Destination Visa Policy
Who needs a visa for Nicaragua?
Find your passport below to see how you can enter Nicaragua — then open the full breakdown with fees, documents, transit and health rules.
Passport validity
At least 6 months validity on arrival recommended
Blank pages
At least 1–2 blank visa pages
Yellow fever
Yellow fever certificate required only if you arrive from (or transited through) a country with risk of yellow fever transmission.
Visa Free (89 passports)
Andorra · 90d Antigua & Barbuda · 90d Argentina · 90d Australia · 90d Austria · 90d Bahamas · 90d Bahrain · 90d Barbados · 90d Belarus · 90d Belgium · 90d Belize · 90d Brazil · 90d Brunei · 90d Bulgaria · 90d Canada · 90d Chile · 90d Costa Rica · 90d Croatia · 90d Cuba · 90d Cyprus · 90d Czech Republic · 90d Denmark · 90d Ecuador · 90d El Salvador · 90d Estonia · 90d Fiji · 90d Finland · 90d France · 90d Germany · 90d Greece · 90d Guatemala · 90d Honduras · 90d Hong Kong · 90d Hungary · 90d Iceland · 90d Ireland · 90d Israel · 90d Italy · 90d Japan · 90d Kuwait · 90d Latvia · 90d Liechtenstein · 90d Lithuania · 90d Luxembourg · 90d Macau · 90d Madagascar · 90d Malaysia · 90d Malta · 90d Marshall Islands · 90d Mexico · 90d Monaco · 90d Netherlands · 90d New Zealand · 90d North Macedonia · 90d Norway · 90d Palestine · 90d Panama · 90d Paraguay · 90d Poland · 90d Portugal · 90d Qatar · 90d Romania · 90d Russia · 90d San Marino · 90d Sao Tome and Principe · 90d Saudi Arabia · 90d Singapore · 90d Slovakia · 90d Slovenia · 90d Solomon Islands · 90d South Africa · 90d South Korea · 90d Spain · 90d St. Kitts & Nevis · 90d St. Lucia · 90d St. Vincent & Grenadines · 90d Sweden · 90d Switzerland · 90d Taiwan · 90d Trinidad & Tobago · 90d Türkiye · 90d Tuvalu · 90d Ukraine · 90d United Arab Emirates · 90d United Kingdom · 90d United States · 90d Uruguay · 90d Vanuatu · 90d Vatican City
Visa on Arrival (73 passports)
Algeria Angola Azerbaijan Benin Bhutan Bolivia Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Colombia Comoros Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eswatini Ethiopia Gabon Gambia Georgia Ghana Grenada Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Indonesia Ivory Coast Jamaica Jordan Kazakhstan Kiribati Kyrgyzstan Lesotho Malawi Maldives Mauritania Mauritius Micronesia Moldova Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nauru Niger North Korea Oman Palau Papua New Guinea Peru Philippines Rwanda Samoa Senegal Serbia Seychelles Suriname Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Togo Tonga Tunisia Turkmenistan Uganda Uzbekistan Zambia Zimbabwe
Embassy Visa Required (36 passports)
Afghanistan Albania Armenia Bangladesh Bosnia & Herzegovina Botswana Cameroon China DR Congo Eritrea Haiti India Iran Iraq Kenya Kosovo Laos Lebanon Liberia Libya Mali Mongolia Nepal Nigeria Pakistan Republic of the Congo Sierra Leone Somalia South Sudan Sri Lanka Sudan Syria Timor-Leste Venezuela Vietnam Yemen
Standard short-stay tourism rules for ordinary passports. Special categories (diplomatic passports, residence-permit holders, crew) follow different rules — contact us for a personal assessment.