No visa needed

Do citizens of Ukraine need a visa for Latvia?

Citizens of Ukraine don’t need a visa for Latvia 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 Ukraine: the passport opens 89 countries visa-free; Kyiv — Riga: ≈ 840 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 Latvia without a visa on a Ukraine passport?

Yes, citizens of Ukraine don’t need a visa for Latvia for up to 90 days. A valid passport is enough.

Latvia visa rules at a glance

With a Ukraine passport you can visit 89 countries visa-free, 36 with a visa on arrival and 38 with an e-visa; 35 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Ukraine passport ranks 68th of 199.
Ukraine passport: visa-free access to 89 countries; Latvia passport: 118.
Citizens of Ukraine and Latvia can travel together visa-free to 85 countries, for example: Moldova, Belarus, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Hungary, Serbia, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Austria, Estonia, Kosovo, Finland, Czech Republic, and North Macedonia.
Citizens of Latvia, in turn, don’t need a visa for Ukraine. Ukraine visa for citizens of Latvia

Travelling to Latvia: good to know

Kyiv — Riga: about 840 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 1.5 hours.
No time difference with your country’s capital.
Local currency: Euro.
Languages: Latvian.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ €0.88.
Latvia is the 7th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Ukraine.