VISA

Costa Rica allows visa-free entry for citizens of:

 

Countries that are in list of Group 1 and Group 2, do not require Visa to enter Costa Rica. Nevertheless we recommend you to double-check at the official Website https://www.rree.go.cr/?sec=misiones&cat=deCR

 

For countries listed in Group 1 and 2, Costa Rica asks for at least 90 days before the expiry date of the passport at moment of entry.

Countries Group 1

Countries that don’t require Visa to enter Costa Rica, Stay up to 90 Days.

 

🇦🇩 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 CITY)

🇭🇺 HUNGARY

🇮🇸 ICELAND

🇮🇪 IRELAND

🇮🇱 ISRAEL

🇮🇹 ITALY

🇯🇵 JAPAN

🇱🇻 LATVIA

🇱🇮 LIECHTENSTEIN

🇱🇹 LITHUANIA

🇱🇺 LUXEMBOURG

🇲🇹 MALTA

🇲🇽 MEXICO

🇲🇪 MONTENEGRO

🇳🇱 NETHERLANDS (HOLLAND)*

🇳🇿 NEW ZEALAND*

🇳🇴 NORWAY*

🇵🇦 PANAMA

🇵🇾 PARAGUAY

🇵🇪 PERU

🇵🇱 POLAND

🇵🇹 PORTUGAL

🇲🇨 PRINCIPALITY OF MONACO

🇵🇷 PUERTO RICO

🇰🇷 REPUBLIC OF KOREA (SOUTH KOREA)

🇷🇴 ROMANIA

🇸🇲 SAN MARINO

🇷🇸 SERBIA

🇸🇬 SINGAPORE

🇸🇰 SLOVAKIA

🇸🇮 SLOVENIA

🇿🇦 SOUTH AFRICA

🇪🇸 SPAIN

🇶🇦 STATE OF QATAR

🇸🇪 SWEDEN

🇨🇭 SWITZERLAND

🇹🇹 TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

🇺🇦 UKRAINE

🇦🇪 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

🇬🇧 UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN** AND NORTHERN IRELAND

🇺🇸 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA*

🇺🇾 URUGUAY

 

Countries Group 2

Countries that don’t require Visa to enter Costa Rica, Stay up to 30 Days.

Countries (Alphabetical) with Flags

🇦🇬 ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA

🇧🇿 BELIZE

🇧🇴 BOLIVIA

🇧🇳 BRUNEI (STATE OF BRUNEI)

🇩🇲 DOMINICA

🇸🇻 EL SALVADOR*

🇫🇯 FIJI

🇫🇲 FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA

🇬🇹 GUATEMALA

🇬🇾 GUYANA

🇬🇩 GRENADA

🇭🇳 HONDURAS*

🇰🇮 KIRIBATI

🇲🇾 MALAYSIA

🇲🇻 MALDIVES

🇲🇭 MARSHALL ISLANDS

🇲🇺 MAURITIUS

🇳🇷 NAURU

🇲🇵 NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS

🇵🇼 PALAU

🇵🇭 PHILIPPINES

🇷🇺 RUSSIAN FEDERATION*

🇰🇳 SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS

🇱🇨 SAINT LUCIA

🇻🇨 SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES

🇼🇸 SAMOA

🇸🇹 SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE

🇸🇨 SEYCHELLES

🇸🇧 SOLOMON ISLANDS

🇸🇷 SURINAME

🇹🇼 TAIWAN (REGION)

🇹🇴 TONGA (KINGDOM OF TONGA)

🇹🇷 TURKEY

🇹🇻 TUVALU

🇻🇺 VANUATU

At least 30 days before travel. The visa is granted only after approval from Costa Rica’s immigration authorities.

 

The countries in Group 3 and Group 4 require a Consultate Visa for Costa Rica. Please apply early and check at the official website for specific requirements for your country. https://www.rree.go.cr/?sec=misiones&cat=deCR

Countries Group 3

Countries (Short Names, Alphabetical) with Flags

🇦🇱 ALBANIA

🇩🇿 ALGERIA

🇦🇴 ANGOLA

🇦🇲 ARMENIA

🇧🇭 BAHRAIN

🇧🇾 BELARUS

🇧🇯 BENIN

🇧🇹 BHUTAN

🇧🇦 BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

🇧🇼 BOTSWANA

🇧🇫 BURKINA FASO

🇧🇮 BURUNDI

🇰🇭 CAMBODIA

🇨🇲 CAMEROON

🇨🇻 CAPE VERDE

🇨🇫 CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

🇹🇩 CHAD

🇨🇳 CHINA*

🇨🇴 COLOMBIA*

🇰🇲 COMOROS

🇨🇬 CONGO

🇨🇩 DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO

🇩🇯 DJIBOUTI

🇩🇴 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

🇹🇱 EAST TIMOR

🇪🇨 ECUADOR

🇪🇬 EGYPT

🇬🇶 EQUATORIAL GUINEA

🇸🇿 ESWATINI

🇬🇦 GABON

🇬🇲 GAMBIA

🇬🇪 GEORGIA

🇬🇭 GHANA

🇬🇳 GUINEA

🇬🇼 GUINEA-BISSAU

🇮🇳 INDIA

🇮🇩 INDONESIA

🇨🇮 IVORY COAST

🇯🇴 JORDAN

🇰🇪 KENYA

🇽🇰 KOSOVO

🇰🇼 KUWAIT

🇱🇦 LAOS

🇱🇧 LEBANON

🇱🇸 LESOTHO

🇱🇷 LIBERIA

🇱🇾 LIBYA

🇲🇬 MADAGASCAR

🇲🇼 MALAWI

🇲🇱 MALI

🇲🇩 MOLDOVA

🇲🇳 MONGOLIA

🇲🇦 MOROCCO

🇲🇿 MOZAMBIQUE

🇳🇦 NAMIBIA

🇳🇵 NEPAL

🇳🇮 NICARAGUA*

🇳🇪 NIGER

🇳🇬 NIGERIA

🇲🇰 NORTH MACEDONIA

🇴🇲 OMAN

🇵🇬 PAPUA NEW GUINEA

🇷🇼 RWANDA

🇸🇦 SAUDI ARABIA

🇸🇳 SENEGAL

🇸🇱 SIERRA LEONE

🇸🇸 SOUTH SUDAN

🇸🇩 SUDAN

🇹🇿 TANZANIA

🇹🇭 THAILAND

🇹🇬 TOGO

🇹🇳 TUNISIA

🇺🇬 UGANDA

🇻🇪 VENEZUELA*

🇻🇳 VIETNAM

🇪🇭 WESTERN SAHARA

🇾🇪 YEMEN

🇿🇲 ZAMBIA

🇿🇼 ZIMBABWE

 

Countries Group 4

🇦🇫 AFGHANISTAN

🇦🇿 AZERBAIJAN

🇧🇩 BANGLADESH

🇨🇺 CUBA

🇪🇷 ERITREA

🇪🇹 ETHIOPIA

🇭🇹 HAITI

🇮🇷 IRAN

🇮🇶 IRAQ

🇯🇲 JAMAICA

🇰🇿 KAZAKHSTAN

🇰🇬 KYRGYZSTAN

🇲🇷 MAURITANIA

🇲🇲 MYANMAR

🇰🇵 NORTH KOREA

🇵🇰 PAKISTAN

🇵🇸 PALESTINE

🇸🇴 SOMALIA

🇱🇰 SRI LANKA

🇸🇾 SYRIA

🇹🇯 TAJIKISTAN

🇹🇲 TURKMENISTAN

🇺🇿 UZBEKISTAN