No visa needed

Do citizens of Trinidad and Tobago need a visa for Costa Rica?

Citizens of Trinidad and Tobago don’t need a visa for Costa Rica and can stay up to 180 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 Trinidad and Tobago: the passport opens 97 countries visa-free; Port of Spain — San José: ≈ 2,470 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: 180 days

Can I travel to Costa Rica without a visa on a Trinidad and Tobago passport?

Yes, citizens of Trinidad and Tobago don’t need a visa for Costa Rica for up to 180 days. A valid passport is enough.

Costa Rica visa rules at a glance

With a Trinidad and Tobago passport you can visit 97 countries visa-free, 25 with a visa on arrival and 44 with an e-visa; 32 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Trinidad and Tobago passport ranks 57th of 199.
Trinidad and Tobago passport: visa-free access to 97 countries; Costa Rica passport: 90.
Citizens of Trinidad and Tobago and Costa Rica can travel together visa-free to 79 countries, for example: Grenada, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Barbados, Saint Lucia, Dominica, Guyana, Venezuela, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Colombia, Jamaica, Panama, Ecuador, Bahamas, and Nicaragua.
Citizens of Costa Rica, in turn, don’t need a visa for Trinidad and Tobago. Trinidad and Tobago visa for citizens of Costa Rica

Travelling to Costa Rica: good to know

Port of Spain — San José: about 2,470 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 3.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: −2 hours.
Local time: Port of Spain 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 Trinidad and Tobago.