--- title: Costa Rica visa requirements by passport description: "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." canonical: https://nowah.xyz/visa/costa-rica lastModified: 2026-09-05 --- # 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. Policies change. Confirm with the embassy or official visa portal before you travel. ## Visa-free (95) No visa needed — just go - [Andorra](/visa/costa-rica/andorra) - [Antigua and Barbuda](/visa/costa-rica/antigua-and-barbuda) - [Argentina](/visa/costa-rica/argentina) - [Australia](/visa/costa-rica/australia) - [Austria](/visa/costa-rica/austria) - [Bahamas](/visa/costa-rica/bahamas) - [Barbados](/visa/costa-rica/barbados) - [Belgium](/visa/costa-rica/belgium) - [Belize](/visa/costa-rica/belize) - [Bolivia](/visa/costa-rica/bolivia) - [Brazil](/visa/costa-rica/brazil) - [Brunei](/visa/costa-rica/brunei) - [Bulgaria](/visa/costa-rica/bulgaria) - [Canada](/visa/costa-rica/canada) - [Chile](/visa/costa-rica/chile) - [Croatia](/visa/costa-rica/croatia) - [Czech Republic](/visa/costa-rica/czech-republic) - [Denmark](/visa/costa-rica/denmark) - [Dominica](/visa/costa-rica/dominica) - [El Salvador](/visa/costa-rica/el-salvador) - [Estonia](/visa/costa-rica/estonia) - [Fiji](/visa/costa-rica/fiji) - [Finland](/visa/costa-rica/finland) - [France](/visa/costa-rica/france) - [Germany](/visa/costa-rica/germany) - [Greece](/visa/costa-rica/greece) - [Grenada](/visa/costa-rica/grenada) - [Guatemala](/visa/costa-rica/guatemala) - [Guyana](/visa/costa-rica/guyana) - [Honduras](/visa/costa-rica/honduras) - [Hong Kong](/visa/costa-rica/hong-kong) - [Hungary](/visa/costa-rica/hungary) - [Iceland](/visa/costa-rica/iceland) - [Ireland](/visa/costa-rica/ireland) - [Israel](/visa/costa-rica/israel) - [Italy](/visa/costa-rica/italy) - [Japan](/visa/costa-rica/japan) - [Kiribati](/visa/costa-rica/kiribati) - [Latvia](/visa/costa-rica/latvia) - [Liechtenstein](/visa/costa-rica/liechtenstein) - [Lithuania](/visa/costa-rica/lithuania) - [Luxembourg](/visa/costa-rica/luxembourg) - [Malaysia](/visa/costa-rica/malaysia) - [Maldives](/visa/costa-rica/maldives) - [Malta](/visa/costa-rica/malta) - [Marshall Islands](/visa/costa-rica/marshall-islands) - [Mauritius](/visa/costa-rica/mauritius) - [Mexico](/visa/costa-rica/mexico) - [Micronesia](/visa/costa-rica/micronesia) - [Monaco](/visa/costa-rica/monaco) - [Montenegro](/visa/costa-rica/montenegro) - [Nauru](/visa/costa-rica/nauru) - [Netherlands](/visa/costa-rica/netherlands) - [New Zealand](/visa/costa-rica/new-zealand) - [Norway](/visa/costa-rica/norway) - [Palau](/visa/costa-rica/palau) - [Panama](/visa/costa-rica/panama) - [Paraguay](/visa/costa-rica/paraguay) - [Peru](/visa/costa-rica/peru) - [Philippines](/visa/costa-rica/philippines) - [Poland](/visa/costa-rica/poland) - [Portugal](/visa/costa-rica/portugal) - [Qatar](/visa/costa-rica/qatar) - [Romania](/visa/costa-rica/romania) - [Russia](/visa/costa-rica/russia) - [Saint Kitts and Nevis](/visa/costa-rica/saint-kitts-and-nevis) - [Saint Lucia](/visa/costa-rica/saint-lucia) - [Saint Vincent and the Grenadines](/visa/costa-rica/saint-vincent-and-the-grenadines) - [Samoa](/visa/costa-rica/samoa) - [San Marino](/visa/costa-rica/san-marino) - [São Tomé and Príncipe](/visa/costa-rica/sao-tome-and-principe) - [Serbia](/visa/costa-rica/serbia) - [Seychelles](/visa/costa-rica/seychelles) - [Singapore](/visa/costa-rica/singapore) - [Slovakia](/visa/costa-rica/slovakia) - [Slovenia](/visa/costa-rica/slovenia) - [Solomon Islands](/visa/costa-rica/solomon-islands) - [South Africa](/visa/costa-rica/south-africa) - [South Korea](/visa/costa-rica/south-korea) - [Spain](/visa/costa-rica/spain) - [Suriname](/visa/costa-rica/suriname) - [Sweden](/visa/costa-rica/sweden) - [Switzerland](/visa/costa-rica/switzerland) - [Taiwan](/visa/costa-rica/taiwan) - [Tonga](/visa/costa-rica/tonga) - [Trinidad and Tobago](/visa/costa-rica/trinidad-and-tobago) - [Türkiye](/visa/costa-rica/turkey) - [Tuvalu](/visa/costa-rica/tuvalu) - [Ukraine](/visa/costa-rica/ukraine) - [United Arab Emirates](/visa/costa-rica/united-arab-emirates) - [United Kingdom](/visa/costa-rica/united-kingdom) - [United States](/visa/costa-rica/united-states) - [Uruguay](/visa/costa-rica/uruguay) - [Vanuatu](/visa/costa-rica/vanuatu) - [Vatican City](/visa/costa-rica/vatican-city) ## Embassy / VFS (93) In-person at an embassy or visa center - [Afghanistan](/visa/costa-rica/afghanistan) - [Albania](/visa/costa-rica/albania) - [Algeria](/visa/costa-rica/algeria) - [Angola](/visa/costa-rica/angola) - [Armenia](/visa/costa-rica/armenia) - [Azerbaijan](/visa/costa-rica/azerbaijan) - [Bahrain](/visa/costa-rica/bahrain) - [Bangladesh](/visa/costa-rica/bangladesh) - [Belarus](/visa/costa-rica/belarus) - [Benin](/visa/costa-rica/benin) - [Bhutan](/visa/costa-rica/bhutan) - [Bosnia and Herzegovina](/visa/costa-rica/bosnia-and-herzegovina) - [Botswana](/visa/costa-rica/botswana) - [Burkina Faso](/visa/costa-rica/burkina-faso) - [Burundi](/visa/costa-rica/burundi) - [Cambodia](/visa/costa-rica/cambodia) - [Cameroon](/visa/costa-rica/cameroon) - [Cape Verde](/visa/costa-rica/cape-verde) - [Central African Republic](/visa/costa-rica/central-african-republic) - [Chad](/visa/costa-rica/chad) - [China](/visa/costa-rica/china) - [Colombia](/visa/costa-rica/colombia) - [Comoros](/visa/costa-rica/comoros) - [Côte d'Ivoire](/visa/costa-rica/ivory-coast) - [Cuba](/visa/costa-rica/cuba) - [Dominican Republic](/visa/costa-rica/dominican-republic) - [DR Congo](/visa/costa-rica/dr-congo) - [Ecuador](/visa/costa-rica/ecuador) - [Egypt](/visa/costa-rica/egypt) - [Equatorial Guinea](/visa/costa-rica/equatorial-guinea) - [Eritrea](/visa/costa-rica/eritrea) - [Eswatini](/visa/costa-rica/eswatini) - [Ethiopia](/visa/costa-rica/ethiopia) - [Georgia](/visa/costa-rica/georgia) - [Ghana](/visa/costa-rica/ghana) - [Guinea](/visa/costa-rica/guinea) - [Guinea-Bissau](/visa/costa-rica/guinea-bissau) - [Haiti](/visa/costa-rica/haiti) - [India](/visa/costa-rica/india) - [Indonesia](/visa/costa-rica/indonesia) - [Iran](/visa/costa-rica/iran) - [Iraq](/visa/costa-rica/iraq) - [Jamaica](/visa/costa-rica/jamaica) - [Jordan](/visa/costa-rica/jordan) - [Kazakhstan](/visa/costa-rica/kazakhstan) - [Kosovo](/visa/costa-rica/kosovo) - [Kuwait](/visa/costa-rica/kuwait) - [Laos](/visa/costa-rica/laos) - [Lebanon](/visa/costa-rica/lebanon) - [Lesotho](/visa/costa-rica/lesotho) - [Libya](/visa/costa-rica/libya) - [Macau](/visa/costa-rica/macau) - [Madagascar](/visa/costa-rica/madagascar) - [Malawi](/visa/costa-rica/malawi) - [Mali](/visa/costa-rica/mali) - [Mauritania](/visa/costa-rica/mauritania) - [Moldova](/visa/costa-rica/moldova) - [Mongolia](/visa/costa-rica/mongolia) - [Morocco](/visa/costa-rica/morocco) - [Mozambique](/visa/costa-rica/mozambique) - [Myanmar](/visa/costa-rica/myanmar) - [Namibia](/visa/costa-rica/namibia) - [Nepal](/visa/costa-rica/nepal) - [Nicaragua](/visa/costa-rica/nicaragua) - [Niger](/visa/costa-rica/niger) - [Nigeria](/visa/costa-rica/nigeria) - [Oman](/visa/costa-rica/oman) - [Pakistan](/visa/costa-rica/pakistan) - [Palestine](/visa/costa-rica/palestine) - [Papua New Guinea](/visa/costa-rica/papua-new-guinea) - [Republic of the Congo](/visa/costa-rica/republic-of-the-congo) - [Rwanda](/visa/costa-rica/rwanda) - [Saudi Arabia](/visa/costa-rica/saudi-arabia) - [Senegal](/visa/costa-rica/senegal) - [Sierra Leone](/visa/costa-rica/sierra-leone) - [Somalia](/visa/costa-rica/somalia) - [South Sudan](/visa/costa-rica/south-sudan) - [Sri Lanka](/visa/costa-rica/sri-lanka) - [Sudan](/visa/costa-rica/sudan) - [Syria](/visa/costa-rica/syria) - [Tajikistan](/visa/costa-rica/tajikistan) - [Tanzania](/visa/costa-rica/tanzania) - [Thailand](/visa/costa-rica/thailand) - [Timor-Leste](/visa/costa-rica/timor-leste) - [Togo](/visa/costa-rica/togo) - [Tunisia](/visa/costa-rica/tunisia) - [Uganda](/visa/costa-rica/uganda) - [Uzbekistan](/visa/costa-rica/uzbekistan) - [Venezuela](/visa/costa-rica/venezuela) - [Vietnam](/visa/costa-rica/vietnam) - [Yemen](/visa/costa-rica/yemen) - [Zambia](/visa/costa-rica/zambia) - [Zimbabwe](/visa/costa-rica/zimbabwe)