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Costa Rica visa rules for Colombia passport holders

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The answer

No. Colombia passport holders need a visa to visit Costa Rica.

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Official source

sinalevi.go.crDirección General de Migración y Extranjería (DGME), Resolución AJ-484-11-2025, as published in SINALEVI by the Procuraduría General de la RepúblicaChecked 29 Oct 2026

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Before you go

The conditions that come with this rule, from its official sources.

Conditions from official sources

  • Needs a passport valid for at least 90 days.
  • Not needed with a multiple-entry visa or residence from the United States or Canada (visa types C1, C2 and C3 excluded) valid for at least 1 day from arrival; the stay cannot exceed that visa or residence's validity.
  • Not needed with a multiple-entry residence, or one valid for at least 90 days from arrival, from an EU country, the United Kingdom, Iceland, Norway or Switzerland (refugee or asylum status excluded).
  • Not needed with a multiple-entry Schengen C or D visa valid for up to 90 days, already in force and valid for at least 1 day from arrival; the stay cannot exceed that visa's validity.
  • Needs a machine-readable or biometric passport in good condition.
  • Needs a return or onward ticket.
  • Needs proof of funds of at least USD 100 per month or part of a month of stay.

Passport validity

The source states no minimum passport validity.

Tourist entry only

These rules cover tourist visits. Work, study and transit follow other rules.

The other way round

What Costa Rica passport holders need to visit Colombia.

Costa Rica passport Colombia

Visa-free · 90 days

Maximum stay
Up to 90 days

1. Albania 2. Alemania 3. Andorra 4. Antigua y Barbuda 5. Argentina 6. Australia 7. Austria 8. Azerbaiyán 9. Bahamas 10. Barbados 11. Bélgica 12. Belice 13. Bolivia 14. Bosnia y Herzegovina 15. Brasil 16. Brunéi-Darussalam 17. Bulgaria 18. Bután 19. Canadá 20. Checa (República) 21. Chile 22. Chipre 23. Corea (República de) 24. Costa Rica 25. Croacia 26. Dinamarca 27. Dominica 28. Ecuador 29. El Salvador 30. Emiratos Árabes Unidos 31. Eslovaquia 32. Eslovenia 33. España 34. Estados Unidos de América 35. Estonia 36. Fiyi 37. Filipinas 38. Finlandia 39. Francia 40. Georgia 41. Granada 42. Grecia 43. Guatemala 44. Guyana 45. Honduras 46. Hungría 47. Indonesia 48. Irlanda 49. Islandia 50. Islas Marshall 51. Islas Salomón 52. Israel 53. Italia 54. Jamaica 55. Japón 56. Kazajstán 57. Letonia 58. Liechtenstein 59. Lituania 60. Luxemburgo 61. Macedonia del Norte 62. Malta 63. Marruecos 64. México 65. Micronesia 66. Moldova 67. Mónaco 68. Montenegro 69. Noruega 70. Nueva Zelandia 71. Países Bajos 72. Omán 73. Palau 74. Panamá 75. Papúa Nueva Guinea 76. Paraguay 77. Perú 78. Polonia 79. Portugal 80. Qatar 81. Reino Unido de la Gran Bretaña e Irlanda del Norte 82. República Dominicana 83. Rumania 84. Rusia (Federación de) 85. San Cristóbal y Nieves 86. Samoa 87. San Marino 88. Santa Lucía 89. Santa Sede 90. San Vicente y Las Granadinas 91. Serbia 92. Singapur 93. Suecia 94. Suiza 95. Surinam 96. Trinidad y Tobago 97. Turquía 98. Ucrania 99. Uruguay 100. Venezuela

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Visa-free nearby

Other places Colombia passport holders can visit without a visa, within 2,500 km of San José, nearest first.

  1. PanamaPanama City, about 510 km from San JoséVisa-free · 3 months
  2. HondurasTegucigalpa, about 570 km from San JoséVisa-free · 90 days
  3. El SalvadorSan Salvador, about 690 km from San JoséVisa-free · 90 days
  4. GuatemalaGuatemala City, about 870 km from San JoséVisa-free · 90 days
  5. BelizeBelmopan, about 960 km from San JoséVisa-free · 30 days

We list only countries whose rules we have reviewed. More appear as we review them.

Weather in San José

Average high and low temperature and rainfall in San José, month by month.

  1. JanHigh 28.5°CLow 18.6°CRain 9 mm
  2. FebHigh 29.3°CLow 18.6°CRain 9 mm
  3. MarHigh 30.1°CLow 18.8°CRain 22 mm
  4. AprHigh 30.5°CLow 19.1°CRain 82 mm
  5. MayHigh 29.0°CLow 19.2°CRain 262 mm
  6. JunHigh 28.4°CLow 19.0°CRain 229 mm
  7. JulHigh 28.4°CLow 19.1°CRain 176 mm
  8. AugHigh 28.5°CLow 18.8°CRain 229 mm
  9. SepHigh 28.0°CLow 18.3°CRain 330 mm
  10. OctHigh 27.4°CLow 18.4°CRain 334 mm
  11. NovHigh 27.5°CLow 18.3°CRain 177 mm
  12. DecHigh 28.1°CLow 18.4°CRain 32 mm

Bar and large number: average high, °CSmaller number: average low, °Cmm: average rainfall

Averages of 21 to 25 years between 1991 and 2020, computed by One Time Livin’.

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