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Palau visa for citizens of Costa Rica

Citizens of Costa Rica get a Palau 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 — Ngerulmud: ≈ 15,310 km, about 19.5 hours of flying.

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

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Can I travel to Palau without a visa on a Costa Rica passport?

You don’t need to apply in advance: citizens of Costa Rica get the visa on arrival. To avoid problems at the border, we check your documents for $19.

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Palau 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; Palau passport: 68.
Citizens of Costa Rica and Palau can travel together visa-free to 60 countries, for example: Panama, Belize, Colombia, Ecuador, Haiti, Mexico, Grenada, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Dominica, Peru, Barbados, Iceland, Portugal, Spain, and Andorra.
Citizens of Palau, in turn, don’t need a visa for Costa Rica. Costa Rica visa for citizens of Palau

Travelling to Palau: good to know

San José — Ngerulmud: about 15,310 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 19.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +15 hours.
Local time: San José 12:00 — Ngerulmud 03:00.
Local currency: US Dollar.
Languages: English and Palauan.
Palau is the 178th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Costa Rica.