Visa requirements for Costa Rican citizens

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Visa requirements for Costa Rican citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Costa Rica.

As of 2026, Costa Rican citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 148 countries and territories, ranking the Costa Rican passport 24th overall and first among Central American countries, in terms of travel freedom according to the Henley Passport Index.[1]

Visa requirements for Costa Rican citizens
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Visa requirements

Visa requirements for holders of normal passports traveling for tourist purposes:

Dependent, disputed, or restricted territories

Unrecognized or partially recognized countries

Territory Conditions of access Notes
Abkhazia Visa required[267]
Kosovo Visa not required[268] 90 days
Northern Cyprus Visa not required[269] up to 90 days
Palestine Visa not required[270] Arrival by sea to Gaza Strip not allowed.[271]
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Undefined visa regime in the Western Sahara controlled territory.
Somaliland Visa on arrival 30 days for 30 USD, payable on arrival.[272][273]
South Ossetia Visa not required[274][275]
Taiwan Visa required[276]
Transnistria Visa not required[279] Registration required after 24 hours.[280][281]

Dependent and autonomous territories

Territory Conditions of access Notes
Hong Kong Visa not required[282] 30 days
Macau Visa on arrival[283] 30 days
Denmark
Faroe Islands Visa not required[284]
Greenland Visa not required[284]
France
Clipperton Island Special permit required[285]
French Guiana Visa not required[286] Visa free for 3 months within any 6-month period for each territory.
French Polynesia Visa not required[287] Visa free for 3 months within any 6-month period for each territory.
Guadeloupe Visa not required[286] Visa free for 3 months within any 6-month period for each territory.
Martinique Visa not required[286] Visa free for 3 months within any 6-month period for each territory.
Saint Barthélemy Visa not required[288] Visa free for 3 months within any 6-month period for each territory.
Saint Martin Visa not required[288] Visa free for 3 months within any 6-month period for each territory.
Mayotte Visa not required[289] Visa free for 3 months within any 6-month period for each territory.
New Caledonia Visa not required[290] Visa free for 3 months within any 6-month period for each territory.
Réunion Visa not required[286] Visa free for 3 months within any 6-month period for each territory.
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Visa not required[286] Visa free for 3 months within any 6-month period for each territory.
Wallis and Futuna Visa not required[291] Visa free for 3 months within any 6-month period for each territory.
Netherlands
Aruba Visa not required[292] up to 90 days for each territory
Bonaire Visa not required[292] up to 90 days for each territory
Sint Eustatius Visa not required up to 90 days for each territory
Saba Visa not required up to 90 days for each territory
Curaçao Visa not required[292] up to 90 days for each territory
Sint Maarten Visa not required[292] up to 90 days for each territory
New Zealand
Cook Islands Visa not required[293] 31 days
Niue Visa not required[294] 30 days
Tokelau Permit required[295]
Norway
Norway Jan Mayen Permit required Permit issued by the local police required for staying for less than 24 hours[296] and permit issued by the Norwegian police for staying for more than 24 hours.[297]
Norway Svalbard Visa not required Unlimited period under Svalbard Treaty[298] but it's practically impossible to board a flight/ferry to Svalbard without entering Norway. Hence double entry Schengen visa would be required to go and come back from Svalbard to mainland Norway.
United Kingdom
Akrotiri and Dhekelia Visa not required[299]
Anguilla Visa not required[300][301] 3 months
Bermuda Visa not required[302] up to 6 months, decided on arrival
British Indian Ocean Territory Special permit required[303]
British Virgin Islands Visa not required[304] up to 6 months
Cayman Islands Visa not required[305] 6 months
Falkland Islands (Malvinas) Visa required[306]
Gibraltar Visa not required[307]
Montserrat Visa not required[308] 6 months
Pitcairn Islands Visa not required 14 days visa free and landing fee 35 USD or tax of 5 USD if not going ashore.[309][310][311]
Saint Helena Visa not required[312][313]
Ascension Island eVisa[314][315] 3 months within any year period.
Tristan da Cunha Permission required Permission to land required for 15/30 pounds sterling (yacht/ship passenger) for Tristan da Cunha Island or 20 pounds sterling for Gough Island, Inaccessible Island or Nightingale Islands.[316]
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Permit required Pre-arrival permit from the Commissioner required (72 hours/1 month for 110/160 pounds sterling).[317][318]
Turks and Caicos Islands Visa not required[319] 90 days[320]
United States
American Samoa Entry permit required[321]
Guam Visa required[322]
Northern Mariana Islands Visa required[323]
Puerto Rico Visa required[324]
U.S. Virgin Islands Visa required[325]
Antarctica and adjacent islands
Special permits required for Bouvet Island, British Antarctic Territory, French Southern and Antarctic Lands, Argentine Antarctica, Australia Australian Antarctic Territory, Antártica Chilena Province Chilean Antarctic Territory, Australia Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Norway Peter I Island, Norway Queen Maud Land, New Zealand Ross Dependency.[326][327][328][329][330][331][332][333][334][335][336][337]

Other territories

Non-visa restrictions

See also

References and Notes

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