Holy See (Vatican City)

Holy See (Vatican City) visa requirements by nationality

Short-stay rules for visitors entering Holy See (Vatican City) for tourism, business, or transit. Pick your passport below to see your specific rule. Verified against official sources, last reviewed 2026.

Afghanistan
Embassy visa required
Albania
Visa-free90 days within any 180-day period (Schengen short-stay rule)
Algeria
Embassy visa required
Andorra
Embassy visa required
Angola
Embassy visa required
Antigua and Barbuda
Visa-free90 days within any 180-day period (Schengen short-stay rule)
Argentina
Visa-free90 days within any 180-day period (Schengen short-stay rule)
Armenia
Embassy visa required
Australia
Visa-free90 days within any 180-day period (Schengen short-stay rule)
Austria
Free movementUnlimited for short stays — no border controls between Holy See (Vatican City) and Italy
Azerbaijan
Embassy visa required
Bahamas
Visa-free90 days within any 180-day period (Schengen short-stay rule)
Bahrain
Embassy visa required
Bangladesh
Embassy visa required
Barbados
Visa-free90 days within any 180-day period (Schengen short-stay rule)
Belarus
Embassy visa required
Belgium
Free movementUnlimited for short stays — no border controls between Holy See (Vatican City) and Italy
Belize
Embassy visa required
Benin
Embassy visa required
Bhutan
Embassy visa required
Bolivia
Embassy visa required
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Visa-free90 days within any 180-day period (Schengen short-stay rule)
Botswana
Embassy visa required
Brazil
Visa-free90 days within any 180-day period (Schengen short-stay rule)
Brunei
Visa-free90 days within any 180-day period (Schengen short-stay rule)
Bulgaria
Free movementUnlimited for short stays — no border controls between Holy See (Vatican City) and Italy
Burkina Faso
Embassy visa required
Burundi
Embassy visa required
Cambodia
Embassy visa required
Cameroon
Embassy visa required
Canada
Visa-free90 days within any 180-day period (Schengen short-stay rule)
Cape Verde
Embassy visa required
Central African Republic
Embassy visa required
Chad
Embassy visa required
Chile
Visa-free90 days within any 180-day period (Schengen short-stay rule)
China
Embassy visa required
Colombia
Visa-free90 days within any 180-day period (Schengen short-stay rule)
Comoros
Embassy visa required
Congo (DRC)
Embassy visa required
Congo (Republic)
Embassy visa required
Costa Rica
Visa-free90 days within any 180-day period (Schengen short-stay rule)
Côte d'Ivoire
Embassy visa required
Croatia
Free movementUnlimited for short stays — no border controls between Holy See (Vatican City) and Italy
Cuba
Embassy visa required
Cyprus
Free movementUnlimited for short stays — no border controls between Holy See (Vatican City) and Italy
Czech Republic
Free movementUnlimited for short stays — no border controls between Holy See (Vatican City) and Italy
Denmark
Free movementUnlimited for short stays — no border controls between Holy See (Vatican City) and Italy
Djibouti
Embassy visa required
Dominica
Visa-free90 days within any 180-day period (Schengen short-stay rule)
Dominican Republic
Embassy visa required
Ecuador
Embassy visa required
Egypt
Embassy visa required
El Salvador
Visa-free90 days within any 180-day period (Schengen short-stay rule)
Equatorial Guinea
Embassy visa required
Eritrea
Embassy visa required
Estonia
Free movementUnlimited for short stays — no border controls between Holy See (Vatican City) and Italy
Eswatini
Embassy visa required
Ethiopia
Embassy visa required
Fiji
Embassy visa required
Finland
Free movementUnlimited for short stays — no border controls between Holy See (Vatican City) and Italy
France
Free movementUnlimited for short stays — no border controls between Holy See (Vatican City) and Italy
Gabon
Embassy visa required
Gambia
Embassy visa required
Georgia
Visa-free90 days within any 180-day period (Schengen short-stay rule)
Germany
Free movementUnlimited for short stays — no border controls between Holy See (Vatican City) and Italy
Ghana
Embassy visa required
Greece
Free movementUnlimited for short stays — no border controls between Holy See (Vatican City) and Italy
Grenada
Visa-free90 days within any 180-day period (Schengen short-stay rule)
Guatemala
Visa-free90 days within any 180-day period (Schengen short-stay rule)
Guinea
Embassy visa required
Guinea-Bissau
Embassy visa required
Guyana
Embassy visa required
Haiti
Embassy visa required
Honduras
Visa-free90 days within any 180-day period (Schengen short-stay rule)
Hungary
Free movementUnlimited for short stays — no border controls between Holy See (Vatican City) and Italy
Iceland
Free movementUnlimited for short stays — no border controls between Holy See (Vatican City) and Italy
India
Embassy visa required
Indonesia
Embassy visa required
Iran
Embassy visa required
Iraq
Embassy visa required
Ireland
Free movementUnlimited for short stays — no border controls between Holy See (Vatican City) and Italy
Israel
Visa-free90 days within any 180-day period (Schengen short-stay rule)
Italy
Free movementUnlimited for short stays — no border controls between Holy See (Vatican City) and Italy
Jamaica
Embassy visa required
Japan
Visa-free90 days within any 180-day period (Schengen short-stay rule)
Jordan
Embassy visa required
Kazakhstan
Embassy visa required
Kenya
Embassy visa required
Kiribati
Visa-free90 days within any 180-day period (Schengen short-stay rule)
Kosovo
Visa-free90 days within any 180-day period (Schengen short-stay rule)
Kuwait
Embassy visa required
Kyrgyzstan
Embassy visa required
Laos
Embassy visa required
Latvia
Free movementUnlimited for short stays — no border controls between Holy See (Vatican City) and Italy
Lebanon
Embassy visa required
Lesotho
Embassy visa required
Liberia
Embassy visa required
Libya
Embassy visa required
Liechtenstein
Free movementUnlimited for short stays — no border controls between Holy See (Vatican City) and Italy
Lithuania
Free movementUnlimited for short stays — no border controls between Holy See (Vatican City) and Italy
Luxembourg
Free movementUnlimited for short stays — no border controls between Holy See (Vatican City) and Italy
Madagascar
Embassy visa required
Malawi
Embassy visa required
Malaysia
Visa-free90 days within any 180-day period (Schengen short-stay rule)
Maldives
Embassy visa required
Mali
Embassy visa required
Malta
Free movementUnlimited for short stays — no border controls between Holy See (Vatican City) and Italy
Marshall Islands
Visa-free90 days within any 180-day period (Schengen short-stay rule)
Mauritania
Embassy visa required
Mauritius
Visa-free90 days within any 180-day period (Schengen short-stay rule)
Mexico
Visa-free90 days within any 180-day period (Schengen short-stay rule)
Micronesia
Visa-free90 days within any 180-day period (Schengen short-stay rule)
Moldova
Visa-free90 days within any 180-day period (Schengen short-stay rule)
Monaco
Embassy visa required
Mongolia
Embassy visa required
Montenegro
Visa-free90 days within any 180-day period (Schengen short-stay rule)
Morocco
Embassy visa required
Mozambique
Embassy visa required
Myanmar
Embassy visa required
Namibia
Embassy visa required
Nauru
Visa-free90 days within any 180-day period (Schengen short-stay rule)
Nepal
Embassy visa required
Netherlands
Free movementUnlimited for short stays — no border controls between Holy See (Vatican City) and Italy
New Zealand
Visa-free90 days within any 180-day period (Schengen short-stay rule)
Nicaragua
Visa-free90 days within any 180-day period (Schengen short-stay rule)
Niger
Embassy visa required
Nigeria
Embassy visa required
North Korea
Embassy visa required
North Macedonia
Visa-free90 days within any 180-day period (Schengen short-stay rule)
Norway
Free movementUnlimited for short stays — no border controls between Holy See (Vatican City) and Italy
Oman
Embassy visa required
Pakistan
Embassy visa required
Palau
Visa-free90 days within any 180-day period (Schengen short-stay rule)
Palestine
Embassy visa required
Panama
Visa-free90 days within any 180-day period (Schengen short-stay rule)
Papua New Guinea
Embassy visa required
Paraguay
Visa-free90 days within any 180-day period (Schengen short-stay rule)
Peru
Visa-free90 days within any 180-day period (Schengen short-stay rule)
Philippines
Embassy visa required
Poland
Free movementUnlimited for short stays — no border controls between Holy See (Vatican City) and Italy
Portugal
Free movementUnlimited for short stays — no border controls between Holy See (Vatican City) and Italy
Qatar
Embassy visa required
Romania
Free movementUnlimited for short stays — no border controls between Holy See (Vatican City) and Italy
Russia
Embassy visa required
Rwanda
Embassy visa required
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Visa-free90 days within any 180-day period (Schengen short-stay rule)
Saint Lucia
Visa-free90 days within any 180-day period (Schengen short-stay rule)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Visa-free90 days within any 180-day period (Schengen short-stay rule)
Samoa
Visa-free90 days within any 180-day period (Schengen short-stay rule)
San Marino
Embassy visa required
São Tomé and Príncipe
Embassy visa required
Saudi Arabia
Embassy visa required
Senegal
Embassy visa required
Serbia
Visa-free90 days within any 180-day period (Schengen short-stay rule)
Seychelles
Visa-free90 days within any 180-day period (Schengen short-stay rule)
Sierra Leone
Embassy visa required
Singapore
Visa-free90 days within any 180-day period (Schengen short-stay rule)
Slovakia
Free movementUnlimited for short stays — no border controls between Holy See (Vatican City) and Italy
Slovenia
Free movementUnlimited for short stays — no border controls between Holy See (Vatican City) and Italy
Solomon Islands
Visa-free90 days within any 180-day period (Schengen short-stay rule)
Somalia
Embassy visa required
South Africa
Embassy visa required
South Korea
Visa-free90 days within any 180-day period (Schengen short-stay rule)
South Sudan
Embassy visa required
Spain
Free movementUnlimited for short stays — no border controls between Holy See (Vatican City) and Italy
Sri Lanka
Embassy visa required
Sudan
Embassy visa required
Suriname
Embassy visa required
Sweden
Free movementUnlimited for short stays — no border controls between Holy See (Vatican City) and Italy
Switzerland
Free movementUnlimited for short stays — no border controls between Holy See (Vatican City) and Italy
Syria
Embassy visa required
Taiwan
Visa-free90 days within any 180-day period (Schengen short-stay rule)
Tajikistan
Embassy visa required
Tanzania
Embassy visa required
Thailand
Embassy visa required
Timor-Leste
Visa-free90 days within any 180-day period (Schengen short-stay rule)
Togo
Embassy visa required
Tonga
Visa-free90 days within any 180-day period (Schengen short-stay rule)
Trinidad and Tobago
Visa-free90 days within any 180-day period (Schengen short-stay rule)
Tunisia
Embassy visa required
Turkey
Embassy visa required
Turkmenistan
Embassy visa required
Tuvalu
Visa-free90 days within any 180-day period (Schengen short-stay rule)
Uganda
Embassy visa required
Ukraine
Visa-free90 days within any 180-day period (Schengen short-stay rule)
United Arab Emirates
Visa-free90 days within any 180-day period (Schengen short-stay rule)
United Kingdom
Embassy visa required
United States
Visa-free90 days within any 180-day period (Schengen short-stay rule)
Uruguay
Visa-free90 days within any 180-day period (Schengen short-stay rule)
Uzbekistan
Embassy visa required
Vanuatu
Embassy visa required
Venezuela
Visa-free90 days within any 180-day period (Schengen short-stay rule)
Vietnam
Embassy visa required
Yemen
Embassy visa required
Zambia
Embassy visa required
Zimbabwe
Embassy visa required