Visa guide · CR
Costa Rica visa requirements by passport
Visa rules for Costa Rica for 188 passports: 95 can visit visa-free, 0 can get an eTA, eVisa or visa on arrival and 93 must apply in person or give biometrics.
Last checked . Policies change. Confirm with the embassy or official visa portal before you travel.
95
Visa-free
93
Embassy / VFS
Visa-free
No visa needed — just go- Andorra180 days
- Antigua and Barbuda90 days
- Argentina180 days
- Australia180 days
- Austria180 days
- Bahamas90 days
- Barbados180 days
- Belgium180 days
- Belize90 days
- Bolivia30 days
- Brazil180 days
- Brunei90 days
- Bulgaria180 days
- Canada90 days
- Chile180 days
- Croatia180 days
- Czech Republic180 days
- Denmark180 days
- Dominica90 days
- El Salvador90 days
- Estonia180 days
- Fiji30 days
- Finland90 days
- France90 days
- Germany90 days
- Greece180 days
- Grenada90 days
- Guatemala90 days
- Guyana90 days
- Honduras90 days
- Hong Kong90 days
- Hungary180 days
- Iceland180 days
- Ireland180 days
- Israel180 days
- Italy180 days
- Japan180 days
- Kiribati30 days
- Latvia180 days
- Liechtenstein180 days
- Lithuania180 days
- Luxembourg180 days
- Malaysia90 days
- Maldives90 days
- Malta180 days
- Marshall Islands30 days
- Mauritius90 days
- Mexico180 days
- Micronesia90 days
- Monaco180 days
- Montenegro180 days
- Nauru90 days
- Netherlands180 days
- New Zealand180 days
- Norway180 days
- Palau90 days
- Panama180 days
- Paraguay90 days
- Peru180 days
- Philippines30 days
- Poland180 days
- Portugal180 days
- Qatar90 days
- Romania90 days
- Russia90 days
- Saint Kitts and Nevis90 days
- Saint Lucia90 days
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines90 days
- Samoa90 days
- San Marino180 days
- São Tomé and Príncipe90 days
- Serbia180 days
- Seychelles90 days
- Singapore180 days
- Slovakia180 days
- Slovenia180 days
- Solomon Islands90 days
- South Africa180 days
- South Korea180 days
- Spain180 days
- Suriname30 days
- Sweden180 days
- Switzerland180 days
- Taiwan30 days
- Tonga30 days
- Trinidad and Tobago180 days
- Türkiye90 days
- Tuvalu90 days
- Ukraine180 days
- United Arab Emirates90 days
- United Kingdom180 days
- United States90 days
- Uruguay180 days
- Vanuatu90 days
- Vatican City180 days
Embassy / VFS
In-person at an embassy or visa center- Afghanistan30 days
- Albania
- Algeria30 days
- Angola30 days
- Armenia30 days
- Azerbaijan
- Bahrain30 days
- Bangladesh30 days
- Belarus90 days
- Benin30 days
- Bhutan30 days
- Bosnia and Herzegovina90 days
- Botswana30 days
- Burkina Faso30 days
- Burundi30 days
- Cambodia30 days
- Cameroon30 days
- Cape Verde30 days
- Central African Republic
- Chad90 days
- China30 days
- Colombia
- Comoros30 days
- Côte d'Ivoire90 days
- Cuba30 days
- Dominican Republic30 days
- DR Congo30 days
- Ecuador30 days
- Egypt30 days
- Equatorial Guinea30 days
- Eritrea30 days
- Eswatini30 days
- Ethiopia30 days
- Georgia90 days
- Ghana30 days
- Guinea30 days
- Guinea-Bissau30 days
- Haiti30 days
- India30 days
- Indonesia30 days
- Iran30 days
- Iraq30 days
- Jamaica30 days
- Jordan30 days
- Kazakhstan30 days
- Kosovo30 days
- Kuwait30 days
- Laos90 days
- Lebanon30 days
- Lesotho90 days
- Libya90 days
- Macau30 days
- Madagascar
- Malawi30 days
- Mali30 days
- Mauritania90 days
- Moldova
- Mongolia30 days
- Morocco90 days
- Mozambique30 days
- Myanmar
- Namibia90 days
- Nepal
- Nicaragua90 days
- Niger30 days
- Nigeria30 days
- Oman
- Pakistan30 days
- Palestine30 days
- Papua New Guinea
- Republic of the Congo30 days
- Rwanda30 days
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Sierra Leone90 days
- Somalia30 days
- South Sudan
- Sri Lanka30 days
- Sudan30 days
- Syria30 days
- Tajikistan30 days
- Tanzania30 days
- Thailand
- Timor-Leste30 days
- Togo
- Tunisia30 days
- Uganda90 days
- Uzbekistan30 days
- Venezuela90 days
- Vietnam
- Yemen30 days
- Zambia90 days
- Zimbabwe30 days
What the categories mean
- Visa-freeNo visa needed — just go
- Embassy / VFSIn-person at an embassy or visa center
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