Guatemalan passport

Guatemalan Passports are issued to Guatemalan citizens to travel outside of Guatemala. Guatemalan citizens enjoy visa-free access to approximately 100 countries and territories

Appearance

Like all Central American passports the cover is navy with gold fonts stating the official name of the country in Spanish and in English, the Guatemalan Coat of Arms in the middle and the words Pasaporte and Passport at the bottom. There is now a newer version of the cover, which has kept many of the old features. The main difference is that now at the top it has the words Centro America and in the middle, instead of the coat of arms, a map of Central America is displayed with the Guatemalan territory shaded. At the bottom the wording changed to depict the type of passport.

Passports have a validity of five years and the languages used are Spanish and English.

Security features

The Guatemalan passport contains many security features in it like colored fibers embedded in the pages, a watermark on all pages, and others. Like in the quetzal bills, the passport has an outline of an image on one side and on the other side the image is colored; and when a page is held up against light, the observer is able to see the color on the white outline.

Guatemalan passports are machine readable and contain a PDF417 2D barcode with the holder's biometric information. Because of this detail, no attempts have been made to also include the RFID chip yet.

The passport issuing authority is the Dirección General de Migración (General Immigration Directorship), a dependency of the Ministerio de Gobernación (Ministry of the Interior).

Types of Passports

Ordinarios (Personal) - Issued to Guatemalan citizens for general travel and are requested through the General Immigration Directorship.
Oficiales (Official) - Issued to Guatemalan employed officials who are holding an office in the government and represent the country. These passports are requested through the General Immigration Directorship.
Diplomaticos (Diplomatic) - Issued to Guatemalan high ranking officials that are employed by the government. These passports need to be requested through the Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
Temporales (Temporal) - Issued only to government officials or diplomats who represent the country for a specified period of time.

Visa-free and visa-on-arrival travel

Americas

Countries and Territories	Allowed Stays
Anguilla	3 months [1]
Argentina	90 days [2]
Aruba	30 days [3]
Bahamas	3 months [4]
Belize	30 days [5]
Bermuda	6 months [6]
Brazil	90 days [7]
British Virgin Islands	30 days [8]
Chile	90 days [9]
Colombia	90 days [10]
Costa Rica	30 days [11]
Dominica	21 days [12]
Dominican Republic	Tourist Card issued on Arrival (30 days, $10) [13]
Ecuador	90 days [14]
El Salvador	3 months [15]
French Guiana	90 days [16]
Greenland	90 days [17]
Guadeloupe	90 days [18]
Haiti	3 months [19]
Honduras	3 months [20]
Martinique	90 days [21]
Montserrat	14 days [22]
Netherlands Antilles	3 months [23]
Nicaragua	90 days [24]
Panama	30 days [25]
Paraguay	90 days [26]
Saint Barthélemy	90 days [27]
Saint Kitts and Nevis	3 months [28]
Saint Lucia	6 week visa issued on arrival [29]
Saint Martin	90 days [30]
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	90 days [31]
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1 month [32]
Trinidad and Tobago	3 months [33]
Uruguay	3 months [34]
Venezuela	90 days [35]

Asia

Countries and Territories	Allowed Stays
Armenia	Visa on Arrival (120 days, 15,000 AMD) [36]
Azerbaijan	Visa on Arrival (1 month, $100) [37]
Bangladesh	Visa on Arrival (90 days, $50, available at Dhaka Zia International Airport) [38]
Cambodia	Visa on Arrival (30 days, $20 for tourist, $25 for business) [39]
Hong Kong	1 month [40]
Israel	3 months [41]
Japan	90 days (extendable up to 180 days) [42]
Jordan	1 month visa issued on Arrival (10 JOD) [43]
Laos	Visa on arrival (30 days, $35, available at all ports of entry except overland from Cambodia) [44]
Macau	30 day visa issued on arrival for MOP 100 [45]
Malaysia	1 month [46]
Maldives	30 days [47]
Nepal	Visa on Arrival (40 days, $40) [48]}
Philippines	21 days [49]
Singapore	30 days [50]
South Korea	30 days [51]
Syria	15 day visa issued on arrival [52]
Timor-Leste	Visa on Arrival (30 days, $30) [53]
Turkey	3 months [54]

Africa

Countries and Territories	Allowed Stays
Cape Verde	Visa on Arrival [55]
Comoros	Visa on Arrival [56]
Djibouti	Visa on Arrival (10 days for 3,000 Djiboutian franc, 1 month for 5,000 Djiboutian franc) [57]
Egypt	Visa on Arrival (1 month for $15) [58]
Kenya	Visa on Arrival (3 months for $50) [59]
Madagascar	Visa on Arrival (90 days for 140,000 Malagasy ariary) [60]
Mayotte	90 days [61]
Mozambique	30 visa issued on Arrival ($25) [62]
Réunion	3 months [63]
Seychelles	1 month [64]
Tanzania	Visa on Arrival ($50) [65]
Togo	Visa on Arrival (7 days, fee 10,000 XOF) [66]
Uganda	Visa on Arrival ($30) [67]
Zambia	Visa on Arrival ($25) [68]

Europe

Countries and Territories	Allowed Stays
Schengen countries	90 days
Andorra	90 days
Bulgaria	90 days [69]
Croatia	90 days [70]
Cyprus	90 days [71]
Ireland	3 months [72]
Gibraltar	90 days [73]
Kosovo	90 days [74]
Macedonia	90 days [75])
Montenegro	90 days [76]
Romania	90 days [77]
United Kingdom (including Isle of Man, Jersey & Guernsey)	6 months [78]

Oceania

Countries and Territories	Allowed Stays
Cook Islands	31 days [79]
French Polynesia	90 days [80]
Micronesia	30 days [81]
New Caledonia	90 days [82]
Niue	30 days [83]
Palau	Visa on Arrival (30 days, free of charge) [84]
Papua New Guinea	Visa on Arrival (60 days, PGK 100) [85]
Samoa	60 days [86]
Tuvalu	Visa on arrival (1 month, free of charge) [87]
Wallis and Futuna	90 days [88]

References

Visa requirements by country from the Guatemalan MOFA
Council regulation 539/2001 [89]
Council regulation 1932/2006 [90]
Council regulation 539/2001 consolidated version, 19.1.2007 [91]
List of nationals who do need a visa to visit the UK [92].
List of countries whose passport holders do not require visas to enter Ireland [93].