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Costa Rica visa requirements for Eritrea citizens

Updated 2026-07-07 ยท verified against the Passport Index dataset

๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ทโ†’๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ท
Visa required
Yes โ€” Eritrea citizens need a visa for Costa Rica.

๐Ÿ”“ Skip the visa with a third-country document

Costa Rica admits Eritrea citizens on better terms if they already hold certain visas or residence permits of other countries:

Visa-free ยท 30 days
๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ท Eritrea passport๏ผ‹๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ US visa (B1/B2 etc.) or 4 moreโ†’๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ท Costa Rica: visa-free ยท 30d

Costa Rica: entry for up to 30 days (but no longer than the visa's validity) with a valid visa or residence of the US, Canada or Schengen.

Conditions: visa must be valid for at least the length of stay; B1/B2 type for US visas
Source: Migraciรณn Costa Rica ยท verified 2026-07-04

Entry details

Holders of a Eritrea passport need a visa obtained in advance when visiting Costa Rica. The Eritrea passport currently ranks #187 of 199 worldwide, with 40 destinations reachable visa-free or via visa on arrival / eTA.

Costa Rica is middling in how freely it admits visitors, admitting 95 of the world's 198 other passports without a prior visa; its own passport ranks #63 with 130 open destinations. The arrangement is reciprocal โ€” Costa Rica citizens face the same visa required requirement in the other direction.

In the opposite direction, Costa Rica citizens travelling to Eritrea face: visa required.

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