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Costa Rica to Cook Islands

Visa on arrivalVisa available at the border or airport

This page separates the current comparison status from the official evidence collected for it. Rules shown here concern ordinary short visits unless a source states otherwise.

Official evidence collectedAccess data checked August 24, 2026Sources reviewed August 21, 2026
Evidence timeline

How this access rule is documented

  1. Current official routeVisa on arrival

    Cook Islands: ordinary short visitor permit granted on arrival

    Cook Islands Immigration exempts short visitors without continuing rights from an advance visa, but requires an arrival report, arrival card and a visitor permit granted on arrival. The arrival-issued permit is normalized as visa_on_arrival.

    • This policy applies only to a person without Cook Islands continuing rights who travels as a short visitor for an allowed visitor purpose. It is not citizenship, permanent-residence, work, study, special-entry, transit, crew, cruise-only, or special-document treatment.
    • The Regulations exempt the visitor from obtaining a visa but make the exemption conditional on reporting on arrival, completing an arrival card, and being granted a visitor permit on arrival. The arrival-issued permission controls this project’s normalization as visa_on_arrival rather than visa_free.
    • New Zealand citizens travelling on New Zealand passports have visitor scope below 90 days; other international visitors have visitor scope below 31 days. No unstated duration or Australian-specific duration is inferred from amendment material.
    • Entry remains conditional on acceptable identity, character, health, sufficient funds or sponsorship, and onward travel. Arrival grant is not guaranteed.
    • No current official source establishes an ETA, eVisa, or advance-visa requirement for this initial ordinary short-visitor route. Online application links and emailed visa letters concern other, extended, or already approved visa-and-permit classes and are not reclassified here.
    • Cook Islander and permanent-resident continuing rights depend on status/document evidence, not a catalog passport code. The separate 72-hour crew and cruise permit waivers are outside ordinary short-tourist scope.
    Official sourcesMinistry of Foreign Affairs and Immigration, Government of the Cook Islands: Cook Islands Immigration Regulations 2023Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Immigration, Government of the Cook Islands: Cook Islands Immigration: Visa and Permit CriteriaMinistry of Foreign Affairs and Immigration, Government of the Cook Islands: Cook Islands Immigration: Definitions and continuing rights
Provenance

Official source register

Only destination governments, official immigration services, official diplomatic missions, and primary legal instruments qualify as published evidence.