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Guatemala for Icelandic passport holders: Visa-free

Your circumstances

Passport:
🇮🇸 Icelandic
Lives in:
Not specified (general rule)
Going to:
🇬🇹 Guatemala
Purpose:
Holiday

Route summary

Visa-free

Visa-free (Category A)

Icelandic passport holders do not need a visa to visit Guatemala (Category A).

Conditions

No conditions recorded for this route — check the official source.

About this route

Route type
Visa-free: no visa application needed.
Documents
Document list not published by the official source.
Fee
No visa fee (as published).
Processing
Processing time not published by the official source.

Next step

Steps not published by the official source — use the official link to start.

Official sourceextranjeria.igm.gob.gt ↗ (opens in a new tab)

Last checked 10 Oct 2026 against extranjeria.igm.gob.gt · Instituto Guatemalteco de Migración 'Clasificación de países' (extranjeria.igm.gob.gt) list images: Category A (updated 2023), B (incl. Dominican Republic from 2023-02-15), C; Reglamento de Visas IGM-015-2025; read 2026-10-16

Documents

Document list not published by the official source.

Fees

Official government fee
No visa fee
Visa-centre / service fee (not a government fee)
None stated by the official source
Notes from the source
No visa fee.

Visa-centre, service or other third-party charges are never official government fees.

Processing and validity

Processing time, validity and maximum stay: not published by the official source.

Quick answers

Do Icelandic passport holders need a visa for Guatemala?

Visa-free (Category A). Icelandic passport holders do not need a visa to visit Guatemala (Category A). Source: https://extranjeria.igm.gob.gt/index.php/clasificacion-paises

Business, work or just passing through?

The rules above are for a holiday: tourism and visiting family and friends. Business visits, paid work and transit are covered separately below.

Business visits to Guatemala

Not verified yet (not yet covered). We haven't verified the business rules for Icelandic passport holders, and we don't publish rules we haven't checked against an official source. A rule that is awaiting verification or not yet covered is not a negative visa decision: it only means we haven't confirmed it on an official source yet. Until then, see extranjeria.igm.gob.gt.

Working in Guatemala

⚠ Not from an official source: items marked below come from secondary sources (law firms, employer-of-record guides, IOM, Wikipedia), not the destination government. They are not verified and may be out of date; confirm with the embassy or immigration authority.

Main work visa routes for Guatemala

These are the main routes and what they require. Whether you qualify depends on your circumstances; the official page decides.

Work permit (after applying for temporary residence)

⚠ Not from an official source

For: Foreign employees in Guatemala

  • Proof of a temporary residence application is needed for the work permit
  • The company usually files the work permit application

Source: G-P Globalpedia – Guatemala visas & permits (employer-of-record guide) (Not official) (globalization-partners.com) · Not from an official source.

What the source says

"proof of the application is a minimum requirement to obtain a work permit." … "international workers without family in Guatemala should expect the company to file the work permit application for them."

Checked 16 Oct 2026. Requirements, fees and thresholds change; confirm on the official page before applying.

Your work travel report

We only create the PDF report from rules checked against an official government source.

Transit through Guatemala

Not verified yet (not yet covered). We haven't verified the transit rules for Icelandic passport holders, and we don't publish rules we haven't checked against an official source. A rule that is awaiting verification or not yet covered is not a negative visa decision: it only means we haven't confirmed it on an official source yet. Until then, see extranjeria.igm.gob.gt.

Your transit travel report

We only create the PDF report from rules checked against an official government source.

Alert me if this route changes

Get an email when we update the guidance for Icelandic passport holders going to Guatemala, after we've checked the change against the official source. Nothing else.

Tell me about changes to

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Before you go to Guatemala

Customs cash limits and the scams official travel advice warns about in Guatemala.

Common tourist traps

  1. Fake police officers

    How it works: Criminals posing as police officers have committed theft, extortion and sexual assault.

    How to avoid it: Be wary of anyone claiming to be police. For help, contact PROATUR, the official tourist assistance service.

Emergency numbers in Guatemala

  • Fire ambulance 122 or 123
  • Police 110

Paraphrased from official travel advice: gov.uk · FCDO page updated 13 Aug 2026 · Last checked 24 Oct 2026.

Explore Guatemala

Planning more than the paperwork? Our Guatemala guide picks out places to visit, with a source for every tip.

Places to visit:
Antigua Guatemala · Quiriguá · Tak'alik Ab'aj
Read the full Guatemala guide

Icelandic passport: of the 155 destinations with a rule verified from an official source, 105 visa-free, 15 visa on arrival, 29 eVisa or travel authorisation, 6 embassy visa.

Guatemala: rules verified from an official source for 195 of 198 passports. Guatemala guide and every passport →

Where else can Icelandic passport holders travel? See every destination we cover →

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Plan your trip to Guatemala

Verify with the embassy before you book. Visa rules change without notice. We link every rule to its official source and last checked it on 10 Oct 2026, but the embassy, official e-visa portal and your airline have the final say. MyVisaPort is not a visa agent and is not affiliated with any government.