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Vatican City — Citizenship Guide

Citizenship by descent is generally not available; naturalisation is restricted; dual citizenship is generally not permitted.

Why Vatican City?

The Vatican City passport offers visa-free, visa-on-arrival, ETA, or e-visa access to 165 destinations, ranking it #64 globally.

Citizenship tied to office/residence in Vatican City; no general naturalisation.

Citizenship by descent

Vatican City does not generally offer citizenship by descent.

Naturalisation

Naturalisation in Vatican City is restricted or not standardised — there is no straightforward residency-based route for most people.

Dual citizenship

Vatican City generally does not permit dual citizenship — naturalising usually requires renouncing your existing nationality.

Fees & timeline

There is no standard published application fee — costs vary, so check with official sources.


Compiled from the Citizenship Hub law dataset (approximate). Verify with official government sources before relying on this information.

Where the Vatican City passport can travel

Visa-free, visa on arrival, ETA, and e-visa access by destination. Hover for details.

Fiji — Visa-free Tanzania — Visa on arrival W. Sahara — Unknown Canada — ETA United States of America — Visa required Kazakhstan — Visa-free Uzbekistan — Visa-free Papua New Guinea — ETA Indonesia — Visa on arrival Argentina — Visa-free Chile — Visa-free Dem. Rep. Congo — e-Visa Somalia — e-Visa Kenya — ETA Sudan — Visa required Chad — e-Visa Haiti — Visa-free Dominican Rep. — Visa-free Russia — e-Visa Bahamas — Visa-free Falkland Is. — Unknown Greenland — Unknown Fr. S. Antarctic Lands — Unknown Timor-Leste — Visa on arrival South Africa — Visa required Lesotho — Visa required Mexico — Visa required Uruguay — Visa-free Brazil — Visa-free Bolivia — Visa-free Peru — Visa-free Colombia — Visa-free Panama — Visa-free Costa Rica — Visa-free Nicaragua — Visa-free Honduras — Visa-free El Salvador — Visa-free Guatemala — Visa-free Belize — Visa-free Venezuela — Visa required Guyana — e-Visa Suriname — ETA Ecuador — Visa-free Puerto Rico — Unknown Jamaica — Visa required Cuba — e-Visa Zimbabwe — Visa on arrival Botswana — Visa-free Namibia — Visa on arrival Senegal — Visa on arrival Mali — Visa required Mauritania — e-Visa Benin — e-Visa Niger — Visa required Nigeria — e-Visa Cameroon — e-Visa Togo — e-Visa Ghana — Visa required Côte d'Ivoire — ETA Guinea — e-Visa Guinea-Bissau — Visa on arrival Liberia — e-Visa Sierra Leone — e-Visa Burkina Faso — e-Visa Central African Rep. — Visa required Congo — Visa required Gabon — e-Visa Eq. Guinea — e-Visa Zambia — Visa-free Malawi — Visa on arrival Mozambique — Visa on arrival eSwatini — Visa-free Angola — Visa-free Burundi — Visa on arrival Israel — ETA Lebanon — Visa required Madagascar — Visa on arrival Palestine — Visa-free Gambia — Visa-free Tunisia — Visa-free Algeria — Visa required Jordan — Visa on arrival United Arab Emirates — Visa-free Qatar — Visa on arrival Kuwait — Visa on arrival Iraq — e-Visa Oman — Visa on arrival Vanuatu — Visa-free Cambodia — Visa on arrival Thailand — e-Visa Laos — Visa on arrival Myanmar — Visa required Vietnam — e-Visa North Korea — Visa required South Korea — Visa-free Mongolia — e-Visa India — e-Visa Bangladesh — Visa on arrival Bhutan — e-Visa Nepal — Visa on arrival Pakistan — e-Visa Afghanistan — Visa required Tajikistan — Visa on arrival Kyrgyzstan — Visa-free Turkmenistan — Visa required Iran — Visa on arrival Syria — e-Visa Armenia — Visa-free Sweden — Visa-free Belarus — Visa-free Ukraine — Visa-free Poland — Visa-free Austria — Visa-free Hungary — Visa-free Moldova — Visa-free Romania — Visa-free Lithuania — Visa-free Latvia — Visa-free Estonia — Visa-free Germany — Visa-free Bulgaria — Visa-free Greece — Visa-free Turkey — Visa-free Albania — Visa-free Croatia — Visa-free Switzerland — Visa-free Luxembourg — Visa-free Belgium — Visa-free Netherlands — Visa-free Portugal — Visa-free Spain — Visa-free Ireland — Visa-free New Caledonia — Unknown Solomon Is. — Visa required New Zealand — ETA Australia — ETA Sri Lanka — Visa on arrival China — Visa required Taiwan — Unknown Italy — Visa-free Denmark — Visa-free United Kingdom — ETA Iceland — Visa-free Azerbaijan — e-Visa Georgia — Visa-free Philippines — Visa-free Malaysia — Visa-free Brunei — Visa required Slovenia — Visa-free Finland — Visa-free Slovakia — Visa-free Czechia — Visa-free Eritrea — Visa required Japan — Visa required Paraguay — Visa required Yemen — Visa required Saudi Arabia — Visa required Antarctica — Unknown Cyprus — Visa-free Morocco — Visa required Egypt — Visa on arrival Libya — e-Visa Ethiopia — e-Visa Djibouti — Visa on arrival Uganda — e-Visa Rwanda — Visa on arrival Bosnia and Herz. — Visa-free North Macedonia — Visa-free Serbia — Visa-free Montenegro — Visa-free Trinidad and Tobago — Visa required S. Sudan — e-Visa
  • Visa-free
  • Visa on arrival
  • ETA
  • e-Visa
  • Visa required
  • No admission

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