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Costa Rica visa requirements for Vatican City citizens
Updated 2026-07-07 · verified against the Passport Index dataset
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Visa-free
Vatican City citizens do not need a visa for Costa Rica for up to 180 days.
Entry details
Holders of a Vatican City passport do not need a visa when visiting Costa Rica for up to 180 days. The Vatican City passport currently ranks #59 of 199 worldwide, with 135 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 — Costa Rica citizens face the same visa-free requirement in the other direction.
In the opposite direction, Costa Rica citizens travelling to Vatican City face: visa-free for up to 90 days.
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