No visa needed

Do citizens of Uruguay need a visa for Vanuatu?

Citizens of Uruguay don’t need a visa for Vanuatu and can stay up to 120 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; Montevideo — Port Vila: ≈ 12,510 km, about 16 hours of flying.

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

At a glance

No visa needed

Stay: 120 days

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

Yes, citizens of Uruguay don’t need a visa for Vanuatu for up to 120 days. A valid passport is enough.

Vanuatu 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; Vanuatu passport: 46.
Citizens of Uruguay and Vanuatu can travel together visa-free to 36 countries, for example: Peru, Ecuador, Trinidad and Tobago, Grenada, Barbados, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Panama, Saint Lucia, Dominica, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Haiti, Jamaica, and Honduras.
Citizens of Vanuatu, in turn, need an embassy visa to travel to Uruguay. Uruguay visa for citizens of Vanuatu

Travelling to Vanuatu: good to know

Montevideo — Port Vila: about 12,510 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 16 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +14 hours.
Local time: Montevideo 12:00 — Port Vila 02:00.
Local currency: Vanuatu Vatu.
Languages: Bislama, English, and French.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ VUV 118.
Vanuatu is the 141st closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Uruguay.