Vatican City visa requirements · checked 26 September 2026
Visa & Entry Requirements for Vatican CityMost travellers need a visa for the Vatican City: 105 of 198 passports must apply at an embassy or consulate, while 93 passports enter visa-free.
The U.S. State Department says Vatican City is a city-state fully within Rome, Italy, with an open border agreement with Italy, so there is no passport control at its border with Rome. The Holy See says the formalities to enter Vatican City are set out in Law N. III of 7 June 1929 on citizenship and residence and in Regulation N. XXXVI of 27 September 1932 for entrance to Vatican City. Vatican City State's Law N. CXXXI of 22 February 2011 on citizenship, residence and access replaces the 1929 law in full. It says that, apart from the part of Vatican territory where access is free, people who are not citizens or residents must obtain a permit issued by the Governorate to enter, and that the permit may be refused for just reasons. No Vatican City or Holy See source we could read states which nationalities need a visa to enter Vatican City.
Do I need a visa for Vatican City? Quick answers
United States
Visa-free
90 days
United Kingdom
Visa-free
90 days
Germany
Visa-free
India
Visa required
China
Visa required
Canada
Visa-free
90 days
Australia
Visa-free
90 days
Poland
Visa-free
Another passport? Use the checker or find it in the table below.
Visa for Vatican City — requirements summaryAll travellers must meet the entry rules set by Vatican City, 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-free | 90 days | 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 | — | Details → |
 Azerbaijan |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Bahamas |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Bahrain |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Bangladesh |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Barbados |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Belarus |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Belgium |
Visa-free | — | Details → |
 Belize |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Benin |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Bhutan |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Bolivia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Visa-free | 28 days | Details → |
 Botswana |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Brazil |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Brunei |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Bulgaria |
Visa-free | — | 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 | — | Details → |
 Comoros |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Costa Rica |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Côte d'Ivoire |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Croatia |
Visa-free | — | Details → |
 Cuba |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Cyprus |
Visa-free | — | Details → |
 Czechia |
Visa-free | — | Details → |
 Denmark |
Visa-free | — | Details → |
 Djibouti |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Dominica |
Visa-free | 90 days | 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 | — | Details → |
 Eswatini |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Ethiopia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Fiji |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Finland |
Visa-free | — | Details → |
 France |
Visa-free | — | Details → |
 Gabon |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Gambia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Georgia |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
| Germany |
Visa-free | — | Details → |
 Ghana |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Greece |
Visa-free | — | Details → |
 Grenada |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Guatemala |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Guinea |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Guinea-Bissau |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Guyana |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Haiti |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Honduras |
Visa-free | — | Details → |
 Hong Kong |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Hungary |
Visa-free | — | Details → |
 Iceland |
Visa-free | — | Details → |
| India |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Indonesia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Iran |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Iraq |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Ireland |
Visa-free | — | Details → |
 Israel |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Italy |
Visa-free | — | 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-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Kosovo |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Kuwait |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Kyrgyzstan |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Laos |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Latvia |
Visa-free | — | Details → |
 Lebanon |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Lesotho |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Liberia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Libya |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Liechtenstein |
Visa-free | — | Details → |
 Lithuania |
Visa-free | — | Details → |
 Luxembourg |
Visa-free | — | Details → |
 Macau |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Madagascar |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Malawi |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Malaysia |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Maldives |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Mali |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Malta |
Visa-free | — | Details → |
 Marshall Islands |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Mauritania |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Mauritius |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Mexico |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Micronesia |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Moldova |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Monaco |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Mongolia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Montenegro |
Visa-free | 90 days | 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 | — | 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 | — | Details → |
 Oman |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Pakistan |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Palau |
Visa-free | 90 days | 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 | — | Details → |
 Portugal |
Visa-free | — | Details → |
 Qatar |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Republic of the Congo |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Romania |
Visa-free | — | Details → |
 Russia |
Visa required | — | 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-free | 90 days | Details → |
 San Marino |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Sao Tome and Principe |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Saudi Arabia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Senegal |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Serbia |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Seychelles |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Sierra Leone |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Singapore |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Slovakia |
Visa-free | — | Details → |
 Slovenia |
Visa-free | — | Details → |
 Solomon Islands |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Somalia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 South Africa |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 South Korea |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 South Sudan |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Spain |
Visa-free | — | Details → |
 Sri Lanka |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Sudan |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Suriname |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Sweden |
Visa-free | — | Details → |
 Switzerland |
Visa-free | — | 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-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Togo |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Tonga |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Trinidad and Tobago |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Tunisia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Türkiye |
Visa required | — | 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 required | — | Details → |
 Venezuela |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Vietnam |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Yemen |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Zambia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Zimbabwe |
Visa required | — | Details → |
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Vatican City visa types, fees and processing timesThe EU Visa Code sets the fee at EUR 90; children from the age of six years and below the age of 12 years pay EUR 45, and the fee is waived for children under six years.
Set by the EU–Armenia visa facilitation agreement: the fee for processing visa applications is EUR 35, and it is waived for listed categories of persons, among them pensioners and children under the age of 12.
Set by the EU–Azerbaijan visa facilitation agreement: the fee for processing visa applications is EUR 35, and it is waived for listed categories of persons, among them pensioners and children under the age of 12.
Set by the EU–Belarus visa facilitation agreement: the fee for processing visa applications is EUR 35, or EUR 70 where the applicant has requested a decision within two days of submission and the consulate has accepted; it is waived for listed categories of persons, among them children under the age of 12. Council Decision (EU) 2021/1940 suspended certain provisions of the agreement for members of Belarusian official delegations, of the national and regional Governments and Parliaments of Belarus, and of its Constitutional and Supreme Courts.
Set by the EU–Cabo Verde visa facilitation agreement as amended in 2021: the fee for processing visa applications is 75 % of the amount charged under the applicable domestic legislation; children who are at least 12 but below 18 years old are charged 50 % of that fee, and no fee is collected from listed categories, among them children under 12 years of age.
The EU Visa Code sets the fee at EUR 90; children from the age of six years and below the age of 12 years pay EUR 45, and the fee is waived for children under six years. Council Decision (EU) 2022/1500 suspended the EU–Russia visa facilitation agreement in whole as regards citizens of the Russian Federation from 12 September 2022. The European Commission says Russian nationals will no longer be able to receive multiple-entry visas.
Entry requirements for Vatican CityThe U.S. State Department says there is no passport control at Vatican City's border with Rome. Under the Schengen Borders Code, a third-country national's travel document must be valid for at least three months after the intended date of departure from the territory of the Member States and must have been issued within the previous 10 years.
Schengen Borders Code (Regulation (EU) 2016/399), consolidated text — EUR-Lex✓ Checked 3 Oct 2026
Under the EU Visa Code, applicants for a Schengen visa must prove that they hold adequate and valid travel medical insurance, with a minimum coverage of EUR 30,000. No official source we could read states an insurance requirement for visa-exempt visitors.
Visa Code (Regulation (EC) No 810/2009), consolidated text — EUR-Lex✓ Checked 3 Oct 2026
No official source we could read states that a return or onward ticket is required to enter Italy. The Schengen Borders Code says Annex I contains a non-exhaustive list of supporting documents a border guard may request from a third-country national, and that list includes a return or round-trip ticket.
Schengen Borders Code (Regulation (EU) 2016/399), consolidated text — EUR-Lex✓ Checked 6 Oct 2026
Under the Schengen Borders Code, third-country nationals entering the Schengen Area must have sufficient means of subsistence, both for the duration of the intended stay and for the return to their country of origin or transit to a third country into which they are certain to be admitted, or be in a position to acquire such means lawfully.
Schengen Borders Code (Regulation (EU) 2016/399), consolidated text — EUR-Lex✓ Checked 6 Oct 2026
The EU's Entry/Exit System website says that when you arrive at a border crossing point for the first time since the EES started, passport control officers will take a photo of your face and/or scan your fingerprints. The U.S. State Department says there is no passport control at Vatican City's border with Rome. The UK government's travel advice for Italy says there is no cost for EES registration.
UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office — Italy travel advice: entry requirements✓ Checked 7 Oct 2026
The EU's official ETIAS website lists the 30 European countries that require visa-exempt travellers to have an ETIAS travel authorisation; Italy is on the list and Vatican City is not. It says ETIAS is currently not in operation and no applications are collected, and that the EU will inform about the start date several months before its launch.
ETIAS — Official EU website✓ Checked 8 Oct 2026
The EU says that if you plan to enter or leave the EU with €10,000 in cash (or its equivalent in other currencies), you must declare it to the customs authorities in the EU country you are entering or leaving.
Your Europe (EU) — travelling with cash✓ Checked 3 Oct 2026
Vatican City visa requirements statisticsWe track the entry rules of Vatican City for 198 passports. The most common situation is visa required, which applies to 105 passports (53%). 47% of passports can enter without a visa. The least common is visa-free (93 passports).
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 Vatican City or its official immigration website before you travel.
Frequently asked questions about Vatican City visasData: 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).
Travelling from Vatican City?
Vatican City passport holders can visit 95 countries without a visa. Open a country for the exact rules.
Albania
90d
Andorra
90d
Angola
30d
Antigua and Barbuda
180d
Argentina
90d
Armenia
180d
Austria
90d
Bahamas
90d
Belarus
30d
Belgium
90d
Belize
∞
Bolivia
90d
Bosnia and Herzegovina
90d
Botswana
90d
Brazil
90d
Bulgaria
90d
Cape Verde
30d
Chile
90d
Colombia
90d
Costa Rica
180d
Croatia
90d
Cyprus
90d
Czechia
90d
Denmark
90d
Dominica
21d
Dominican Republic
∞
Ecuador
90d
El Salvador
180d
Estonia
90d
Eswatini
30d
Fiji
120d
Finland
90d
France
90d
Gambia
90d
Georgia
360d
Germany
90d
Greece
90d
Grenada
90d
Guatemala
90d
Haiti
90d
Honduras
90d
Hong Kong
14d
Hungary
90d
Iceland
90d
Ireland
90d
Israel
90d
Italy
90d
Kazakhstan
30d
Kosovo
90d
Kyrgyzstan
60d
Latvia
90d
Liechtenstein
90d
Lithuania
90d
Luxembourg
90d
Malaysia
30d
Malta
90d
Mauritius
90d
Micronesia
30d
Moldova
90d
Monaco
90d
Montenegro
90d
Netherlands
90d
Nicaragua
∞
North Macedonia
90d
Norway
90d
Palestine
∞
Panama
90d
Peru
180d
Philippines
30d
Poland
90d
Portugal
90d
Romania
90d
Saint Kitts and Nevis
90d
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
90d
San Marino
90d
Sao Tome and Principe
15d
Serbia
90d
Seychelles
90d
Singapore
30d
Slovakia
90d
Slovenia
90d
South Korea
30d
Spain
90d
Sweden
90d
Switzerland
90d
Taiwan
90d
Tajikistan
30d
Tunisia
90d
Türkiye
90d
Ukraine
90d
United Arab Emirates
30d
United Kingdom
180d
Uruguay
90d
Uzbekistan
30d
Vanuatu
120d
