The Latvian passport has been ranked 8th powerful in the World, a powerful EU travel document with visa free access to 183 destinations, according to Henley Index 2025. The Latvian passport improved its rankings significantly from 26th in 2006 to 8th place in 2025. Citizens of Latvia enjoy unrestricted rights to live, work and study in EU member states.
Latvian Passport
The Latvian passport (Latvijas pilsoņa pase) are issued to citizens of Latvia for identity and international travel purposes being valid for 10 years if the citizen is 20 or older, for 5 years if 5–20 and for 2 years if 0–5 years old.
Passport History
The First Latvian passport design, issued in 1921 (below photo). The First version was printed from 1992 until 30 June 2002 (Blue cover with glued photo.)
Visa Free Access
Latvia has visa waiver agreements 182 destinations as of 2025. Some of the important countries are ..
- China (30 November, 2024 to 31 December, 2026.)
- Israel (ETA)
- Australia (eVisitor 90 days)
- Canada (Visa free 6 months)
- Japan (90 days)
- South Korea (90 days)
- Serbia
- Turkey (90 days)
- UAE (90 days)
- Ukraine (90 days)
- United Kingdom (6 months)
- United States (VWP 6 months)
Golden Visa
The Latvia golden visa program being the most affordable residency program in EU provides non-expedited path to Latvian citizenship (passport) via naturalization after 10 years of living. Applicants must pass latvian language proficiency and knowledge of culture and constitution.
Non Citizen Passport
A Latvian non-citizen passport (brown), also known as an Alien’s passport, is an identity document issued to stateless persons with permanent residency in Latvia who are not citizens of any other country. It functions as an internationally recognized travel document, but it does not grant the holder the same rights as a citizen and does not exempt them from visa requirements
