Holy See (Vatican City) Passport
Ranked #66 of 199 · Full 2026 passport index
- Visa-free
- 78
- Visa on arrival
- 23
- eTA / e-Visa
- 39
- Total reach
- 140
Visa-Free Destinations for Holy See (Vatican City) Passport Holders (78)
- 🇦🇱Albania≤ 90 days
- 🇦🇴Angola≤ 90 days
- 🇦🇷Argentina≤ 90 days
- 🇦🇲Armenia≤ 180 days
- 🇦🇹Austria≤ 90 days
- 🇧🇸Bahamas
- 🇧🇾Belarus≤ 30 days
- 🇧🇪Belgium≤ 90 days
- 🇧🇿Belize
- 🇧🇴Bolivia≤ 90 days
- 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina≤ 90 days
- 🇧🇷Brazil≤ 90 days
- 🇧🇬Bulgaria≤ 90 days
- 🇨🇻Cabo Verde≤ 30 days
- 🇨🇱Chile≤ 90 days
- 🇨🇴Colombia≤ 90 days
- 🇨🇷Costa Rica≤ 180 days
- 🇭🇷Croatia≤ 90 days
- 🇨🇾Cyprus≤ 90 days
- 🇨🇿Czechia≤ 90 days
- 🇩🇰Denmark≤ 90 days
- 🇪🇪Estonia≤ 90 days
- 🇸🇿Eswatini≤ 30 days
- 🇫🇯Fiji≤ 120 days
- 🇫🇮Finland≤ 90 days
- 🇫🇷France
- 🇬🇪Georgia≤ 365 days
- 🇩🇪Germany≤ 90 days
- 🇬🇷Greece≤ 90 days
- 🇬🇩Grenada
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- 🇬🇹Guatemala≤ 90 days
- 🇭🇹Haiti≤ 90 days
- 🇭🇰Hong Kong≤ 14 days
- 🇭🇺Hungary≤ 90 days
- 🇮🇸Iceland≤ 90 days
- 🇮🇪Ireland≤ 90 days
- 🇮🇹Italy
- 🇯🇵Japan≤ 90 days
- 🇰🇿Kazakhstan≤ 30 days
- 🇽🇰Kosovo≤ 90 days
- 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan≤ 30 days
- 🇱🇻Latvia≤ 90 days
- 🇱🇮Liechtenstein≤ 90 days
- 🇱🇹Lithuania≤ 90 days
- 🇱🇺Luxembourg≤ 90 days
- 🇲🇹Malta≤ 90 days
- 🇲🇺Mauritius
- 🇲🇩Moldova≤ 90 days
- 🇲🇪Montenegro≤ 90 days
- 🇳🇱Netherlands≤ 90 days
- 🇳🇮Nicaragua≤ 90 days
- 🇲🇰North Macedonia≤ 90 days
- 🇳🇴Norway≤ 90 days
- 🇴🇲Oman≤ 14 days
- 🇵🇦Panama≤ 90 days
- 🇵🇭Philippines≤ 30 days
- 🇵🇱Poland≤ 90 days
- 🇵🇹Portugal≤ 90 days
- 🇶🇦Qatar≤ 30 days
- 🇷🇴Romania≤ 90 days
- 🇸🇹São Tomé and Príncipe≤ 15 days
- 🇸🇳Senegal≤ 90 days
- 🇸🇬Singapore
- 🇸🇰Slovakia≤ 90 days
- 🇸🇮Slovenia≤ 90 days
- 🇸🇧Solomon Islands≤ 90 days
- 🇪🇸Spain≤ 90 days
- 🇸🇷Suriname≤ 90 days
- 🇸🇪Sweden≤ 90 days
- 🇨🇭Switzerland≤ 90 days
- 🇹🇼Taiwan≤ 90 days
- 🇹🇯Tajikistan≤ 30 days
- 🇹🇷Turkey≤ 90 days
- 🇺🇦Ukraine≤ 90 days
- 🇺🇾Uruguay≤ 90 days
- 🇺🇿Uzbekistan≤ 30 days
- 🇻🇺Vanuatu≤ 120 days
- 🇿🇲Zambia≤ 90 days
Visa on Arrival Countries for Holy See (Vatican City) Passport Holders (23)
- 🇧🇭Bahrain
- 🇧🇮Burundi≤ 30 days
- 🇰🇲Comoros≤ 45 days
- 🇩🇯Djibouti
- 🇬🇲Gambia≤ 90 days
- 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau≤ 30 days
- 🇮🇩Indonesia≤ 30 days
- 🇯🇴Jordan≤ 30 days
- 🇰🇼Kuwait≤ 90 days
- 🇲🇴Macau≤ 30 days
- 🇲🇬Madagascar≤ 90 days
- 🇲🇻Maldives≤ 30 days
- 🇲🇭Marshall Islands≤ 90 days
- 🇳🇦Namibia≤ 90 days
- 🇳🇵Nepal≤ 90 days
- 🇵🇼Palau≤ 30 days
- 🇷🇼Rwanda≤ 30 days
- 🇼🇸Samoa≤ 90 days
eTA Destinations for Holy See (Vatican City) Passport Holders (7)
e-Visa Destinations for Holy See (Vatican City) Passport Holders (32)
- 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda
- 🇦🇺Australia≤ 90 days
- 🇦🇿Azerbaijan≤ 30 days
- 🇧🇯Benin≤ 90 days
- 🇧🇹Bhutan
- 🇧🇫Burkina Faso≤ 90 days
- 🇨🇲Cameroon≤ 180 days
- 🇪🇬Egypt≤ 30 days
- 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea≤ 90 days
- 🇪🇹Ethiopia≤ 90 days
- 🇬🇦Gabon≤ 180 days
- 🇬🇳Guinea≤ 90 days
- 🇮🇳India≤ 180 days
- 🇱🇾Libya≤ 30 days
- 🇲🇼Malawi≤ 90 days
- 🇲🇾Malaysia
- 🇲🇱Mali
- 🇲🇷Mauritania≤ 30 days
- 🇲🇳Mongolia≤ 30 days
- 🇳🇪Niger≤ 30 days
- 🇳🇬Nigeria≤ 90 days
- 🇷🇺Russia≤ 30 days
- 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis
- 🇸🇱Sierra Leone
- 🇸🇴Somalia
- 🇸🇸South Sudan
- 🇹🇿Tanzania≤ 90 days
- 🇹🇭Thailand
- 🇹🇬Togo≤ 90 days
- 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago
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Citizenship by Investment Programs Available to Citizens of Holy See (Vatican City) (22)
From USD 230,000
From USD 75,000
From USD 1,000,000
From USD 200,000 · 3 to 4 months from application submission to approval in principle
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From USD 250,000 · 3 to 6 months
From USD 1,000,000 · Approximately 6 weeks
From EUR 3,000,000 · 3 to 6 months
From USD 235,000 · 3-4 months
From JOD 3,000,000
From USD 500,000
From USD 500,000
From USD 90,000 · Three to four months from date of application submission
From EUR 200,000 · 5-10 months
From USD 250,000 · 160-180 days from submission to approval in principle
From USD 240,000 · Approximately 90 days from acceptance of application for processing
From WST 4,000,000
From USD 90,000 · 1.5-3 months to decision
From USD 400,000
From USD 130,000
Visa Required for Holy See (Vatican City) Passport Holders (58)
| Destination | Tourist visa fee |
|---|---|
| 🇦🇫Afghanistan | USD 80 |
| 🇩🇿Algeria | USD 160 |
| 🇦🇩Andorra | - |
| 🇧🇩Bangladesh | - |
| 🇧🇧Barbados | - |
| 🇧🇼Botswana | BWP 500 (~$36) |
| 🇧🇳Brunei | USD 20 |
| 🇰🇭Cambodia | - |
| 🇨🇫Central African Republic | - |
| 🇹🇩Chad | - |
| 🇨🇳China | USD 23 |
| 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire | EUR 50 (~$57) |
| 🇨🇺Cuba | - |
| 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo | USD 100 |
| 🇩🇲Dominica | - |
| 🇩🇴Dominican Republic | USD 100 |
| 🇪🇨Ecuador | USD 80 |
| 🇸🇻El Salvador | - |
| 🇪🇷Eritrea | USD 50 |
| 🇬🇭Ghana | USD 100 |
| 🇬🇾Guyana | - |
| 🇭🇳Honduras | USD 30 |
| 🇮🇷Iran | EUR 50 (~$57) |
| 🇮🇶Iraq | USD 30 |
| 🇮🇱Israel | - |
| 🇯🇲Jamaica | - |
| 🇰🇮Kiribati | - |
| 🇱🇦Laos | USD 50 |
| 🇱🇧Lebanon | LBP 2,000,000 (~$22) |
| 🇱🇸Lesotho | LSL 1,000 (~$60) |
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| Destination | Tourist visa fee |
|---|---|
| 🇱🇷Liberia | USD 70 |
| 🇲🇽Mexico | USD 56 |
| 🇫🇲Micronesia | Free |
| 🇲🇨Monaco | EUR 90 (~$102) |
| 🇲🇦Morocco | - |
| 🇲🇿Mozambique | USD 220 |
| 🇲🇲Myanmar | USD 40 |
| 🇳🇷Nauru | - |
| 🇰🇵North Korea | - |
| 🇵🇰Pakistan | - |
| 🇵🇸Palestine | - |
| 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea | Free |
| 🇵🇾Paraguay | USD 65 |
| 🇵🇪Peru | USD 30 |
| 🇨🇬Republic of the Congo | USD 60 |
| 🇱🇨Saint Lucia | XCD 125 (~$46) |
| 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | XCD 200 (~$74) |
| 🇸🇲San Marino | EUR 90 (~$102) |
| 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia | - |
| 🇷🇸Serbia | EUR 52 (~$59) |
| 🇿🇦South Africa | USD 36 |
| 🇸🇩Sudan | USD 154 |
| 🇹🇴Tonga | - |
| 🇹🇳Tunisia | USD 90 |
| 🇹🇲Turkmenistan | USD 35 |
| 🇺🇬Uganda | USD 100 |
| 🇺🇸United States | USD 185 |
| 🇾🇪Yemen | USD 50 |
" - " means the destination publishes no single official tourist-visa figure (often a per-nationality reciprocity schedule). Fees exclude service and application-centre charges.
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Holy See (Vatican City) Passport FAQ
What is the Holy See (Vatican City) passport ranking in 2026?
The Holy See (Vatican City) passport ranks #66 out of 199 passports globally in 2026, based on the number of accessible destinations (140 countries).
Do Holy See (Vatican City) passport holders need a visa to travel to Europe?
Holy See (Vatican City) passport holders can travel to many EU/Schengen countries visa-free. Check the full list above for specific destinations and maximum stay durations.
Can citizens of Holy See (Vatican City) get a second citizenship through investment?
Yes. Citizens of Holy See (Vatican City) can apply for 22 citizenship by investment (CBI) programs including those in the Caribbean (St Kitts, Dominica, Grenada), Malta, Turkey, and others. These programs grant a second passport in exchange for a qualifying investment, typically starting from $100,000 - $200,000.
Which countries can Holy See (Vatican City) passport holders visit on arrival?
23 countries offer visa on arrival to Holy See (Vatican City) passport holders - see the full visa-on-arrival list above.