Visa requirements for Salvadoran citizens

Visa requirements for Salvadoran citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of El Salvador.

As of 2025, El Salvador citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 135 countries and territories, ranking the El Salvador passport 36th in the world according to the Henley Passport Index.^[1]

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Visa requirements for El Salvador citizens holding ordinary passports

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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	eVisa[7][8]
Argentina	Visa not required[9]	3 months
Armenia	eVisa / Visa on arrival[10][11]	120 days
Australia	Visa required[12][13]		May apply online (Online Visitor e600 visa).
Austria	Visa not required[14]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.
Azerbaijan	Visa required[15]
Bahamas	Visa not required[16]	3 months
Bahrain	eVisa / Visa on arrival[17]	14 days
Bangladesh	Visa on arrival[18]	30 days
Barbados	Visa not required[19]	90 days
Belarus	Visa not required[20]	30 days	Must arrive and depart via Minsk International Airport.
Belgium	Visa not required[21]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.
Belize	Visa not required[22]	90 days
Benin	eVisa[23]	30 days	Must have an international vaccination certificate.
Bhutan	eVisa[24][25]
Bolivia	Online Visa / Visa on arrival[26]	30 days
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Visa not required[27]	90 days	90 days within any 6-month period.
Botswana	eVisa[28]	90 days
Brazil	Visa not required[29]	90 days
Brunei	Visa required[30]
Bulgaria	Visa not required[31]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.
Burkina Faso	eVisa[32][33]
Burundi	Visa on arrival[34]	1 months
Cambodia	eVisa / Visa on arrival[35]	30 days
Cameroon	eVisa[36]
Canada	Visa required[37]		US permanent residents (Green card) holders can enter visa free[38]
Cape Verde	Visa on arrival[39]		Not available at all entry points.[40]
Central African Republic	Visa required[41]
Chad	eVisa[42][43]
Chile	Visa not required[44]	90 days
China	Visa required[45]
Colombia	Visa not required[46]	90 days	90 days - extendable up to 180-days stay within a one-year period.
Comoros	Visa on arrival[47]	45 days
Republic of the Congo	Visa required[48]
Democratic Republic of the Congo	eVisa[49][50]	7 days
Costa Rica	Visa not required[51]	90 days
Côte d'Ivoire	eVisa[52]	3 months
Croatia	Visa not required[53]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.
Cuba	eVisa[54][55]	90 days	Can be extended up to 90 days with a fee.
Cyprus	Visa not required[56]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period.
Czech Republic	Visa not required[57]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.
Denmark	Visa not required[58]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.
Djibouti	eVisa[59]	90 days
Dominica	Visa not required[60]	21 days
Dominican Republic	Visa not required[61]	30 days
Ecuador	Visa not required[62]	90 days[63]
Egypt	Visa on arrival[64]	30 days
Equatorial Guinea	eVisa[65][66]
Eritrea	Visa required[67]
Estonia	Visa not required[68]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.
Eswatini	Visa required[69]
Ethiopia	eVisa[70][71]	up to 90 days	e-Visa holders must arrive via Addis Ababa Bole International Airport.
Fiji	Visa required[72]
Finland	Visa not required[73]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.
France and territories	Visa not required[74]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.
Gabon	eVisa[75][76]	90 days	e-Visa holders must arrive via Libreville International Airport.
Gambia	Visa required[77]		An entry clearance must be obtained from the Gambian Immigration prior to travel.
Georgia	Visa not required[78]	1 year
Germany	Visa not required[79]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.
Ghana	Visa required[80]
Greece	Visa not required[81]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.
Grenada	Visa not required[82]	90 days
Guatemala	Visa not required[83]	90 days	ID Card Valid.
Guinea	eVisa[84]	90 days
Guinea-Bissau	Visa on arrival[85]	90 days
Guyana	Visa required[86]
Haiti	Visa not required[87]	3 months
Honduras	Visa not required[88]	3 months	ID Card Valid.
Hungary	Visa not required[89]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.
Iceland	Visa not required[90]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.
India	eVisa[91]	30 days	e-Visa holders must arrive via 31 designated airports[Note 1] or 5 designated seaports.[Note 2][92] An Indian e-Tourist Visa may only be obtained twice within 1 calendar year.[93] Foreigners of Pakistani origin or who hold a Pakistani Passport are not eligible for an e-Visa. Foreigners who are not Pakistani nationals, but whose parents or grandparents (either paternal or maternal) were born in, or were permanent residents in Pakistan, are also not eligible for an e-Visa.[94]
Indonesia	Visa on arrival[95]
Iran	eVisa[96]	30 days
Iraq	eVisa[97][98]
Ireland	Visa not required[99]	3 months
Israel	Electronic Travel Authorization[100][101]	90 days
Italy	Visa not required[102]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.
Jamaica	Visa not required[103]	30 days
Japan	Visa not required[104]	90 days
Jordan	eVisa / Visa on arrival[105]		Visa can be obtained upon arrival, it will cost a total of 40 JOD, obtainable at most international ports of entry and land border crossings. (except King Hussein/Allenby Bridge)
Kazakhstan	eVisa[106]
Kenya	Electronic Travel Authorisation[107]	90 days	Applications can be submitted up to 90 days prior to travel and must be submitted at least 3 days in advance. eTA fee is USD 32.50. Proof of reservation at the hotel where visitors plan to stay is required (if staying with friends, an invitation letter is also acceptable). Yellow fever vaccination certificate is required if coming from endemic countries.
Kiribati	Visa not required[108]	90 days	90 days within any 12-month period.
North Korea	Visa required[109]
South Korea	Electronical Travel Authorization[110]	90 days	The validity period of a K-ETA is 3 years from the date of approval.[111]
Kuwait	Visa required[112]
Kyrgyzstan	eVisa[113]	60 days	e-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).[114]
Laos	eVisa / Visa on arrival[115]	30 days	17[Note 3] of the 31 border crossings are only open to visa holders.[116] e-Visa may be used to enter Laos through Luang Prabang, Pakse and Vientiane international airports, 3 Thai-Lao Friendship Bridges[Note 4] and in Boten (road and railroad).[117] Visa on arrival is available at Luang Prabang, Pakse and Vientiane international airports, the 4 Thai-Lao Friendship Bridges[Note 5] and 6 border crossings.[Note 6][116] Visa on arrival is extendable for an additional 60 days at the Department of Immigration in Vientiane.[118]
Latvia	Visa not required[119]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.
Lebanon	Visa required[120]		In addition to a visa, an approval should be obtained from the Immigration department of the General Directorate of General Security (La Surete Generale).
Lesotho	eVisa[121]
Liberia	eVisa[122][123]
Libya	eVisa[124]
Liechtenstein	Visa not required[125]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.
Lithuania	Visa not required[126]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.
Luxembourg	Visa not required[127]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.
Madagascar	eVisa / Visa on arrival[128][129]	90 days
Malawi	eVisa / Visa on arrival[130][131]	30 days	Can be extended up to 90 days
Malaysia	Visa not required[132]	30 days
Maldives	Free visa on arrival[133]	30 days[63]
Mali	Visa required[134]
Malta	Visa not required[135]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.
Marshall Islands	Visa required[136]
Mauritania	eVisa[137][138]
Mauritius	Visa on arrival[139]	60 days
Mexico	Visa required[140]		Salvadoran U.S. visa and/or green card holders are exempt from a visa to Mexico.
Micronesia	Visa not required[141]	30 days
Moldova	Visa not required[142]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period.
Monaco	Visa not required[143]
Mongolia	eVisa[144]	30 days
Montenegro	Visa not required[145]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period.
Morocco	Visa required[146]		May apply for an e-Visa if holding a valid visa or a residency document issued by one of the following countries: Schengen Area, Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States a residency document issued by Cyprus, Japan, United Arab Emirates.[147]
Mozambique	eVisa / Visa on arrival[148]	30 days
Myanmar	Visa required[149]
Namibia	eVisa[150][151]
Nauru	Visa required[152]
Nepal	Online Visa / Visa on arrival[153]	90 days
Netherlands	Visa not required[154]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.
New Zealand	Visa required[155]		Holders of an Australian Permanent Resident Visa or Resident Return Visa may be granted a New Zealand Resident Visa on arrival permitting indefinite stay (pursuant to the Trans-Tasman Travel Arrangement), subject to meeting character requirements and obtaining an Electronic Travel Authority prior to departure.[156]
Nicaragua	Visa not required[157]	3 months	ID Card Valid.
Niger	Visa required[158]
Nigeria	eVisa[159]	90 days
North Macedonia	Visa not required[160]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period.
Norway	Visa not required[161]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.
Oman	eVisa[162][163]
Pakistan	Online Visa[164]	3 months
Palau	Free visa on arrival[165]	30 days	can be extended twice for a fee
Panama	Visa not required[166]	90 days
Papua New Guinea	eVisa [167]	60 days	Visitors may apply for a visa online under the "Tourist - Own Itinerary" category.
Paraguay	Visa not required[168]	90 days
Peru	Visa not required[169]	183 days
Philippines	Visa not required[170]	30 days
Poland	Visa not required[171]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.
Portugal	Visa not required[172]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.
Qatar	eVisa[173]		Travelers can apply for a visa on the Hayya website.
Romania	Visa not required[174]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.
Russia	Visa not required[175]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period.
Rwanda	eVisa / Visa on arrival[176]	30 days	90-day East African Visa for travel within Rwanda, Kenya and Uganda only also available online. First port of entry must be the country which approved the East African Visa.
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Visa not required[177]	3 months
Saint Lucia	Visa on arrival[178]	6 weeks
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Visa not required[179]	3 month
Samoa	Visa not required[180]	60 days
San Marino	Visa not required[181]
São Tomé and Príncipe	eVisa[182]
Saudi Arabia	Visa required[183]
Senegal	Visa on arrival[184]	90 days
Serbia	Visa required[185]
Seychelles	Electronic Border System[186]	3 months	Application can be submitted up to 30 days before travel. Visitors must upload a reservation confirmation(s) for each visitor's location of stay in Seychelles. Yellow fever vaccination certificate is required if coming from endemic countries. Payment of the fee (EUR 10) by credit or debit card. Valid for one journey only and it expires once exit the country.
Sierra Leone	eVisa[187]	3 months
Singapore	Visa not required[188]	30 days
Slovakia	Visa not required[189]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.
Slovenia	Visa not required[190]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.
Solomon Islands	Visa required[191]
Somalia	eVisa[192][193]	30 days	Available at Bosaso Airport, Galcaio Airport and Mogadishu Airport.
South Africa	Visa required[194]
South Sudan	eVisa[195][196]		Obtainable online. Printed visa authorization must be presented at the time of travel.
Spain	Visa not required[197]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.
Sri Lanka	eVisa / Visa on arrival[198][199]	60 days / 30 days	The standard visitor visa allows a stay of 60 days within any 6-month period.[200] Visa fees (for Standard visitor visa): SAARC - USD 35 Non SAARC - USD 75 e-Visa categories will be charged an additional USD 18.50 service fee. If transiting from any of the Sri Lankan airports, An e-Visa is exempted (2 day transit period).
Sudan	Visa required[201]
Suriname	Visa not required[202][203]	90 days	An entrance fee of USD 50 or EUR 50 must be paid online prior to arrival.[204] Multiple entry e-Visa is also available.[205]
Sweden	Visa not required[206]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.
Switzerland	Visa not required[207]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.
Syria	eVisa[208][209]
Tajikistan	eVisa[210]	60 days
Tanzania	eVisa / Visa on arrival[211][212]	90 days
Thailand	eVisa / Visa on arrival[213]	60 days / 15 days
Timor-Leste	Visa on arrival[214]	30 days	Not available at all entry points.[215]
Togo	eVisa[216]	15 days
Tonga	Visa required[217]
Trinidad and Tobago	Visa not required[218]	90 days
Tunisia	Visa required[219]
Turkey	Visa not required[220]	3 months
Turkmenistan	Visa required[221]
Tuvalu	Visa on arrival[222]	1 month
Uganda	eVisa[223][224]	3 months	Determined at the port of entry. 90-day East African Visa for travel within Uganda, Kenya and Rwanda only also available online. First port of entry must be the country which approved the East African Visa.
Ukraine	eVisa[225]
United Arab Emirates	Visa not required[226]	90 days
United Kingdom	Visa required[227]
United States	Visa required[228]
Uruguay	Visa not required[229]	90 days
Uzbekistan	Visa not required[230]	30 days
Vanuatu	Visa required[231]
Vatican City	Visa not required[232]
Venezuela	Visa required[233]
Vietnam	eVisa[234][235]	90 days	Phú Quốc without a visa for up to 30 days.
Yemen	Visa required[236]
Zambia	eVisa / Visa on arrival[237]	90 days
Zimbabwe	eVisa / Visa on arrival[238][239]	30 days

Dependent, disputed, or restricted territories

Unrecognized or partially recognized countries

Visitor to	Visa requirement	Notes (excluding departure fees)
Kosovo	Visa not required[240]	90 days
Taiwan	Visa required[241]

Dependent and autonomous territories

Territory	Conditions of access	Notes
China
Hong Kong	Visa not required[242]	90 days
Macau	Visa on arrival[243]	30 days
Denmark
Faroe Islands	Visa not required[244]	90 days
Greenland	Visa not required[245]	90 days
France
French Guiana	Visa not required[246]	90 days
French Polynesia	Visa not required[247]	90 days
French West Indies	Visa not required	Visa not required for overseas collectivities of Saint Barthélemy and Saint Martin
Mayotte	Visa not required[248]	90 days
New Caledonia	Visa not required[249]	90 days
Réunion	Visa not required[250]	90 days
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	Visa not required[251]	90 days
Wallis and Futuna	Visa not required[252]	90 days
Netherlands
Aruba	Visa not required[253]	90 days
Caribbean Netherlands	Visa not required[254]	Includes Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba.
Curaçao	Visa not required[255]	90 days
Sint Maarten	Visa not required[256]	90 days
New Zealand
Cook Islands	Visa not required[257]	31 days
Niue	Visa required[258]
Tokelau	Visa required[259]
United Kingdom
Akrotiri and Dhekelia	Visa required[260]	Stays longer than 28 days per 12-month period require a permit.[261]
Anguilla	Visa not required[262]	Holders of a valid visa issued by the United Kingdom do not require a visa.[263]
Bermuda	Visa not required[264]
British Indian Ocean Territory	Special permit required	Special permit required.[265]
British Virgin Islands	Visa not required[266]
Cayman Islands	Visa not required[267]
Falkland Islands	Visa required[268]
Gibraltar	Visa not required[269]
Montserrat	Visa not required[270]
Pitcairn Islands	Visa not required	14 days visa free and landing fee US$35 or tax of US$5 if not going ashore.[271][272][273]
Ascension Island	eVisa[274][275]	3 months within any year period
Saint Helena	Visitor's Pass required	Visitor's Pass granted on arrival valid for 4/10/21/60/90 days for 12/14/16/20/25 pound sterling.[276]
Tristan da Cunha	Permission required	Permission to land required for 15/30 pounds sterling (yacht/ship passenger) for Tristan da Cunha Island or 20 pounds sterling for Gough Island, Inaccessible Island or Nightingale Islands.[277]
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	Permit required	Pre-arrival permit from the Commissioner required (72 hours/1 month for 110/160 pounds sterling).[278][279]
Turks and Caicos Islands	Visa not required[280]	Holders of a valid visa issued by Canada, United Kingdom or the USA do not required a visa for a maximum stay of 90 days.
United States
American Samoa	Visa required[281]
Guam	Visa required[282]
Northern Mariana Islands	Visa required[283]
Puerto Rico	Visa required[284]
U.S. Virgin Islands	Visa required[285]
Antarctica and adjacent islands
Special permits required for Bouvet Island, British Antarctic Territory, French Southern and Antarctic Lands, Argentine Antarctica, Australian Antarctic Territory, Chilean Antarctic Territory, Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Peter I Island, Queen Maud Land, Ross Dependency.[286][287][288][289][290][291][292][293][294][295][296][297]

Other territories

Territory	Conditions of access	Notes
Belarus Belovezhskaya Pushcha National Park	Visa not required	3 days;[298] must first obtain an electronic pass[299]
China Hainan	Visa on arrival[300]	15 days. Available at Haikou Meilan International Airport and Sanya Phoenix International Airport. Visa not required for 15 days for traveling as part of a tourist group (5 or more people)[301]
China Tibet Autonomous Region	TTP required	Tibet Travel Permit required (10 US Dollars).[302][303][304]
Crimea	Visa required	Visa issued by Russia is required.[305]
Ecuador Galápagos	Pre-registration required	Online pre-registration is required. Transit Control Card must also be obtained at the airport prior to departure.[306]
Eritrea outside Asmara	Travel permit required	To travel in the rest of the country, a Travel Permit for Foreigners is required (20 Eritrean nakfa).[307]
Greece Mount Athos	Special permit required	Special permit required (4 days: 25 euro for Orthodox visitors, 35 euro for non-Orthodox visitors, 18 euro for students). There is a visitors' quota: maximum 100 Orthodox and 10 non-Orthodox per day and women are not allowed.[308][309]
India PAP/RAP	PAP/RAP required	Protected Area Permit (PAP) required for whole states of Nagaland and Sikkim and parts of states Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, Uttaranchal, Jammu and Kashmir, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh. Restricted Area Permit (RAP) required for all of Andaman and Nicobar Islands and parts of Sikkim. Some of these requirements are occasionally lifted for a year.[310][311]
Iran Kish Island	Visa not required	Visitors to Kish Island do not require a visa.[312]
Iraqi Kurdistan	Visa on arrival	Visa on arrival for 15 days is available at Erbil and Sulaymaniyah airports.[313]
Fiji Lau Province	Special permission required	Special permission required.[314]
France Clipperton Island	Special permit required	Special permit required.[315]
Kazakhstan	Special permission required	Special permission required for the town of Baikonur and surrounding areas in Kyzylorda Oblast, and the town of Gvardeyskiy near Almaty.[316]
North Korea outside Pyongyang	Special permit required	People are not allowed to leave the capital city, tourists can only leave the capital with a governmental tourist guide (no independent moving)
Malaysia Sabah and Sarawak	Visa not required	These states have their own immigration authorities and passport is required to travel to them, however the same visa applies.[317]
Maldives outside Malé	Permission required	With the exception of the capital Malé, tourists are generally prohibited from visiting non-resort islands without the express permission of the Government of Maldives.[318]
Norway Jan Mayen	Permit required	Permit issued by the local police required for staying for less than 24 hours[319] and permit issued by the Norwegian police for staying for more than 24 hours.[320]
Novorossiya	Restricted area	Crossing from Ukraine requires visit purpose to be explained to Ukrainian passport control on exit and those who entered from Russia are not allowed to proceed further into Ukraine.[321]
Russia	Special authorization required	Several closed cities and regions in Russia require special authorization.[322]
Sudan outside Khartoum	Travel permit required	All foreigners traveling more than 25 kilometers outside of Khartoum must obtain a travel permit.
Sudan Darfur	Travel permit required	Separate travel permit is required.[323]
Tajikistan Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province	OIVR permit required	OIVR permit required (15+5 Tajikistani Somoni) and another special permit (free of charge) is required for Lake Sarez.[324][325][326]
UN Buffer Zone in Cyprus	Access Permit required[327]	Access Permit is required for travelling inside the zone, except Civil Use Areas.
Korean Demilitarized Zone	Restricted zone.
UNDOF Zone and Ghajar	Restricted zone.
United States Minor Outlying Islands	Special permits required	Special permits required for Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Atoll, Palmyra Atoll and Wake Island.[328][329][330][331][332][333][334]
Venezuela Margarita Island	Visa not required	All visitors are fingerprinted.[335]
Vietnam Phú Quốc	Visa not required	30 days[336]
Yemen outside Sana’a or Aden	Special permission required	Special permission needed for travel outside Sana’a or Aden.[337]

See also

• El Salvador portal

• Visa policy of El Salvador
• Salvadoran passport