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Costa Rica visa rules for Taiwan passport holders

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The answer

Yes. Taiwan passport holders can visit Costa Rica visa-free for up to 30 days.

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Visa-free
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30 days per entry
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ONE TIME LIVIN’VISA-FREE30 DAYS

Our summary of the official rule. Not an official stamp.

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.
  • 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 Taiwan.

Costa Rica passport Taiwan

Visa needed

Foreign nationals who intend to travel to Taiwan but are not eligible for an eVisa must fill in a form under General Visa Applications on the website of the Bureau of Consular Affairs and submit this application form to an ROC overseas mission.

Costa Rica passport to Taiwan, full page

Visa-free nearby

Other places Taiwan 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. GuatemalaGuatemala City, about 870 km from San JoséVisa-free · 90 days
  4. BelizeBelmopan, about 960 km from San JoséVisa-free · 30 days
  5. Cayman IslandsGeorge Town, about 1,080 km from San JoséVisa-free · 6 months

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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