Do Madagascar passport holders need a visa for Costa Rica?
Visa required (apply before travel)
Yes — Madagascar passport holders need a visa for Costa Rica, arranged before travel.
Entry requirements for Costa Rica
| Passport validity | valid for stay — Tiered by visa group (Directrices Generales de Visas, AJ-484-11-2025): First group (visa-free, up to 180 days — US, Canada, EU, UK, etc.): passport valid on entry (minimum 1 day; the stay granted cannot exceed the passport's remaining validity). Second group (visa-free, 30 days): minimum 90 calendar days. Third and fourth groups (consular/restricted visa): minimum 180 calendar days. |
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| Onward ticket | Required — Entry requirements (art. 42 Law 8764; directive point 4): return ticket to country of origin or onward-travel ticket (or navigation plan showing destination port), plus proof of economic solvency of at least USD 100 per month or fraction of month of stay. |
| Yellow fever | Certificate required only when arriving from risk countries — Costa Rica's own list of countries to which the requirement applies differs from the WHO risk list (WHO Annex 1 footnote 7); per the earlier WHO ITH country list it excluded Argentina, Panama and Trinidad and Tobago, with a >12h airport-transit rule. |
| Exemption | Holders of Multiple-entry visas or residence permits of the United States or Canada (any category, incl. refugee/asylum, and type D and C1/D visas; US C1/C2/C3 transit visas NOT accepted), valid at least 1 day from the intended entry date: visa free — For nationals of consular-visa and restricted-visa countries whose passport meets the minimum validity for their nationality; stay granted cannot exceed the validity of the visa/residence presented |
| Exemption | Holders of Residence permits (any category, multiple-entry or valid at least 90 days; refugee/asylum category excluded) of the United Kingdom (Scotland, Wales, England, Northern Ireland), Iceland, Norway, Switzerland or EU member states: visa free — For nationals of consular-visa and restricted-visa countries; 90-day validity counted from the intended entry date |
| Exemption | Holders of Schengen visas category C or category D, exclusively multiple-entry, valid at least 1 day from the intended entry date and already in force: visa free — For nationals of consular-visa and restricted-visa countries; stay granted cannot exceed the validity of the visa; visas whose validity starts after the intended entry date are not accepted |
Transiting through Costa Rica?
| Airport transit / airport transit visa (VTA) | Up to nullh — Nationals of fourth-group (restricted-visa) countries plus Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, India, Kenya, Mali, Morocco, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Senegal, Togo, Djibouti, Yemen and Venezuela REQUIRE an airport transit visa to change aircraft; other nationalities are not subject to this requirement. Applies to air passengers changing aircraft under the Persona Extranjera en Tránsito subcategory; the general visa-waiver exceptions (US/Canada/Schengen documents, etc.) also allow the transit visa to be waived |
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