Entering Costa Rica
What Costa Rica asks of each nationality on arrival.
Visa exemptions
A visa or residence permit from one of these countries changes what Costa Rica asks of you, whatever your passport says.
- Canada visa holders30 daysVisa free
- United Kingdom visa holders30 daysVisa free
- United States visa holders30 daysVisa free
Long-term visas for Costa Rica
Entry rules by nationality
Visa free131 nationalities
- Åland Islands· 3 months
- American Samoa· 3 months
- Andorra· 3 months
- Anguilla· 3 months
- Antigua and Barbuda· 3 months
- Argentina· 3 months
- Aruba· 3 months
- Australia· 3 months
- Austria· 3 months
- Bahamas· 3 months
- Barbados· 3 months
- Belgium· 3 months
- Belize· 30 days
- Bermuda· 3 months
- Bolivia· 3 months
- Brazil· 3 months
- British Indian Ocean Territory· 3 months
- British Virgin Islands· 3 months
- Brunei· 3 months
- Bulgaria· 3 months
- Canada· 3 months
- Cayman Islands· 3 months
- Chile· 3 months
- Cook Islands· 3 months
- Croatia· 3 months
- Curaçao· 3 months
- Cyprus· 3 months
- Czechia· 3 months
- Denmark· 3 months
- Dominica· 30 days
- El Salvador· 3 months
- Estonia· 3 months
- Falkland Islands· 3 months
- Faroe Islands· 3 months
- Fiji· 30 days
- Finland· 3 months
- France· 3 months
- French Polynesia· 3 months
- Gabon· 3 months
- Gibraltar· 3 months
- Greece· 3 months
- Greenland· 3 months
- Grenada· 3 months
- Guam· 3 months
- Guatemala· 3 months
- Guernsey· 3 months
- Guyana· 30 days
- Honduras· 3 months
- Hungary· 3 months
- Iceland· 3 months
- Ireland· 3 months
- Isle of Man· 3 months
- Israel· 3 months
- Italy· 3 months
- Japan· 3 months
- Jersey· 3 months
- Kazakhstan· 3 months
- Kiribati· 30 days
- Latvia· 3 months
- Liechtenstein· 3 months
- Lithuania· 3 months
- Luxembourg· 3 months
- Malaysia· 3 months
- Maldives· 3 months
- Malta· 3 months
- Marshall Islands· 30 days
- Mauritius· 3 months
- Mexico· 3 months
- Micronesia· 30 days
- Monaco· 3 months
- Montenegro· 3 months
- Montserrat· 3 months
- Nauru· 30 days
- Netherlands· 3 months
- New Caledonia· 3 months
- New Zealand· 3 months
- Niue· 3 months
- Norfolk Island· 3 months
- Northern Mariana Islands· 3 months
- Norway· 3 months
- Palau· 30 days
- Panama· 3 months
- Paraguay· 3 months
- Peru· 3 months
- Philippines· 3 months
- Pitcairn Islands· 3 months
- Poland· 3 months
- Portugal· 3 months
- Puerto Rico· 3 months
- Qatar· 3 months
- Romania· 3 months
- Russia· 3 months
- Saint Barthélemy· 3 months
- Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha· 3 months
- Saint Kitts and Nevis· 30 days
- Saint Lucia· 30 days
- Saint Martin· 3 months
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon· 3 months
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines· 30 days
- Samoa· 30 days
- San Marino· 3 months
- São Tomé and Príncipe· 3 months
- Serbia· 3 months
- Seychelles· 3 months
- Singapore· 3 months
- Sint Maarten· 3 months
- Slovakia· 3 months
- Slovenia· 3 months
- Solomon Islands· 30 days
- South Africa· 3 months
- South Korea· 3 months
- Spain· 3 months
- Suriname· 30 days
- Sweden· 3 months
- Switzerland· 3 months
- Taiwan· 3 months
- Tonga· 30 days
- Trinidad and Tobago· 3 months
- Türkiye· 3 months
- Turks and Caicos Islands· 3 months
- Tuvalu· 30 days
- Ukraine· 3 months
- United Arab Emirates· 3 months
- United Kingdom· 3 months
- United States· 3 months
- United States Virgin Islands· 3 months
- Uruguay· 3 months
- Vanuatu· 30 days
- Vatican City· 3 months
- Venezuela· 3 months
- Wallis and Futuna· 3 months
Visa required102 nationalities
- 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
- Gambia
- Georgia
- Germany
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Haiti
- Hong Kong
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Ivory Coast
- Jamaica
- Jordan
- 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
- Vietnam
- Western Sahara
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
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