Entry rules · Maldives passport
Do Maldives passport holders need a visa for Costa Rica?
No visa needed for a short visit. Maldives passport holders can stay in Costa Rica visa-free for up to 30 days.
Checked against official sources on 2 Nov 2026. Two independent checks agreed.
The rule
- Entry
- Visa-free. No visa needed for a short visit.
- Stay
- Up to 30 days
- Status
- Verified 2 Nov 2026
- Official source
- Dirección General de Migración y Extranjería (DGME), Costa Rica — Alcance N° 148 a La Gaceta N° 216
- Applies to
- A short tourist visit with an ordinary Maldives passport.
What the official sources say
The passages the two checks relied on, with where they come from. Quotes are shown as published, in the source’s language.
Entry: visa-free
II. SEGUNDO GRUPO: • INGRESO SIN VISA • PERMANENCIA MÁXIMA: HASTA LOS TREINTA DÍAS NATURALES (prorrogables hasta un total de noventa días naturales, conforme a la legislación aplicable)
More quotes (2)
2. En el segundo grupo se ubicarán los países cuyos nacionales no requerirán visa para ingresar a Costa Rica. El plazo máximo de permanencia legal para los nacionales cuyas nacionalidades se ubiquen en este grupo, será el que determine el funcionario de la Dirección General competente para realizar el control de entrada al país, que en ningún caso podrá ser mayor de treinta día s contados a partir de su ingreso
II. SEGUNDO GRUPO: • INGRESO SIN VISA • PERMANENCIA MÁXIMA: HASTA LOS TREINTA DÍAS NATURALES (prorrogables hasta un total de noventa días naturales, conforme a la legislación aplicable) • VIGENCIA MÍNIMA DE PASAPORTE: 90 DÍAS NATURALES ANTIGUA Y BARBUDA BELICE BOLIVIA DOMINICA EL SALVADOR* ESTAD O DE BRUNEI FEDERACIÓN DE RUSIA* FILIPINAS FIYI GRANADA GUATEMALA GUYANA HONDURAS * ISLAS MARIANAS DEL NORTE ISLAS MARSHALL ISLAS SALOMÓN KIRIBATI MALASIA MALDIVAS MAURICIO MICRONESIA (ESTADOS FEDERADOS) NAURU PALAOS REINO DE TONGA SAMOA SAN CRISTOBAL Y NIEVES SAN VICENTE Y LAS GRANADINAS SANTA LUCÍA SANTO TOMÉ Y PRINCÍPE SEYCHELLES SURINAM TAIWAN (REGIÓN) TUVALU TURQUÍA VANUATU *Ver apartado de regulaciones específicas para el caso de República de El Salvador , la República de Honduras y la Federación de Rusia.
Stay: up to 30 days
More quotes (2)
2. En el segundo grupo se ubicarán los países cuyos nacionales no requerirán visa para ingresar a Costa Rica. El plazo máximo de permanencia legal para los nacionales cuyas nacionalidades se ubiquen en este grupo, será el que determine el funcionario de la Dirección General competente para realizar el control de entrada al país, que en ningún caso podrá ser mayor de treinta día s contados a partir de su ingreso
II. SEGUNDO GRUPO: • INGRESO SIN VISA • PERMANENCIA MÁXIMA: HASTA LOS TREINTA DÍAS NATURALES (prorrogables hasta un total de noventa días naturales, conforme a la legislación aplicable) • VIGENCIA MÍNIMA DE PASAPORTE: 90 DÍAS NATURALES ANTIGUA Y BARBUDA BELICE BOLIVIA DOMINICA EL SALVADOR* ESTAD O DE BRUNEI FEDERACIÓN DE RUSIA* FILIPINAS FIYI GRANADA GUATEMALA GUYANA HONDURAS * ISLAS MARIANAS DEL NORTE ISLAS MARSHALL ISLAS SALOMÓN KIRIBATI MALASIA MALDIVAS MAURICIO MICRONESIA (ESTADOS FEDERADOS) NAURU PALAOS REINO DE TONGA SAMOA SAN CRISTOBAL Y NIEVES SAN VICENTE Y LAS GRANADINAS SANTA LUCÍA SANTO TOMÉ Y PRINCÍPE SEYCHELLES SURINAM TAIWAN (REGIÓN) TUVALU TURQUÍA VANUATU *Ver apartado de regulaciones específicas para el caso de República de El Salvador , la República de Honduras y la Federación de Rusia.
Costa Rica for other passports
- Visa-freeUp to 180 days
- Andorra, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Barbados, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Mexico, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, San Marino, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Vatican City
- Visa-freeUp to 30 days
- Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Bolivia, Brunei, Dominica, El Salvador, Fiji, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Kiribati, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Philippines, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, São Tomé and Príncipe, Seychelles, Solomon Islands, Suriname, Taiwan, Tonga, Türkiye, Tuvalu, Vanuatu
- Visa-freeUp to 90 days
- Russia
- Visa required
- Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Benin, Bhutan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, China, Colombia, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Cuba, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Macao, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, North Korea, North Macedonia, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Papua New Guinea, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
How this rule was checked
On 2 Nov 2026 we checked this rule against the official sources that govern entry to Costa Rica, chiefly Dirección General de Migración y Extranjería (DGME), Costa Rica — Alcance N° 148 a La Gaceta N° 216. Two independent checks reached the same result.
Public visa data (as of 17 Feb 2026) said the same; the check confirmed it.
See this check in the log of checks and changes, and how verification works in the methodology.
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Government travel advice for Costa Rica
- United States
- Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
- United Kingdom
- No advice against travel
- Canada
- Exercise a high degree of caution
What these governments tell their own citizens about travel to Costa Rica as a whole, as of 30 Sept 2026. It is not about visas, and it reflects each government’s relations and consular reach as well as conditions on the ground.
Plan your trip
- Check a trip with more stopsRoute check: the best passport at each stop
- Compare the Maldives passport with anotherWhat a second passport changes, destination by destination
- See what a second passport addsCombine passports and count the destinations they open together
- Costa Rica visa requirements for every passportThe full table for this destination
- All destinations for Maldives passport holdersRank, map and every rule for the Maldives passport
Before you travel
This page answers whether you need a visa and how long you can stay on a short tourist visit. It does not cover passport validity, other documents or permission to work. Entry rules change, sometimes without notice, and border officials make the final decision: confirm the requirements for your trip with the official immigration website or embassy of Costa Rica.