Entering Nicaragua
197of 233 nationalities can turn up without arranging anything
What Nicaragua asks of each nationality on arrival.
You may not need a visa at all
A visa or residence permit from one of these countries changes what Nicaragua asks of you, whatever your passport says.
| If you hold | You get instead | Stay |
|---|---|---|
| Canada visa holders | Visa on arrival | 30 days |
| United States visa holders | Visa on arrival | 30 days |
Entry rules by nationality
The same ladder as a passport page, read from the other side of the border. Bars are drawn against the largest group.
- Visa freeNothing to arrange123
- Visa on arrivalIssued at the border74
- e-VisaApplied for online0
- Visa requiredEmbassy or consulate36
Visa free123 nationalities
- 脜land Islands路 3 months
- American Samoa路 3 months
- Andorra路 3 months
- Anguilla路 3 months
- Antigua and Barbuda路 3 months
- Argentina路 3 months
- Aruba路 3 months
- Australia路 3 months
- Austria路 3 months
- Bahamas路 3 months
- Bahrain路 3 months
- Barbados路 3 months
- Belarus路 3 months
- Belgium路 3 months
- Belize路 3 months
- Bermuda路 3 months
- Brazil路 3 months
- British Indian Ocean Territory路 3 months
- British Virgin Islands路 3 months
- Brunei路 3 months
- Bulgaria路 3 months
- Canada路 3 months
- Cayman Islands路 3 months
- Chile路 3 months
- Cook Islands路 3 months
- Costa Rica路 3 months
- Croatia路 3 months
- Cura莽ao路 3 months
- Cyprus路 3 months
- Czechia路 3 months
- Denmark路 3 months
- Ecuador路 3 months
- El Salvador路 3 months
- Estonia路 3 months
- Falkland Islands路 3 months
- Faroe Islands路 3 months
- Fiji路 3 months
- Finland路 3 months
- France路 3 months
- French Polynesia路 3 months
- Gabon路 3 months
- Gibraltar路 3 months
- Greece路 3 months
- Greenland路 3 months
- Guam路 3 months
- Guatemala路 3 months
- Guernsey路 3 months
- Honduras路 3 months
- Hong Kong路 3 months
- Hungary路 3 months
- Iceland路 3 months
- Ireland路 3 months
- Isle of Man路 3 months
- Israel路 3 months
- Italy路 3 months
- Japan路 3 months
- Jersey路 3 months
- Kuwait路 3 months
- Latvia路 3 months
- Liechtenstein路 3 months
- Lithuania路 3 months
- Luxembourg路 3 months
- Macau路 3 months
- Madagascar路 3 months
- Malaysia路 3 months
- Malta路 3 months
- Marshall Islands路 3 months
- Mexico路 3 months
- Monaco路 3 months
- Montserrat路 3 months
- Netherlands路 3 months
- New Caledonia路 3 months
- New Zealand路 3 months
- Niue路 3 months
- Norfolk Island路 3 months
- Northern Mariana Islands路 3 months
- North Macedonia路 3 months
- Norway路 3 months
- Palestine路 3 months
- Panama路 3 months
- Paraguay路 3 months
- Pitcairn Islands路 3 months
- Poland路 3 months
- Portugal路 3 months
- Puerto Rico路 3 months
- Qatar路 3 months
- Romania路 3 months
- Russia路 3 months
- Saint Barth茅lemy路 3 months
- Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha路 3 months
- Saint Kitts and Nevis路 3 months
- Saint Lucia路 3 months
- Saint Martin路 3 months
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon路 3 months
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines路 3 months
- San Marino路 3 months
- S茫o Tom茅 and Pr铆ncipe路 3 months
- Saudi Arabia路 3 months
- Singapore路 3 months
- Sint Maarten路 3 months
- Slovakia路 3 months
- Slovenia路 3 months
- Solomon Islands路 3 months
- South Africa路 3 months
- South Korea路 3 months
- Spain路 3 months
- Sweden路 3 months
- Switzerland路 3 months
- Taiwan路 3 months
- Trinidad and Tobago路 3 months
- T眉rkiye路 3 months
- Turks and Caicos Islands路 3 months
- Tuvalu路 3 months
- Ukraine路 3 months
- United Arab Emirates路 3 months
- United Kingdom路 3 months
- United States路 3 months
- United States Virgin Islands路 3 months
- Uruguay路 3 months
- Vanuatu路 3 months
- Vatican City路 3 months
- Venezuela路 3 months
- Wallis and Futuna路 3 months
Visa on arrival74 nationalities
- Algeria路 3 months
- Angola路 30 days
- Azerbaijan路 3 months
- Benin路 3 months
- Bhutan
- Bolivia路 3 months
- Burkina Faso路 30 days
- Burundi路 30 days
- Cambodia
- Cape Verde路 30 days
- Central African Republic路 3 months
- Chad路 30 days
- Colombia路 3 months
- Comoros路 30 days
- Djibouti路 30 days
- Dominica路 3 months
- Dominican Republic路 3 months
- Egypt路 3 months
- Equatorial Guinea路 30 days
- Eswatini路 30 days
- Ethiopia路 3 months
- Gambia路 30 days
- Georgia路 3 months
- Germany路 3 months
- Ghana路 3 months
- Grenada路 3 months
- Guinea路 30 days
- Guinea-Bissau路 30 days
- Guyana路 3 months
- Indonesia路 3 months
- Ivory Coast路 3 months
- Jamaica路 3 months
- Jordan路 3 months
- Kazakhstan路 3 months
- Kiribati路 3 months
- Kyrgyzstan路 3 months
- Lesotho路 3 months
- Malawi路 30 days
- Maldives路 3 months
- Mauritania路 30 days
- Mauritius路 3 months
- Micronesia路 3 months
- Moldova路 3 months
- Montenegro路 3 months
- Morocco路 30 days
- Mozambique路 30 days
- Myanmar
- Namibia
- Nauru路 3 months
- Niger路 30 days
- North Korea路 3 months
- Oman路 3 months
- Palau路 3 months
- Papua New Guinea路 3 months
- Peru路 30 days
- Philippines路 3 months
- Rwanda路 30 days
- Samoa路 3 months
- Senegal路 30 days
- Serbia路 3 months
- Seychelles路 3 months
- Suriname路 3 months
- Tajikistan路 3 months
- Tanzania路 30 days
- Thailand路 30 days
- Togo路 30 days
- Tonga路 3 months
- Tunisia路 3 months
- Turkmenistan路 3 months
- Uganda路 3 months
- Uzbekistan路 3 months
- Western Sahara路 30 days
- Zambia路 3 months
- Zimbabwe路 30 days
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