Visa requirements for Nicaraguan citizens explained

Visa requirements for Nicaraguan citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Nicaragua. As of 10 January 2024, Nicaraguan citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 129 countries and territories, ranking the Nicaraguan passport 43rd in terms of travel freedom according to the Henley Passport Index.[1]

Visa requirements

Visa requirements for holders of normal passports traveling for tourist purposes:

CountryVisa requirementAllowed stayNotes (excluding departure fees)
Afghanistan
Albania90 days
Algeria
Andorra
Angola
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina3 months
Armenia120 days
Australia
  • May apply online (Online Visitor e600 visa).[2]
Austria90 days
Azerbaijan
Bahamas3 months
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados90 days
Belarus30 days
Belgium90 days
Belize90 days
[3] 30 days / 8 days
  • Must have an international vaccination certificate.
Bhutan
Bosnia and Herzegovina90 days
  • 90 days within any 6-month period
Botswana
Brazil90 days
Bulgaria90 days
  • 90 days within any 180 day period
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cambodia30 days
  • Visa is also obtainable online.[4]
Cameroon
Canada
Cape Verde
  • Not available at all entry points.[5]
Central African Republic
Chad
Chile90 days
  • Visa on arrival for Macau
Colombia
Comoros
Costa Rica
Cote d'Ivoire
Croatia90 days
Cuba
Cyprus90 days
  • 90 days within any 180 day period
Czech Republic90 days
Denmark90 days
Djibouti[6] 31 days
Dominica6 months
Dominican Republic90 days
Ecuador90 days[7]
Egypt
  • Visa not required when visiting as part of the tourist group that consists of at least 10 citizens who hold a return ticket, booked accommodation and a signed guarantee letter from a travel agency.
El Salvador3 monthsID Card Valid
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Estonia90 days
Ethiopia[8] up to 90 days
Fiji
Finland90 days
France and territories90 days
Gabon[9]
Gambia
  • An entry clearance must be obtained from the Gambian Immigration prior to travel.[10]
Georgia
Germany90 days
Ghana
Greece90 days
Grenada
Guatemala90 daysID Card Valid
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau90 days
Guyana
Haiti3 months
Honduras3 monthsID Card Valid
Hungary90 days
Iceland90 days
India[11] 60 days
Indonesia
30 days
Iraq
Ireland3 months
Israel
Italy90 days
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
  • Conditions apply.[12]
  • Not available at all entry points.[13]
Kazakhstan30 days
  • 30 days within any 180-day period[14]
Kenya[15] 3 months
Kiribati
90 days
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
30 days
Latvia90 days
Lebanon
Lesotho[17]
Liberia
Libya
Liechtenstein90 days
Lithuania90 days
Luxembourg90 days
Madagascar90 days
Malawi
Malaysia1 month
Maldives30 days
Mali
Malta90 days
Marshall Islands
Mauritania
Mauritius90 days
Mexico
  • Visa not required for holders of valid visa or permanent residence issued by the U.S., Canada, Japan, United Kingdom, Colombia, Peru, Chile, or Schengen area.[18]
30 days
[19] 90 days
  • 90 days within any 180 day period
Monaco
Mongolia
Montenegro90 days
Morocco
Mozambique30 days
  • Conditions apply[20]
Myanmar
Namibia3 months
Nauru
  • Visa can be obtained in the Nauruan Press Office at the United Nations.
Nepal90 days
Netherlands90 days
New Zealand
  • Holders of an Australian Permanent Resident Visa or Resident Return Visa may be granted a New Zealand Resident Visa on arrival permitting indefinite stay (pursuant to the Trans-Tasman Travel Arrangement), subject to meeting character requirements and obtaining an Electronic Travel Authority prior to departure.[21]
Niger
Nigeria
90 days
Norway90 days
Oman10 daysVisa- free access applicable only if Nicaraguans have visa entry to USA, Canada, Japan or Australia
Pakistan[22]
Palau30 days
Panama90 days
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay90 days
Peru
Philippines30 days
Poland90 days
Portugal90 days
Qatar
Romania90 days
  • 90 days within any 180 day period
90 days
  • 90 days within any 180 day period
Rwanda30 days
Saint Kitts and Nevis3 months
Saint Lucia6 weeks
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1 month
Samoa60 days
San Marino
[23]
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Serbia
Seychelles3 months
Sierra Leone
Singapore30 days
Slovakia90 days
Slovenia90 days
Solomon Islands
Somalia30 days
South Africa
[24]
  • Obtainable online[25]
  • Printed visa authorization must be presented at the time of travel
Spain90 days
Sri Lanka30 days
Sudan
Suriname[26] 90 days
  • Multiple entry eVisa is also available.[27]
Sweden90 days
Switzerland90 days
Tajikistan
Timor-Leste30 days
  • Not available at all entry points.[28]
Togo7 days
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago90 days
Tunisia
Turkey3 months
Turkmenistan
Tuvalu1 month
Uganda
  • Determined at the port of entry. May apply online.[29]
Ukraine
  • e-Visa is currently suspended.
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom6 months
United States
Uruguay90 days
Uzbekistan[30] 30 days
Vanuatu
90 days
90 days
Yemen
Zambia90 days
Zimbabwe

Territories and disputed areas

Visa requirements for Nicaraguan citizens for visits to various territories, disputed areas and restricted zones:

Visitor toVisa requirementNotes (excluding departure fees)
[33] 90 days
90 days[34]
90 days[35]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Henley Passport Index . Henley & Partners Holdings Ltd . 2 July 2019 . 2 July 2019 . This graph shows the full Global Ranking of the 2019 Henley Passport Index. As the index uses dense ranking, in certain cases, a rank is shared by multiple countries because these countries all have the same level of visa-free or visa-on-arrival access..
  2. Web site: Visitor e600 Visa Online Applications. Department of Immigration and Border Protection.
  3. https://evisa.gouv.bj/en/ eVisa Benin
  4. Web site: Kingdom of Cambodia - Ministry of Foreign Affairs & International Cooperation . 2014-07-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140728202347/http://evisa.mfaic.gov.kh/ . 2014-07-28 . dead .
  5. Obtainable at Nelson Mandela International Airport, Cesária Évora Airport, Amílcar Cabral International Airport and Aristides Pereira International Airport.
  6. https://www.evisa.gouv.dj/#/ eVisa
  7. Extendable length of stay.
  8. Web site: Ethiopia electronic visa. Main Department for Immigration and Nationality Affairs, Ethiopia. 24 November 2018.
  9. https://evisa.dgdi.ga/ Gabon e-Visa
  10. Web site: ENTRY INTO THE GAMBIA. GAMBIA IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT. gid.gov.gm . 2017-12-23 . 2017-12-23.
  11. Web site: Indian e-Visa. Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India.
  12. Web site: Visa Information. Timatic. 10 May 2014. 30 April 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210430063359/http://www.timaticweb.com/cgi-bin/tim_client.cgi?ExpertMode=TIDFT%2FJO%2FVI%2FIS%2FID42022&user=KLMB2C&subuser=KLMB2C. dead.
  13. Visa on arrival obtainable at most international ports of entry and at most international land border crossings (except King Hussein/Allenby Bridge crossing).
  14. Web site: https://online.zakon.kz/m/app/document?doc_id=37897794. ru:Соглашение между Правительством Республики Казахстан и Правительством Республики Никарагуа о взаимной отмене визовых требований. ru. mid.ru. 18 August 2023.
  15. https://www.etakenya.go.ke/en Kenya Electronic System for Travel Authorisation (eTA)
  16. Web site: e-VISA. evisa.e-gov.kg. 29 September 2018.
  17. http://evisalesotho.com eVisa Lesotho
  18. Web site: Visa Alianza del Pacífico . Embamex.sre.gob.mx . 2022-03-09.
  19. http://www.mfa.gov.md/entry-visas-moldova/citizens-additional-checks/#link Foreign citizens who don’t need visa for entry on the territory of the Republic of Moldova
  20. Web site: Visa Information. Timatic. 10 May 2014.
  21. Web site: Information about: Australian Resident Visa . immigration.govt.nz . Immigration New Zealand . May 21, 2020 . Australian citizens and permanent residents can visit, work and live in New Zealand. You do not need a visa before you travel to New Zealand..
  22. Web site: Online visa system of Pakistan . . Pakistan.
  23. http://www.smf.st/evisa/index.php e-Visa STP
  24. Web site: Do I need a visa to travel to South Sudan? . . South Sudan.
  25. Web site: Apply for a South Sudan Visa Online . . South Sudan.
  26. Web site: Welcome to Suriname E-VISA Website . suriname.vfsevisa.com.
  27. Web site: Who can apply for E-Visa? . suriname.vfsevisa.com.
  28. Obtainable at the Presidente Nicolau Lobato International Airport or at the Dili Sea Port.
  29. https://visas.immigration.go.ug Uganda Electronic Visa/Permit Application System
  30. https://akipress.com/news:623639:Uzbekistan_introduces_visa_waiver_for_20_more_countries_from_2020/ Uzbekistan introduces visa waiver for 20 more countries from 2020
  31. Web site: Visa Information. 25 March 2015.
  32. Web site: No visa required for tourists to Phu Quoc on short stay - Vietsea Tourist - Travel to Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and Thailand | Vietnam Travel Tours . 2014-05-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170701095940/http://www.vietseatourist.vn/News/category1/news-57/No-visa-required-for-tourists-to-Phu-Quoc-on-short-stay.html . 2017-07-01 . dead .
  33. Web site: Consular service Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia.
  34. Web site: Visas For Foreign Citizens - For Kosovo Citizens - Consular Services - Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Republic of Kosovo. Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Republic of Kosovo. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20130310115928/http://www.mfa-ks.net/?page=2,20. 2013-03-10.
  35. Web site: 外籍人士來臺免簽證適用國家名單. 10 July 2017 . Bureau of Consular Affairs (Republic of China). 2017-12-14.