This information is current as of October 06, 2002, you should check with the Costa Rica authorities if you feel the this information is not current.
Citizens from Canada, the U.S. and Panama can enter with just a tourist card and one other piece of identification, such as a passport, driver's license or birth certificate. Citizens of all other countries require a valid passport to enter. Visas are needed by certain nationalities so check ahead before traveling.
Without Visa / 90 days
|
Germany |
Holland |
Puerto Rico |
|
Argentina |
Hungary |
United Kingdom* |
|
Austria |
Israel |
Greece |
|
Belgium |
Italy |
Rumania |
|
Brazil |
Japan |
Sweden |
|
Canada |
Liechtenstein |
Switzerland |
|
South Korea |
Luxemburg |
Trinidad & Tobago |
|
Denmark |
Norway |
Uruguay |
|
Spain |
Panama |
United States |
|
Paraguay |
Finland |
Poland |
|
France |
Portugal |
|
(*) England, Gales, Scotland and North Ireland
Without Visa / 30 days
|
Antigua & Barbuda |
Philippines |
China Republic (Taiwan) |
|
Saudi Arabia |
Granada |
Ireland Republic |
|
Australia |
Guatemala |
Russia |
|
Bahamas |
Guyana |
South Africa |
|
Bahrain |
Honduras |
Saint Christobal and Nevis |
|
Barbados |
Jamaica |
Saint Marino |
|
Bolivia |
Kenya |
Saint Lucia |
|
Bulgaria |
Kuwait |
Saint Vincent and The Grenadines |
|
Colombia |
Mexico |
Singapore |
|
Chile |
New Zeland |
Suriname |
|
Dominica |
Oman |
Turkey |
|
The Salvador |
Principe de Monaco |
Vatican |
|
Arabian Emirates |
Qatar |
Venezuela |
|
Slovak |
Czech Republic |
|
With Visa / 30 days
|
Andorra |
India |
Nicaragua |
|
Belarus (Ant. Bielorrusia) |
Indonesia |
Peru |
|
Chipre |
Letonia |
Dominican Republic |
|
Croatia |
Lithuania |
Thailand |
|
Ecuador |
Malaysia |
Ukraine |
|
Egypt |
Malta |
Zimbabwe (Rhodesia) |
|
Slovenia |
Marcos |
|
|
Estonia |
Moldova (Ant. Moldavia) |
|
Restricted Visa
|
Afghanistan |
Mali |
|
Albany |
Maurice |
|
Angola |
Mauritania |
|
Armenia |
Myanmar (Ant. Britannia) |
|
Azerbaijan (Ant. Azerbaijan) |
Micronesia |
|
Bangladesh |
Mongolia |
|
Benin |
Mozambique |
|
Bosnia - Herzegovina |
Namibia |
|
Botswana |
Nauru |
|
Brunei |
Nepal |
|
Burkina Faso (Alto Volta) |
Niger |
|
Burundi |
Nigeria |
|
Bhutan |
Pakistan |
|
Cabo Verde |
Palau |
|
Cambodia or Kampuchea |
Papua New Guinea |
|
Cameroon |
Central African Republic |
|
Comoras |
Macedon Republic |
|
North Korea |
Congo Republic |
|
Ivory's Coast |
Yugoslav Federal Republic (Servia and Montenegro) |
|
Cuba |
Palestine |
|
Chad |
China Popular Republic (Continental China) |
|
Djibouti |
Tonga Kingdom |
|
Ethiopia |
Rwanda |
|
Fiji |
Salomon (Islands) |
|
Gabon |
Samoa |
|
Gambia |
Saint Tome and Prince |
|
Georgia |
Senegal |
|
Ghana |
Seychelles |
|
Guinea |
Sierra Leona |
|
Guinea Bissau |
Syria |
|
Equatorial Guinea |
Somalia |
|
Haiti |
Sri Lanka |
|
Iraq |
Swaziland |
|
Iran |
Sudan |
|
Marshall Islands |
Tanzania |
|
Jordanian |
Tajikistan (Ant. Turkmen) |
|
Kazajstan |
Togo |
|
Kirguistan (Ant. Kurguizia) |
Transkei |
|
Kiribati |
Tunis |
|
Laos |
Turkmenistan (Ant. Turkmenia) |
|
Lesotho |
Uganda |
|
Lebanon |
Uzbekistan |
|
Libya |
Vanuatu |
|
Madagascar |
Viet - Nam |
|
Malawi |
Yemen |
|
Maldives |
Zaire |
|
|
Zambia |