Visa requirements for Latvian citizens

A Latvian passport

Visa requirements for Latvian citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Latvia. As of January 2024, Latvian citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 186 countries and territories, ranking the Latvian passport 9th (tied with Slovakia and Slovenia) in terms of travel freedom according to the Henley-on-Thames Passport Index.

There are different visa requirements for Latvian non-citizens.

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Visa requirements for Latvian citizens

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Visa requirements

Country	Visa requirement	Allowed stay	Notes (excluding departure fees)
Afghanistan	Visa required
Albania	Visa not required	90 days	ID card valid
Algeria	Visa required
Andorra	Visa not required		ID card valid
Angola	Visa not required	30 days	International Certificate of Vaccination required
Antigua and Barbuda	Visa not required	3 months
Argentina	Visa not required	90 days
Armenia	Visa not required	180 days
Australia	eVisitor	90 days	90 days on each visit in 12-month period if granted
Austria	Freedom of movement	Freedom of movement ID card valid
Azerbaijan	eVisa	30 days
Bahamas	Visa not required	3 months
Bahrain	eVisa / Visa on arrival	14 days	Visa is also obtainable online.
Bangladesh	Visa on arrival	30 days
Barbados	Visa not required	3 months
Belarus	Visa not required	30 days	Must arrive and depart via Minsk International Airport. Visa-free access from Latvian and Lithuanian territory until 31.12.2024
Belgium	Freedom of movement	Freedom of movement ID card valid
Belize	Visa not required	1 month
Benin	eVisa / Visa on arrival	30 days / 8 days	Must have an international vaccination certificate.
Bhutan	Visa required		Pre-approved visa can be picked up on arrival.
Bolivia	Visa not required	90 days
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 6-month period ID card valid
Botswana	Visa not required	90 days
Brazil	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period
Brunei	Visa not required	90 days
Bulgaria	Freedom of movement	Freedom of movement ID card valid
Burkina Faso	Visa on arrival	1 month
Burundi	Visa required
Cambodia	eVisa / Visa on arrival	30 days	Visa is also obtainable online.
Cameroon	Visa required		Pre-approved visa can be picked up on arrival.
Canada	Visa not required	6 months	eTA required if arriving by air.
Cape Verde	Visa not required	30 days	Must register online at least five days prior to arrival.
Central African Republic	Visa required
Chad	Visa required
Chile	Visa not required	90 days
China	Visa required		24-hour visa-free transit through any international airports of China, allows domestic travel through different airports. 72-hour visa-free transit through Changsha, Guilin and Harbin airports, or Beihai port. 144-hour visa-free transit through Beijing, Chengdu, Chongqing, Dalian, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Jieyang, Kunming, Nanjing, Ningbo, Qingdao, Shanghai, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Shijiazhuang, Tianjin, Wuhan, Xiamen and Xi'an airports, or Dalian, Guangzhou, Lianyungang, Qingdao, Qinhuangdao, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Tianjin, Wenzhou, Xiamen and Zhoushan ports. Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan count as third countries under the 24, 72 and 144-hours transit without visa (TWOV) policies.
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	Freedom of movement	Freedom of movement ID card valid
Cuba	Tourist Card required
Cyprus	Freedom of movement	Freedom of movement ID card valid
Czech Republic	Freedom of movement	Freedom of movement ID card valid
Denmark	Freedom of movement	Freedom of movement (DK) ID card valid
Djibouti	eVisa	31 days
Dominica	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period
Dominican Republic	Visa not required	90 days
Ecuador	Visa not required	90 days
Egypt	eVisa / Visa on arrival	30 days
El Salvador	Visa not required	3 months
Equatorial Guinea	Visa required
Eritrea	Visa required		Pre-approved visa can be picked up on arrival.
Estonia	Freedom of movement	Freedom of movement ID card valid
Eswatini	Visa not required	30 days
Ethiopia	eVisa	up to 90 days	eVisa holders must arrive via Addis Ababa Bole International Airport
Fiji	Visa not required	4 months
Finland	Freedom of movement	Freedom of movement ID card valid
France	Freedom of movement	Freedom of movement (in Regions of France) ID card valid
Gabon	eVisa / Visa on arrival	90 days	Electronic visa holders must arrive via Libreville International Airport.
Gambia	Visa required
Georgia	Visa not required	1 year	ID card valid
Germany	Freedom of movement	Freedom of movement ID card valid
Ghana	Visa required		Pre-approved visa can be picked up on arrival.
Greece	Freedom of movement	Freedom of movement ID card valid
Grenada	Visa not required	3 months
Guatemala	Visa not required	90 days
Guinea	eVisa	90 days
Guinea-Bissau	eVisa / Visa on arrival	90 days
Guyana	Visa required
Haiti	Visa not required	90 days
Honduras	Visa not required	3 months
Hungary	Freedom of movement	Freedom of movement ID card valid
Iceland	Freedom of movement	Freedom of movement ID card valid
India	e-Visa	60 days	e-Visa holders must arrive via 31 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	eVisa	30 days
Iraq	eVisa / Visa on arrival	60 days
Ireland	Freedom of movement	Freedom of movement ID card valid
Israel	Visa not required	3 months
Italy	Freedom of movement	Freedom of movement ID card valid
Jamaica	Visa on arrival
Japan	Visa not required	90 days
Jordan	Visa on arrival		Conditions apply
Kazakhstan	Visa not required	30 days
Kenya	eVisa	3 months
Kiribati	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period
North Korea	Visa required
South Korea	Visa not required	90 days
Kuwait	eVisa / Visa on arrival	3 months
Kyrgyzstan	Visa not required	60 days
Laos	eVisa / Visa on arrival	30 days	17 of the 31 border crossings are only open to visa holders. e-Visa may be used to enter Laos through Luang Prabang, Pakse and Vientiane international airports, 3 Thai-Lao Friendship Bridges and in Boten (road and railroad). Visa on arrival is available at Luang Prabang, Pakse and Vientiane international airports, the 4 Thai-Lao Friendship Bridges and 6 border crossings. Visa on arrival is extendable for an additional 60 days at the Department of Immigration in Vientiane.
Lebanon	Visa on arrival	1 month	Extendable for 2 additional months Granted free of charge at Beirut International Airport or any other port of entry if there is no Israeli visa or seal, holding a telephone number, an address in Lebanon, and a non refundable return or circle trip ticket.
Lesotho	eVisa
Liberia	Visa required		Pre-approved visa can be picked up on arrival.
Libya	Visa required		Pre-approved visa can be picked up on arrival.
Liechtenstein	Freedom of movement	Freedom of movement ID card valid
Lithuania	Freedom of movement	Freedom of movement ID card valid
Luxembourg	Freedom of movement	Freedom of movement ID card valid
Madagascar	eVisa / Visa on arrival	90 days
Malawi	eVisa / Visa on arrival	90 days
Malaysia	Visa not required	90 days
Maldives	Visa on arrival	30 days
Mali	Visa required
Malta	Freedom of movement	Freedom of movement ID card valid
Marshall Islands	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period
Mauritania	Visa on arrival		Available at Nouakchott–Oumtounsy International Airport.
Mauritius	Visa not required	90 days
Mexico	Visa not required	180 days
Micronesia	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period
Moldova	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period
Monaco	Visa not required		ID card valid
Mongolia	Visa not required	30 days	Visa may be obtained on arrival only at Ulaanbaatar Airport. The consular department of the Ministry Of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia advises for visa to be applied for prior to arrival.
Montenegro	Visa not required	90 days	ID card valid for 30 days
Morocco	Visa not required	90 days
Mozambique	Visa on arrival	30 days
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 available for both tourism (allowed stay is 28 days) or business (allowed stay is 70 days) purposes.
Namibia	Visa required
Nauru	Visa required
Nepal	Visa on arrival	90 days
Netherlands	Freedom of movement	Freedom of movement (European Netherlands) ID card valid
New Zealand	Electronic Travel Authority	3 months	Holders of a Latvian non-citizen passport require a visa. Diplomatic, service and standard passports with the former USSR symbol issued in Latvia are unacceptable, and visas will not be endorsed in them. International Visitor Conservation and Tourism Levy must be paid upon requesting an Electronic Travel Authority. 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. Such travellers are not required to pay the International Visitor Conservation and Tourism Levy.
Nicaragua	Visa not required	90 days
Niger	Visa required
Nigeria	Visa required		Pre-approved visa can be picked up on arrival.
North Macedonia	Visa not required	90 days	ID card valid
Norway	Freedom of movement	Freedom of movement ID card valid
Oman	eVisa	30 days
Pakistan	eVisa	90 days
Palau	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period
Panama	Visa not required	180 days
Papua New Guinea	eVisa	60 days
Paraguay	Visa not required	90 days
Peru	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 6-month period
Philippines	Visa not required	30 days
Poland	Freedom of movement	Freedom of movement ID card valid
Portugal	Freedom of movement	Freedom of movement ID card valid
Qatar	Visa not required	90 days
Romania	Freedom of movement	Freedom of movement ID card valid
Russia	eVisa	16 days	e-Visa holders must arrive and departure via 29 checkpoints
Rwanda	eVisa / Visa on arrival	30 days
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Visa not required	3 months
Saint Lucia	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period
Samoa	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period
San Marino	Visa not required		ID card valid
São Tomé and Príncipe	Visa not required	15 days
Saudi Arabia	eVisa / Visa on arrival	90 days
Senegal	Visa not required	90 days
Serbia	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 6-month period ID card valid
Seychelles	Visa not required	3 months
Sierra Leone	Visa on arrival
Singapore	Visa not required	90 days
Slovakia	Freedom of movement	Freedom of movement ID card valid
Slovenia	Freedom of movement	Freedom of movement ID card valid
Solomon Islands	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period
Somalia	Visa on arrival		Available at Berbera, Borama, Burao, Erigavo and Hargeisa airports. 30 days, available at Bosaso Airport, Galcaio Airport and Mogadishu Airport.
South Africa	Visa required
South Sudan	Electronic Visa		Obtainable online Printed visa authorization must be presented at the time of travel
Spain	Freedom of movement	Freedom of movement ID card valid
Sri Lanka	eVisa / Visa on arrival	30 days
Sudan	Visa required
Suriname	E-tourist card	90 days	Multiple entry eVisa is also available.
Sweden	Freedom of movement	Freedom of movement ID card valid
Switzerland	Freedom of movement	Freedom of movement ID card valid
Syria	eVisa
Tajikistan	Visa not required	30 days	Visa also available online. E-visa holders can enter through all border points.
Tanzania	eVisa / Visa on arrival	3 months
Thailand	Visa not required	60 days
Timor-Leste	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period
Togo	Visa on arrival	7 days
Tonga	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period
Trinidad and Tobago	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period
Tunisia	Visa not required	3 months	ID card valid on organized tours
Turkey	Visa not required	90 days
Turkmenistan	Visa required		Pre-approved visa can be picked up on arrival.
Tuvalu	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period
Uganda	eVisa / Visa on arrival		May apply online.
Ukraine	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period
United Arab Emirates	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period
United Kingdom	Visa not required	6 months	ID card valid until 1 October 2021.
United States	Visa Waiver Program	90 days	Since 1 October 2022, ESTA is now required for any entry by air, cruise ship, and land
Uruguay	Visa not required	90 days
Uzbekistan	Visa not required	30 days
Vanuatu	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period
Vatican City	Visa not required		ID card valid
Venezuela	Visa not required	90 days
Vietnam	Visa required		Pre-arranged visa obtained online through travel agencies available at Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City or Da Nang airports. Phú Quốc without a visa for up to 30 days.
Yemen	Visa required
Zambia	Visa not required	90 days
Zimbabwe	eVisa / Visa on arrival	3 months

Territories and disputed areas

Visa requirements for Latvian citizens for visits to various territories, disputed areas, partially recognized countries and restricted zones:

Europe

• Abkhazia — Visa required.
• Mount Athos — Special permit required (4 days: 25 euro for Orthodox visitors, 35 euro for non-Orthodox visitors, 18 euro for students). There is a visitors' quota: maximum 100 Orthodox and 10 non-Orthodox per day and women are not allowed.
• Brest and Grodno — Visa not required for 10 days.
• Crimea — Visa issued by Russia is required. If discovered by Ukrainian authorities, the traveler might be denied entry to Ukraine.
• Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus — Visa free access for 3 months. Passport required.
• UN Buffer Zone in Cyprus — Access Permit is required for travelling inside the zone, except Civil Use Areas.
• Faroe Islands — Visa not required.
• Gibraltar — Visa not required.
• Guernsey – Visa not required.
• Alderney – Visa not required.
• Sark – Visa not required.
• Isle of Man — Visa not required.
• Jan Mayen — permit issued by the local police required for staying for less than 24 hours and permit issued by the Norwegian police for staying for more than 24 hours.
• Jersey – Visa not required.
• Kaliningrad Oblast — From 1 July 2019, Latvian citizens are eligible for E-visa access for 8 days.
• Leningrad Oblast — From 1 October 2019, Latvian citizens are eligible for E-visa access for 8 days (can't enter by rail ).
• Saint Petersburg — From 1 October 2019, Latvian citizens are eligible for E-visa access for 8 days (can't enter by rail ).
• Kosovo — visa free for 90 days.
• Closed cities and regions in Russia — special authorization required.
• South Ossetia — Visa free. Multiple entry visa to Russia and three-day prior notification are required to enter South Ossetia.
• Transnistria — Visa free. Registration required after 24h.

Africa

• Eritrea (outside Asmara) — visa covers Asmara only; to travel in the rest of the country, a Travel Permit for Foreigners is required (20 Eritrean nakfa).
• Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (Western Sahara controlled territory) — Visa not required up to 3 months.
• Somaliland — Visa issued on arrival (30 days for 30 US dollars, payable on arrival).
• Sudan — All foreigners traveling more than 25 kilometers outside of Khartoum must obtain a travel permit.
• Darfur — Separate travel permit is required.

Asia

• Hong Kong — Visa not required for 90 days.
• India — Protected Area Permit (PAP) required for whole states of Nagaland and Sikkim and parts of states Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, Uttaranchal, 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 — Visa on arrival for 15 days is available at Erbil and Sulaymaniyah airports.
• Kazakhstan — Special permission required for the town of Baikonur and surrounding areas in Kyzylorda Oblast, and the town of Gvardeyskiy near Almaty.
• Kish Island — Visitors to Kish Island do not require a visa.
• Macao — Visa not required for 90 days.
• Sabah and Sarawak — These states have their own immigration authorities and passport is required to travel to them, however the same visa applies.
• Maldives — With the exception of the capital Malé, tourists are generally prohibited from visiting non-resort islands without the express permission of the Government of Maldives.
• North Korea outside Pyongyang – People are not allowed to leave the capital city, tourists can only leave the capital with a governmental tourist guide (no independent moving)
• Palestine — Visa not required. Arrival by sea to Gaza Strip not allowed.
• Taiwan — Visa not required for 90 days.
• Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province — OIVR permit required (15+5 Tajikistani Somoni) and another special permit (free of charge) is required for Lake Sarez.
• Turkmenistan — 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.
• Tibet Autonomous Region — Tibet Travel Permit required (10 US Dollars).
• Korean Demilitarized Zone — restricted zone.
• UNDOF Zone and Ghajar — restricted zones.
• Phú Quốc — can visit without a visa for up to 30 days.
• Yemen — Special permission needed for travel outside Sana’a or Aden.

Caribbean and North Atlantic

• Anguilla — Visa not required for 3 months.
• Aruba — Visa not required for 30 days.
• Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba — Visa not required for 3 months.
• Bermuda — Visa not required for 21 days (extendable).
• British Virgin Islands — Visa not required for 1 month (extendable).
• Cayman Islands — Visa not required for 6 months.
• Colombia — Visitors arriving at San Andrés and Leticia must buy tourist cards on arrival.
• Curacao — Visa not required for 3 months.
• Montserrat — Visa not required for 6 months.
• Greenland — Visa not required.
• Margarita Island — All visitors are fingerprinted.
• Puerto Rico — Visa not required under the Visa Waiver Program, for 90 days on arrival from overseas for 2 years. ESTA required.
• Saint Pierre and Miquelon — Visa not required.
• Sint Maarten — Visa not required for 3 months.
• Turks and Caicos Islands — Visa not required for 90 days.
• U.S. Virgin Islands — Visa not required under the Visa Waiver Program, for 90 days on arrival from overseas for 2 years. ESTA required.

Oceania

• American Samoa — Electronic authorization for 30 days.
• Ashmore and Cartier Islands — special authorisation required.
• Clipperton Island — special permit required.
• Cook Islands — Visa free access for 31 days.
• Lau Province — Special permission required.
• French Polynesia — Visa not required.
• Guam — Visa not required under the Visa Waiver Program, for 90 days on arrival from overseas for 2 years. ESTA required.
• New Caledonia — Visa not required for 3 months.
• Niue — Visa on arrival valid for 30 days is issued free of charge.
• Northern Mariana Islands — Visa not required.
• Pitcairn Islands — 14 days visa free and landing fee US$35 or tax of US$5 if not going ashore.
• Tokelau — Entry permit required.
• United States Minor Outlying Islands — special permits required for Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Atoll, Palmyra Atoll and Wake Island.
• Wallis and Futuna — Visa not required.

South Atlantic and Antarctica

• Falkland Islands — Visitor Permit valid for 4 weeks is issued on arriva.
• Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
  • Ascension Island — eVisa for 3 months within any year period.
  • Saint Helena — Entry Permit (£25) for 183 days is issued on arrival.
  • Tristan da Cunha — Permission to land required for 15/30 pounds sterling (yacht/ship passenger) for Tristan da Cunha Island or 20 pounds sterling for Gough Island, Inaccessible Island or Nightingale Islands.
• South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands — Pre-arrival permit from the Commissioner required (72 hours/1 month for 110/160 pounds sterling).
• Antarctica and adjacent islands — special permits required for 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.
• Arab League — Certain countries will deny access to holders of Israeli visas or passport stamps of Israel because of the Arab League boycott of Israel.

Non-ordinary passports

Holders of Latvian diplomatic passports have additional visa-free access to Russia. Holders of diplomatic or service passports of any country have visa-free access to Cape Verde, Ethiopia, Mali and Zimbabwe.

Right to consular protection in non-EU countries

When in a non-EU country where there is no Latvian embassy, Latvian citizens as EU citizens have the right to get consular protection from the embassy of any other EU country present in that country.

See also List of diplomatic missions of Latvia.

Countries with Latvian diplomatic missions

See also

• Visa requirements for Latvian non-citizens
• Visa requirements for the European Union citizens
• Latvian Passport

References and notes

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