Central America
Central AmericaNicaragua visa requirements
Travellers from 133 of 198 countries can visit Nicaragua easily: no visa, a visa at the airport, or a short online form.
What 198 passports need to visit Nicaragua
Find your own passport in the list below for the exact rule.
- No visa needed86 of 198 passportsJust show your passport at the border.
- Visa on arrival47 of 198 passportsGet it at the airport or border.
- eVisa10 of 198 passportsApply on the official website.
- Visa needed55 of 198 passportsApply at the embassy or consulate.
Types of Nicaragua visa
- Tourist entry6 optionsEligible visitors can enter without a visa, usually for up to 90 days. Other visitors can get an e-Visa.
- Transit visa2 optionsTransit without a visa is generally allowed for up to 24 hours with an onward ticket. Citizens of certain countries must obtain a transit visa.
- e-Visa (online visa)1 optionsCitizens of countries outside the visa-exempt groups can obtain an online visa.
- Tourist card on arrival1 optionsVisa-exempt visitors must obtain a US$10 tourist card on arrival unless they qualify for an exemption.
Find your passport
198 of 198 passports
- AlbaniaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- AlgeriaVisa not requiredNorthern Africa90 days
- AndorraVisa not requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- AngolaVisa not requiredMiddle Africa30 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 requiredCaribbean90 days
- BelarusVisa not requiredEastern Europe90 days
- BelgiumVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- BelizeVisa not requiredCentral America90 days
- BoliviaVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- BrazilVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- BruneiVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia90 days
- BulgariaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- CanadaVisa not requiredNorth America90 days
- ChileVisa 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
- DominicaVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- Dominican RepublicVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- EcuadorVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- El SalvadorVisa not requiredCentral America90 days
- FijiVisa not requiredMelanesia90 days
- FinlandVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- FranceVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- GermanyVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- GreeceVisa not requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- GuatemalaVisa not requiredCentral America90 days
- HondurasVisa not requiredCentral America90 days
- Hong KongVisa not requiredEastern Asia90 days
- HungaryVisa not requiredCentral Europe90 days
- IcelandVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- IrelandVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- IsraelVisa not requiredWestern Asia90 days
- ItalyVisa not requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- JapanVisa not requiredEastern Asia90 days
- KazakhstanVisa not requiredCentral Asia30 days
- KuwaitVisa not requiredWestern Asia90 days
- LatviaVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- LiechtensteinVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- LuxembourgVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- MacauVisa not requiredEastern Asia90 days
- MalaysiaVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia90 days
- MaltaVisa not requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- Marshall IslandsVisa not requiredMicronesia90 days
- MoldovaVisa not requiredEastern Europe90 days
- MonacoVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- NetherlandsVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- NorwayVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- PalestineVisa not requiredWestern Asia90 days
- PanamaVisa not requiredCentral America90 days
- ParaguayVisa 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 Europe90 days
- RussiaVisa not requiredEastern Europe90 days
- Saint Kitts and NevisVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVisa not requiredCaribbean90 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 Europe90 days
- SloveniaVisa not requiredCentral Europe90 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
- TürkiyeVisa not requiredWestern Asia90 days
- TuvaluVisa not requiredPolynesia90 days
- United KingdomVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- United StatesVisa not requiredNorth America90 days
- UruguayVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- VanuatuVisa not requiredMelanesia90 days
- Vatican CityVisa not requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- BeninVisa on arrivalWestern Africa90 days
- BhutanVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia
- Burkina FasoVisa on arrivalWestern Africa30 days
- BurundiVisa on arrivalEastern Africa30 days
- CambodiaVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia
- Cape VerdeVisa on arrivalWestern Africa30 days
- Central African RepublicVisa on arrivalMiddle Africa90 days
- ChadVisa on arrivalMiddle Africa30 days
- ComorosVisa on arrivalEastern Africa30 days
- DjiboutiVisa on arrivalEastern Africa30 days
- Equatorial GuineaVisa on arrivalMiddle Africa30 days
- EthiopiaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa30 days
- GabonVisa on arrivalMiddle Africa30 days
- GambiaVisa on arrivalWestern Africa30 days
- GeorgiaVisa on arrivalWestern Asia90 days
- GhanaVisa on arrivalWestern Africa90 days
- GrenadaVisa on arrivalCaribbean90 days
- GuineaVisa on arrivalWestern Africa30 days
- Guinea-BissauVisa on arrivalWestern Africa30 days
- GuyanaVisa on arrivalSouth America90 days
- Ivory CoastVisa on arrivalWestern Africa90 days
- JamaicaVisa on arrivalCaribbean90 days
- JordanVisa on arrivalWestern Asia30 days
- KiribatiVisa on arrivalMicronesia90 days
- KyrgyzstanVisa on arrivalCentral Asia90 days
- LesothoVisa on arrivalSouthern Africa30 days
- MalawiVisa on arrivalEastern Africa30 days
- MauritaniaVisa on arrivalWestern Africa30 days
- MauritiusVisa on arrivalEastern Africa90 days
- MicronesiaVisa on arrivalMicronesia90 days
- MontenegroVisa on arrivalSoutheast Europe90 days
- MyanmarVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia90 days
- NauruVisa on arrivalMicronesia90 days
- NigerVisa on arrivalWestern Africa30 days
- North KoreaVisa on arrivalEastern Asia90 days
- RwandaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa30 days
- SamoaVisa on arrivalPolynesia90 days
- SenegalVisa on arrivalWestern Africa30 days
- SerbiaVisa on arrivalSoutheast Europe90 days
- SeychellesVisa on arrivalEastern Africa90 days
- TajikistanVisa on arrivalCentral Asia90 days
- TanzaniaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa30 days
- TogoVisa on arrivalWestern Africa30 days
- TongaVisa on arrivalPolynesia90 days
- UgandaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa90 days
- UzbekistanVisa on arrivalCentral Asia90 days
- ZambiaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa90 days
- ChinaeVisaEastern Asia
- LebanoneVisaWestern Asia30 days
- LibyaeVisaNorthern Africa30 days
- LithuaniaeVisaNorthern Europe
- MoroccoeVisaNorthern Africa
- New ZealandeVisaAustralia and New Zealand
- TaiwaneVisaEastern Asia
- TurkmenistaneVisaCentral Asia
- UkraineeVisaEastern Europe
- United Arab EmirateseVisaWestern Asia
- AfghanistanVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- ArmeniaVisa requiredWestern Asia
- AzerbaijanVisa requiredWestern Asia
- BangladeshVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- Bosnia and HerzegovinaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- BotswanaVisa requiredSouthern Africa
- CameroonVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- ColombiaVisa requiredSouth America
- CongoVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- CubaVisa requiredCaribbean
- DR CongoVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- EgyptVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- EritreaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- EstoniaVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- EswatiniVisa requiredSouthern Africa
- HaitiVisa requiredCaribbean
- IndiaVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- IndonesiaVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- IranVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- IraqVisa requiredWestern Asia
- KenyaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- KosovoVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- LaosVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- LiberiaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- MadagascarVisa requiredEastern Africa
- MaldivesVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- MaliVisa requiredWestern Africa
- MexicoVisa requiredNorth America
- MongoliaVisa requiredEastern Asia
- MozambiqueVisa requiredEastern Africa
- NamibiaVisa requiredSouthern Africa
- NepalVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- NigeriaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- North MacedoniaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- OmanVisa requiredWestern Asia
- PakistanVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- PalauVisa requiredMicronesia
- Papua New GuineaVisa requiredMelanesia
- PeruVisa requiredSouth America
- Saint LuciaVisa requiredCaribbean90 days
- Sierra LeoneVisa requiredWestern Africa
- SomaliaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- South SudanVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- Sri LankaVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- SudanVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- SurinameVisa requiredSouth America90 days
- SyriaVisa requiredWestern Asia
- ThailandVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- Timor-LesteVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- Trinidad and TobagoVisa requiredCaribbean
- TunisiaVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- VenezuelaVisa requiredSouth America
- VietnamVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- YemenVisa requiredWestern Asia
- ZimbabweVisa requiredSouthern Africa
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
- Oceania11 of 14 countries
- Americas25 of 34 countries
- Africa32 of 54 countries
- Asia25 of 50 countries
Questions
How many passports can enter Nicaragua without a visa?
133 of 198 passports can enter without applying before travel.
What is the most common entry rule for Nicaragua?
No visa needed: it applies to 86 passports.
Which passports need an embassy visa for Nicaragua?
55 passports, including India, Indonesia, Pakistan, Nigeria Bangladesh, and 50 more.
Do India passport holders need a visa for Nicaragua?
Visa needed.
Do China passport holders need a visa for Nicaragua?
eVisa.
Do United States passport holders need a visa for Nicaragua?
No visa needed, for up to 90 days.
Do Nigeria passport holders need a visa for Nicaragua?
Visa needed.
Do Pakistan passport holders need a visa for Nicaragua?
Visa needed.
Do Brazil passport holders need a visa for Nicaragua?
No visa needed, for up to 90 days.
Which region's passports have the easiest access to Nicaragua?
Europe: 40 of 46 passports enter without applying first.
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