No visa needed

Do citizens of Brazil need a visa for Uruguay?

Citizens of Brazil don’t need a visa for Uruguay 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 Brazil: the passport opens 110 countries visa-free; Brasília — Montevideo: ≈ 2,280 km, about 3.5 hours of flying.

Checked by visa analyst Albert Brown, 13 years of experience · September 26, 2026

At a glance

No visa needed

Stay: 90 days

Can I travel to Uruguay without a visa on a Brazil passport?

Yes, citizens of Brazil don’t need a visa for Uruguay for up to 90 days. A valid passport is enough.

Uruguay visa rules at a glance

With a Brazil passport you can visit 110 countries visa-free, 31 with a visa on arrival and 34 with an e-visa; 23 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Brazil passport ranks 42nd of 199.
Brazil passport: visa-free access to 110 countries; Uruguay passport: 96.
Citizens of Brazil and Uruguay can travel together visa-free to 94 countries, for example: Paraguay, Bolivia, Argentina, Guyana, Chile, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, Grenada, Barbados, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Venezuela, Saint Lucia, Colombia, Dominica, and Ecuador.
Brazil and Uruguay share a border, so you can also travel overland.
Uruguay has an embassy in your country of citizenship, so you can apply without travelling abroad.
Citizens of Uruguay, in turn, don’t need a visa for Brazil. Brazil visa for citizens of Uruguay

Travelling to Uruguay: good to know

Brasília — Montevideo: about 2,280 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 3.5 hours.
No time difference with your country’s capital.
Local currency: Uruguayan Peso.
Languages: Spanish.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ UYU 40.
Uruguay is the 3rd closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Brazil.