Visa requirements for Vatican citizens explained

Visa requirements for Vatican citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Vatican City. As of May 2023, Vatican citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 154 countries and territories, ranking the Vatican passport 26th in terms of travel freedom according to the Henley Passport Index.[1]

Visa requirements

CountryVisa requirementAllowed stayNotes (excluding departure fees)
Afghanistan
Albania90 days
Algeria
Andorra
Angola[2] 30 days
Antigua and Barbuda6 months
Argentina90 days
Armenia120 days
Australia90 days
  • 90 days on each visit in 12-month period if granted
Austria90 days
Azerbaijan30 days[3]
Bahamas8 months
Bahrain14 days
Bangladesh30 days
Barbados
Belarus[4] [5]
  • Visa-free until 31 December 2024.[6]
Belgium90 days
Belize
[7] 30 days / 8 days
  • Must have an international vaccination certificate.
Bhutan
3 months
Bosnia and Herzegovina90 days
  • 90 days within any 6 month period
Botswana90 days
Brazil90 days
Bulgaria90 days
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cambodia30 days
  • Visa is also obtainable online.[8]
Cameroon
Canada6 months
  • eTA required if arriving by air.[9]
Cape Verde30 days
Central African Republic
Chad
Chile90 days
  • Visa on arrival for
Colombia180 days
  • 90 days - extendable up to 180-days stay within a one year period
Comoros
Costa Rica90 days
Cote d'Ivoire[10] 3 months
Croatia90 days
Cuba
Cyprus90 days
  • 90 days within any 180 day period
Czech Republic90 days
Denmark90 days
Djibouti[11] 31 days
Dominica21 days
Dominican Republic90 days
Ecuador90 days
Egypt[12] 30 days
El Salvador3 months
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Estonia90 days
30 days
Ethiopia[13] up to 90 days
Fiji
Finland90 days
France90 days
Gabon[14]
Gambia90 days
Georgia365 days / 1 year
Germany90 days
Ghana
Greece90 days
Grenada3 months
Guatemala90 days
Guinea[15] 90 days
Guinea-Bissau90 days
Guyana
Haiti90 days
Honduras3 months
Hungary90 days
Iceland90 days
India[16] 60 days
Indonesia30 days
  • Select ports of entry.
15 days[17]
Iraq[18]
Ireland90 days
Israel3 months
Italy90 days
Jamaica
JapanHolders of diplomatic and official passports do not need a visa for Japan, and are granted the status of residence as diplomats or officials
Jordan
  • Conditions apply.[19]
Kazakhstan30 days[20]
Kenya[21] 3 months
Kiribati
30 days
Kuwait[22] 3 months
Kyrgyzstan60 days
[23] 30 days
Latvia90 days
Lebanon
Lesotho[24]
Liberia
Libya
Liechtenstein90 days
Lithuania90 days
Luxembourg90 days
Madagascar[25] 90 days
Malawi[26] 90 days
Malaysia30 days
Maldives30 days
Mali
Malta90 days
Marshall Islands90 days
Mauritania
Mauritius90 days
Mexico180 days
30 days
90 days
  • 90 days within any 180 day period
Monaco
Mongolia
Montenegro90 days
Morocco
Mozambique30 days
Myanmar
Namibia
Nauru
Nepal90 days
Netherlands90 days
New Zealand3 months
  • International Visitor Conservation and Tourism Levy must be paid upon requesting an Electronic Travel Authority.[27]
  • 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.[28] Such travellers are not required to pay the International Visitor Conservation and Tourism Levy.
Nicaragua90 days
Niger
Nigeria
90 days
Norway90 days
Oman[29] 30 days
Pakistan[30]
Palau30 days
Panama180 days
Papua New Guinea[31] 60 days
Paraguay
Peru183 days
Philippines30 days
Poland90 days
Portugal90 days
Qatar[32] 30 days
Romania90 days
16 days
  • e-Visa holders must arrive and departure via 29 checkpoints[33]
Rwanda30 days
Saint Kitts and Nevis3 months
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1 month
Samoa60 days
San Marino
15 days[34] [35]
Saudi Arabia
Senegal3 months
  • Visa available online.[36]
Serbia90 days
Seychelles3 months
Sierra Leone
Singapore30 days
Slovakia90 days
Slovenia90 days
Solomon Islands
Somalia30 days
South Africa
[37]
  • Obtainable online[38]
  • Printed visa authorization must be presented at the time of travel
Spain90 days
Sri Lanka30 days
Sudan
Suriname[39] 90 days
  • Vatican citizens are not required to pay an entrance fee.[40]
  • Multiple entry eVisa is also available.[41]
Sweden90 days
Switzerland90 days
[42]
90 days
Tajikistan[43] 30 days
  • Visa also available online.[44]
[45] 3 months
Timor-Leste30 days
Togo7 days
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia3 months
Turkey3 months
Turkmenistan
Tuvalu1 month
Uganda
  • May apply online.[46]
Ukraine90 days
  • 90 days within any 180 day period
United Arab Emirates30 days
United Kingdom6 months
United States
Uruguay[47] 90 days
Uzbekistan[48] 30 days
Vanuatu30 days
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe3 months

Dependent, or restricted territories

Visa requirements for Vatican citizens for visits to various territories, and restricted zones:

Dependent and autonomous territories

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Global Ranking - Passport Index 2019. Henley & Partners. 2 July 2019. 2 July 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190702185357/https://www.henleyglobal.com/files/download/HPI2019/HPI_Q3_Global_Ranking_190701.pdf. live.
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20210225040048/http://www.smevisa.com/touristvisa/ SME E-VISA
  3. Web site: Electronic Visa System of Azerbaijan Republic . 2016-12-24 . 2016-12-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161220213600/https://evisa.gov.az/en/ . live .
  4. Web site: Statement of Belarus Foreign Ministry on visa-free travel to Belarus for the citizens of 35 European countries . 2024-07-19.
  5. Web site: Statement of Belarus Foreign Ministry on visa-free travel to Belarus for the citizens of 35 European countries . 2024-07-19.
  6. Web site: Statement of Belarus Foreign Ministry on visa-free travel to Belarus for the citizens of 35 European countries . 2024-07-19.
  7. Web site: eVisa Benin . 2018-05-21 . 2018-06-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180613161000/https://evisa.gouv.bj/en/ . live .
  8. 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 .
  9. Web site: canada.ca/eTA . 2017-12-02 . 2020-03-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200323223542/https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/visit-canada/eta.html?utm_source=slash-eta_ave&utm_medium=short-url-en&utm_campaign=eta . live .
  10. Web site: E-visa – SNEDAI GROUPE. 2019-11-03. 2020-08-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20200822071414/https://snedai.com/e-visa/. live.
  11. Web site: eVisa . 2018-03-18 . 2018-03-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180313093151/https://www.evisa.gouv.dj/#/ . live .
  12. Web site: Egypt e-Visa Portal . . . 3 December 2017 . 30 December 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201230194222/https://visa2egypt.gov.eg/ . live .
  13. Web site: Ethiopia electronic visa. Main Department for Immigration and Nationality Affairs, Ethiopia. 24 November 2018. 4 August 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170804020609/https://www.evisa.gov.et/. live.
  14. Web site: Gabon e-Visa . 2015-07-16 . 2017-07-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170707051252/https://evisa.dgdi.ga/ . live .
  15. Web site: Guinea eVisa . 2019-10-22 . 2019-10-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191018022045/https://www.paf.gov.gn/visa/ . live .
  16. Web site: Indian e-Visa. Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015-04-30. 2017-11-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20171119134347/https://indianvisaonline.gov.in/visa/tvoa.html. live.
  17. Web site: Welcome to nginx . 2022-06-26 . 2014-03-14 . https://archive.today/20140314004113/https://www.timaticweb.com/cgi-bin/tim_client.cgi?ExpertMode=TIDFT/IR/VI/IS/ID40175&user=KLMB2C&subuser=KLMB2C . dead .
  18. https://evisa.iq/en Iraq eVisa portal
  19. Web site: Archived copy . 2022-06-26 . 2021-04-30 . 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 .
  20. Web site: Постановление Правительства Республики Казахстан от 18 сентября 2019 года № 693 «О внесении изменения в постановление Правительства Республики Казахстан от 21 января 2012 года № 148 «Об утверждении Правил въезда и пребывания иммигрантов в Республике Казахстан, а также их выезда из Республики Казахстан и Правил осуществления миграционного контроля, а также учета иностранцев и лиц без гражданства, незаконно пересекающих Государственную границу Республики Казахстан, незаконно пребывающих на территории Республики Казахстан, а также лиц, которым запрещен въезд на территорию Республики Казахстан». 2019-09-24. 2019-09-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20190920091612/https://online.zakon.kz/Document/?doc_id=39569227#pos=0;173. live.
  21. https://www.etakenya.go.ke/en Kenya Electronic System for Travel Authorisation (eTA)
  22. Web site: Kuwait eVisa . 2016-07-30 . 2017-09-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170907232616/https://evisa.moi.gov.kw/evisa/home_e.do . live .
  23. Web site: Laos eVisa . 2019-07-17 . 2020-09-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200924012642/https://laoevisa.gov.la/faq . live .
  24. Web site: eVisa Lesotho . 2022-06-26 . 2018-09-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180911144533/http://evisalesotho.com/ . live .
  25. Web site: eVisa Madagascar . 2019-05-31 . 2020-04-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200415034050/https://www.evisamada.gov.mg/en/ . live .
  26. Web site: Malawi e-Visa System | Malawi Visa Online | The Official e-Visa Application Portal of Malawi | Department of Immigration and Citizenship Services . Evisa.gov.mw . 2022-03-06 . 2020-08-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200817073216/https://evisa.gov.mw/ . live .
  27. Web site: Paying the International Visitor Conservation and Tourism Levy . immigration.govt.nz . Immigration New Zealand . February 1, 2021 . Many tourists, people on working holidays, and some students and workers coming to New Zealand must pay an International Visitor Conservation and Tourism Levy (IVL) of NZD $35. . July 2, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190702115231/https://www.immigration.govt.nz/new-zealand-visas/apply-for-a-visa/tools-and-information/your-journey-to-new-zealand/before-you-travel-to-new-zealand/paying-ivl . live .
  28. 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. . January 24, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190124005208/https://www.immigration.govt.nz/new-zealand-visas/apply-for-a-visa/visa-factsheet/australian-resident-visa . live .
  29. Web site: Sultanate of Oman - Royal Oman Police - eVisa . 2018-03-07 . 2019-05-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190528213531/https://evisa.rop.gov.om/ . live .
  30. Web site: Online visa system of Pakistan . . Pakistan . 2019-05-12 . 2019-05-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190501093547/https://visa.nadra.gov.pk/ . live .
  31. https://evisa.ica.gov.pg/evisa/account/Apply eVisa
  32. Web site: Qatar Visas. 2018-10-17. 2019-07-28. https://web.archive.org/web/20190728173740/https://portal.moi.gov.qa/qatarvisas/. live.
  33. Web site: Electronic visa / Consular department of MFA of Russia. en. kdmid.ru. 1 January 2021. 10 May 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200510171804/https://evisa.kdmid.ru/. live.
  34. Web site: Nota Informativa sobre Isenção de Vistos e Permanencia em São Tomé e Príncipe Destaque. May 10, 2017. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20180509163300/http://www.mnec.gov.st/index.php/publicacoes/noticias/item/262-nota-informativa-sobre-isencao-de-vistos-e-permanencia-em-sao-tome-e-principe?tmpl=component&print=1 . May 9, 2018. December 22, 2023. pt.
  35. Web site: Facebook . Facebook . 2022-03-06 . 2018-05-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180509163258/https://www.facebook.com/MNECSTeP/photos/pb.1584593218475928.-2207520000.1494779850./1872829479652299/?type=3&theater . live .
  36. Web site: Visa Sénégal | Republique du Sénégal . 2015-02-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150304151723/http://www.visasenegal.sn/?lang=en . 2015-03-04 . dead .
  37. Web site: Do I need a visa to travel to South Sudan? . . South Sudan . 2020-10-02 . 2021-03-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210301170040/https://www.evisa.gov.ss/eligibility . live .
  38. Web site: Apply for a South Sudan Visa Online . . South Sudan . 2020-10-02 . 2020-12-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201201013419/https://evisa.gov.ss/ . live .
  39. Web site: Suriname E-Visa | VFS Global | Official partner of the Government of Suriname. 2019-05-12. 2019-05-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20190502211716/https://suriname.vfsevisa.com/suriname/online/home/who-can-apply-for-eVisa. live.
  40. Web site: Entry-fee.
  41. Web site: Suriname E-Visa | VFS Global | Official partner of the Government of Suriname. suriname.vfsevisa.com.
  42. https://evisa.sy/home-content eVisa Syria
  43. Web site: The list of countries eligible for the unilateral visa-free entry system has been expanded, and the visa application process for citizens of certain countries to the Republic of Tajikistan has been simplified.
  44. https://www.evisa.tj/index.evisa.html#/help Tajikistan e-Visa
  45. Web site: eVisa Tanzania . 2018-11-28 . 2019-03-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190329112838/https://eservices.immigration.go.tz/visa . live .
  46. Web site: Uganda Electronic Visa/Permit Application System . 2022-06-26 . 2017-07-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170707051253/https://visas.immigration.go.ug/ . live .
  47. Web site: Ministerio del Interior. Visas . 2018-05-12 . 2021-01-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210126133756/https://migracion.minterior.gub.uy/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1280 . live .
  48. https://mfa.uz/en/consular/visa/ Visa regulations for some countries

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