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Visa Requirements for El Salvador Passport Holders (2026)

A El Salvador passport gives visa-free access to 118 of 198 destinations (visa-free, visa on arrival, or eTA). Full breakdown by entry type below.

Visa-free81
Visa on arrival34
eTA3
e-Visa37
Visa required43

Visa-free destinations (81)

Albania (90d), Andorra (90d), Argentina (90d), Austria (90d), Bahamas (90d), Barbados (90d), Belarus (30d), Belgium (90d), Belize (30d), Bosnia and Herzegovina (90d), Brazil (90d), Bulgaria (90d), Chile (90d), Colombia (90d), Costa Rica (30d), Croatia (90d), Cyprus (90d), Czech Republic (90d), Denmark (90d), Dominica (21d), Dominican Republic, Ecuador (90d), Estonia (90d), Finland (90d), France (90d), Georgia (360d), Germany (90d), Greece (90d), Grenada (90d), Guatemala (90d), Haiti (90d), Honduras (90d), Hong Kong (30d), Hungary (90d), Iceland (90d), Ireland (90d), Israel (90d), Italy (90d), Jamaica (30d), Japan (90d), Kiribati (90d), Kosovo (90d), Latvia (90d), Liechtenstein (90d), Lithuania (90d), Luxembourg (90d), Malaysia (30d), Malta (90d), Micronesia (30d), Moldova (90d), Monaco (90d), Montenegro (90d), Netherlands (90d), Nicaragua (90d), North Macedonia (90d), Norway (90d), Palestine, Panama (90d), Paraguay (90d), Peru (180d), Philippines (30d), Poland (90d), Portugal (90d), Romania (90d), Russia (90d), Saint Kitts and Nevis (90d), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (90d), San Marino (90d), Seychelles (90d), Singapore (30d), Slovakia (90d), Slovenia (90d), Spain (90d), Sweden (90d), Switzerland (90d), Trinidad and Tobago (90d), Turkey (90d), United Arab Emirates (90d), Uruguay (90d), Uzbekistan (30d), Vatican (90d)

Visa on arrival (34)

Bangladesh, Bolivia, Burundi, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Iran, Jordan, Laos, Macao, Madagascar, Malawi, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Nepal, Palau, Rwanda, Saint Lucia, Samoa, Senegal, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tuvalu, Zambia, Zimbabwe

eTA required (3)

Ivory Coast, Kenya, South Korea

e-Visa required (37)

Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Australia, Bahrain, Benin, Bhutan, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cuba, DR Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Guinea, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lesotho, Libya, Mongolia, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Qatar, Sao Tome and Principe, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam

Visa required in advance (43)

Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Azerbaijan, Brunei, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, China, Congo, Eritrea, Fiji, Gambia, Guyana, Kuwait, Lebanon, Liberia, Mali, Mexico, Morocco, Myanmar, Namibia, Nauru, New Zealand, Niger, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tonga, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Yemen

Passports with similar entry access

Colombia · Montenegro · North Macedonia · Russia · Taiwan · Guatemala

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Data source: Passport Index dataset (CC-BY). Retrieved & last verified June 26, 2026. Visa rules change frequently — always confirm with the destination’s embassy or official immigration website before you book. See our methodology.