Visa requirements for Guatemalan citizens

Visa requirements for Guatemalan citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Guatemala. As of 2026, Guatemalan citizens have visa-free or visa on arrival access to 132 countries and territories, ranking the Guatemalan passport 32nd in terms of travel freedom according to the Henley Passport Index.

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Visa requirements

Visa requirements for holders of ordinary passports, and are traveling for tourist purposes:

Country	Visa requirement	Allowed stay	Notes (excluding departure fees)
Afghanistan	eVisa	30 days	Visa is not required in case born in Afghanistan or can proof that one of their parents is a national of Afghanistan or born in Afghanistan. e-Visa : Visitors must arrive at Kabul International (KBL).
Albania	Visa not required	90 days
Algeria	Visa required
Andorra	Visa not required
Angola	eVisa
Antigua and Barbuda	eVisa
Argentina	Visa not required	3 months
Armenia	eVisa / Visa on arrival	120 days
Australia	Visa required		May apply online (Online Visitor e600 visa).
Austria	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area
Azerbaijan	eVisa	30 days
Bahamas	Visa not required	3 months
Bahrain	eVisa / Visa on arrival	14 days
Bangladesh	Visa on arrival	30 days
Barbados	Visa not required	90 days
Belarus	Visa required		Visas are issued on arrival at the Minsk International Airport if the support documents were submitted not later than 3 business days before expected date of arrival.
Belgium	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area
Belize	Visa not required	90 days
Benin	eVisa	30 days	Must have an international vaccination certificate.
Bhutan	eVisa		Visa fee is USD 40 per person and visa application may be processed within 5 business days with duration of stay of 90 days. e-Visa applicant is also subject to pay Sustainable Development Fee
Bolivia	Visa on arrival	90 days
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 6-month period
Botswana	Visa required
Brazil	Visa not required	90 days
Brunei	Visa required
Bulgaria	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period
Burkina Faso	eVisa
Burundi	Visa on arrival
Cambodia	eVisa / Visa on arrival	30 days	Visa is also obtainable online.
Cameroon	Visa required
Canada	Visa required
Cape Verde	Visa on arrival		Not available at all entry points.
Central African Republic	Visa required
Chad	Visa required
Chile	Visa not required	90 days
China	Visa required
Colombia	Visa not required	180 days	90 days - extendable up to 180-days stay within a one-year period
Comoros	Visa on arrival
Republic of the Congo	Visa required
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Visa required
Costa Rica	Visa not required	90 days
Côte d'Ivoire	eVisa
Croatia	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area
Cuba	Tourist Card required
Cyprus	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period
Czech Republic	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area
Denmark	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area
Djibouti	eVisa	31 days
Dominica	Visa not required	6 months
Dominican Republic	Visa not required	90 days
Ecuador	Visa not required	90 days
Egypt	Visa required
El Salvador	Visa not required	6 months	ID Card Valid
Equatorial Guinea	Visa required		must arrive via Malabo International Airport
Eritrea	Visa required
Estonia	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area
Eswatini	Visa required
Ethiopia	eVisa	up to 90 days	eVisa holders must arrive via Addis Ababa Bole International Airport
Fiji	Visa required
Finland	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area
France and territories	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area
Gabon	eVisa		Electronic visa holders must arrive via Libreville International Airport.
Gambia	Visa required
Georgia	eVisa	90 days	90 days per 180 days period
Germany	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area
Ghana	Visa required
Greece	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area
Grenada	Visa required
Guinea	Visa required
Guinea-Bissau	Visa on arrival
Guyana	Visa required		Exempt from obtaining a visa for stays of up to 90 days if they hold a valid visa issued by Canada, the United States or a Schengen member state
Haiti	Visa not required	3 months
Honduras	Visa not required	90 days	ID Card Valid
Hungary	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area
Iceland	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area
India	e-Visa	60 days	e-Visa holders must arrive via 32 designated airports or 5 designated seaports. An Indian e-Tourist Visa may only be obtained twice within 1 calendar year. Foreigners of Pakistani origin or who hold a Pakistani Passport are not eligible for an e-Visa. Foreigners who are not Pakistani nationals, but whose parents or grandparents (either paternal or maternal) were born in, or were permanent residents in Pakistan, are also not eligible for an e-Visa.
Indonesia	Visa on arrival	30 days
Iran	Visa on arrival	30 days
Iraq	Visa required
Ireland	Visa not required	3 months
Israel	Electronic Travel Authorization	90 days
Italy	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area
Jamaica	Visa not required	30 days
Japan	Visa not required	90 days
Jordan	Visa on arrival	30 days	Conditions apply. Not available at all entry points.
Kazakhstan	eVisa		Must arrive via Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport or Almaty International Airport
Kenya	eVisa	3 months
Kiribati	Visa not required	90 days	May not exceed 90 days within any 12-month period
North Korea	Visa required
South Korea	Korean Electronic Travel Authorization	90 days
Kuwait	Visa required
Kyrgyzstan	eVisa		Electronic visa holders must arrive via Manas International Airport or Osh Airport or through land crossings with China (at Irkeshtam and Torugart), Kazakhstan (at Ak-jol, Ak-Tilek, Chaldybar, Chon-Kapka), Tajikistan (at Bor-Dobo, Kulundu, Kyzyl-Bel) and Uzbekistan (at Dostuk).
Laos	eVisa / Visa on arrival	30 days	18 of the 33 border crossings are only open to regular visa holders. e-Visa may be used to enter Laos through the Luang Prabang, Pakse and Vientiane international airports, 3 Thai-Lao Friendship Bridges, in Boten (road and railroad), and in Vientiane (at Khamsavath railway station). Visa on arrival is available at the Luang Prabang, Pakse and Vientiane international airports, 4 Thai-Lao Friendship Bridges and 7 border crossings.
Latvia	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area
Lebanon	Visa required
Lesotho	eVisa
Liberia	Visa required
Libya	Visa required
Liechtenstein	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area
Lithuania	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area
Luxembourg	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area
Madagascar	eVisa / Visa on arrival	90 days
Malawi	Visa on arrival
Malaysia	Visa not required	30 days
Maldives	Free visa on arrival	30 days	Extension possible
Mali	Visa required
Malta	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area
Marshall Islands	Visa on arrival	90 days
Mauritania	Visa on arrival		Available at Nouakchott–Oumtounsy International Airport.
Mauritius	Visa not required	90 days
Mexico	Visa required		Visa not required for holders of valid visa or permanent residence issued by the U.S., Canada, Japan, United Kingdom, Colombia, Chile, or Schengen area. 7 days with Tarjeta de Visitante Regional (TVR) issued at Official Border Crossings, allows entry into the four Southern States.
Micronesia	Visa not required	30 days
Moldova	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period
Monaco	Visa not required
Mongolia	eVisa
Montenegro	Visa not required	90 days
Morocco	eVisa
Mozambique	Visa on arrival	30 days	Conditions apply
Myanmar	eVisa	28 days	eVisa holders must arrive via Yangon, Nay Pyi Taw or Mandalay airports or via land border crossings with Thailand — Tachileik, Myawaddy and Kawthaung or India — Rih Khaw Dar and Tamu. eVisa is available for tourism only.
Namibia	Visa required
Nauru	Visa required
Nepal	Visa on arrival	90 days
Netherlands	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area
New Zealand	Visa required		Holders of an Australian Permanent Resident Visa or Resident Return Visa may be granted a New Zealand Resident Visa on arrival permitting indefinite stay (pursuant to the Trans-Tasman Travel Arrangement), subject to meeting character requirements and obtaining an Electronic Travel Authority prior to departure.
Nicaragua	Visa not required	3 months	ID Card Valid
Niger	Visa required
Nigeria	Visa required
North Macedonia	Visa not required	90 days
Norway	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area
Oman	Visa required
Pakistan	Online Visa		Online Visa eligible. Electronic Travel Authorization to obtain a visa on arrival for business purposes.
Palau	Free visa on arrival	30 days
Panama	Visa not required	180 days
Papua New Guinea	Visa required
Paraguay	Visa not required	90 days
Peru	Visa not required	90 days
Philippines	Visa not required	30 days
Poland	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area
Portugal	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area
Qatar	eVisa
Romania	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period
Russia	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period
Rwanda	eVisa / Visa on arrival	30 days
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Visa not required	3 months
Saint Lucia	Visa on arrival	6 weeks
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Visa not required	3 months
Samoa	Free Entry Permit on arrival	60 days
San Marino	Visa not required
São Tomé and Príncipe	eVisa
Saudi Arabia	Visa required
Senegal	Visa on arrival	90 days
Serbia	Visa required		May enter if holding a USA Green Card
Seychelles	Seychelles Electronic Border System	3 months	Extendable up to a year with fee
Sierra Leone	Visa required
Singapore	Visa not required	30 days
Slovakia	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area
Slovenia	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area
Solomon Islands	Visa required
Somalia	Visa on arrival	30 days	All visitors must have an approved Electronic Visa (eTAS) before the start of their journey.
South Africa	Visa required
South Sudan	Electronic Visa		Obtainable online Printed visa authorization must be presented at the time of travel
Spain	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area
Sri Lanka	eVisa / Visa on arrival	30 days
Sudan	Visa required
Suriname	Visa not required	90 days
Sweden	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area
Switzerland	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area
Syria	Visa required
Tajikistan	eVisa	30 days or 60 days
Tanzania	eVisa / Visa on arrival	3 months
Thailand	Visa not required	60 days
Timor-Leste	Visa on arrival	30 days	Not available at all entry points.
Togo	Visa on arrival	7 days
Tonga	Visa required
Trinidad and Tobago	Visa not required	90 days
Tunisia	Visa required
Turkey	Visa not required	3 months
Turkmenistan	Visa required
Tuvalu	Visa on arrival	1 month
Uganda	eVisa / Visa on arrival		Determined at the port of entry. May apply online.
Ukraine	Visa required		e-Visa is currently suspended due to Russian invasion of Ukraine.
United Arab Emirates	Visa required
United Kingdom	Electronic Travel Authorisation	6 months
United States	Visa required
Uruguay	Visa not required	90 days
Uzbekistan	Visa not required	30 days
Vanuatu	Visa required
Vatican City	Visa not required
Venezuela	Visa required
Vietnam	eVisa		Phú Quốc 30 day visa exemption
Yemen	Visa required
Zambia	Visa not required	90 days
Zimbabwe	eVisa / Visa on arrival	30 days	Can be extended up to 90 days

Territories or administrative subdivisions with different visa policies

Visa requirements for Guatemalan citizens for visits to various territories, disputed areas, partially recognized countries not mentioned in the list above, recognized administrative subdivisions that operate on different visa policies and restricted zones:

Visitor to	Visa requirement	Allowed stay	Notes (excluding departure fees)
Africa
Eritrea outside Asmara	Travel permit required		Travel Permit for Foreigners is required to travel outside of the capital.
Ascension Island	eVisa	3 months	3 months within any one year period
Saint Helena	Visa Free with Payment		Visitor's Pass granted on arrival.
Tristan da Cunha	Permission required		Permission to land required for 15/30 pounds sterling (yacht/ship passenger) for Tristan da Cunha Island 20 pounds sterling for Gough Island, Inaccessible Island or Nightingale Islands.
Mayotte	Visa not required	90 days
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic	Undefined		Undefined visa regime in the Western Sahara, same entry requirements with Morocco, controlled territory.
Somaliland	Visa on arrival	30 days	Obtainable on arrival or at the Somaliland Mission in Alexandria, VA.
Réunion	Visa not required	90 days
Sudan outside Khartoum	Travel permit required		All foreigners traveling more than 25 km (16 mi) outside of Khartoum must obtain a travel permit.
Darfur	Travel permit required		Separate travel permit is required.
Asia
British Indian Ocean Territory	Special permit required		Special permit required.
Hainan	Visa required
Hong Kong	Visa not required	30 days
Protected and restricted areas of India	PAP/RAP required		Protected Area Permit (PAP) required for whole states of Nagaland and Sikkim and parts of states Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Jammu and Kashmir, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh. Restricted Area Permit (RAP) required for all of Andaman and Nicobar Islands and parts of Sikkim. Some of these requirements are occasionally lifted for a year.
Iraqi Kurdistan	eVisa
Baikonur & Priozersk	Special permission required		Special permission required for the city of Baikonur and surrounding areas in Kyzylorda Oblast, and the town of Priozersk near Almaty.
Kish Island	Visa not required		Tourists for Kish Island do not require a visa.
Macao	Visa on arrival	30 days
Sabah and Sarawak	Visa not required		These states have their own immigration authorities and passport is required to travel to them, however the same visa applies.
Maldives outside Malé	Permission required		Tourists are generally prohibited from visiting non-resort islands without the express permission of the Government of the Maldives.
Palestine	Visa not required		Travel to Gaza Strip may be restricted.
Taiwan	Visa not required	90 days
Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province	OIVR permit required		OIVR permit required Special permit required for Lake Sarez.
Tibet Autonomous Region	TTP required		Tibet Travel Permit required in addision to Chinese visa.
Closed cities of Turkmenistan	Special permit required		A special permit, issued prior to arrival by Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is required if visiting the following places: Atamurat, Cheleken, Dashoguz, Serakhs and Serhetabat.
Phú Quốc	Visa not required	30 days
Yemen outside Sanaa or Aden	Special permission required		Special permission needed for travel outside Sanaa or Aden.
Caribbean and North Atlantic
Anguilla	Visa not required	3 months
Aruba	Visa not required	90 days
Bermuda	Visa not required	6 months
(Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba)	Visa not required	90 days
British Virgin Islands	Visa not required	30 days
Cayman Islands	Visa required
San Andrés and Leticia	Tourist Card on arrival		Visitors arriving at Gustavo Rojas Pinilla International Airport and Alfredo Vásquez Cobo International Airport must buy tourist cards on arrival.
Curaçao	Visa not required	3 months	Maximum consecutive period of three months every six months.
French West Indies (Martinique, Guadeloupe, Saint Martin and Saint Barthélemy)	Visa not required	3 months
Greenland	Visa not required
Montserrat	Visa not required	6 months
Sint Maarten	Visa not required	3 months	Maximum stay allowed is 3 months uninterrupted with the possibility to extend
Turks and Caicos Islands	Visa required
Europe
Abkhazia	Visa required
Brest and Grodno	Visa not required	10 days
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus	Visa not required	3 months
Faroe Islands	Visa not required
Gibraltar	Visa not required
Guernsey	Visa not required	6 months
Isle of Man	Visa not required	6 months
Jan Mayen	Permit required	24 hours	Permit issued by the local police required for stays less than 24 hours Permit issued by the Norwegian police required for stays of more than 24 hours.
Jersey	Visa not required	6 months
Closed cities of Russia	Special authorization required		Several closed cities and regions in Russia require special authorization.
South Ossetia	Visa required		Multiple entry visa to Russia and three-day prior notification are required to enter South Ossetia.
Svalbard	Visa not required	Unlimited	Any of any nationality may live and work freely in Svalbard per the Svalbard Treaty.
Transnistria	Visa not required	24 hours	Registration required after 24 h.
Oceania
American Samoa	Visa required
Ashmore and Cartier Islands	Special authorisation required		Special authorisation required.
Clipperton Island	Special permit required		Special permit required.
Cook Islands	Visa not required	31 days
Lau Province	Special permission required		Special permission required.
French Polynesia	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180-day period
Guam	Visa required
Niue	Visa not required	30 days
Northern Mariana Islands	Visa required
Pitcairn Islands	Visa not required	14 days
Tokelau	Entry permit required
South America
Galápagos	Pre-registration required		Online pre-registration is required. Transit Control Card must be obtained at the airport prior to departure.
French Guiana	Visa not required	3 months	International Certificate of Vaccination required.
South Atlantic and Antarctica
Falkland Islands	Visa not required
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	Permit required		Pre-arrival permit from the Commissioner required (72 hours/1 month for 110/160 pounds sterling).
Antarctica	Special permits required		Special permits required for Bouvet Island, British Antarctic Territory, French Southern and Antarctic Lands, Argentine Antarctica, Australian Antarctic Territory, Chilean Antarctic Territory, Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Peter I Island, Queen Maud Land, Ross Dependency.

See also

• Visa policy of Guatemala
• Guatemalan passport

References and Notes

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