Entry requirements
Who can enter Nicaragua
Only 36 passports need a visa arranged before flying to Nicaragua — the other 162 are cleared at the border or with a travel authorisation. It ranks #25 for openness, tier A.
By nationality
Nicaragua entry rules, nationality by nationality
162 passports enter Nicaragua without an advance visa
Nicaragua ranks #25 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
- 73
- eTA
- 0
- eVisa
- 0
- Visa required
- 36
- Andorra90 days
- Antigua and Barbuda90 days
- Argentina90 days
- Australia90 days
- Austria90 days
- Bahamas90 days
- Bahrain90 days
- Barbados90 days
- Belarus90 days
- Belgium90 days
- Belize90 days
- Brazil90 days
- Brunei90 days
- Bulgaria90 days
- Canada90 days
- Chile90 days
- Costa Rica90 days
- Croatia90 days
- Cuba90 days
- Cyprus90 days
- Czechia90 days
- Denmark90 days
- Ecuador90 days
- El Salvador90 days
- Estonia90 days
- Fiji90 days
- Finland90 days
- France90 days
- Germany90 days
- Greece90 days
- Guatemala90 days
- Honduras90 days
- Hong Kong90 days
- Hungary90 days
- Iceland90 days
- Ireland90 days
- Israel90 days
- Italy90 days
- Japan90 days
- Kuwait90 days
- Latvia90 days
- Liechtenstein90 days
- Lithuania90 days
- Luxembourg90 days
- Macao90 days
- Madagascar90 days
- Malaysia90 days
- Malta90 days
- Marshall Islands90 days
- Mexico90 days
- Monaco90 days
- Netherlands90 days
- New Zealand90 days
- North Macedonia90 days
- Norway90 days
- Palestine90 days
- Panama90 days
- Paraguay90 days
- Poland90 days
- Portugal90 days
- Qatar90 days
- Romania90 days
- Russia90 days
- Saint Kitts and Nevis90 days
- Saint Lucia90 days
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines90 days
- San Marino90 days
- Sao Tome and Principe90 days
- Saudi Arabia90 days
- Singapore90 days
- Slovakia90 days
- Slovenia90 days
- Solomon Islands90 days
- South Africa90 days
- South Korea90 days
- Spain90 days
- Sweden90 days
- Switzerland90 days
- Taiwan90 days
- Trinidad and Tobago90 days
- Turkey90 days
- Tuvalu90 days
- Ukraine90 days
- United Arab Emirates90 days
- United Kingdom90 days
- United States90 days
- Uruguay90 days
- Vanuatu90 days
- Vatican City90 days
- Algeria30 days
- Angola30 days
- Azerbaijan30 days
- Benin30 days
- Bhutan30 days
- Bolivia30 days
- Burkina Faso30 days
- Burundi30 days
- Cabo Verde30 days
- Cambodia30 days
- Central African Republic30 days
- Chad30 days
- Colombia30 days
- Comoros30 days
- Côte d'Ivoire30 days
- Djibouti30 days
- Dominica30 days
- Dominican Republic30 days
- Egypt30 days
- Equatorial Guinea30 days
- Eswatini30 days
- Ethiopia30 days
- Gabon30 days
- Gambia30 days
- Georgia30 days
- Ghana30 days
- Grenada30 days
- Guinea30 days
- Guinea-Bissau30 days
- Guyana30 days
- Indonesia30 days
- Jamaica30 days
- Jordan30 days
- Kazakhstan30 days
- Kiribati30 days
- Kyrgyzstan30 days
- Lesotho30 days
- Malawi30 days
- Maldives30 days
- Mauritania30 days
- Mauritius30 days
- Micronesia30 days
- Moldova30 days
- Montenegro30 days
- Morocco30 days
- Mozambique30 days
- Myanmar30 days
- Namibia30 days
- Nauru30 days
- Niger30 days
- North Korea30 days
- Oman30 days
- Palau30 days
- Papua New Guinea30 days
- Peru30 days
- Philippines30 days
- Rwanda30 days
- Samoa30 days
- Senegal30 days
- Serbia30 days
- Seychelles30 days
- Suriname30 days
- Tajikistan30 days
- Tanzania30 days
- Thailand30 days
- Togo30 days
- Tonga30 days
- Tunisia30 days
- Turkmenistan30 days
- Uganda30 days
- Uzbekistan30 days
- Zambia30 days
- Zimbabwe30 days
No passports match this filter.
No passports match this filter.
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 Nicaragua yet — this column comes from the general dataset sweep rather than an individual re-verification.
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