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Tourist or Visitor Visa

GuatemalaShort stays and visits

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For the relevant traveller scope, is a visa, electronic authorisation, visa on arrival or no advance visa normally required?

A Guatemalan visa is only required for foreigners classified in nationality categories "B" and "C"; category "B" nationals already holding a valid US, Canadian or Schengen visa do not need a separate Guatemalan visa, while category "C" nationals must obtain one regardless, either at a Guatemalan consular mission abroad or, in-country, before the Guatemalan Institute of Migration (IGM).

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What short-visit purposes does this route cover?

This route covers general tourist or traveller entry; the official source does not enumerate other purposes the same visa type may cover beyond tourism and travel.

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Limits of the record
  • This page does not itself enumerate purposes beyond tourism/travel for this visa type.

What maximum stay, rolling-period rule, validity and entry rules apply?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the maximum stay, any rolling-period rule, the visa validity and the entry rules.

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Limits of the record
  • This page does not itself state a maximum stay length for the tourist/visitor visa.

What important funds, accommodation, invitation, insurance, onward-travel or passport evidence may be required?

A passport must have a minimum validity of six months to apply for a Guatemalan visa. Category "B" applicants (applying at a Guatemalan consular mission abroad) need the visa application form, a valid passport, two photographs, a reservation for air/land/sea travel, proof of income or bank statements from the last three months, an international credit card and proof of payment; category "C" applicants (applying before the IGM) need the application form, a valid passport, certification of the passport's validity, a clean criminal/police record, a transport ticket or a Guatemalan guarantor, and proof of payment.

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Where/how is permission obtained when required, and under what important circumstances can a stay be extended or changed?

In Guatemala, visas are issued by the Sub-Directorate of Immigration of the Guatemalan Institute of Migration; abroad, by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs through consular missions. A separate extension route exists for staying longer; the official source does not state the extension conditions.

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Limits of the record
  • The allocation of nationality categories to each channel, processing time and extension conditions remain unestablished.
  • IGM Consultas Frecuentes, ¿Quién emite la visa guatemalteca?
    live IGM page returned a Cloudflare interstitial during Codex application. Literal retained IGM excerpts used by the corrected answers follow: (Artículo 15 del Acuerdo de Autoridad Migratoria Nacional No. 3-2019 Reglamento de Visas Guatemaltecas.) (Artículos 12 y 14 del Acuerdo de Autoridad Migratoria Nacional No. 3-2019, Reglamento de Visas Guatemaltecas) En Guatemala las emite la Subdirección de Extranjería del Instituto Guatemalteco de Migración y en el extranjero el Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores a través de las Misiones Consulares. Formulario de solicitud de visa -Pasaporte original y vigente -Boleto de viaje, tarjeta de crédito internacional o constancia de garante guatemalteco -Comprobante de pago Formulario de solicitud de visa ➢ Pasaporte válido y vigente ➢ Dos fotografías ➢ Reserva de boleto aéreo, terrestre o marítimo ➢ Constancia de ingresos y/o estados de cuenta de los últimos
  • IGM Consultas Frecuentes, passport-validity question
    Se necesita una vigencia mínima de seis meses en el pasaporte.

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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