No visa needed

Do citizens of Suriname need a visa for Costa Rica?

Citizens of Suriname 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 Suriname: the passport opens 35 countries visa-free; Paramaribo — San José: ≈ 3,220 km, about 4.5 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 Suriname passport?

Yes, citizens of Suriname 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 Suriname passport you can visit 35 countries visa-free, 30 with a visa on arrival and 49 with an e-visa; 84 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Suriname passport ranks 132nd of 199.
Suriname passport: visa-free access to 35 countries; Costa Rica passport: 90.
Citizens of Suriname and Costa Rica can travel together visa-free to 29 countries, for example: Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, Grenada, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Lucia, Dominica, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Brazil, Ecuador, Jamaica, Peru, and Bahamas.
Citizens of Costa Rica, in turn, need an e-visa to travel to Suriname. Suriname visa for citizens of Costa Rica

Travelling to Costa Rica: good to know

Paramaribo — San José: about 3,220 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 4.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: −3 hours.
Local time: Paramaribo 12:00 — San José 09:00.
Local currency: Costa Rican Colón.
Languages: Spanish.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ CRC 454.
Costa Rica is the 21st closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Suriname.