Passports in Category A of the Guatemalan Institute of Migration's country classification (exempt from a visa) include those of Germany, the US, the UK, Canada, Australia and Japan; Guatemala's Migration Code says a tourist's stay may not exceed ninety days, extendable once. The UK Foreign Office says the 90-day period is shared with El Salvador and Nicaragua (the CA-4 Agreement also includes Honduras) and does not restart when you cross borders. Passports in Category B need a consular visa and those in Category C a consulted visa.
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Requirements differ by nationality. Select your passport above, or scan the full table below.
IGM's tariff regulation sets USD 50 for a single visa (visa simple) and USD 150 for a multiple visa (visa múltiple) among the documents issued by Guatemalan diplomatic or consular missions abroad.
IGM charges USD 25 per application for a Category C tourist or traveller visa, made by appointment. No official source we could read states whether a further fee is charged when the visa is issued.
The UK Foreign Office says your passport must have an expiry date at least 6 months after the date you arrive and at least 2 blank pages.
No official source we could read states a travel insurance requirement for entering Guatemala.
IGM lists a return air ticket, or other transport that guarantees your departure from the country, among the requirements for entering Guatemala, along with a hotel booking or the name of a contact in the country.
IGM's entry requirements say the migration officer may ask you to prove your economic solvency when they consider it appropriate. No official source we could read states an amount.
Staying longer than authorized without a pending extension request is fined 15 quetzales per day of overstay. In addition to the fine, an order to leave the country within no more than 10 days may be imposed. The UK government says overstayers of the 90 days must pay the fine before leaving, at the main Institute of Migration office in Guatemala City, or at the airport or land borders, where administrative processes can cause serious delays.
Guatemala's Law against Money Laundering or Other Assets says anyone carrying more than USD 10,000, or the equivalent in national currency, in cash or documents into or out of the country must report it at the port of exit or entry.
WHO lists Guatemala as requiring proof of yellow fever vaccination from travellers aged 1 year or over arriving from countries it determines to be at risk of yellow fever transmission, including travellers who transited more than 12 hours through the airport of such a country.
Requirements normally count any country you have been in shortly before arrival, not only where you boarded.
International Health Regulations (2005), Article 36 and Annex 7; WHO International Travel and Health, Annex 1, 18 November 2022 (revised 3 January 2023)
Guatemala is a party to the 1949 Geneva Convention on Road Traffic (UN Treaty Collection). The UK government says a UK photocard driving licence can be used to drive in Guatemala for up to 3 months, and Canada's travel advice says Canadians can drive in Guatemala with a valid Canadian driver's licence and should carry an International Driving Permit. No Guatemalan official source we could read states the rule for visitors driving on a foreign licence.
Verified Oct 3, 2026 · Source: treaties.un.org (opens in a new tab) · Convention on Road Traffic Compare every countryThe UK Foreign Office says Guatemala's rainy season normally runs from May to November, the same time as the hurricane season in the Caribbean, and that heavy rains cause frequent flooding and landslides. The Government of Canada gives the rainy season as mid-May to mid-November and says forest fires occur between November and June, with the Petén area usually the most affected.
The UK Foreign Office says you can travel between Guatemala, Nicaragua and El Salvador for up to 90 days without a visa (the CA-4 Agreement also includes Honduras), that the 90-day period starts when you enter any of these countries and does not restart when you cross borders, and that you can extend by up to 30 days by paying a fee before the 90 days expire.
The Instituto Guatemalteco de Migración charges USD 25 per application to extend a tourist or traveller visa, and says the application must be made before the authorised stay expires, otherwise you must pay a fine for irregular stay. The UK government says that if you overstay the 90 days you will have to pay a fine before leaving the country.
The UK Foreign Office says PROATUR, the tourist assistance and emergency service of INGUAT, provides 24-hour emergency assistance and routine guidance to tourists, with call centre staff who speak English and Spanish: call +502 2290 2810, or 1500 from inside Guatemala.
The UK Foreign Office says some volcanoes are at high altitude with freezing temperatures at night, that local tour organisers tend to underestimate the risks and deaths have occurred, and that there is no mountain rescue service. It says to check the websites of the Guatemalan Meteorological Office and CONRED for access, restrictions and recommendations before you climb.
| Passports | Visas & entry authorisations | Max stay |
|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | Visa required | — |
| Albania | Visa required | — |
| Algeria | Visa required | — |
| Andorra | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Angola | Visa required | — |
| Antigua and Barbuda | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Argentina | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Armenia | Visa required | — |
| Australia | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Austria | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Azerbaijan | Embassy visa | — |
| Bahamas | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Bahrain | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Bangladesh | Visa required | — |
| Barbados | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Belarus | Embassy visa | — |
| Belgium | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Belize | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Benin | Embassy visa | — |
| Bhutan | Embassy visa | — |
| Bolivia | Embassy visa | — |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Visa required | — |
| Botswana | Visa required | — |
| Brazil | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Brunei | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Bulgaria | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Burkina Faso | Embassy visa | — |
| Burundi | Embassy visa | — |
| Cabo Verde | Embassy visa | — |
| Cambodia | Embassy visa | — |
| Cameroon | Visa required | — |
| Canada | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Central African Republic | Embassy visa | — |
| Chad | Embassy visa | — |
| Chile | Visa-free | 90 days |
| China | Visa required | — |
| Colombia | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Comoros | Embassy visa | — |
| Costa Rica | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Côte d'Ivoire | Embassy visa | — |
| Croatia | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Cuba | Visa required | — |
| Cyprus | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Czechia | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | Visa required | — |
| Denmark | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Djibouti | Embassy visa | — |
| Dominica | Embassy visa | — |
| Dominican Republic | Embassy visa | — |
| Ecuador | Embassy visa | — |
| Egypt | Embassy visa | — |
| El Salvador | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Equatorial Guinea | Embassy visa | — |
| Eritrea | Visa required | — |
| Estonia | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Eswatini | Embassy visa | — |
| Ethiopia | Visa required | — |
| Fiji | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Finland | Visa-free | 90 days |
| France | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Gabon | Embassy visa | — |
| Gambia | Embassy visa | — |
| Georgia | Embassy visa | — |
| Germany | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Ghana | Visa required | — |
| Greece | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Grenada | Embassy visa | — |
| Guatemala | Free movement | — |
| Guinea | Embassy visa | — |
| Guinea-Bissau | Embassy visa | — |
| Guyana | Embassy visa | — |
| Haiti | Visa required | — |
| Honduras | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Hong Kong | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Hungary | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Iceland | Visa-free | 90 days |
| India | Embassy visa | — |
| Indonesia | Visa required | — |
| Iran | Visa required | — |
| Iraq | Visa required | — |
| Ireland | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Israel | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Italy | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Jamaica | Embassy visa | — |
| Japan | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Jordan | Visa required | — |
| Kazakhstan | Embassy visa | — |
| Kenya | Visa required | — |
| Kiribati | Embassy visa | — |
| Kuwait | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Kyrgyzstan | Embassy visa | — |
| Laos | Visa required | — |
| Latvia | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Lebanon | Visa required | — |
| Lesotho | Embassy visa | — |
| Liberia | Visa required | — |
| Libya | Visa required | — |
| Liechtenstein | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Lithuania | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Luxembourg | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Madagascar | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Malawi | Embassy visa | — |
| Malaysia | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Maldives | Embassy visa | — |
| Mali | Visa required | — |
| Malta | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Marshall Islands | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Mauritania | Embassy visa | — |
| Mauritius | Embassy visa | — |
| Mexico | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Micronesia | Embassy visa | — |
| Moldova | Embassy visa | — |
| Monaco | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Mongolia | Visa required | — |
| Montenegro | Embassy visa | — |
| Morocco | Embassy visa | — |
| Mozambique | Visa required | — |
| Myanmar | Embassy visa | — |
| Namibia | Embassy visa | — |
| Nauru | Embassy visa | — |
| Nepal | Visa required | — |
| Netherlands | Visa-free | 90 days |
| New Zealand | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Nicaragua | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Niger | Embassy visa | — |
| Nigeria | Visa required | — |
| North Korea | Visa required | — |
| North Macedonia | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Norway | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Oman | Visa required | — |
| Pakistan | Visa required | — |
| Palau | Embassy visa | — |
| Palestine | Visa required | — |
| Panama | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Papua New Guinea | Embassy visa | — |
| Paraguay | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Peru | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Philippines | Embassy visa | — |
| Poland | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Portugal | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Qatar | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Republic of the Congo | Visa required | — |
| Romania | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Russia | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Rwanda | Embassy visa | — |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Saint Lucia | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Samoa | Embassy visa | — |
| San Marino | Visa-free | 90 days |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Saudi Arabia | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Senegal | Embassy visa | — |
| Serbia | Embassy visa | — |
| Seychelles | Embassy visa | — |
| Sierra Leone | Visa required | — |
| Singapore | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Slovakia | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Slovenia | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Solomon Islands | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Somalia | Visa required | — |
| South Africa | Visa-free | 90 days |
| South Korea | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Spain | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Sri Lanka | Visa required | — |
| Sudan | Visa required | — |
| Suriname | Embassy visa | — |
| Sweden | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Switzerland | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Syria | Visa required | — |
| Taiwan | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Tajikistan | Embassy visa | — |
| Tanzania | Embassy visa | — |
| Thailand | Embassy visa | — |
| Timor-Leste | Visa required | — |
| Togo | Embassy visa | — |
| Tonga | Embassy visa | — |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Tunisia | Embassy visa | — |
| Turkey | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Turkmenistan | Embassy visa | — |
| Tuvalu | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Uganda | Embassy visa | — |
| Ukraine | Visa-free | 90 days |
| United Arab Emirates | Visa-free | 90 days |
| United Kingdom | Visa-free | 90 days |
| United States | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Uruguay | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Uzbekistan | Embassy visa | — |
| Vanuatu | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Vatican City | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Venezuela | Visa required | — |
| Vietnam | Visa required | — |
| Yemen | Visa required | — |
| Zambia | Embassy visa | — |
| Zimbabwe | Embassy visa | — |
Stay lengths are for ordinary tourist visits. Click a nationality for its full guide.
No official page we read states the rule for 3 nationalities, so the table leaves them out: Kosovo, Macau, and South Sudan.
Category A of the Guatemalan Institute of Migration's country classification is exempt from a visa; it includes Germany, the US, the UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Japan, and the UK Foreign Office says British nationals can visit for up to 90 days without a visa. Passports in Category B need a consular visa and those in Category C a consulted visa.
The UK Foreign Office says you can travel between Guatemala, Nicaragua and El Salvador for up to 90 days without a visa, and that the CA-4 Agreement also includes Honduras, for which British nationals need a visa. It says the 90-day period starts when you enter any of these countries and does not restart when you cross borders, and that you can extend your stay by up to 30 days by paying a fee before the 90 days expire.
Not by crossing between the CA-4 countries: the UK Foreign Office says the 90-day period starts when you enter Guatemala, Nicaragua or El Salvador and does not restart when you cross borders. It says you can extend your stay by up to 30 days by paying a fee before the 90 days expire.
The UK Foreign Office says Guatemala has one of the highest violent crime rates in Latin America, and that there have been armed attacks or robberies on most tourist routes between Guatemala City, Antigua, Tikal, Petén and Lake Atitlán. It says to avoid travelling on public buses (repainted US school buses), that for shorter trips within towns the safest option is radio-dispatched taxis, Uber or hotel taxis, and that PROATUR, Guatemala's tourist assistance service, can be reached on 1500 from inside Guatemala.
No official source we could read describes card acceptance. The UK Foreign Office says it is often not possible to exchange British pounds in Guatemala and much easier to exchange US dollars, to check ATMs for evidence of tampering, and that it is safer to change money in hotels, at banks or at foreign exchange offices.
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Guatemala visa and entry requirements
Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Andorra
Angola
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Armenia
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Benin
Bhutan
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
Brunei
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cabo Verde
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Central African Republic
Chad
Chile
China
Colombia
Comoros
Costa Rica
Côte d'Ivoire
Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus
Czechia
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Denmark
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Estonia
Eswatini
Ethiopia
Fiji
Finland
France
Gabon
Gambia
Georgia
Germany
Ghana
Greece
Grenada
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Hong Kong
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kiribati
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Latvia
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Mali
Malta
Marshall Islands
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mexico
Micronesia
Moldova
Monaco
Mongolia
Montenegro
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia
Nauru
Nepal
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
North Korea
North Macedonia
Norway
Oman
Pakistan
Palau
Palestine
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Qatar
Republic of the Congo
Romania
Russia
Rwanda
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa
San Marino
São Tomé and Príncipe
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Serbia
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Africa
South Korea
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Suriname
Sweden
Switzerland
Syria
Taiwan
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Thailand
Timor-Leste
Togo
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Tuvalu
Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Vatican City
Venezuela
Vietnam
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe