Northern Europe
Northern EuropeEstonia visa requirements
Travellers from 93 of 198 countries can visit Estonia easily: no visa, a visa at the airport, or a short online form.
What 198 passports need to visit Estonia
Find your own passport in the list below for the exact rule.
- No visa needed82 of 198 passportsJust show your passport at the border.
- Free to visit, live and work11 of 198 passportsVisit, live and work freely.
- Visa needed104 of 198 passportsApply at the embassy or consulate.
- Not allowed to enter1 of 198 passportsEntry is closed to this passport.
Types of Estonia visa
- Tourist visits4 optionsVisit Estonia without a visa if you qualify, or apply for a Schengen short-stay visa. The usual limit is 90 days in any 180-day period across the Schengen Area.
- Airport transit2 optionsMany passengers can change flights in Estonia without a visa if they stay in one airport's international transit area for less than one day. Some nationalities need an airport transit visa even when staying in that area.
- Business visits2 optionsShort business visits can use the Schengen visa-free rules or a Schengen short-stay visa. Visa-free business travel does not give permission to work in Estonia.
- Study and educational visits3 optionsA Schengen visa can cover a short educational visit. Longer study stays generally require a long-stay visa or residence permit. Some school groups can enter without a visa.
- Work and longer stays3 optionsCitizens with European single market free movement rights can work in Estonia without a visa. Ordinary visa-free visitors cannot work in Estonia. Other workers need an appropriate route.
- Family members and residence3 optionsQualifying family members of European single market citizens can visit Estonia without a visa using a family residence card. Other long stays generally need a long-stay visa or residence permit.
- Exceptional visa at the border1 optionsA Schengen visa may be issued at the border in exceptional circumstances. This is not a routine option for a planned holiday.
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 Europe
- BahamasVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- BarbadosVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- BelgiumVisa not requiredWestern Europe
- Bosnia and HerzegovinaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- BrazilVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- BruneiVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia90 days
- CanadaVisa not requiredNorth America90 days
- ChileVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- ColombiaVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- Costa RicaVisa not requiredCentral America90 days
- CyprusVisa not requiredSouthern Europe
- Czech RepublicVisa not requiredCentral Europe
- DenmarkVisa not requiredNorthern Europe
- DominicaVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- El SalvadorVisa not requiredCentral America90 days
- FinlandVisa not requiredNorthern Europe
- GeorgiaVisa not requiredWestern Asia90 days
- GreeceVisa not requiredSouthern Europe
- GrenadaVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- GuatemalaVisa not requiredCentral America90 days
- HondurasVisa not requiredCentral America90 days
- Hong KongVisa not requiredEastern Asia90 days
- HungaryVisa not requiredCentral Europe
- IcelandVisa not requiredNorthern Europe
- IsraelVisa not requiredWestern Asia90 days
- JapanVisa not requiredEastern Asia90 days
- KiribatiVisa not requiredMicronesia90 days
- KosovoVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- LiechtensteinVisa not requiredWestern Europe
- LithuaniaVisa not requiredNorthern Europe
- LuxembourgVisa not requiredWestern Europe
- MacauVisa not requiredEastern Asia90 days
- MalaysiaVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia90 days
- MaltaVisa not requiredSouthern Europe
- Marshall IslandsVisa not requiredMicronesia90 days
- MauritiusVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- MexicoVisa not requiredNorth America90 days
- MicronesiaVisa not requiredMicronesia90 days
- MoldovaVisa not requiredEastern Europe90 days
- MonacoVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- MontenegroVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- NetherlandsVisa not requiredWestern Europe
- New ZealandVisa not requiredAustralia and New Zealand90 days
- NicaraguaVisa not requiredCentral America90 days
- North MacedoniaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- NorwayVisa not requiredNorthern Europe
- PalauVisa not requiredMicronesia90 days
- PanamaVisa not requiredCentral America90 days
- ParaguayVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- PeruVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- Saint Kitts and NevisVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- Saint LuciaVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- SamoaVisa not requiredPolynesia90 days
- San MarinoVisa not requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- SerbiaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- SeychellesVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- SingaporeVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia90 days
- SlovakiaVisa not requiredCentral Europe
- SloveniaVisa not requiredCentral Europe
- Solomon IslandsVisa not requiredMelanesia90 days
- South KoreaVisa not requiredEastern Asia90 days
- SwedenVisa not requiredNorthern Europe
- SwitzerlandVisa not requiredWestern Europe
- TaiwanVisa not requiredEastern Asia90 days
- Timor-LesteVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia90 days
- TongaVisa not requiredPolynesia90 days
- Trinidad and TobagoVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- TuvaluVisa not requiredPolynesia90 days
- UkraineVisa not requiredEastern Europe90 days
- United Arab EmiratesVisa not requiredWestern Asia90 days
- United KingdomVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- United StatesVisa not requiredNorth America90 days
- UruguayVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- Vatican CityVisa not requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- VenezuelaVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- BulgariaFreedom of movementSoutheast Europe
- CroatiaFreedom of movementSoutheast Europe
- FranceFreedom of movementWestern Europe
- GermanyFreedom of movementWestern Europe
- IrelandFreedom of movementNorthern Europe
- ItalyFreedom of movementSouthern Europe
- LatviaFreedom of movementNorthern Europe
- PolandFreedom of movementCentral Europe
- PortugalFreedom of movementSouthern Europe
- RomaniaFreedom of movementSoutheast Europe
- SpainFreedom of movementSouthern Europe
- AfghanistanVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- AlgeriaVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- AngolaVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- ArmeniaVisa requiredWestern Asia
- AzerbaijanVisa requiredWestern Asia
- BahrainVisa requiredWestern Asia
- BangladeshVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- BelarusVisa requiredEastern Europe
- BelizeVisa requiredCentral America
- BeninVisa requiredWestern Africa
- BhutanVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- BoliviaVisa requiredSouth America
- 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
- 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
- FijiVisa requiredMelanesia
- GabonVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- GambiaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- GhanaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- GuineaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- Guinea-BissauVisa requiredWestern Africa
- GuyanaVisa requiredSouth America
- 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
- KuwaitVisa requiredWestern Asia
- KyrgyzstanVisa requiredCentral Asia
- LaosVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- LebanonVisa requiredWestern Asia
- LesothoVisa requiredSouthern Africa
- LiberiaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- LibyaVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- MadagascarVisa requiredEastern Africa
- MalawiVisa requiredEastern Africa
- MaldivesVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- MaliVisa requiredWestern Africa
- MauritaniaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- MongoliaVisa requiredEastern Asia
- MoroccoVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- MozambiqueVisa requiredEastern Africa
- MyanmarVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- NamibiaVisa requiredSouthern Africa
- NauruVisa requiredMicronesia
- NepalVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- NigerVisa requiredWestern Africa
- NigeriaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- North KoreaVisa requiredEastern Asia
- OmanVisa requiredWestern Asia
- PakistanVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- PalestineVisa requiredWestern Asia
- Papua New GuineaVisa requiredMelanesia
- PhilippinesVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- QatarVisa requiredWestern Asia
- RwandaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- São Tomé and PríncipeVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- Saudi ArabiaVisa requiredWestern Asia
- SenegalVisa requiredWestern Africa
- Sierra LeoneVisa requiredWestern Africa
- SomaliaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- South AfricaVisa requiredSouthern Africa
- South SudanVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- Sri LankaVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- SudanVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- SurinameVisa requiredSouth America
- SyriaVisa requiredWestern Asia
- TajikistanVisa requiredCentral Asia
- TanzaniaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- ThailandVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- TogoVisa requiredWestern Africa
- TunisiaVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- TürkiyeVisa requiredWestern Asia
- TurkmenistanVisa requiredCentral Asia
- UgandaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- UzbekistanVisa requiredCentral Asia
- VanuatuVisa requiredMelanesia
- VietnamVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- YemenVisa requiredWestern Asia
- ZambiaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- ZimbabweVisa requiredSouthern Africa
- RussiaAdmission refusedEastern 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.
- Europe43 of 45 countries
- Americas26 of 35 countries
- Oceania10 of 14 countries
- Asia12 of 50 countries
- Africa2 of 54 countries
Questions
How many passports can enter Estonia without a visa?
93 of 198 passports can enter without applying before travel.
What is the most common entry rule for Estonia?
Visa needed: it applies to 104 passports.
Which passports need an embassy visa for Estonia?
104 passports, including India, China, Indonesia, Pakistan Nigeria, and 99 more.
Do India passport holders need a visa for Estonia?
Visa needed.
Do China passport holders need a visa for Estonia?
Visa needed.
Do United States passport holders need a visa for Estonia?
No visa needed, for up to 90 days.
Do Nigeria passport holders need a visa for Estonia?
Visa needed.
Do Pakistan passport holders need a visa for Estonia?
Visa needed.
Do Brazil passport holders need a visa for Estonia?
No visa needed, for up to 90 days.
Which region's passports have the easiest access to Estonia?
Europe: 43 of 45 passports enter without applying first.
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