No visa needed

Do citizens of Antigua and Barbuda need a visa for Costa Rica?

Citizens of Antigua and Barbuda don’t need a visa for Costa Rica and can stay up to 30 days. You need a valid passport; border officers may ask for a return ticket and accommodation. For a longer stay you need a visa or an extension.

For citizens of Antigua and Barbuda: the passport opens 99 countries visa-free; null — San José: ≈ 2,530 km, about 3.5 hours of flying.

Checked by visa analyst Albert Brown, 13 years of experience · September 26, 2026

At a glance

No visa needed

Stay: 30 days

Can I travel to Costa Rica without a visa on a Antigua and Barbuda passport?

Yes, citizens of Antigua and Barbuda don’t need a visa for Costa Rica for up to 30 days. A valid passport is enough.

Costa Rica visa rules at a glance

With a Antigua and Barbuda passport you can visit 99 countries visa-free, 28 with a visa on arrival and 39 with an e-visa; 32 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Antigua and Barbuda passport ranks 55th of 199.
Antigua and Barbuda passport: visa-free access to 99 countries; Costa Rica passport: 90.
Citizens of Antigua and Barbuda and Costa Rica can travel together visa-free to 80 countries, for example: Dominica, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Barbados, Grenada, Trinidad and Tobago, Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Haiti, Guyana, Jamaica, Bahamas, Colombia, Panama, and Ecuador.
Citizens of Costa Rica, in turn, need an e-visa to travel to Antigua and Barbuda. Antigua and Barbuda visa for citizens of Costa Rica

Travelling to Costa Rica: good to know

null — San José: about 2,530 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 3.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: −2 hours.
Local time: null 12:00 — San José 10:00.
Local currency: Costa Rican Colón.
Languages: Spanish.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ CRC 454.
Costa Rica is the 18th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Antigua and Barbuda.