Visa requirements for Latvian citizens

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Visa requirements for Latvian citizens

Visa requirements for Latvian citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Latvia. As of December 2024, Latvian citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 184 countries and territories, ranking the Latvian passport 10th in terms of travel freedom (tied with Icelandic passport and Slovakian passport) according to the Henley-on-Thames Passport Index.[1]

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A Latvian passport

There are different visa requirements for Latvian non-citizens.

Visa requirements map

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Visa requirements for Latvian citizens
  Latvia
  Freedom of movement
  Visa free
  Visa issued upon arrival
  eVisa
  Visa available both on arrival or online
  Visa required prior to arrival

Visa requirements

More information Country, Allowed stay ...
Country Visa requirement Allowed stay Notes (excluding departure fees)
 Afghanistan Visa required[2]
 Albania Visa not required[3] 90 days
 Algeria Visa required[4]
 Andorra Visa not required[5]
 Angola Visa not required[6] 30 days
 Antigua and Barbuda Visa not required[7] 3 months
 Argentina Visa not required[8] 90 days
 Armenia Visa not required[9] 180 days
 Australia eVisitor[10] 90 days
  • 90 days on each visit in 12-month period if granted
 Austria Freedom of movement[11]
 Azerbaijan eVisa[12] 30 days[13]
 Bahamas Visa not required[14] 3 months
 Bahrain eVisa / Visa on arrival[15] 14 days
  • Visa is also obtainable online.[16]
 Bangladesh Visa on arrival[17] 30 days
 Barbados Visa not required[18] 3 months
 Belarus Visa not required[19] 30 days
  • Visa-free access from Latvian and Lithuanian territory until 31.12.2024
 Belgium Freedom of movement[20]
 Belize Visa not required[21] 1 month
 Benin eVisa / Visa on arrival[22][23] 30 days / 8 days
  • Must have an international vaccination certificate.
 Bhutan Visa required[24]
  • Pre-approved visa can be picked up on arrival.
 Bolivia Visa not required[25] 90 days
 Bosnia and Herzegovina Visa not required[26] 90 days
  • 90 days within any 6-month period
  • ID card valid
 Botswana Visa not required[27] 90 days
 Brazil Visa not required[28] 90 days
  • 90 days within any 180 day period
 Brunei Visa not required[29] 90 days
 Bulgaria Freedom of movement[30]
 Burkina Faso Visa on arrival[31] 1 month
 Burundi Visa required[32][33]
 Cambodia eVisa / Visa on arrival[34] 30 days
  • Visa is also obtainable online.[35]
 Cameroon Visa required[36]
  • Pre-approved visa can be picked up on arrival.
 Canada Visa not required[37] 6 months
 Cape Verde Visa not required[40] 30 days
  • Must register online at least five days prior to arrival.[41]
 Central African Republic Visa required[42]
 Chad Visa required[43]
 Chile Visa not required[44] 90 days
 China Visa not required[45] Visa-free from 30 November, 2024 to 31 December, 2025.
 Colombia Visa not required[48] 180 days
  • 90 days - extendable up to 180-days stay within a one-year period
 Comoros Visa on arrival[49]
 Republic of the Congo Visa required[50]
 Democratic Republic of the Congo Visa required[51]
 Costa Rica Visa not required[52] 90 days
 Côte d'Ivoire eVisa[53]
 Croatia Freedom of movement[54]
 Cuba Tourist Card required[55]
 Cyprus Freedom of movement[56]
 Czech Republic Freedom of movement[57]
 Denmark Freedom of movement[58]
  • Freedom of movement (DK)
  • ID card valid
 Djibouti eVisa[59] 31 days
 Dominica Visa not required[60] 90 days
  • 90 days within any 180 day period
 Dominican Republic Visa not required[61] 90 days
 Ecuador Visa not required[62] 90 days
 Egypt eVisa / Visa on arrival[63][64] 30 days
 El Salvador Visa not required[65] 3 months
 Equatorial Guinea Visa required[66]
 Eritrea Visa required[67]
  • Pre-approved visa can be picked up on arrival.
 Estonia Freedom of movement[68]
 Eswatini Visa not required[69] 30 days
 Ethiopia eVisa[70] up to 90 days
 Fiji Visa not required[71] 4 months
 Finland Freedom of movement[72]
 France Freedom of movement[73]
 Gabon eVisa / Visa on arrival[74] 90 days
 Gambia Visa required[76][77]
 Georgia Visa not required[78] 1 year
 Germany Freedom of movement[79]
 Ghana Visa required[80]
  • Pre-approved visa can be picked up on arrival.
 Greece Freedom of movement[81]
 Grenada Visa not required[82] 3 months
 Guatemala Visa not required[83] 90 days
 Guinea eVisa[84] 90 days
 Guinea-Bissau eVisa / Visa on arrival[85] 90 days
 Guyana Visa required[86]
 Haiti Visa not required[87] 90 days
 Honduras Visa not required[88] 3 months
 Hungary Freedom of movement[89]
 Iceland Freedom of movement[90]
 India e-Visa[91] 60 days
  • e-Visa holders must arrive via 31 designated airports[Note 2] or 5 designated seaports.[Note 3][92]
  • An Indian e-Tourist Visa may only be obtained twice within 1 calendar year.[93]
  • 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.[94]
 Indonesia Visa on arrival[95] 30 days
 Iran eVisa[96] 30 days[97]
 Iraq eVisa / Visa on arrival[98][99] 60 days
 Ireland Freedom of movement[100]
 Israel Visa not required[101] 3 months
 Italy Freedom of movement[102]
 Jamaica Visa on arrival[103]
 Japan Visa not required[104] 90 days
 Jordan Visa on arrival[105]
 Kazakhstan Visa not required[107] 30 days
 Kenya eVisa[108] 3 months
 Kiribati Visa not required[109] 90 days
  • 90 days within any 180 day period
 North Korea Visa required[110]
 South Korea Visa not required[111] 90 days
 Kuwait eVisa / Visa on arrival[112] 3 months
 Kyrgyzstan Visa not required[113] 60 days
 Laos eVisa / Visa on arrival[114][115] 30 days
 Lebanon Visa on arrival[119] 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[120][121]
 Liberia Visa required[122]
  • Pre-approved visa can be picked up on arrival.
 Libya Visa required[123]
  • Pre-approved visa can be picked up on arrival.
 Liechtenstein Freedom of movement[124]
 Lithuania Freedom of movement[125]
 Luxembourg Freedom of movement[126]
 Madagascar eVisa / Visa on arrival[127] 90 days
 Malawi eVisa / Visa on arrival[128][129] 90 days
 Malaysia Visa not required[130] 90 days
 Maldives Visa on arrival[131] 30 days
 Mali Visa required[132]
 Malta Freedom of movement[133]
 Marshall Islands Visa not required[134] 90 days
  • 90 days within any 180 day period
 Mauritania Visa on arrival[135]
 Mauritius Visa not required[136] 90 days
 Mexico Visa not required[137] 180 days
 Micronesia Visa not required[138] 90 days
  • 90 days within any 180 day period
 Moldova Visa not required[139] 90 days
  • 90 days within any 180 day period
 Monaco Visa not required[140]
 Mongolia Visa not required[141] 30 days
 Montenegro Visa not required[142] 90 days
 Morocco Visa not required[143] 90 days
 Mozambique Visa on arrival[144] 30 days
 Myanmar eVisa[145] 28 days
 Namibia Visa required[146]
 Nauru Visa required[147]
   Nepal Visa on arrival[148] 90 days
 Netherlands Freedom of movement[149]
 New Zealand Electronic Travel Authority[150] 3 months
 Nicaragua Visa not required[155] 90 days
 Niger Visa required[156]
 Nigeria Visa required[157]
  • Pre-approved visa can be picked up on arrival.
 North Macedonia Visa not required[158] 90 days
 Norway Freedom of movement[159]
 Oman eVisa[161] 30 days
 Pakistan eVisa[162] 90 days
 Palau Visa not required[163] 90 days
  • 90 days within any 180 day period
 Panama Visa not required[164] 180 days
 Papua New Guinea eVisa[165] 60 days
 Paraguay Visa not required[166] 90 days
 Peru Visa not required[167] 90 days
  • 90 days within any 6-month period[168]
 Philippines Visa not required[169] 30 days
 Poland Freedom of movement[170]
 Portugal Freedom of movement[171]
 Qatar Visa not required[172] 90 days
 Romania Freedom of movement[173]
 Russia eVisa[174] 16 days
  • e-Visa holders must arrive and departure via 29 checkpoints[175]
 Rwanda eVisa / Visa on arrival[176] 30 days
 Saint Kitts and Nevis Visa not required[177] 3 months
 Saint Lucia Visa not required[178] 90 days
  • 90 days within any 180 day period
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Visa not required[179] 90 days
  • 90 days within any 180 day period
 Samoa Visa not required[180] 90 days
  • 90 days within any 180 day period
 San Marino Visa not required[181]
 São Tomé and Príncipe Visa not required[182] 15 days
 Saudi Arabia eVisa / Visa on arrival[183][184] 90 days
 Senegal Visa not required[185] 90 days
 Serbia Visa not required[186] 90 days
  • 90 days within any 6-month period
  • ID card valid
 Seychelles Visa not required[187] 3 months
 Sierra Leone Visa on arrival[188]
 Singapore Visa not required[189] 90 days
 Slovakia Freedom of movement[190]
 Slovenia Freedom of movement[191]
 Solomon Islands Visa not required[192] 90 days
  • 90 days within any 180 day period
 Somalia Visa on arrival[193]
 South Africa Visa required[194]
 South Sudan Electronic Visa[195]
  • Obtainable online[196]
  • Printed visa authorization must be presented at the time of travel[196]
 Spain Freedom of movement[197]
 Sri Lanka eVisa / Visa on arrival[198] 30 days
 Sudan Visa required[199]
 Suriname E-tourist card[200] 90 days
  • Multiple entry eVisa is also available.[201]
 Sweden Freedom of movement[202]
  Switzerland Freedom of movement[203]
 Syria eVisa[204]
 Tajikistan Visa not required[205] 30 days
  • Visa also available online.
  • E-visa holders can enter through all border points.[206]
 Tanzania eVisa / Visa on arrival[207][208] 3 months
 Thailand Visa not required[209] 60 days
 Timor-Leste Visa not required[210] 90 days
  • 90 days within any 180 day period
 Togo Visa on arrival[211] 7 days
 Tonga Visa not required[212] 90 days
  • 90 days within any 180 day period
 Trinidad and Tobago Visa not required[213] 90 days
  • 90 days within any 180 day period
 Tunisia Visa not required[214][215] 3 months
 Turkey Visa not required[217] 90 days
 Turkmenistan Visa required[218]
  • Pre-approved visa can be picked up on arrival.
 Tuvalu Visa not required[219] 90 days
  • 90 days within any 180 day period
 Uganda eVisa / Visa on arrival[220]
 Ukraine Visa not required[222] 90 days
  • 90 days within any 180 day period
 United Arab Emirates Visa not required[223] 90 days
 United Kingdom Visa not required[226] 6 months
 United States Visa Waiver Program[228] 90 days
  • Since 1 October 2022, ESTA is now required for any entry by air, cruise ship, and land[229]
 Uruguay Visa not required[230] 90 days
 Uzbekistan Visa not required[231] 30 days
 Vanuatu Visa not required[232] 90 days
  • 90 days within any 180 day period
 Vatican City Visa not required[233]
 Venezuela Visa not required[234] 90 days
 Vietnam Visa required[235]
 Yemen Visa required[237]
 Zambia Visa not required[238] 90 days
 Zimbabwe eVisa / Visa on arrival[239] 3 months
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Territories and disputed areas

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

Europe
Africa
Asia
Caribbean and North Atlantic
Oceania
South Atlantic and Antarctica

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.

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Countries with Latvian diplomatic missions

See also

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