Guatemala visa requirements · checked 26 September 2026

Visa & Entry Requirements for Guatemala

Q: What documents do I need to enter Guatemala?

Passport validity: The UK Foreign Office says your passport must have an expiry date at least 6 months after the date you arrive and at least 2 blank pages. Travel insurance: No official source we could read states a travel insurance requirement for entering Guatemala. Return or onward ticket: IGM lists a return air ticket, or other transport that guarantees your departure from the country, among the requirements for entering Guatemala, along with a hotel booking or the name of a contact in the country. Proof of funds: IGM's entry requirements say the migration officer may ask you to prove your economic solvency when they consider it appropriate.

Q: How long can I stay in Guatemala without a visa?

Up to 90 days for every visa-free passport.

Most travellers need a visa for Guatemala: 112 of 198 passports must apply at an embassy or consulate, while 86 passports enter visa-free.

Passports in Category A of the Guatemalan Institute of Migration's country classification (exempt from a visa) include those of Germany, the US, the UK, Canada, Australia and Japan; Guatemala's Migration Code says a tourist's stay may not exceed ninety days, extendable once. The UK Foreign Office says the 90-day period is shared with El Salvador and Nicaragua (the CA-4 Agreement also includes Honduras) and does not restart when you cross borders. Passports in Category B need a consular visa and those in Category C a consulted visa.

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Passports visa-free

112

Embassy visa required

Do I need a visa for Guatemala? Quick answers

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Visa for Guatemala — requirements summary

Visa-free: 86 (43%)
Visa required: 112 (57%)

All travellers must meet the entry rules set by Guatemala, and they depend on your nationality. Find your passport below — you may be able to enter visa-free, or need an eVisa, a visa on arrival or a visa from an embassy.

Passport	Requirement	Max stay	Details
Afghanistan	Visa required	—	Details →
Albania	Visa required	—	Details →
Algeria	Visa required	—	Details →
Andorra	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Angola	Visa required	—	Details →
Antigua and Barbuda	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Argentina	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Armenia	Visa required	—	Details →
Australia	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Austria	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Azerbaijan	Visa required	—	Details →
Bahamas	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Bahrain	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Bangladesh	Visa required	—	Details →
Barbados	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Belarus	Visa required	—	Details →
Belgium	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Belize	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Benin	Visa required	—	Details →
Bhutan	Visa required	—	Details →
Bolivia	Visa required	—	Details →
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Visa required	—	Details →
Botswana	Visa required	—	Details →
Brazil	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Brunei	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Bulgaria	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Burkina Faso	Visa required	—	Details →
Burundi	Visa required	—	Details →
Cambodia	Visa required	—	Details →
Cameroon	Visa required	—	Details →
Canada	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Cape Verde	Visa required	—	Details →
Central African Republic	Visa required	—	Details →
Chad	Visa required	—	Details →
Chile	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
China	Visa required	—	Details →
Colombia	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Comoros	Visa required	—	Details →
Costa Rica	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Côte d'Ivoire	Visa required	—	Details →
Croatia	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Cuba	Visa required	—	Details →
Cyprus	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Czechia	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Denmark	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Djibouti	Visa required	—	Details →
Dominica	Visa required	—	Details →
Dominican Republic	Visa required	—	Details →
DR Congo	Visa required	—	Details →
Ecuador	Visa required	—	Details →
Egypt	Visa required	—	Details →
El Salvador	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Equatorial Guinea	Visa required	—	Details →
Eritrea	Visa required	—	Details →
Estonia	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Eswatini	Visa required	—	Details →
Ethiopia	Visa required	—	Details →
Fiji	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Finland	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
France	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Gabon	Visa required	—	Details →
Gambia	Visa required	—	Details →
Georgia	Visa required	—	Details →
Germany	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Ghana	Visa required	—	Details →
Greece	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Grenada	Visa required	—	Details →
Guinea	Visa required	—	Details →
Guinea-Bissau	Visa required	—	Details →
Guyana	Visa required	—	Details →
Haiti	Visa required	—	Details →
Honduras	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Hong Kong	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Hungary	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Iceland	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
India	Visa required	—	Details →
Indonesia	Visa required	—	Details →
Iran	Visa required	—	Details →
Iraq	Visa required	—	Details →
Ireland	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Israel	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Italy	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Jamaica	Visa required	—	Details →
Japan	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Jordan	Visa required	—	Details →
Kazakhstan	Visa required	—	Details →
Kenya	Visa required	—	Details →
Kiribati	Visa required	—	Details →
Kosovo	Visa required	—	Details →
Kuwait	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Kyrgyzstan	Visa required	—	Details →
Laos	Visa required	—	Details →
Latvia	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Lebanon	Visa required	—	Details →
Lesotho	Visa required	—	Details →
Liberia	Visa required	—	Details →
Libya	Visa required	—	Details →
Liechtenstein	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Lithuania	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Luxembourg	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Macau	Visa required	—	Details →
Madagascar	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Malawi	Visa required	—	Details →
Malaysia	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Maldives	Visa required	—	Details →
Mali	Visa required	—	Details →
Malta	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Marshall Islands	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Mauritania	Visa required	—	Details →
Mauritius	Visa required	—	Details →
Mexico	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Micronesia	Visa required	—	Details →
Moldova	Visa required	—	Details →
Monaco	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Mongolia	Visa required	—	Details →
Montenegro	Visa required	—	Details →
Morocco	Visa required	—	Details →
Mozambique	Visa required	—	Details →
Myanmar	Visa required	—	Details →
Namibia	Visa required	—	Details →
Nauru	Visa required	—	Details →
Nepal	Visa required	—	Details →
Netherlands	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
New Zealand	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Nicaragua	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Niger	Visa required	—	Details →
Nigeria	Visa required	—	Details →
North Korea	Visa required	—	Details →
North Macedonia	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Norway	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Oman	Visa required	—	Details →
Pakistan	Visa required	—	Details →
Palau	Visa required	—	Details →
Palestine	Visa required	—	Details →
Panama	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Papua New Guinea	Visa required	—	Details →
Paraguay	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Peru	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Philippines	Visa required	—	Details →
Poland	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Portugal	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Qatar	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Republic of the Congo	Visa required	—	Details →
Romania	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Russia	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Rwanda	Visa required	—	Details →
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Saint Lucia	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Samoa	Visa required	—	Details →
San Marino	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Sao Tome and Principe	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Saudi Arabia	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Senegal	Visa required	—	Details →
Serbia	Visa required	—	Details →
Seychelles	Visa required	—	Details →
Sierra Leone	Visa required	—	Details →
Singapore	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Slovakia	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Slovenia	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Solomon Islands	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Somalia	Visa required	—	Details →
South Africa	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
South Korea	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
South Sudan	Visa required	—	Details →
Spain	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Sri Lanka	Visa required	—	Details →
Sudan	Visa required	—	Details →
Suriname	Visa required	—	Details →
Sweden	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Switzerland	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Syria	Visa required	—	Details →
Taiwan	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Tajikistan	Visa required	—	Details →
Tanzania	Visa required	—	Details →
Thailand	Visa required	—	Details →
Timor-Leste	Visa required	—	Details →
Togo	Visa required	—	Details →
Tonga	Visa required	—	Details →
Trinidad and Tobago	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Tunisia	Visa required	—	Details →
Türkiye	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Turkmenistan	Visa required	—	Details →
Tuvalu	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Uganda	Visa required	—	Details →
Ukraine	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
United Arab Emirates	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
United Kingdom	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
United States	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Uruguay	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Uzbekistan	Visa required	—	Details →
Vanuatu	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Vatican City	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Venezuela	Visa required	—	Details →
Vietnam	Visa required	—	Details →
Yemen	Visa required	—	Details →
Zambia	Visa required	—	Details →
Zimbabwe	Visa required	—	Details →

Guatemala visa types, fees and processing times

Consular Visa (B)

Embassy

Fee: 50 USD
Max stay: 90 days
Extension: Possible

IGM's tariff regulation sets USD 50 for a single visa (visa simple) and USD 150 for a multiple visa (visa múltiple) among the documents issued by Guatemalan diplomatic or consular missions abroad.

Consulted Visa (C)

Visa

Fee: 25 USD
Max stay: 90 days
Extension: Possible

IGM charges USD 25 per application for a Category C tourist or traveller visa, made by appointment. No official source we could read states whether a further fee is charged when the visa is issued.

Tourist Stay Extension

Extension

Fee: 25 USD

Entry requirements for Guatemala

Passport validity

6 months

The UK Foreign Office says your passport must have an expiry date at least 6 months after the date you arrive and at least 2 blank pages.

UK Foreign Office — Guatemala entry requirements✓ Checked 2 Oct 2026

Vaccinations: Yellow fever

1 year

WHO lists Guatemala as requiring proof of yellow fever vaccination from travellers aged 1 year or over arriving from countries it determines to be at risk of yellow fever transmission, including travellers who transited more than 12 hours through the airport of such a country.

WHO — Countries with risk of yellow fever transmission and countries requiring yellow fever vaccination✓ Checked 2 Oct 2026

Travel insurance

No official source we could read states a travel insurance requirement for entering Guatemala.

Instituto Guatemalteco de Migración — Requisitos de ingreso a Guatemala✓ Checked 3 Oct 2026

Return or onward ticket

IGM lists a return air ticket, or other transport that guarantees your departure from the country, among the requirements for entering Guatemala, along with a hotel booking or the name of a contact in the country.

Instituto Guatemalteco de Migración — Requisitos de ingreso a Guatemala✓ Checked 3 Oct 2026

Proof of funds

IGM's entry requirements say the migration officer may ask you to prove your economic solvency when they consider it appropriate. No official source we could read states an amount.

Instituto Guatemalteco de Migración — Requisitos de ingreso a Guatemala✓ Checked 3 Oct 2026

Arrival cards and declarations: Regional Traveller Sworn Declaration (Declaración Jurada Regional de Viajero)

The tax and customs authority (SAT) portal for the Regional Sworn Traveller Declaration says every traveller or head of family entering or leaving the country must declare, and asks for the email address where you will receive the information submitted.

Superintendencia de Administración Tributaria (SAT) — Declaración Jurada Regional de Viajero portal✓ Checked 3 Oct 2026

Overstay penalties

10 days

Staying longer than authorized without a pending extension request is fined 15 quetzales per day of overstay. In addition to the fine, an order to leave the country within no more than 10 days may be imposed. The UK government says overstayers of the 90 days must pay the fine before leaving, at the main Institute of Migration office in Guatemala City, or at the airport or land borders, where administrative processes can cause serious delays.

Congreso de la República de Guatemala — Decreto 44-2016, Código de Migración (Diario de Centro América, 18 Oct 2016)✓ Checked 13 Oct 2026

Customs allowances

USD 10,000,

Guatemala's Law against Money Laundering or Other Assets says anyone carrying more than USD 10,000, or the equivalent in national currency, in cash or documents into or out of the country must report it at the port of exit or entry.

Instituto de la Defensa Pública Penal — Ley contra el Lavado de Dinero u Otros Activos, Decreto 67-2001 (compiled text)✓ Checked 9 Oct 2026

Guatemala visa requirements statistics

198

Passports covered

112

Most common: Visa required

Least common: Visa-free

43%

Visa-free access

Visa-free stays by length

90 days · 86 passports

Understanding Guatemala visa requirements

We track the entry rules of Guatemala for 198 passports. The most common situation is visa required, which applies to 112 passports (57%). 43% of passports can enter without a visa. The least common is visa-free (86 passports).

Entry categories for Guatemala

Visa-free entry: 86 passports can enter without a visa, for up to 90 days.
Visa required: 112 passports must apply at an embassy or consulate.

What else you need to enter Guatemala

Passport validity: The UK Foreign Office says your passport must have an expiry date at least 6 months after the date you arrive and at least 2 blank pages.
Travel insurance: No official source we could read states a travel insurance requirement for entering Guatemala.
Return or onward ticket: IGM lists a return air ticket, or other transport that guarantees your departure from the country, among the requirements for entering Guatemala, along with a hotel booking or the name of a contact in the country.
Proof of funds: IGM's entry requirements say the migration officer may ask you to prove your economic solvency when they consider it appropriate.

Open your passport in the table for the exact rules — maximum stay, fees, how to apply and the official source. Entry rules change at short notice: confirm with the embassy of Guatemala or its official immigration website before you travel.

Frequently asked questions about Guatemala visas

Do I need a visa for Guatemala?

Category A of the Guatemalan Institute of Migration's country classification is exempt from a visa; it includes Germany, the US, the UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Japan, and the UK Foreign Office says British nationals can visit for up to 90 days without a visa. Passports in Category B need a consular visa and those in Category C a consulted visa.

How does the CA-4 90-day rule work in Guatemala?

The UK Foreign Office says you can travel between Guatemala, Nicaragua and El Salvador for up to 90 days without a visa, and that the CA-4 Agreement also includes Honduras, for which British nationals need a visa. It says the 90-day period starts when you enter any of these countries and does not restart when you cross borders, and that you can extend your stay by up to 30 days by paying a fee before the 90 days expire.

Can I do a border run to reset my 90 days?

Not by crossing between the CA-4 countries: the UK Foreign Office says the 90-day period starts when you enter Guatemala, Nicaragua or El Salvador and does not restart when you cross borders. It says you can extend your stay by up to 30 days by paying a fee before the 90 days expire.

Is Guatemala safe for tourists?

The UK Foreign Office says Guatemala has one of the highest violent crime rates in Latin America, and that there have been armed attacks or robberies on most tourist routes between Guatemala City, Antigua, Tikal, Petén and Lake Atitlán. It says to avoid travelling on public buses (repainted US school buses), that for shorter trips within towns the safest option is radio-dispatched taxis, Uber or hotel taxis, and that PROATUR, Guatemala's tourist assistance service, can be reached on 1500 from inside Guatemala.

What money should I use in Guatemala?

No official source we could read describes card acceptance. The UK Foreign Office says it is often not possible to exchange British pounds in Guatemala and much easier to exchange US dollars, to check ATMs for evidence of tampering, and that it is safer to change money in hotels, at banks or at foreign exchange offices.

Do US citizens need a visa for Guatemala?

US citizens can visit Guatemala visa-free for 90 days. Full rules for United States passport holders.

Do UK citizens need a visa for Guatemala?

UK citizens can visit Guatemala visa-free for 90 days. Full rules for United Kingdom passport holders.

Do German citizens need a visa for Guatemala?

German citizens can visit Guatemala visa-free for 90 days. Full rules for Germany passport holders.

What documents do I need to enter Guatemala?

Passport validity: The UK Foreign Office says your passport must have an expiry date at least 6 months after the date you arrive and at least 2 blank pages. Travel insurance: No official source we could read states a travel insurance requirement for entering Guatemala. Return or onward ticket: IGM lists a return air ticket, or other transport that guarantees your departure from the country, among the requirements for entering Guatemala, along with a hotel booking or the name of a contact in the country. Proof of funds: IGM's entry requirements say the migration officer may ask you to prove your economic solvency when they consider it appropriate.

How long can I stay in Guatemala without a visa?

Up to 90 days for every visa-free passport.

How many countries can visit Guatemala without a visa?

86 of 198 passports can enter Guatemala visa-free (43%). and 112 need a visa from an embassy.

Data: TravelRequirements.info — Entry Requirements Dataset, AXG Sp. z o.o. (CC BY 4.0) — official sources are linked on each passport page. Gaps filled from the Passport Index dataset (MIT).

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