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Costa Rica visa requirements by passport
95 passports can visit Costa Rica without applying for a visa. Find yours below, then how to apply if you need a visa. Every passport here was checked at Costa Rica's official sources.
Visa-free 95
- 🇦🇩 Andorra180 days
- 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda30 days
- 🇦🇷 Argentina180 days
- 🇦🇺 Australia180 days
- 🇦🇹 Austria180 days
- 🇧🇸 Bahamas180 days
- 🇧🇧 Barbados180 days
- 🇧🇪 Belgium180 days
- 🇧🇿 Belize30 days
- 🇧🇴 Bolivia30 days
- 🇧🇷 Brazil180 days
- 🇧🇳 Brunei30 days
- 🇧🇬 Bulgaria180 days
- 🇨🇦 Canada180 days
- 🇨🇱 Chile180 days
- 🇭🇷 Croatia180 days
- 🇨🇾 Cyprus180 days
- 🇨🇿 Czechia180 days
- 🇩🇰 Denmark180 days
- 🇩🇲 Dominica30 days
- 🇸🇻 El Salvador30 days
- 🇪🇪 Estonia180 days
- 🇫🇯 Fiji30 days
- 🇫🇮 Finland180 days
- 🇫🇷 France180 days
- 🇩🇪 Germany180 days
- 🇬🇷 Greece180 days
- 🇬🇩 Grenada30 days
- 🇬🇹 Guatemala30 days
- 🇬🇾 Guyana30 days
- 🇭🇳 Honduras30 days
- 🇭🇺 Hungary180 days
- 🇮🇸 Iceland180 days
- 🇮🇪 Ireland180 days
- 🇮🇱 Israel180 days
- 🇮🇹 Italy180 days
- 🇯🇵 Japan180 days
- 🇰🇮 Kiribati30 days
- 🇱🇻 Latvia180 days
- 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein180 days
- 🇱🇹 Lithuania180 days
- 🇱🇺 Luxembourg180 days
- 🇲🇾 Malaysia30 days
- 🇲🇻 Maldives30 days
- 🇲🇹 Malta180 days
- 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands30 days
- 🇲🇺 Mauritius30 days
- 🇲🇽 Mexico180 days
- 🇫🇲 Micronesia30 days
- 🇲🇨 Monaco180 days
- 🇲🇪 Montenegro180 days
- 🇳🇷 Nauru30 days
- 🇳🇱 Netherlands180 days
- 🇳🇿 New Zealand180 days
- 🇳🇴 Norway180 days
- 🇵🇼 Palau30 days
- 🇵🇦 Panama180 days
- 🇵🇾 Paraguay180 days
- 🇵🇪 Peru180 days
- 🇵🇭 Philippines30 days
- 🇵🇱 Poland180 days
- 🇵🇹 Portugal180 days
- 🇶🇦 Qatar180 days
- 🇷🇴 Romania180 days
- 🇷🇺 Russia90 days
- 🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis30 days
- 🇱🇨 Saint Lucia30 days
- 🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines30 days
- 🇼🇸 Samoa30 days
- 🇸🇲 San Marino180 days
- 🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe30 days
- 🇷🇸 Serbia180 days
- 🇸🇨 Seychelles30 days
- 🇸🇬 Singapore180 days
- 🇸🇰 Slovakia180 days
- 🇸🇮 Slovenia180 days
- 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands30 days
- 🇿🇦 South Africa180 days
- 🇰🇷 South Korea180 days
- 🇪🇸 Spain180 days
- 🇸🇷 Suriname30 days
- 🇸🇪 Sweden180 days
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland180 days
- 🇹🇼 Taiwan30 days
- 🇹🇴 Tonga30 days
- 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago180 days
- 🇹🇷 Türkiye30 days
- 🇹🇻 Tuvalu30 days
- 🇺🇦 Ukraine180 days
- 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates180 days
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom180 days
- 🇺🇸 United States180 days
- 🇺🇾 Uruguay180 days
- 🇻🇺 Vanuatu30 days
- 🇻🇦 Vatican City180 days
Visa needed 103
- 🇦🇫 Afghanistan
- 🇦🇱 Albania
- 🇩🇿 Algeria
- 🇦🇴 Angola
- 🇦🇲 Armenia
- 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan
- 🇧🇭 Bahrain
- 🇧🇩 Bangladesh
- 🇧🇾 Belarus
- 🇧🇯 Benin
- 🇧🇹 Bhutan
- 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina
- 🇧🇼 Botswana
- 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso
- 🇧🇮 Burundi
- 🇰🇭 Cambodia
- 🇨🇲 Cameroon
- 🇨🇻 Cape Verde
- 🇨🇫 Central African Republic
- 🇹🇩 Chad
- 🇨🇳 China
- 🇨🇴 Colombia
- 🇰🇲 Comoros
- 🇨🇬 Congo
- 🇨🇺 Cuba
- 🇩🇯 Djibouti
- 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic
- 🇨🇩 DR Congo
- 🇪🇨 Ecuador
- 🇪🇬 Egypt
- 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea
- 🇪🇷 Eritrea
- 🇸🇿 Eswatini
- 🇪🇹 Ethiopia
- 🇬🇦 Gabon
- 🇬🇲 Gambia
- 🇬🇪 Georgia
- 🇬🇭 Ghana
- 🇬🇳 Guinea
- 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau
- 🇭🇹 Haiti
- 🇭🇰 Hong Kong
- 🇮🇳 India
- 🇮🇩 Indonesia
- 🇮🇷 Iran
- 🇮🇶 Iraq
- 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast
- 🇯🇲 Jamaica
- 🇯🇴 Jordan
- 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan
- 🇰🇪 Kenya
- 🇽🇰 Kosovo
- 🇰🇼 Kuwait
- 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan
- 🇱🇦 Laos
- 🇱🇧 Lebanon
- 🇱🇸 Lesotho
- 🇱🇷 Liberia
- 🇱🇾 Libya
- 🇲🇴 Macau
- 🇲🇬 Madagascar
- 🇲🇼 Malawi
- 🇲🇱 Mali
- 🇲🇷 Mauritania
- 🇲🇩 Moldova
- 🇲🇳 Mongolia
- 🇲🇦 Morocco
- 🇲🇿 Mozambique
- 🇲🇲 Myanmar
- 🇳🇦 Namibia
- 🇳🇵 Nepal
- 🇳🇮 Nicaragua
- 🇳🇪 Niger
- 🇳🇬 Nigeria
- 🇰🇵 North Korea
- 🇲🇰 North Macedonia
- 🇴🇲 Oman
- 🇵🇰 Pakistan
- 🇵🇸 Palestine
- 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea
- 🇷🇼 Rwanda
- 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia
- 🇸🇳 Senegal
- 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone
- 🇸🇴 Somalia
- 🇸🇸 South Sudan
- 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
- 🇸🇩 Sudan
- 🇸🇾 Syria
- 🇹🇯 Tajikistan
- 🇹🇿 Tanzania
- 🇹🇭 Thailand
- 🇹🇱 Timor-Leste
- 🇹🇬 Togo
- 🇹🇳 Tunisia
- 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan
- 🇺🇬 Uganda
- 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan
- 🇻🇪 Venezuela
- 🇻🇳 Vietnam
- 🇾🇪 Yemen
- 🇿🇲 Zambia
- 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
How to apply: Costa Rica consular visa
For nationalities in the directive's third group (consular visa) or fourth group (restricted visa).
Apply at a Costa Rican consulate. Fourth-group nationalities need a restricted visa, which the Restricted Visas Commission must authorise. Once approved, the visa must be stamped in your passport within 3 months and used within 60 working days; it's for a single entry. Holders of some US, Canadian, Schengen and other visas or residence permits are exempt (Visafar shows this when you add them).
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Documents
- A passport valid at least 180 days
- Proof of funds: at least US$100 per month of stay
- A return or onward ticket
- What the consulate asks for
Source: migracion.go.cr ↗, read 10 November 2026.
Validity and stay
- Consular visa (single entry): valid Use within 60 working days of stamping, Up to 30 days, extendable to 90
Fee: Set by the Costa Rican consulate.
Processing time
The official source doesn't state a processing time, so apply well before you plan to travel.
Plan the trip to Costa Rica
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Not travel advice. Rules change and the border officer decides; confirm at Costa Rica's official sources before you travel. Updated 2026-11-10.