Entry requirements
Who can enter El Salvador
El Salvador splits the world roughly down the middle — 89 passports arrive without prior paperwork and 109 apply first, 107 of them online. It ranks #41 for openness, tier A.
By nationality
El Salvador entry rules, nationality by nationality
89 passports enter El Salvador without an advance visa
El Salvador ranks #41 for openness
Visa-free, visa on arrival and eTA combined, out of 198 passports in our dataset. How we count
Openness reflects visa policy only — not safety, government travel advisories, or how easy the country is to travel in.
- Visa-free
- 89
- Visa on arrival
- 0
- eTA
- 0
- eVisa
- 107
- Visa required
- 2
- Albania180 days
- Andorra180 days
- Antigua and Barbuda180 days
- Argentina180 days
- Australia180 days
- Austria180 days
- Bahamas180 days
- Bahrain180 days
- Barbados180 days
- Belgium180 days
- Belize180 days
- Bolivia90 days
- Brazil180 days
- Brunei180 days
- Bulgaria180 days
- Canada180 days
- Chile180 days
- Colombia180 days
- Costa Rica180 days
- Croatia180 days
- Cyprus180 days
- Czechia180 days
- Denmark180 days
- Dominican Republic180 days
- Ecuador180 days
- Estonia180 days
- Fiji180 days
- Finland180 days
- France180 days
- Germany180 days
- Greece180 days
- Guatemala180 days
- Honduras180 days
- Hungary180 days
- Iceland180 days
- India90 days
- Ireland180 days
- Israel180 days
- Italy180 days
- Japan180 days
- Kuwait180 days
- Latvia180 days
- Liechtenstein180 days
- Lithuania180 days
- Luxembourg180 days
- Madagascar180 days
- Malaysia180 days
- Malta180 days
- Marshall Islands180 days
- Mexico180 days
- Monaco180 days
- Netherlands180 days
- New Zealand180 days
- Nicaragua180 days
- North Macedonia180 days
- Norway180 days
- Panama180 days
- Paraguay180 days
- Peru180 days
- Poland180 days
- Portugal180 days
- Qatar180 days
- Romania180 days
- Russia180 days
- Saint Kitts and Nevis180 days
- Saint Lucia180 days
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines180 days
- San Marino180 days
- Sao Tome and Principe180 days
- Saudi Arabia180 days
- Singapore90 days
- Slovakia180 days
- Slovenia180 days
- Solomon Islands180 days
- South Africa180 days
- South Korea180 days
- Spain180 days
- Sweden180 days
- Switzerland180 days
- Trinidad and Tobago180 days
- Turkey180 days
- Tuvalu180 days
- Ukraine180 days
- United Arab Emirates180 days
- United Kingdom180 days
- United States180 days
- Uruguay180 days
- Vanuatu180 days
- Vatican City180 days
No passports match this filter.
No passports match this filter.
- Afghanistan
- Algeria
- Angola
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- Bangladesh
- Belarus
- Benin
- Bhutan
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cabo Verde
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- China
- Comoros
- Congo
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Cuba
- Djibouti
- Dominica
- DR Congo
- Egypt
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Georgia
- Ghana
- Grenada
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Hong Kong
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Jamaica
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kiribati
- Kosovo
- Kyrgyzstan
- Laos
- Lebanon
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Macao
- Malawi
- Maldives
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Micronesia
- Moldova
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Namibia
- Nauru
- Nepal
- Niger
- Nigeria
- North Korea
- Oman
- Palau
- Palestine
- Papua New Guinea
- Rwanda
- Samoa
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- South Sudan
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Suriname
- Syria
- Taiwan
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Timor-Leste
- Togo
- Tonga
- Tunisia
- Turkmenistan
- Uganda
- Uzbekistan
- Venezuela
- Vietnam
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
About this data
How to read these categories
Visa-free means no permission is needed before or on arrival; visa on arrival and eTA are granted at the border or online in minutes; eVisa and consular visa must be approved before you travel.
Data last verified: August 20, 2026. How we count
Openness reflects visa policy only. It says nothing about safety, government travel advisories, flight connectivity or how easy the trip actually is.
No destination-specific primary source has been recorded for El Salvador yet — this column comes from the general dataset sweep rather than an individual re-verification.
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