No visa needed

Do citizens of the Vatican City need a visa for the Czech Republic?

Citizens of the Vatican City don’t need a visa for the Czech Republic and can stay up to 90 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 the Vatican City: the passport opens 92 countries visa-free; Vatican City — Prague: ≈ 920 km, about 1.5 hours of flying.

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

At a glance

No visa needed

Stay: 90 days

Can I travel to the Czech Republic without a visa on a Vatican City passport?

Yes, citizens of the Vatican City don’t need a visa for the Czech Republic for up to 90 days. A valid passport is enough.

Czech Republic visa rules at a glance

With a Vatican City passport you can visit 92 countries visa-free, 33 with a visa on arrival and 39 with an e-visa; 34 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Vatican City passport ranks 65th of 199.
Vatican City passport: visa-free access to 92 countries; Czech Republic passport: 118.
Citizens of the Vatican City and the Czech Republic can travel together visa-free to 91 countries, for example: Italy, San Marino, Monaco, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Tunisia, Albania, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, Malta, Kosovo, Serbia, and North Macedonia.
Citizens of the Czech Republic, in turn, don’t need a visa for the Vatican City. Vatican City visa for citizens of the Czech Republic

Travelling to the Czech Republic: good to know

Vatican City — Prague: about 920 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 1.5 hours.
No time difference with your country’s capital.
Local currency: Czech Koruna.
Languages: Czech and Slovak.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ CZK 21.
Czech Republic is the 21st closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of the Vatican City.