No visa needed

Do citizens of Venezuela need a visa for Uruguay?

Citizens of Venezuela 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 Venezuela: the passport opens 70 countries visa-free; Caracas — Montevideo: ≈ 5,170 km, about 7 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 Venezuela passport?

Yes, citizens of Venezuela 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 Venezuela passport you can visit 70 countries visa-free, 35 with a visa on arrival and 44 with an e-visa; 49 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Venezuela passport ranks 92nd of 199.
Venezuela passport: visa-free access to 70 countries; Uruguay passport: 96.
Citizens of Venezuela and Uruguay can travel together visa-free to 67 countries, for example: Grenada, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Dominica, Barbados, Colombia, Haiti, Jamaica, Bahamas, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina, Portugal, Iceland, and Spain.
A language both countries share: Spanish.
Citizens of Uruguay, in turn, don’t need a visa for Venezuela. Venezuela visa for citizens of Uruguay

Travelling to Uruguay: good to know

Caracas — Montevideo: about 5,170 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 7 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +1 hour.
Local time: Caracas 12:00 — Montevideo 13:00.
Local currency: Uruguayan Peso.
Languages: Spanish.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ UYU 40.
Uruguay is the 35th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Venezuela.