Visa Information to enter Costa Rica.
All applications must be in person.
FROM APRIL 1, 2022, ALL TEMPORARY MIGRATION MEASURES WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE STATE OF NATIONAL HEALTH EMERGENCY DUE TO COVID-19 ARE REPEALED
Below you can verify if you need a visa to enter Costa Rica according to your nationality or passport that you carry.
First Group
The countries in this group DO NOT require a Visa to enter Costa Rica
The countries in this group DO NOT require a Visa to enter Costa Rica
- Passport: Mandatory validity of 1 month
- Maximum permanence: Up to 180 calendar days, NOT extendable. (It will only be extended to those granted less than 90 days and up to a maximum of 90 days.
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Andorra
Argentina* Australia* Austria Bahamas Barbados Belgium Brazil Bulgaria Canada Chile Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark * Estonia Finland France * Germany Hellenic Republic. Greece Holy See (Vatican) Hungary |
Ireland
Island Israel Italy Japan Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Mexico Monaco Montenegro Netherlands, The (Holland)* New Zeeland * Norway * Panama Paraguay Poland Portugal Puerto Rico |
Peru
Qatar Republic of Korea ( South Korea) Rumania San Marino Serbia Singapore Slovakia Slovenia South Africa South Korea Spain Sweden Switzerland Trinidad and Tobago Ukraine United Arab Emirats United States of America * United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ** Uruguay * Its dependencies receive the same treatment. ** Including England, Wales and Scotland |
Second Group
The countries in this group DO NOT require a Visa to enter Costa Rica
The countries in this group DO NOT require a Visa to enter Costa Rica
- Passport: Mandatory validity of 3 month
- Maximum permanence: Up to 30 calendar days (extendable up to a total of 90 calendar days, in accordance with applicable legislation)
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Antigua and Barbuda
Belize Bolivia Brunei Dominica El Salvador* Federated States of Micronesia Fiji Grenada Guatemala Guyana Honduras* Kiribati Malaysia Maldives Marshall Islands Mauritius Nauru Northern Mariana Islands |
Palau
Philippines Russian Federation Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Samoa San Vincent and the Grenadines São Tomé and Príncipe Seychelles Solomon Islands Surinam Taiwan (Region) Tonga Turkey Tuvalu Vanuatu * Please ask for specific regulations regarding El Salvador and Honduras |
Third Group (Entry with Consular Visa) *exceptions
The countries in this group YES require a Visa to enter Costa Rica.
The countries in this group YES require a Visa to enter Costa Rica.
- All Requirements HERE
- Entry: without Visa (only ONE entry)
- Passport: Mandatory validity of 6 month
- Maximum permanence: Up to 30 calendar days (Extendable up to 90 calendar days, in accordance with applicable legislation)
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*Albania
Algeria Angola Armenia Bahrain Belarus Benin Bhutan Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Colombia* Comoros Côte d'Ivoire Democratic Republic of Congo (historically Zaire) Djibouti Dominican Republic East Timor Ecuador Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eswatini (Swaziland) Gabon Gambia Georgia |
Ghana
Guinea Guinea-Bissau India Indonesia Jordan Kenya Kosovo Kuwait Lao People's Democratic Republic Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Moldova Mongolia Morocco Mozambique Namibia Nepal Nicaragua* Niger Nigeria Oman |
Papua New Guinea
Peoples' Republic of China Republic of Congo Republic of Macedonia Rwanda Sahrawi Arab Republic Saudi Arabia Senegal Sierra Leone North Sudan South Sudan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tunisia Uganda Venezuela* Vietnam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe * Please ask for specific regulations regarding Nicaragua, China and Colombia. |
Fourth Group (Entry with restricted Visa) *exceptions
The countries in this group YES require a Visa to enter Costa Rica.
The countries in this group YES require a Visa to enter Costa Rica.
- All Requirements HERE
- Entry: without Visa (only ONE entry)
- Passport: Mandatory validity of 6 month
- Maximum permanence: Up to 30 calendar days (Extendable up to 90 calendar days, in accordance with applicable legislation)
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Afghanistan
Azerbaijan Bangladesh Cuba Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) Eritrea Ethiopia Haiti Iran Iraq Jamaica Kazakhztan Kyrgyzstan |
Mauritania Myanmar Pakistan Palestine Somalia Sri Lanka Syrian Arab Republic Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan |
Transit Visas
Any national of the countries in the fourth group, and the nationals of the following countries below who intend to transit via Costa Rica to take a connecting flight, must present the corresponding transit visa:
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Angola
Benin Burkina Faso Cape Verde Cameroon Gambia Georgia Ghana |
Guinea
Guines-Bissau (Guinea Bissau) Equatorial Guinea India Kenya Mali Morocco Mozambique |
Nicaragua
Nigeria Republic of Congo Senegal Togo Djibouti Yemen Venezuela |
*exceptions
Nationals of countries that require a consular or restricted Costa Rican visa that meet any of the exceptions established below may dispense with the Costa Rican visa to enter Costa Rica:
A) Entry with visas and/or residences from the United States of America or Canada with a minimum validity of 1 calendar day from the day you intend to enter Costa Rica.
Those who have a visa or residence in any category (Except visas type C1, C2 and C3 of the United States of America), including the refugee category
B) Entry with residences in Scotland, Wales, England, Northern Ireland, Iceland, Norway, Switzerland and the countries of the European Union.
Those who have a residence in any category that allows multiple entries or with a minimum validity of 90 calendar days - except the category of refugee and/or asylum.
C) Entry with visa categories "C" and "D" from the Schengen Area*
Those who have a category "C" visa exclusively for multiple entries (a short-term visa that allows its holder to reside in a country in the Schengen area for a maximum of 90 days) or category "D" exclusively for multiple entries (visa (for study, work or residence). For both cases, the minimum validity of the visa may be 1 calendar day from the day you intend to enter Costa Rica.
* Schengen countries: Germany, Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Denmark, Slovenia, Spain, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Norway, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, Sweden and Switzerland.
Note: All legal stay documents shall contain the security measures established by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). Handwritten documents, single papers, and documents indicating that the residency is being processed or altered will not be accepted. In addition, all documents need to be duly legalized/apostilled and be in Spanish or Inglish; otherwise, it will be necessary to submit a translation into one of those languages.
If your case is not covered by the previous information, please send us your specific enquiry to: [email protected]
Nationals of countries that require a consular or restricted Costa Rican visa that meet any of the exceptions established below may dispense with the Costa Rican visa to enter Costa Rica:
A) Entry with visas and/or residences from the United States of America or Canada with a minimum validity of 1 calendar day from the day you intend to enter Costa Rica.
Those who have a visa or residence in any category (Except visas type C1, C2 and C3 of the United States of America), including the refugee category
B) Entry with residences in Scotland, Wales, England, Northern Ireland, Iceland, Norway, Switzerland and the countries of the European Union.
Those who have a residence in any category that allows multiple entries or with a minimum validity of 90 calendar days - except the category of refugee and/or asylum.
C) Entry with visa categories "C" and "D" from the Schengen Area*
Those who have a category "C" visa exclusively for multiple entries (a short-term visa that allows its holder to reside in a country in the Schengen area for a maximum of 90 days) or category "D" exclusively for multiple entries (visa (for study, work or residence). For both cases, the minimum validity of the visa may be 1 calendar day from the day you intend to enter Costa Rica.
* Schengen countries: Germany, Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Denmark, Slovenia, Spain, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Norway, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, Sweden and Switzerland.
Note: All legal stay documents shall contain the security measures established by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). Handwritten documents, single papers, and documents indicating that the residency is being processed or altered will not be accepted. In addition, all documents need to be duly legalized/apostilled and be in Spanish or Inglish; otherwise, it will be necessary to submit a translation into one of those languages.
If your case is not covered by the previous information, please send us your specific enquiry to: [email protected]
*** Before travelling to Costa Rica, please inquire whether a Yellow Fever Vaccination is required. (Yellow Fever Vaccination)
