🇨🇷 Costa Rica
Who needs a visa for Costa Rica?
Of 198 nationalities, 95 enter Costa Rica with no paperwork at all.
The rest: 103 must be approved before they travel.
We have not found a Costa Rica government portal we can link to with confidence, so
we link to none — a lookalike is worse than nothing. Apply through Costa Rica's own
immigration service or its embassy.
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Who needs what Visa free 95 Nothing to apply for and nothing to pay before you travel.
🇦🇩 Andorra 180d 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda 30d 🇦🇷 Argentina 180d 🇦🇺 Australia 180d 🇦🇹 Austria 180d 🇧🇸 Bahamas 180d 🇧🇧 Barbados 180d 🇧🇪 Belgium 180d 🇧🇿 Belize 30d 🇧🇴 Bolivia 30d 🇧🇷 Brazil 180d 🇧🇳 Brunei 30d 🇧🇬 Bulgaria 180d 🇨🇦 Canada 180d 🇨🇱 Chile 180d 🇭🇷 Croatia 180d 🇨🇾 Cyprus 180d 🇨🇿 Czechia 180d 🇩🇰 Denmark 180d 🇩🇲 Dominica 30d 🇸🇻 El Salvador 30d 🇪🇪 Estonia 180d 🇫🇯 Fiji 30d 🇫🇮 Finland 180d 🇫🇷 France 180d 🇩🇪 Germany 180d 🇬🇷 Greece 180d 🇬🇩 Grenada 30d 🇬🇹 Guatemala 30d 🇬🇾 Guyana 30d 🇭🇳 Honduras 180d 🇭🇺 Hungary 180d 🇮🇸 Iceland 180d 🇮🇪 Ireland 180d 🇮🇱 Israel 180d 🇮🇹 Italy 180d 🇯🇵 Japan 180d 🇰🇮 Kiribati 30d 🇱🇻 Latvia 180d 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein 180d 🇱🇹 Lithuania 180d 🇱🇺 Luxembourg 180d 🇲🇾 Malaysia 30d 🇲🇻 Maldives 30d 🇲🇹 Malta 180d 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands 30d 🇲🇺 Mauritius 30d 🇲🇽 Mexico 180d 🇫🇲 Micronesia 30d 🇲🇨 Monaco 180d 🇲🇪 Montenegro 180d 🇳🇷 Nauru 30d 🇳🇱 Netherlands 180d 🇳🇿 New Zealand 180d 🇳🇴 Norway 180d 🇵🇼 Palau 30d 🇵🇦 Panama 180d 🇵🇾 Paraguay 180d 🇵🇪 Peru 180d 🇵🇭 Philippines 30d 🇵🇱 Poland 180d 🇵🇹 Portugal 180d 🇶🇦 Qatar 180d 🇷🇴 Romania 180d 🇷🇺 Russia 30d 🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis 30d 🇱🇨 Saint Lucia 30d 🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 30d 🇼🇸 Samoa 30d 🇸🇲 San Marino 180d 🇸🇹 Sao Tome and Principe 30d 🇷🇸 Serbia 180d 🇸🇨 Seychelles 30d 🇸🇬 Singapore 180d 🇸🇰 Slovakia 180d 🇸🇮 Slovenia 180d 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands 30d 🇿🇦 South Africa 180d 🇰🇷 South Korea 180d 🇪🇸 Spain 180d 🇸🇷 Suriname 30d 🇸🇪 Sweden 180d 🇨🇭 Switzerland 180d 🇹🇼 Taiwan 30d 🇹🇴 Tonga 30d 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago 180d 🇹🇷 Türkiye 30d 🇹🇻 Tuvalu 30d 🇺🇦 Ukraine 180d 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates 180d 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 180d 🇺🇸 United States 180d 🇺🇾 Uruguay 180d 🇻🇺 Vanuatu 30d 🇻🇦 Vatican City 180d
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