New Zealand Honorary Consulate in Costa Rica

New Zealand has an honorary consulate in San José; an honorary consul offers first help and passes documents on, but visas and passports are issued elsewhere.

New Zealand requires Costa Rican citizens to hold a visa issued in advance. New Zealand has no embassy or career consulate in Costa Rica, and its honorary consulates normally do not issue visas; applications go to a mission of New Zealand accredited to Costa Rica from another country.

Costa Rica has no mission in New Zealand on record; Costa Rican citizens there would be served by an embassy accredited from another country.

New Zealand in Costa Rica

There is no embassy of New Zealand in Costa Rica on record, so Costa Rica is probably covered by an embassy of New Zealand in another country. Worldwide, New Zealand has 81 missions in 59 countries; one of them is in Costa Rica.

Travel to Costa Rica for New Zealand citizens

New Zealand citizens do not need a visa for Costa Rica: stays of up to 180 days are visa-free. In Costa Rica, New Zealand citizens can turn to the honorary consul for first help in an emergency.

When the honorary consulate of New Zealand in Costa Rica is closed

The honorary consulate of New Zealand in Costa Rica closes on Costa Rica’s public holidays, the next being Army Abolition Day (Día de la Abolición del Ejército) on Tuesday 1 December 2026, Christmas Day (Navidad) on Friday 25 December 2026 and New Year's Day (Año Nuevo) on Friday 1 January 2027, and usually on some holidays of New Zealand, such as Christmas Day on Friday 25 December 2026.