
Do citizens of Uruguay need a visa for Argentina?
Citizens of Uruguay don’t need a visa for Argentina and can stay up to 90 days. You need a valid passport; border officers may ask for a return ticket and accommodation. For a longer stay you need a visa or an extension.
For citizens of Uruguay: the passport opens 96 countries visa-free.
Checked by visa analyst Albert Brown, 13 years of experience · September 26, 2026
No visa needed
Stay: 90 days
Can I travel to Argentina without a visa on a Uruguay passport?
Yes, citizens of Uruguay don’t need a visa for Argentina for up to 90 days. A valid passport is enough.
Argentina visa rules at a glance
- With a Uruguay passport you can visit 96 countries visa-free, 32 with a visa on arrival and 43 with an e-visa; 27 more require an embassy visa.
- By the number of visa-free destinations, the Uruguay passport ranks 59th of 199.
- Uruguay passport: visa-free access to 96 countries; Argentina passport: 106.
- Citizens of Uruguay and Argentina can travel together visa-free to 95 countries, for example: Paraguay, Chile, Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Guyana, Colombia, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela, Grenada, Barbados, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Panama, and Saint Lucia.
- A language both countries share: Spanish.
- Uruguay and Argentina share a border, so you can also travel overland.
- Citizens of Argentina, in turn, don’t need a visa for Uruguay. Uruguay visa for citizens of Argentina
Travelling to Argentina: good to know
- Montevideo — Buenos Aires: about 200 km in a straight line.
- No time difference with your country’s capital.
- Local currency: Argentine Peso.
- Languages: Guarani and Spanish.
- Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ ARS 1,524.
- Argentina is the 1st closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Uruguay.

Combine your trip
Neighbouring countries and their visa rules for citizens of Uruguay:
How citizens of neighbouring countries travel to Argentina
Visa rules for Argentina for citizens of countries bordering Uruguay:
Frequently asked questions
What is the time difference with Argentina?
No time difference with your country’s capital.
Do citizens of Argentina need a visa for Uruguay?
Citizens of Argentina, in turn, don’t need a visa for Uruguay.
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