Third countries whose citizens may enter and stay in the Schengen area without visas

Stay period of up to 90 days in a half-year, counting from the first date of entry

Albania* Andorra Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Australia Bahamas Barbados Bosnia and Herzegovina* Brazil Brunei Canada Chile Costa Rica Croatia El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Hong Kong (Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China) Israel Japan Korea

Macau (Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China) Macedonia* Malaysia Mauritius Mexico Monaco Montenegro* New Zealand Nicaragua Northern Mariana Islands Panama Paraguay Saint Kitts and Nevis San Marino Serbia* Seychelles Singapore Taiwan ** The Vatican United States of America Uruguay Venezuela Taiwan (China)

* Only for holders of biometric passports

** Only for holders of passports which include an identity card number

For information on entry into Latvia by citizens of third countries who are family members of citizens of member states of the European Union, countries of the European Economic Zone, or of the Swiss Confederation, please see the section entitled "Entry into to Latvia by Citizens and their Family Members of Member States of the European Union, Countries of the European Economic Area, and the Swiss Confederation".

 

Persons who utilise as a travel document:

• a United Nations passport;
• a European Commission passport;
• a Vatican passport

may enter Latvia without a visa and stay for a period of up to 90 days in a half-year, counting from the first date of entry.

 

Countries whose holders of diplomatic passports may enter member states of the European Union (excepting Denmark, Ireland, and the United Kingdom*) without a visa, and stay in their territory for a period of up to 90 days in a 180-day period, counting from the first date of entry

• Albania
• Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Georgia
• the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
• Montenegro
• Moldova
• Russia
• Serbia
• Ukraine

For procedures regarding the entry into Denmark, Ireland, and the United Kingdom by holders of diplomatic passports, please enquire at the relevant diplomatic and consular representations.

 

Countries whose holders of diplomatic, service, and special passports may enter Latvia without a visa, and stay in its territory for a period of up to 90 days in a half-year, counting from the first date of entry, in accordance with bilateral treaties between Latvia and said third countries

• Armenia (holders of diplomatic and service passports)
• Brazil (holders of diplomatic, service, and special passports)  
• Turkey (holders of diplomatic, service, and special passports)
• Peru (holders of diplomatic and service passports)
• Ukraine (holders of service passports)
• Georgia (holders of service passports)