No visa needed

Do citizens of Chile need a visa for Uruguay?

Citizens of Chile 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 Chile: the passport opens 105 countries visa-free; Santiago — Montevideo: ≈ 1,340 km, about 2 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 Chile passport?

Yes, citizens of Chile 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 Chile passport you can visit 105 countries visa-free, 33 with a visa on arrival and 38 with an e-visa; 22 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Chile passport ranks 46th of 199.
Chile passport: visa-free access to 105 countries; Uruguay passport: 96.
Citizens of Chile and Uruguay can travel together visa-free to 93 countries, for example: Argentina, Paraguay, Bolivia, Peru, Brazil, Ecuador, Colombia, Guyana, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, Costa Rica, Grenada, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Barbados, and Nicaragua.
A language both countries share: Spanish.
Citizens of Uruguay, in turn, don’t need a visa for Chile. Chile visa for citizens of Uruguay

Travelling to Uruguay: good to know

Santiago — Montevideo: about 1,340 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 2 hours.
No time difference with your country’s capital.
Local currency: Uruguayan Peso.
Languages: Spanish.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ UYU 40.
Uruguay is the 2nd closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Chile.