Visa requirements for Guatemalan citizens

Visa requirements for Guatemalan citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Guatemala. As of 15 April 2025, Guatemalan citizens have visa-free or visa on arrival access to 134 countries and territories, ranking the Guatemalan passport 37th in terms of travel freedom according to the Henley Passport Index.^[1]

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Visa requirements

Visa requirements for holders of ordinary passports, and are 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][6]
Angola	Visa required[7]
Antigua and Barbuda	Electronic Entry Visa[8]
Argentina	Visa not required[9]	3 months
Armenia	eVisa / Visa on arrival[10]	120 days
Australia	Visa required[11]		May apply online (Online Visitor e600 visa).[12]
Austria	Visa not required[13]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area
Azerbaijan	eVisa[14]	30 days[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 required[20]		Visas are issued on arrival at the Minsk International Airport if the support documents were submitted not later than 3 business days before expected date of arrival.[21]
Belgium	Visa not required[22]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area
Belize	Visa not required[23]	90 days
Benin	eVisa / Visa on arrival[24][25]	30 days / 8 days	Must have an international vaccination certificate.
Bhutan	Visa required[26]
Bolivia	Visa on arrival[27]	90 days
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Visa not required[28]	90 days	90 days within any 6-month period
Botswana	Visa required[29]
Brazil	Visa not required[30]	90 days
Brunei	Visa required[31]
Bulgaria	Visa not required[32]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period
Burkina Faso	Visa required[33]
Burundi	Visa on arrival[34]
Cambodia	eVisa / Visa on arrival[35]	30 days	Visa is also obtainable online.[36]
Cameroon	Visa required[37][38]
Canada	Visa required[39]
Cape Verde	Visa on arrival[40]		Not available at all entry points.[41]
Central African Republic	Visa required[42]
Chad	Visa required[43]
Chile	Visa not required[44]	90 days
China	Visa required[45]
Colombia	Visa not required[46]	180 days	90 days - extendable up to 180-days stay within a one-year period
Comoros	Visa on arrival[47]
Republic of the Congo	Visa required[48]
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Visa required[49]
Costa Rica	Visa not required[50]	90 days
Côte d'Ivoire	eVisa[51][52]
Croatia	Visa not required[53]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area
Cuba	Tourist Card required[54]
Cyprus	Visa not required[55]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period
Czech Republic	Visa not required[56]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area
Denmark	Visa not required[57]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area
Djibouti	eVisa[58]	31 days
Dominica	Visa not required[59]	6 months
Dominican Republic	Visa not required[60]	90 days
Ecuador	Visa not required[61]	90 days[62]
Egypt	Visa required[63]
El Salvador	Visa not required[64]	6 months	ID Card Valid
Equatorial Guinea	Visa required[65][66]		must arrive via Malabo International Airport
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]	up to 90 days	eVisa holders must arrive via Addis Ababa Bole International Airport
Fiji	Visa required[71]
Finland	Visa not required[72]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area
France and territories	Visa not required[73]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area
Gabon	eVisa[74]		Electronic visa holders must arrive via Libreville International Airport.
Gambia	Visa required[75]
Georgia	eVisa[76]	90 days	90 days per 180 days period
Germany	Visa not required[77]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area
Ghana	Visa required[78]
Greece	Visa not required[79]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area
Grenada	Visa required[80]
Guinea	Visa required[81]
Guinea-Bissau	Visa on arrival[82]
Guyana	Visa required[83]		Exempt from obtaining a visa for stays of up to 90 days if they hold a valid visa issued by Canada, the United States or a Schengen member state [84]
Haiti	Visa not required[85]	3 months
Honduras	Visa not required[86]	90 days	ID Card Valid
Hungary	Visa not required[87]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area
Iceland	Visa not required[88]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area
India	e-Visa[89]	60 days	e-Visa holders must arrive via 31 designated airports[Note 1] or 5 designated seaports.[Note 2][90] An Indian e-Tourist Visa may only be obtained twice within 1 calendar year.[91] 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.[92]
Indonesia	Visa on arrival[93]	30 days
Iran	Visa on arrival[93]	30 days
Iraq	Visa required[94]
Ireland	Visa not required[95]	3 months
Israel	Visa not required[96]	90 days
Italy	Visa not required[97]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area
Jamaica	Visa not required[98]	30 days
Japan	Visa not required[99]	90 days
Jordan	Visa on arrival[100]	30 days	Conditions apply.[101] Not available at all entry points.[102]
Kazakhstan	eVisa[103]		Must arrive via Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport or Almaty International Airport
Kenya	eVisa[104]	3 months
Kiribati	Visa not required[105]	90 days	May not exceed 90 days within any 12-month period
North Korea	Visa required[106]
South Korea	Korean Electronic Travel Authorization[107][108]	90 days
Kuwait	Visa required[109]
Kyrgyzstan	eVisa[110]		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).[111]
Laos	eVisa / Visa on arrival[112]	30 days	17[Note 3] of the 31 border crossings are only open to visa holders.[113] 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).[114] 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][113] Visa on arrival is extendable for an additional 60 days at the Department of Immigration in Vientiane.[115]
Latvia	Visa not required[116]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area
Lebanon	Visa required[117]
Lesotho	eVisa[118][119]
Liberia	Visa required[120]
Libya	Visa required[121]
Liechtenstein	Visa not required[122]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area
Lithuania	Visa not required[123]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area
Luxembourg	Visa not required[124]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area
Madagascar	eVisa / Visa on arrival[125]	90 days
Malawi	Visa on arrival[126]
Malaysia	Visa not required[127]	30 days
Maldives	Free visa on arrival[128]	30 days[62]	Extension possible
Mali	Visa required[129]
Malta	Visa not required[130]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area
Marshall Islands	Visa on arrival[131]	90 days
Mauritania	Visa on arrival[132]		Available at Nouakchott–Oumtounsy International Airport.
Mauritius	Visa not required[133]	90 days
Mexico	Visa required[134]		Visa not required for holders of valid visa or permanent residence issued by the U.S., Canada, Japan, United Kingdom, Colombia, Peru, Chile, or Schengen area.[135] 7 days with Tarjeta de Visitante Regional (TVR)[136] issued at Official Border Crossings, allows entry into the four Southern States.
Micronesia	Visa not required[137]	30 days
Moldova	Visa not required[138]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period
Monaco	Visa not required[139]
Mongolia	eVisa[140][141]
Montenegro	Visa not required[142]	90 days
Morocco	eVisa[143][144]
Mozambique	Visa on arrival[145]	30 days	Conditions apply[146]
Myanmar	eVisa[147]	28 days	eVisa holders must arrive via Yangon, Nay Pyi Taw or Mandalay airports or via land border crossings with Thailand — Tachileik, Myawaddy and Kawthaung or India — Rih Khaw Dar and Tamu. eVisa is available for tourism only.
Namibia	Visa required[148]
Nauru	Visa required[149]
Nepal	Visa on arrival[150]	90 days
Netherlands	Visa not required[151]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area
New Zealand	Visa required[152]		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.[153]
Nicaragua	Visa not required[154]	3 months	ID Card Valid
Niger	Visa required[155]
Nigeria	Visa required[156]
North Macedonia	Visa not required[157]	90 days
Norway	Visa not required[158]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area
Oman	Visa required[159]
Pakistan	Online Visa[160]		Online Visa eligible.[161] Electronic Travel Authorization to obtain a visa on arrival for business purposes.[162]
Palau	Free visa on arrival[163]	30 days
Panama	Visa not required[164]	180 days
Papua New Guinea	Visa required[165]
Paraguay	Visa not required[166]	90 days
Peru	Visa not required[167]	90 days
Philippines	Visa not required[168]	30 days
Poland	Visa not required[169]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area
Portugal	Visa not required[170]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area
Qatar	eVisa[171]
Romania	Visa not required[172]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period
Russia	Visa not required[173]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period
Rwanda	eVisa / Visa on arrival[174]	30 days
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Visa not required[175]	3 months
Saint Lucia	Visa on arrival[176]	6 weeks
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Visa not required[177]	3 months
Samoa	Free Entry Permit on arrival[178]	60 days
San Marino	Visa not required[179]
São Tomé and Príncipe	eVisa[180]
Saudi Arabia	Visa required[181]
Senegal	Visa on arrival[182]	90 days
Serbia	Visa required[183]		May enter if holding a USA Green Card
Seychelles	Seychelles Electronic Border System[184]	3 months[62]	Extendable up to a year with fee
Sierra Leone	Visa required[185]
Singapore	Visa not required[186]	30 days
Slovakia	Visa not required[187]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area
Slovenia	Visa not required[188]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area
Solomon Islands	Visa required[189]
Somalia	Visa on arrival[190]	30 days	Available at Bosaso Airport, Galcaio Airport and Mogadishu Airport.
South Africa	Visa required[191]
South Sudan	Electronic Visa[192]		Obtainable online[193] Printed visa authorization must be presented at the time of travel[193]
Spain	Visa not required[194]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area
Sri Lanka	eVisa / Visa on arrival[195]	30 days
Sudan	Visa required[196]
Suriname	Visa not required[197]	90 days
Sweden	Visa not required[198]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area
Switzerland	Visa not required[199]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area
Syria	Visa required[200]
Tajikistan	eVisa[201][202]	30 days or 60 days
Tanzania	eVisa / Visa on arrival[203]	3 months
Thailand	Visa not required[204]	60 days
Timor-Leste	Visa on arrival[205]	30 days	Not available at all entry points.[206]
Togo	Visa on arrival[207]	7 days
Tonga	Visa required[208]
Trinidad and Tobago	Visa not required[209]	90 days
Tunisia	Visa required[210]
Turkey	Visa not required[211]	3 months
Turkmenistan	Visa required[212]
Tuvalu	Visa on arrival[213]	1 month
Uganda	eVisa / Visa on arrival[214]		Determined at the port of entry. May apply online.[215]
Ukraine	Visa required[216]		e-Visa is currently suspended due to Russian invasion of Ukraine.
United Arab Emirates	Visa required[167]
United Kingdom	Visa not required[217]	6 months
United States	Visa required[218]
Uruguay	Visa not required[219]	90 days
Uzbekistan	Visa not required[220]	30 days
Vanuatu	Visa required[221]
Vatican City	Visa not required[222]
Venezuela	Visa required[223]
Vietnam	eVisa[224]		Phú Quốc 30 day visa exemption[225]
Yemen	Visa required[226]
Zambia	eVisa / Visa on arrival[227]	90 days
Zimbabwe	eVisa / Visa on arrival[228]	30 days	Can be extended up to 90 days

Territories or administrative subdivisions with different visa policies

Visa requirements for Guatemalan citizens for visits to various territories, disputed areas, partially recognized countries not mentioned in the list above, recognized administrative subdivisions that operate on different visa policies and restricted zones:

Visitor to	Visa requirement	Allowed stay	Notes (excluding departure fees)
Africa
Eritrea outside Asmara	Travel permit required		Travel Permit for Foreigners is required to travel outside of the capital.[229]
Ascension Island	eVisa[230][231]	3 months	3 months within any one year period
Saint Helena	Visa Free with Payment		Visitor's Pass granted on arrival.[232]
Tristan da Cunha	Permission required		Permission to land required for 15/30 pounds sterling (yacht/ship passenger) for Tristan da Cunha Island 20 pounds sterling for Gough Island, Inaccessible Island or Nightingale Islands.[233]
Mayotte	Visa not required[234]	90 days
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic	Undefined		Undefined visa regime in the Western Sahara, same entry requirements with Morocco, controlled territory.
Somaliland	Visa on arrival	30 days	Obtainable on arrival or at the Somaliland Mission in Alexandria, VA.[235]
Réunion	Visa not required[236]	90 days
Sudan outside Khartoum	Travel permit required		All foreigners traveling more than 25 km (16 mi) outside of Khartoum must obtain a travel permit.
Darfur	Travel permit required		Separate travel permit is required.[237]
Asia
British Indian Ocean Territory	Special permit required		Special permit required.[238]
Hainan	Visa required
Hong Kong	Visa not required	30 days[239]
Protected and restricted areas of India	PAP/RAP required		Protected Area Permit (PAP) required for whole states of Nagaland and Sikkim and parts of states Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, 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.[240][241][242][243][244][245]
Iraqi Kurdistan	eVisa[246]
Baikonur & Priozersk	Special permission required		Special permission required for the city of Baikonur and surrounding areas in Kyzylorda Oblast, and the town of Priozersk near Almaty.[247]
Kish Island	Visa not required		Tourists for Kish Island do not require a visa.[citation needed]
Macao	Visa on arrival[248]	30 days
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.[citation needed]
Maldives outside Malé	Permission required		Tourists are generally prohibited from visiting non-resort islands without the express permission of the Government of the Maldives.[citation needed]
Palestine	Visa not required		Travel to Gaza Strip may be restricted.[249]
Taiwan	Visa not required[250]	90 days
Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province	OIVR permit required		OIVR permit required Special permit required for Lake Sarez.[251][252][253]
Tibet Autonomous Region	TTP required		Tibet Travel Permit required in addision to Chinese visa.[254]
Closed cities of Turkmenistan	Special permit required		A special permit, issued prior to arrival by Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is required if visiting the following places: Atamurat, Cheleken, Dashoguz, Serakhs and Serhetabat.[255]
Phú Quốc	Visa not required	30 days[citation needed]
Yemen outside Sana’a or Aden	Special permission required		Special permission needed for travel outside Sana’a or Aden.[citation needed]
Caribbean and North Atlantic
Anguilla	Visa not required	3 months[256]
Aruba	Visa not required[257][258]	90 days
Bermuda	Visa not required[259]	6 months
(Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba)	Visa not required	90 days
British Virgin Islands	Visa not required	30 days
Cayman Islands	Visa required[260]
San Andrés and Leticia	Tourist Card on arrival		Visitors arriving at Gustavo Rojas Pinilla International Airport and Alfredo Vásquez Cobo International Airport must buy tourist cards on arrival.[261]
Curaçao	Visa not required	3 months	Maximum consecutive period of three months every six months.[262]
French West Indies (Martinique, Guadeloupe, Saint Martin and Saint Barthélemy)	Visa not required	3 months
Greenland	Visa not required[263]
Montserrat	Visa not required	6 months
Sint Maarten	Visa not required	3 months	Maximum stay allowed is 3 months uninterrupted with the possibility to extend[264][265]
Turks and Caicos Islands	Visa required[266]
Europe
Abkhazia	Visa required[267]
Brest and Grodno	Visa not required [may be outdated as of February 2022]	10 days[268]
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus	Visa not required	3 months[269]
Faroe Islands	Visa not required[263]
Gibraltar	Visa not required[270]
Guernsey	Visa not required[271]	6 months
Isle of Man	Visa not required[272]	6 months
Jan Mayen	Permit required[270]	24 hours	Permit issued by the local police required for stays less than 24 hours[273] Permit issued by the Norwegian police required for stays of more than 24 hours.[274]
Jersey	Visa not required[275]	6 months
Closed cities of Russia	Special authorization required		Several closed cities and regions in Russia require special authorization.[citation needed]
South Ossetia	Visa required		Multiple entry visa to Russia and three-day prior notification are required to enter South Ossetia.[276][277]
Svalbard	Visa not required[278]	Unlimited	Any of any nationality may live and work freely in Svalbard per the Svalbard Treaty.
Transnistria	Visa not required	24 hours	Registration required after 24 h.[279][280]
Oceania
American Samoa	Visa required
Ashmore and Cartier Islands	Special authorisation required		Special authorisation required.[281]
Clipperton Island	Special permit required		Special permit required.[282]
Cook Islands	Visa not required	31 days[283]
Lau Province	Special permission required		Special permission required.[167]
French Polynesia	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180-day period[284]
Guam	Visa required
Niue	Visa not required	30 days[285]
Northern Mariana Islands	Visa required
Pitcairn Islands	Visa not required[286]	14 days
Tokelau	Entry permit required[287]
South America
Galápagos	Pre-registration required		Online pre-registration is required. Transit Control Card must be obtained at the airport prior to departure.[288]
French Guiana	Visa not required	3 months[289]	International Certificate of Vaccination required.
South Atlantic and Antarctica
Falkland Islands	Visa not required[290]
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).[291][292]
Antarctica	Special permits required		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.[293][294][295][296][297][298][299][300][301][302][303][304]

See also

• Guatemala portal

• Visa policy of Guatemala
• Guatemalan passport