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Macau visa for citizens of Costa Rica

Citizens of Costa Rica get a Macau visa on arrival at passport control. You don’t apply in advance, but border officers check your passport, return ticket and accommodation. Visago checks your documents before you travel. It costs $19.

For citizens of Costa Rica: the passport opens 90 countries visa-free; San José — Municipality of Macau: ≈ 15,960 km, about 20.5 hours of flying.

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

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Macau visa rules at a glance

With a Costa Rica passport you can visit 90 countries visa-free, 31 with a visa on arrival and 48 with an e-visa; 29 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Costa Rica passport ranks 67th of 199.
Costa Rica passport: visa-free access to 90 countries; Macau passport: 93.
Citizens of Costa Rica and Macau can travel together visa-free to 72 countries, for example: Nicaragua, Jamaica, Ecuador, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Grenada, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Dominica, Barbados, Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, and Iceland.
Citizens of Macau, in turn, need an embassy visa to travel to Costa Rica. Costa Rica visa for citizens of Macau

Travelling to Macau: good to know

San José — Municipality of Macau: about 15,960 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 20.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +14 hours.
Local time: San José 12:00 — Municipality of Macau 02:00.
Local currency: Macanese Pataca.
Languages: Portuguese and Chinese.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ MOP 8.08.
Macau is the 183rd closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Costa Rica.