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 There is now a newer version of the cover, which has kept many of the old features.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 |
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3 months [1] |
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90 days [2] |
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30 days [3] |
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3 months [4] |
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30 days [5] |
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6 months [6] |
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90 days [7] |
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30 days [8] |
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90 days [9] |
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90 days [10] |
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30 days [11] |
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21 days [12] |
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Tourist Card issued on Arrival (30 days, $10) [13] |
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90 days [14] |
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3 months [15] |
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90 days [16] |
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90 days [17] |
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90 days [18] |
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3 months [19] |
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3 months [20] |
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90 days [21] |
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14 days [22] |
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3 months [23] |
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90 days [24] |
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30 days [25] |
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90 days [26] |
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90 days [27] |
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3 months [28] |
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6 week visa issued on arrival [29] |
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90 days [30] |
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90 days [31] |
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1 month [32] |
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3 months [33] |
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3 months [34] |
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90 days [35] |
Asia
Countries and Territories | Allowed Stays |
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Visa on Arrival (120 days, 15,000 AMD) [36] |
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Visa on Arrival (1 month, $100) [37] |
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Visa on Arrival (90 days, $50, available at Dhaka Zia International Airport) [38] |
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Visa on Arrival (30 days, $20 for tourist, $25 for business) [39] |
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1 month [40] |
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3 months [41] |
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90 days (extendable up to 180 days) [42] |
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1 month visa issued on Arrival (10 JOD) [43] |
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Visa on arrival (30 days, $35, available at all ports of entry except overland from Cambodia) [44] |
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30 day visa issued on arrival for MOP 100 [45] |
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1 month [46] |
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30 days [47] |
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Visa on Arrival (40 days, $40) [48]} |
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21 days [49] |
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30 days [50] |
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30 days [51] |
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15 day visa issued on arrival [52] |
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Visa on Arrival (30 days, $30) [53] |
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3 months [54] |
Africa
Countries and Territories | Allowed Stays |
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Visa on Arrival [55] |
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Visa on Arrival [56] |
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Visa on Arrival (10 days for 3,000 Djiboutian franc, 1 month for 5,000 Djiboutian franc) [57] |
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Visa on Arrival (1 month for $15) [58] |
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Visa on Arrival (3 months for $50) [59] |
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Visa on Arrival (90 days for 140,000 Malagasy ariary) [60] |
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90 days [61] |
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30 visa issued on Arrival ($25) [62] |
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3 months [63] |
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1 month [64] |
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Visa on Arrival ($50) [65] |
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Visa on Arrival (7 days, fee 10,000 XOF) [66] |
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Visa on Arrival ($30) [67] |
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Visa on Arrival ($25) [68] |
Europe
Countries and Territories | Allowed Stays |
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90 days |
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90 days |
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90 days [69] |
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90 days [70] |
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90 days [71] |
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3 months [72] |
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90 days [73] |
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90 days [74] |
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90 days [75]) |
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90 days [76] |
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90 days [77] |
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6 months [78] |
Oceania
Countries and Territories | Allowed Stays |
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31 days [79] |
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90 days [80] |
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30 days [81] |
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90 days [82] |
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30 days [83] |
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Visa on Arrival (30 days, free of charge) [84] |
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Visa on Arrival (60 days, PGK 100) [85] |
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60 days [86] |
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Visa on arrival (1 month, free of charge) [87] |
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90 days [88] |
See also
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].