredWestern Africa
- SerbiaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- SeychellesVisa requiredEastern Africa
- South SudanVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- Sri LankaVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- SudanVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- SurinameVisa requiredSouth America
- SyriaVisa requiredWestern Asia
- TaiwanVisa requiredEastern Asia
- TanzaniaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- ThailandVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- TunisiaVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- TurkmenistanVisa requiredCentral Asia
- UzbekistanVisa requiredCentral Asia
- VenezuelaVisa requiredSouth America
- VietnamVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- ZambiaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- ZimbabweVisa requiredSouthern Africa
- MoldovaEntry permit requiredEastern Europe
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.
- Europe40 of 46 countries
- Americas26 of 34 countries
- Oceania7 of 14 countries
- Asia12 of 50 countries
- Africa3 of 54 countries
Questions
How many passports can enter El Salvador without a visa?
88 of 198 passports can enter without applying before travel.
What is the most common entry rule for El Salvador?
No visa needed: it applies to 88 passports.
Which passports need an embassy visa for El Salvador?
65 passports, including India, China, Indonesia, Pakistan Nigeria, and 60 more.
Do India passport holders need a visa for El Salvador?
Visa needed.
Do China passport holders need a visa for El Salvador?
Visa needed.
Do United States passport holders need a visa for El Salvador?
No visa needed, for up to 180 days.
Do Nigeria passport holders need a visa for El Salvador?
Visa needed.
Do Pakistan passport holders need a visa for El Salvador?
Visa needed.
Do Brazil passport holders need a visa for El Salvador?
No visa needed, for up to 90 days.
Which region's passports have the easiest access to El Salvador?
Europe: 40 of 46 passports enter without applying first.
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