Guatemala Visa Cost Calculator

Most leisure travellers need only Guatemala's single-entry tourist authorisation — the fee-exempt baseline everything else is measured against. Multi-entry for Guatemala suits anyone whose trip is really two trips — one border hop in the middle changes the logistics, not the fee. Guatemala's business category asks for an invitation from the company you are visiting — the letter is the cost centre, not a government fee.

A short Guatemala layover — typically 24–72 hours — legalises itself under transit exemptions for most passports, without an application behind it. With the government fee at zero, the only costs are peripheral: photos, printing and any third-party service that files on your behalf — none of which the calculator prices.

Paperwork comes before payment: passport with 6+ months' validity, a recent photo, Guatemala accommodation confirmations, and bank statements. Guatemala accepts the online authorisation from anywhere with a scanner; keep the approval printout beside your passport for check-in and immigration. There is no fee-payment step for Guatemala: the authorisation is submitted and approved without a transaction, so nothing on your card statement marks the process.

Expect silence rather than updates: Guatemala rarely confirms receipt mid-review, so screenshot every submission page as you go. File 4–6 weeks out for Guatemala; express handling rescues late plans at +50%, which the calculator above prices for your group size.

The passport rules are absolute — 6 months' validity beyond your Guatemala exit date and two clean pages for the visa itself. Photos fail applications quietly: print two spares, keep the digital originals, and use a likeness from the last six months for Guatemala's file. Guatemala officers look for steady balances rather than lump sums, so statements covering 90 days beat a fresh deposit every time.

A booked (not necessarily paid) return ticket and accommodation covering every night in Guatemala complete the core file. Whatever the category, one extra document defines it for Guatemala: invitation letter (business) or onward ticket (transit).

Standard processing for Guatemala runs 5–15 business days for tourist files, stretching toward three weeks for multi-entry and business categories in busy seasons. Express handling compresses the wait to 1–3 business days for Guatemala — and because entry is fee-exempt, the upgrade buys speed only, never a surcharge. Incomplete files, not bad histories, cause the bulk of Guatemala rejections — one missing night of lodging is enough.

A refusal is not terminal: fix the named defect and reapply — Guatemala does not penalise a corrected second application. Track Guatemala's eVisa status page rather than your inbox; approval notices land in the portal first and the email second.