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Central America travel guide
Costa Rica
Entry rules for every passport, key facts and neighbouring destinations.
Visa required
Full requirements →
Key facts
- Official name
- Republic of Costa Rica
- Capital
- San José
- Currency
- Costa Rican colón (CRC ₡)
- Languages
- Spanish
- Calling code
- +506
- Area
- 51,100 km²
- Region
- Central America
Who can get in easily
96 of 198 passports can enter Costa Rica without arranging a visa in advance.
- Visa-free
- Visa on arrival
- eTA
- eVisa
- Visa required
Visa requirements for Costa Rica by passport
IndiaVisa required
United StatesVisa-free90 days
United KingdomVisa-free180 days
United Arab EmiratesVisa-free90 days
ChinaVisa required
SingaporeVisa-free90 days
PakistanVisa required
BangladeshVisa required
Sri LankaVisa required
NepalVisa required
NigeriaVisa required
PhilippinesVisa-free90 days
CanadaVisa-free180 days
AustraliaVisa-free90 days
GermanyVisa-free180 days
Pick any passport above to see the full requirements, or use the selector at the top.
Nearby countries
Nicaragua
PanamaSources: Wikipedia's "Visa requirements for … citizens" articles (CC BY-SA 4.0) for 199 passports; Passport Index Data (imorte), scraped from passportindex.org, published 17 Feb 2026 for the rest. Last checked 11 Oct 2026.