Visa requirements for Costa Rican citizens
{{Short description|Administrative entry restrictions}}
Visa requirements for Costa Rican citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Costa Rica.
As of January 2025, Costa Rican citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 149 countries and territories, ranking the Costa Rican passport 27th overall and first among Central American countries, in terms of travel freedom according to the Henley Passport Index.{{cite web |title=The Henley Passport Index |url=https://www.henleyglobal.com/passport-index/ranking|publisher=Henley & Partners Holdings Ltd |access-date=23 July 2024 |date=23 July 2024 |quote=This graph shows the full Global Ranking of the 2024 Henley Passport Index. As the index uses dense ranking, in certain cases, a rank is shared by multiple countries because these countries all have the same level of visa-free or visa-on-arrival access.}}
Visa requirements map
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Visa requirements
Visa requirements for holders of normal passports traveling for tourist purposes:
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Dependent, disputed, or restricted territories
= Unrecognized or partially recognized countries =
= Dependent and autonomous territories =
==Other territories==
- {{flag|Australia}}. Ashmore and Cartier Islands - Special authorisation required.{{cite web|url=http://www.environment.gov.au/resource/ashmore-reef-and-cartier-island-marine-reserves-information-visitors |title=Ashmore Reef and Cartier Island Marine Reserves – Information for Visitors |access-date=August 4, 2017}}
- {{flag|Belarus}}. Brest and Grodno - Visa-free for 10 days{{cite web|url=http://eng.belta.by/president/view/visa-free-travel-time-up-to-ten-days-in-parts-of-brest-oblast-grodno-oblast-as-from-1-january-107990-2017/|title = Visa-free travel time up to ten days in parts of Brest Oblast, Grodno Oblast as from 1 January|date = 26 December 2017}}
- {{flag|China}}. Hainan - Visa on arrival for 15 days.{{cite web |url=https://www.timaticweb.com/cgi-bin/tim_website_client.cgi?FullText=1&COUNTRY=CN&SECTION=VI&SUBSECTION=00&user=KLMB2C&subuser=KLMB2C |title=Visa information |website=www.timaticweb.com |access-date=3 February 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140314210731/https://www.timaticweb.com/cgi-bin/tim_website_client.cgi?FullText=1&COUNTRY=CN&SECTION=VI&SUBSECTION=00&user=KLMB2C&subuser=KLMB2C |archive-date=14 March 2014 |url-status=dead}} Available at Haikou Meilan International Airport and Sanya Phoenix International Airport. Visa not required for 21 days for traveling as part of a tourist group (2 or more people)Tours must be organized by a travel agent registered in Hainan province and approved by the National Tourism Administration of China.
- {{flag|China}}. Tibet Autonomous Region - Tibet Travel Permit required (10 USD).{{cite web |url=http://www.tibettravelplanner.com/travel_permit.htm |title=How to get a Tibet Travel Permits - Tibet Visa 2016? |access-date=2014-03-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171022061211/http://www.tibettravelplanner.com/travel_permit.htm |archive-date=2017-10-22 |url-status=dead }}
- {{flag|Colombia}}. San Andrés and Leticia - Visitors arriving at Gustavo Rojas Pinilla International Airport and Alfredo Vásquez Cobo International Airport must buy tourist cards on arrival.
- {{flag|Ecuador}}. File:Bandera Província Galápagos.svg Galápagos - Online pre-registration is required. Transit Control Card must also be obtained at the airport prior to departure.{{cite web |url=http://gobiernogalapagos.gob.ec/cgggob/info/ |title=Sistema de Calificación y Control de Residencia – Consejo de Gobierno de Galápagos |access-date=2018-05-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150221022358/http://gobiernogalapagos.gob.ec/cgggob/info/ |archive-date=2015-02-21 |url-status=dead }}
- {{flag|Eritrea}} outside Asmara – To travel in the rest of the country, a Travel Permit for Foreigners is required (20 Eritrean nakfa).{{cite web|url=http://www.eritrea.be/MoT.htm|title = Ministry of Tourism - Tourism Service Center}}
- {{flag|Fiji}}. Lau Province - Special permission required.{{cite web|title=Fiji Country Specific Information|url=http://www.travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_1114.html#entry_requirements|publisher=Bureau of Consular Affairs, U.S. Department of State|access-date=18 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102204202/http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_1114.html#entry_requirements|archive-date=2 November 2013|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}
- {{flag|Greece}} 21px Mount Athos - Special permit required (4 days: 25 euro for Orthodox visitors, 35 euro for non-Orthodox visitors, 18 euro for students). There is a visitors' quota: maximum 100 Orthodox and 10 non-Orthodox per day and women are not allowed.{{cite web |url=http://www.athosfriends.org/PilgrimsGuide/planning/ |title=The Friends of Mount Athos - A Pilgrim's Guide to Mount Athos: Planning Your Visit |access-date=2014-03-24 |archive-date=2017-12-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201154734/http://athosfriends.org/PilgrimsGuide/planning/ |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://www.mountathosinfos.gr/pages/agionoros/pilgrims_info.en.html |title=Mount Athos Infos . Gr |access-date=2015-04-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071201150655/http://www.mountathosinfos.gr/pages/agionoros/pilgrims_info.en.html |archive-date=2007-12-01 |url-status=dead }}
- {{flag|India}}. Protected Area Permit (PAP) required for whole states of Nagaland and Sikkim and parts of states Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, Uttaranchal, Jammu and Kashmir, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh. Restricted Area Permit (RAP) required for all of Andaman and Nicobar Islands and parts of Sikkim. Some of these requirements are occasionally lifted for a year.{{cite web |url=https://www.timaticweb.com/cgi-bin/tim_website_client.cgi?FullText=1&COUNTRY=IN&SECTION=VI&SUBSECTION=00&user=KLMB2C&subuser=KLMB2C |title=Visa information |access-date=2013-12-17 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140314003632/https://www.timaticweb.com/cgi-bin/tim_website_client.cgi?FullText=1&COUNTRY=IN&SECTION=VI&SUBSECTION=00&user=KLMB2C&subuser=KLMB2C |archive-date=2014-03-14 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=http://as.and.nic.in/TourismAND/TCorner/ForeignersNew.htm |title=Entry Formalities to Andaman |access-date=November 26, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426085021/http://as.and.nic.in/TourismAND/TCorner/ForeignersNew.htm |archive-date=April 26, 2012 }}{{cite web|url=http://arunachaltourism.com/entry_formalities.php |title=Arunachal Tourism |access-date=August 1, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140701111837/http://arunachaltourism.com/entry_formalities.php |archive-date=July 1, 2014 }}{{dead link|date=May 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://manipurbhawan.nic.in/entryformalities.htm |title=Entry Formalities in Manipur |access-date=August 4, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110809003009/http://manipurbhawan.nic.in/entryformalities.htm |archive-date=August 9, 2011 }}{{cite web |url=http://manipurhub.com/news/manipur/protected-area-permit-requirement-lifted-from-manipur-for-one-year/ |access-date=August 4, 2015 |title=时时彩平台推广{{pipe}}时时彩平台推广官网【Pk彩票官方授权】 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329112747/http://manipurhub.com/news/manipur/protected-area-permit-requirement-lifted-from-manipur-for-one-year/ |archive-date=March 29, 2019 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}{{cite web |url=http://lakshadweeptourism.nic.in/web9.htm |title=Tourism in Lakshadweep |access-date=2014-08-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140713171604/http://lakshadweeptourism.nic.in/web9.htm |archive-date=2014-07-13 |url-status=dead }}
- {{flag|Iran}}. Kish Island - Visa not required.{{cite web|title=Iran Country Specific Information |url=http://www.travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_1142.html#entry_requirements |publisher=Bureau of Consular Affairs, U.S. Department of State |access-date=18 November 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203094257/http://www.travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_1142.html |archive-date=December 3, 2013 }}
- {{flag|Kazakhstan}}. Closed cities - Special permission required for the town of Baikonur and surrounding areas in Kyzylorda Oblast, and the town of Gvardeyskiy near Almaty.{{cite web|title=Kazakhstan Country Specific Information |url=http://www.travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_1150.html#entry_requirements |publisher=Bureau of Consular Affairs, U.S. Department of State |access-date=18 November 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102170930/http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_1150.html |archive-date=November 2, 2013 }}
- {{flag|North Korea}} outside Pyongyang - Special permit required. People are not allowed to leave the capital city, tourists can only leave the capital with a governmental tourist guide (no independent moving).
- {{flag|Malaysia}}. {{flagicon|Sabah}} Sabah and {{flagicon|Sarawak}} Sarawak - Visa not required. These states have their own immigration authorities and passport is required to travel to them, however the same visa applies.{{cite web|title=Malaysia Country Specific Information |url=http://www.travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_960.html#entry_requirements |publisher=Bureau of Consular Affairs, U.S. Department of State |access-date=18 November 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131128154523/http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_960.html |archive-date=November 28, 2013}}
- {{flag|Maldives}} outside Malé - Permission required. Tourists are generally prohibited from visiting non-resort islands without the express permission of the Government of Maldives.{{cite web|title=Maldives Country Specific Information |url=http://www.travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_961.html#entry_requirements |publisher=Bureau of Consular Affairs, U.S. Department of State |access-date=18 November 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202232123/http://www.travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_961.html |archive-date=December 2, 2013}}
- {{flag|Russia}}. Several closed cities and regions in Russia - Special authorization required.{{cite web|title=Russian Federation Country Specific Information|url=http://www.travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_1006.html#entry_requirements|publisher=Bureau of Consular Affairs, U.S. Department of State|access-date=18 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203003453/http://www.travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_1006.html#entry_requirements|archive-date=3 December 2013|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}
- {{flag|Saudi Arabia}} Mecca and Medina - Special access required. Non-Muslims and those following the Ahmadiyya religious movement are strictly prohibited from entry.
- {{flag|Sudan}}. Darfur - Separate travel permit is required.{{cite web|title=Republic of South Sudan Country Specific Information|url=https://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_5525.html#entry_requirements|publisher=Bureau of Consular Affairs, U.S. Department of State|access-date=19 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105150822/http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_5525.html#entry_requirements|archive-date=5 November 2013|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}
- {{flag|Sudan}} outside Khartoum - All foreigners traveling more than 25 kilometers outside of Khartoum must obtain a travel permit.
- {{flag|Tajikistan}}. Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province - OIVR permit required (15+5 Tajikistani Somoni) and another special permit (free of charge) is required for Lake Sarez.{{cite web |url=http://www.pamirs.org/visas.htm |title=Pamirs - the roof of the world |access-date=2014-03-24 |archive-date=2017-06-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170630035659/http://www.pamirs.org/visas.htm |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://tajiktourism.com/tajikistan-visa/ |title=Tajikistan Visa {{pipe}} Tajik Tourism |access-date=2014-03-24 |archive-date=2017-07-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170706121812/http://tajiktourism.com/tajikistan-visa/ |url-status=dead }}
- {{flag|Turkmenistan}}. Closed cities - A special permit, issued prior to arrival by Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is required if visiting the following places: Atamurat, Cheleken, Dashoguz, Serakhs and Serhetabat.{{cite web |url=https://www.timaticweb.com/cgi-bin/tim_website_client.cgi?FullText=1&COUNTRY=TM&SECTION=VI&SUBSECTION=AI&user=KLMB2C&subuser=KLMB2C |title=Visa information |access-date=2016-01-11 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140314003610/https://www.timaticweb.com/cgi-bin/tim_website_client.cgi?FullText=1&COUNTRY=TM&SECTION=VI&SUBSECTION=AI&user=KLMB2C&subuser=KLMB2C |archive-date=2014-03-14 |url-status=dead }}
- {{flag|United States}}. Closed city of Mercury, Nevada, United States - Special authorization is required for entry into Mercury.
- {{flag|United States}}. United States Minor Outlying Islands - Special permits required for Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Atoll, Palmyra Atoll and Wake Island.{{cite web|url=http://www.fws.gov/bakerisland/visit.html |title=Visiting - Baker Island National Wildlife Refuge |access-date=November 16, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017211743/http://www.fws.gov/bakerisland/visit.html |archive-date=October 17, 2013 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.fws.gov/howlandisland/visit.html |title=Visiting Howland National Wildlife Refuge |access-date=November 16, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017212340/http://www.fws.gov/howlandisland/visit.html |archive-date=October 17, 2013 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.fws.gov/jarvisisland/ |title=Welcome to Jarvis Island National Wildlife Refuge |access-date=March 4, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120328143327/http://www.fws.gov/jarvisisland/ |archive-date=March 28, 2012 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.fws.gov/johnstonisland/visit.html |title=Visiting Johnston Atoll National Wildlife Refuge |access-date=November 16, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130607120346/http://www.fws.gov/johnstonisland/visit.html |archive-date=June 7, 2013 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.fws.gov/kingmanreef/visit.html |title=Visiting Kingman Reef National Wildlife Refuge |access-date=November 16, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017212056/http://www.fws.gov/kingmanreef/visit.html |archive-date=October 17, 2013 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.fws.gov/midway/visit.html |title=Visiting Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge |access-date=May 12, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140227230950/http://www.fws.gov/midway/visit.html |archive-date=February 27, 2014 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.fws.gov/palmyraatoll/visit.html |title=Visiting - Palmyra National Wildlife Refuge |access-date=November 16, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130522074332/http://www.fws.gov/palmyraatoll/visit.html |archive-date=May 22, 2013 }}
- {{flag|Venezuela}}. Margarita Island - Visa not required. All visitors are fingerprinted.{{cite web |url=https://travel.state.gov/content/passports/en/country/venezuela.html |title=Venezuela |access-date=2016-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150930232933/http://travel.state.gov/content/passports/en/country/venezuela.html |archive-date=2015-09-30 |url-status=dead }}
- {{flag|Vietnam}}. Phú Quốc - Visa not required for 30 days.[http://www.vietseatourist.vn/News/category1/news-57/No-visa-required-for-tourists-to-Phu-Quoc-on-short-stay.html http://www.vietseatourist.vn/News/category1/news-57/No-visa-required-for-tourists-to-Phu-Quoc-on-short-stay.html]
- {{flag|Yemen}} outside Sana'a or Aden - Special permission needed for travel outside Sana'a or Aden.{{cite web|title=Yemen Country Specific Information |url=http://www.travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_1061.html#entry_requirements |publisher=Bureau of Consular Affairs, U.S. Department of State |access-date=19 November 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131114101625/http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_1061.html |archive-date=November 14, 2013 }}
- {{flagicon|United Nations}} UN Buffer Zone in Cyprus - Access Permit is required for travelling inside the zone, except Civil Use Areas.{{cite web |url=http://www.unficyp.org/nqcontent.cfm?a_id=1608&tt=graphic&lang=l1 |title=UNFICYP > Buffer Zone Permits |access-date=2014-07-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021143210/http://www.unficyp.org/nqcontent.cfm?a_id=1608&tt=graphic&lang=l1 |archive-date=2014-10-21 |url-status=dead }}
- {{flagicon|United Nations}} Korean Demilitarized Zone - Restricted area.
- {{flagicon|United Nations}} UNDOF Zone and Ghajar - Restricted area.
Non-visa restrictions
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See also
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References and Notes
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