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Nicaragua visa requirements

Current entry categories for 199 passport nationalities, paired with official evidence as it is reviewed.

Access data checked August 24, 202612 official sources collected
Citizenship1Visa-free91Visa on arrival1eVisa3Visa required103
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199 passports

Citizenship

1

Visa-free

91

Visa on arrival

1

eVisa

3

Visa required

103
Policy history

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One group agreement or destination policy can support many passport relationships. Dates are recorded only when an official source establishes them.

  1. Current official routeVisa-free

    Nicaragua: named Category A ordinary passports visa-free

    The current official CA-4 AIP schedule explicitly marks these ordinary passports Category A (exempt from visa). It is a visa-free baseline, not an ETA, eVisa or visa on arrival.

    • The AIP says Category A nationals need a valid passport and admission by the migration officer at the arrival port; individual admission remains controlled.
    • The Tourist Card is a separate paid personal tourist document. It is not an ETA, eVisa or visa on arrival and does not change the Category A visa classification.
    • No duration, extension, onward-travel, funds, accommodation, health, fee-exemption or special-document rule is inferred beyond the cited sources.
    • Residence, work, study, transit, crew, diplomatic, official, service, refugee, stateless, territorial and third-country-document routes are excluded.
    83 passport nationalities covered

    Germany, Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Saudi Arabia, Argentina, Australia, Austria, The Bahamas, Bahrain, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Belarus, Bolivia, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Cyprus, South Korea, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Denmark, Ecuador, United Arab Emirates, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, United States, Estonia, Fiji, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Iceland, Marshall Islands, Solomon Islands, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Latvia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, North Macedonia, Madagascar, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Monaco, Norway, New Zealand, Panama, Paraguay, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Netherlands, United Kingdom, Czechia, Romania, Russian Federation, St. Kitts and Nevis, San Marino, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, St. Lucia, Vatican City, São Tomé and Príncipe, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, Türkiye, Tuvalu, Taiwan (Chinese Taipei), Ukraine, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Palestinian Territory

    Official sourcesInstituto Nicaragüense de Aeronáutica Civil / COCESNA eAIP: INAC current eAIP GEN 1.3: passenger entry, transit and exitAsamblea Nacional de Nicaragua: Tourism-law provisions on the Special Tourist Card
  2. Current official routeVisa required

    Nicaragua: named Category B ordinary passports require consular visa

    The current official CA-4 AIP schedule expressly marks these ordinary passports Category B: consular/no-consultation. The baseline is visa_required because the schedule requires a consular visa stamped before arrival, not an eVisa or ETA.

    • The AIP states that Category B nationals must present a passport and carry a stamped consular visa before the migration officer admits them at the arrival port.
    • The migration digest says a Category B visa may be issued at a migration post only under ratified instruments and migration policies. It does not identify a nationality-wide border-issued route for this cohort, so no visa_on_arrival route is inferred.
    • No online application, duration, fee, entries, extension, onward-travel, funds, accommodation, health or admission outcome is inferred.
    • Residence, work, study, transit, crew, diplomatic, official, service, refugee, stateless, territorial and third-country-document routes are excluded.
    70 passport nationalities covered

    Angola, Algeria, Azerbaijan, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cape Verde Islands, Cambodia, Chad, Colombia, Comoro Islands, North Korea, Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Dominica, Egypt, Ethiopia, Philippines, Gabon, The Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Grenada, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Guyana, Indonesia, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Kiribati, Lesotho, Malawi, Maldives, Morocco, Mauritius, Mauritania, Micronesia, Montenegro, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nauru, Niger, Oman, Palau Islands, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Central African Republic, Rwanda, Samoa, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Suriname, eSwatini, Thailand, Tanzania, Tajikistan, Togo, Tonga, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Zambia, Zimbabwe

    Official sourcesInstituto Nicaragüense de Aeronáutica Civil / COCESNA eAIP: INAC current eAIP GEN 1.3: passenger entry, transit and exitAsamblea Nacional de Nicaragua: Ley del Digesto Jurídico Nicaragüense de la Materia Orden Interno
  3. Current official routeVisa on arrival

    Nicaragua: Indian ordinary passports eligible for a border-issued visa

    The current official CA-4 AIP schedule uniquely marks Indian ordinary passports Category B ‘consular or border-issued’. Nicaragua’s migration law likewise describes Category B as consular-without-consultation or border visa. The border-issued route is normalized as visa_on_arrival, not eVisa or ETA.

    • The same ordinary-passport row also permits a consular route; this policy records the expressly available border-issued route as the nationality baseline.
    • The Special Tourist Card is a separate paid personal tourist document, is not an arrival visa, and is not valid for nationals subject to visa restrictions.
    • No online application, duration, fee, entries, extension, onward-travel, funds, accommodation, health or admission outcome is inferred.
    • Residence, work, study, transit, crew, diplomatic, official, service, refugee, stateless, territorial and third-country-document routes are excluded.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    India

    Official sourcesInstituto Nicaragüense de Aeronáutica Civil / COCESNA eAIP: INAC current eAIP GEN 1.3: passenger entry, transit and exitAsamblea Nacional de Nicaragua: Ley del Digesto Jurídico Nicaragüense de la Materia Orden InternoAsamblea Nacional de Nicaragua: Tourism-law provisions on the Special Tourist Card
  4. Current official routeVisa required

    Nicaragua: named Category C ordinary passports require advance consulted visa

    The current official CA-4 AIP schedule expressly marks these ordinary passports Category C (consulted visa). It is an advance-authorization and consular route, normalized as visa_required rather than eVisa, ETA or visa on arrival.

    • The AIP requires the traveller or sponsor to request a Directorate-General of Migration and Foreigners endorsement through the relevant consulate before entry.
    • The migration digest assigns consulted visas for restricted-country nationals to the Directorate General of Migration and Foreigners; consular offices transmit applications and notification follows its decision.
    • The cited law gives consulted visas a 30-day validity and allows extension up to 90 days, except five-day transit visas; the actual visitor purpose, grant and admission remain case-specific.
    • Residence, work, study, transit, crew, diplomatic, official, service, refugee, stateless, territorial and third-country-document routes are excluded.
    31 passport nationalities covered

    Afghanistan, Albania, Armenia, Eritrea, Bangladesh, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Cameroon, China, Congo (Rep.), Congo (Dem. Rep.), Haiti, Iraq, Kenya, Laos, Lebanon, Liberia, Mali, Mongolia, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Sierra Leone, Syria, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Timor-Leste, Vietnam, Yemen, Iran

    Official sourcesInstituto Nicaragüense de Aeronáutica Civil / COCESNA eAIP: INAC current eAIP GEN 1.3: passenger entry, transit and exitAsamblea Nacional de Nicaragua: Ley del Digesto Jurídico Nicaragüense de la Materia Orden Interno
  5. Current official routeVisa-free

    Nicaragua: CA-4 national ordinary-passport entry

    The official Assembly record describes the CA-4 agreement as suppressing visas and permitting each national to move among Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua. This establishes the ordinary-passport visa-free baseline for the other three CA-4 nationalities.

    • The source describes regional free movement; this candidate records only the ordinary-passport visa outcome, not identity-card or other document alternatives.
    • No tourist-card exception, duration, fee, extension, onward-travel, funds, accommodation, health or port rule is inferred for this nationality cohort.
    • Residence, work, study, transit, crew, diplomatic, official, service, refugee, stateless and third-country-document routes are excluded.
    3 passport nationalities covered

    Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras

    Official sourcesAsamblea Nacional de Nicaragua: Assembly record on the Nicaragua–Russia visa-waiver agreement and CA-4 free movementAsamblea Nacional de Nicaragua: Ley del Digesto Jurídico Nicaragüense de la Materia Orden Interno
  6. Current official routeCitizenship

    Nicaragua: citizen entry

    Nicaragua’s current migration digest expressly says that no Nicaraguan needs an entry visa to enter Nicaragua; this is recorded as citizenship rather than visitor visa-free access.

    • This is a citizenship/right-of-entry rule, not a visitor route and not an ETA, eVisa, visa on arrival, Tourist Card or advance visa.
    • The source also addresses national document and age-specific departure rules; those are outside this ordinary-passport entry classification.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    Nicaragua

    Official sourceAsamblea Nacional de Nicaragua: Ley del Digesto Jurídico Nicaragüense de la Materia Orden Interno
  7. Current official routeVisa-free

    Swedish ordinary passports: named visa-free short visits

    Current Sweden Abroad guidance establishes visa-free short visitor stays for Swedish citizens in Kazakhstan, Nicaragua and Ukraine.

    • KZ: up to 30 days. NI: shorter than 90 days. UA: up to 90 days in a 180-day period.
    • NI's electronic entry form is an entry form, not an ETA or visa. KZ border-zone permits, Ukraine's security situation, and all work, residence, special-passport, carrier and final-admission conditions remain separate.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    Sweden

    Official sourcesMinistry for Foreign Affairs, Sweden: Sweden Abroad: Embassy travel information for KazakhstanMinistry for Foreign Affairs, Sweden: Sweden Abroad: Embassy travel information for NicaraguaMinistry for Foreign Affairs, Sweden: Sweden Abroad: Embassy travel information for Ukraine
  8. Current official routeVisa-free

    HKSAR ordinary passports: Nicaragua short-visitor visa waiver

    Hong Kong Immigration Department’s current announcement records Nicaragua’s notification that HKSAR passport holders may visit visa-free for up to 30 days.

    • Applies to HKSAR passport holders for visits of up to 30 days.
    • Ordinary passport and short visitor travel only; admission remains subject to the destination’s border controls.
    • Residence, work, study, transit, special passports and third-country-document routes are excluded.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    Hong Kong (SAR China)

    Official sourceHong Kong Immigration Department: Visa-free access to Nicaragua and Solomon Islands for HKSAR passport holders
  9. Current official routeVisa-free

    Dominican ordinary passports: Nicaragua tourism and business visa waiver

    The live Dominican MFA treaty register records the Nicaragua agreement as in force, and its attached reciprocal note expressly exempts Dominican valid-travel-document holders for short tourism or business travel.

    • The linked note limits the exemption to tourism or business, up to 90 days, renewable within its stated aggregate limit.
    • Ordinary valid travel document and short visitor travel only; final admission remains controlled.
    • Residence, work, study, transit, special passports and third-country-document routes are excluded.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    Dominican Republic

    Official sourcesMinistry of Foreign Affairs of the Dominican Republic: Agreement on exemption of tourism and business visas between the Dominican Republic and NicaraguaMinistry of Foreign Affairs of the Dominican Republic: Nicaragua–Dominican Republic tourism and business visa-waiver exchange of notes
  10. Current official routeVisa required

    Moldovan ordinary passports: Nicaragua diplomatic-mission visa

    Moldova MFA’s current ordinary-passport country table says Nicaragua requires a visa and assigns the issuance channel to diplomatic missions.

    • The cited row covers ordinary passports and identifies diplomatic missions as the visa channel, requiring issuance before travel.
    • No eVisa, visa-on-arrival, duration, entry count, fee or exemption is inferred.
    • Residence, work, study, transit, special passports and third-country-document routes are excluded.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    Moldova

    Official sourceMinistry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Moldova: Visa regime for citizens of the Republic of Moldova
  11. Current official routeVisa required

    Venezuelan ordinary passports: Nicaragua consulted visa

    Nicaragua’s current eAIP expressly places Venezuela in ordinary-passport Category C and requires a Directorate-General endorsement through the consulate before entry.

    • A Category C traveller or sponsor must request the Directorate General of Migration and Foreigners endorsement through the respective consulate before entry.
    • This is advance consulted-visa processing, not portal evidence, ETA, eVisa or visa on arrival.
    • Ordinary passport and short visitor travel only; residence, work, study, transit, special passports and third-country-document routes are excluded.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    Venezuela

    Official sourceInstituto Nicaragüense de Aeronáutica Civil / COCESNA eAIP: Nicaragua eAIP GEN 1.3: passenger entry, transit and exit