Nicaragua ends visa-free entry for Chinese, Venezuelan, and 126 other foreign nationals
Nicaragua has suspended visa-free entry for Venezuelans, Chinese, Cubans, and 126 other nationalities, ending a policy that previously allowed many to transit through the country. This move marks a major shift in the Central American nation’s immigration rules.
Iñigo Alexander/Reuters
February 14, 2026
A man holds his passport while waiting to enter the Nicaraguan Embassy as Nicaragua ended visa-free entry for Cuban citizens, in Havana, Cuba February 9, 2026.
Norlys Perez/Reuters
Nicaragua has ended visa-free entry for Venezuelan, Chinese and 126 other foreign nationals, the government said on Friday.
On Monday, the government also ended visa-free entry for Cuban citizens, scrapping a policy that in recent years had allowed thousands of Cubans to transit through the Central American country on their way north to the United States.
-Iñigo Alexander/Reuters
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