Costa Rica, on a US passport
Visa-free entry.
Length of stay — 180 days.
All visa-free countries with a US passport
Unchanged between the 12 January 2025 and 17 February 2026 datasets: visa-free, 180 days.
Applications go through Dirección General de Migración y Extranjería. It is the only source that counts.
Open the official portal- San José · SJO — airside connection, nothing to show
International-to-international connection, single booking, same airport. Exemptions for holders of certain visas or residence permits are not assumed.
All 166 layovers for this passportThis country has a scheme for remote workers: Ley de nómadas digitales (2022). It takes over when the entry period is no longer enough.
A Costa Rica passport travelling to United States: visa required.
Latin America & Caribbean: with a US passport, 28 of the 31 other countries in the region open visa-free or with a simple online authorisation.
- Visa-free (26)
- Antigua & Barbuda (180 d), Argentina (90 d), Bahamas (240 d), Barbados (180 d), Belize (180 d), Bolivia (90 d), Chile (90 d), Colombia (90 d), Dominica (180 d), Dominican Republic (30 d), Ecuador (90 d), El Salvador (180 d), Grenada (90 d), Guatemala (90 d), Guyana (90 d), Haiti (90 d), Honduras (90 d), Jamaica (180 d), Nicaragua (90 d), Panama (180 d), Paraguay (90 d), Peru (180 d), St. Lucia (42 d), St. Vincent & Grenadines (180 d), Trinidad & Tobago (90 d), Uruguay (90 d)
- Electronic authorisation (2)
- St. Kitts & Nevis, Suriname
- Consulate visa (1)
- Venezuela
Entry rules change often, sometimes overnight. This record gives the known state, with its source; it does not replace checking with the destination’s embassy or consulate, the only authority on the day you leave.
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