Visa requirements for Nicaraguan citizens

Visa requirements for Nicaraguan citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Nicaragua. As of 1 January 2018, Nicaraguan citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 114 countries and territories, ranking the Nicaraguan passport 44th in terms of travel freedom (tied with Ukrainian passport) according to the Henley Passport Index.^[1]

Visa requirements map

Visa requirements for Nicaraguan citizens

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  eVisa

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Visa requirements

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

Country	Visa requirement	Allowed stay	Notes (excluding departure fees)
Afghanistan	Visa required[2]
Albania	Visa not required[3]	90 days
Algeria	Visa required[4]
Andorra	Visa not required[5]
Angola	Visa required[6]
Antigua and Barbuda	Electronic Entry Visa[7]
Argentina	Visa not required[8]	3 months
Armenia	eVisa / Visa on arrival[9]	120 days
Australia	Visa required[10]		May apply online (Online Visitor e600 visa).[11]
Austria	Visa not required[12]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area
Azerbaijan	Visa required[13]
Bahamas	Visa not required[14]	3 months
Bahrain	Visa required[15]
Bangladesh	Visa required[16]
Barbados	Visa not required[17]	90 days
Belarus	Visa not required[18]	30 days	Must arrive and depart via Minsk International Airport.
Belgium	Visa not required[19]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area
Belize	Visa not required[20]	90 days
Benin	eVisa / Visa on arrival[21][22]	30 days / 8 days	Must have an international vaccination certificate.
Bhutan	Visa required[23]
Bolivia	Visa on arrival[24]
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Visa not required[25]	90 days	90 days within any 6 month period
Botswana	Visa required[26]
Brazil	Visa not required[27]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period[28]
Brunei	Visa required[29]
Bulgaria	Visa not required[30]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period
Burkina Faso	Visa required[31]
Burundi	Visa required[32]
Cambodia	eVisa / Visa on arrival[33]	30 days	Visa is also obtainable online.[34]
Cameroon	Visa required[35]
Canada	Visa required[36]
Cape Verde	Visa on arrival[37]		Not available at all entry points.[38]
Central African Republic	Visa required[39]
Chad	Visa required[40]
Chile	Visa not required[41]	90 days
China	Visa required[42]
Colombia	Visa required[43]		Residents of North Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region and South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region do not require a visa.
Comoros	Visa on arrival[44]
Republic of the Congo	Visa required[45]
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Visa required[46]
Costa Rica	Visa required[47]
Côte d'Ivoire	Visa required[48]
Croatia	Visa not required[49]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period
Cuba	Tourist Card required[50]
Cyprus	Visa not required[51]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period
Czech Republic	Visa not required[52]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area
Denmark	Visa not required[53]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area
Djibouti	eVisa[54]	31 days
Dominica	Visa not required[55]	6 months
Dominican Republic	Visa not required[56]	90 days
Ecuador	Visa not required[57]	90 days[58]
Egypt	Visa required[59]		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 Salvador	Visa not required[60]	3 months
Equatorial Guinea	Visa required[61]
Eritrea	Visa required[62]
Estonia	Visa not required[63]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area
Ethiopia	eVisa[64]
Fiji	Visa required[65]
Finland	Visa not required[66]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area
France and territories	Visa not required[67]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area
Gabon	eVisa[68]		Electronic visa holders must arrive via Libreville International Airport.
Gambia	Visa not required[69]		An entry clearance must be obtained from the Gambian Immigration prior to travel.[70]
Georgia	Visa required[71]
Germany	Visa not required[72]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area
Ghana	Visa required[73]
Greece	Visa not required[74]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area
Grenada	Visa required[75]
Guatemala	Visa not required[76]	90 days
Guinea	Visa required[77]
Guinea-Bissau	eVisa / Visa on arrival[78]	90 days
Guyana	Visa required[79]
Haiti	Visa not required[80]	3 months
Honduras	Visa not required[81]	3 months
Hungary	Visa not required[82]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area
Iceland	Visa not required[83]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area
India	e-Visa[84]	60 days	e-Visa holders must arrive via 26 designated airports[Note 1] or 3 designated seaports.[Note 2][85] An Indian e-Tourist Visa can only be obtained twice in one calendar year.
Indonesia	Visa not required[86]	30 days
Iran	Visa on arrival[87]	30 days
Iraq	Visa required[88]
Ireland	Visa not required[89]	3 months
Israel	Visa required[90]
Italy	Visa not required[91]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area
Jamaica	Visa required[92]
Japan	Visa required[93]
Jordan	Visa on arrival[94]		Conditions apply.[95] Not available at all entry points.[96]
Kazakhstan	Visa required[97]
Kenya	eVisa / Visa on arrival[98]	3 months
Kiribati	Visa required[99]
North Korea	Visa required[100]
South Korea	Visa not required[101]	90 days
Kuwait	Visa required[102]
Kyrgyzstan	eVisa[103]		Electronic visa holders must arrive via Manas International Airport or Osh Airport or through land crossings with China (at Irkeshtam and Torugart), Kazakhstan (at Ak-jol, Ak-Tilek, Chaldybar, Chon-Kapka), Tajikistan (at Bor-Dobo, Kulundu, Kyzyl-Bel) and Uzbekistan (at Dostuk).[104]
Laos	Visa on arrival[105]	30 days	Conditions apply. Available at international airports Luangphabang, Pakse, Savannakhet and Vientiane, and at 4 land borders Friendship Bridge,[Note 3] and at 13 border crossings[Note 4] as well as Tanalaeng train station in Vientiane, which connects to the train station in Nongkai, Thailand.[106] Entry points Lalai, Lantui, Meuang mom, Pakxan, and Phoudou are open only to visa holders. Extendable up to 60 days.
Latvia	Visa not required[107]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area
Lebanon	Visa required[108]		In addition to a visa, an approval should be obtained from the Immigration department of the General Directorate for General Secutiy (La Surete Generale).
Lesotho	eVisa[109][110]
Liberia	Visa required[111]
Libya	Visa required[112]
Liechtenstein	Visa not required[113]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area
Lithuania	Visa not required[114]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area
Luxembourg	Visa not required[115]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area
Macedonia	Visa not required[116]	90 days
Madagascar	Visa on arrival[117]	90 days
Malawi	Visa required[118]
Malaysia	Visa not required[119]	1 month
Maldives	Visa on arrival[120]	30 days[58]
Mali	Visa required[121]
Malta	Visa not required[122]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area
Marshall Islands	Visa required[123]
Mauritania	Visa on arrival[124]		Available at Nouakchott–Oumtounsy International Airport.
Mauritius	Visa not required[125]	90 days
Mexico	Visa required[126]
Micronesia	Visa not required[127]	30 days
Moldova	Visa not required[128]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period
Monaco	Visa not required[129]
Mongolia	Visa required[130]
Montenegro	Visa not required[131]	90 days
Morocco	Visa required[132]
Mozambique	Visa on arrival[133]	30 days	Conditions apply[134]
Myanmar	Visa required[135]
Namibia	Visa required[136]
Nauru	Visa required[137]
Nepal	Visa on arrival[138]	90 days
Netherlands	Visa not required[139]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area
New Zealand	Visa required[140]
Niger	Visa required[141]
Nigeria	Visa required[142]
Norway	Visa not required[143]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area
Oman	Visa required[144]
Pakistan	Visa required[145]
Palau	Visa on arrival[146]	30 days
Panama	Visa not required[147]	90 days
Papua New Guinea	Visa required[148]
Paraguay	Visa not required[149]	90 days
Peru	Visa required[150]
Philippines	Visa not required[151]	30 days
Poland	Visa not required[152]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area
Portugal	Visa not required[153]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area
Qatar	eVisa[154]
Romania	Visa not required[155]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period
Russia	Visa not required[156]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period
Rwanda	eVisa / Visa on arrival[157]	30 days
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Visa not required[158]	3 months
Saint Lucia	Visa on arrival[159]	6 weeks
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Visa not required[160]	1 month
Samoa	Entry Permit on arrival[161]	60 days
San Marino	Visa not required[162]
São Tomé and Príncipe	Visa required[163]		Visa is obtained online.[164]
Saudi Arabia	Visa required[165]
Senegal	Visa required[166]
Serbia	Visa required[167]
Seychelles	Visitor's Permit on arrival[168]	3 months[58]
Sierra Leone	Visa required[169]
Singapore	Visa not required[170]	30 days
Slovakia	Visa not required[171]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area
Slovenia	Visa not required[172]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area
Solomon Islands	Visitor's permit on arrival[173]	3 months
Somalia	Visa on arrival[174]	30 days	Available at Bosaso Airport, Galcaio Airport and Mogadishu Airport.
South Africa	Visa required[175]
South Sudan	Visa required[176]
Spain	Visa not required[177]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area
Sri Lanka	eVisa / Visa on arrival[178]	30 days
Sudan	Visa required[179]
Suriname	Tourist Card on arrival[180]
Swaziland	Visa required[181]
Sweden	Visa not required[182]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area
Switzerland	Visa not required[183]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area
Syria	Visa required[184]
Tajikistan	Visa required[185]
Tanzania	Visa on arrival[186]
Thailand	Visa required[187]
Timor-Leste	Visa on arrival[188]	30 days	Not available at all entry points.[189]
Togo	Visa on arrival[190]	7 days
Tonga	Visa required[191]
Trinidad and Tobago	Visa not required[192]	90 days
Tunisia	Visa required[193]
Turkey	Visa not required[194]	3 months
Turkmenistan	Visa required[195]
Tuvalu	Visa on arrival[196]	1 month
Uganda	eVisa / Visa on arrival[197]		Determined at the port of entry. May apply online.[198]
Ukraine	eVisa[199][200]
United Arab Emirates	Visa required[201]
United Kingdom	Visa not required[202]	6 months
United States	Visa required[203]
Uruguay	Visa not required[204]	90 days
Uzbekistan	Visa required[205]
Vanuatu	Visa required[206]
Vatican City	Visa not required[207]
Venezuela	Visa required[208]
Vietnam	Visa required[209]		Pre-arranged visa obtained online through travel agencies available at Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Phú Quốc[210] or Da Nang airports. Phú Quốc without a visa for up to 30 days.[211]
Yemen	Visa required[212]
Zambia	eVisa / Visa on arrival[213]	90 days
Zimbabwe	eVisa / Visa on arrival[214]

See also

• Visa policy of Nicaragua
• Nicaraguan passport

References and Notes

References

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