Montenegro visa requirements · checked 26 September 2026

Visa & Entry Requirements for Montenegro

Q: What documents do I need to enter Montenegro?

Passport validity: Montenegro's foreign ministry says a foreign travel document is valid for entry if it was issued within the last ten years and will not expire until at least three months after your planned departure from Montenegro. Travel insurance: Montenegro's Ministry of Foreign Affairs lists travel health insurance among the requirements for a short-stay (C) visa. Return or onward ticket: No official source we could read states a return-ticket requirement for visa-free visitors. Proof of funds: Montenegro's Ministry of Foreign Affairs lists proof of means of support among the documents for a short-stay (C) visa: a foreigner is considered to have means of support with at least €50 for each day of the requested stay, shown by a bank statement or other proof of funds or regular income, cash, traveller's cheques or credit cards.

Most travellers need a visa for Montenegro: 100 of 198 passports must apply at an embassy or consulate, while 98 passports enter visa-free.

Montenegro's Decree on Visa Regime (as amended up to Official Gazette 108/26) lets citizens of the countries and territories listed in its Article 1, including the United Kingdom and the United States, visit visa-free for up to 90 days. Citizens of Peru can stay 30 days, and citizens of Belarus, Russia, Saudi Arabia and Türkiye 30 days until 31 October 2026. Holders of a valid Schengen, US, UK, Irish, Canadian, Australian, New Zealand or Japanese visa, or of a residence permit from those countries or the Schengen area, can enter for up to 30 days.

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Visa for Montenegro — requirements summary

Visa-free: 98 (49%)
Visa required: 100 (51%)

All travellers must meet the entry rules set by Montenegro, and they depend on your nationality. Find your passport below — you may be able to enter visa-free, or need an eVisa, a visa on arrival or a visa from an embassy.

Passport	Requirement	Max stay	Details
Afghanistan	Visa required	—	Details →
Albania	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Algeria	Visa required	—	Details →
Andorra	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Angola	Visa required	—	Details →
Antigua and Barbuda	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Argentina	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Armenia	Visa required	—	Details →
Australia	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Austria	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Azerbaijan	Visa required	—	Details →
Bahamas	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Bahrain	Visa required	—	Details →
Bangladesh	Visa required	—	Details →
Barbados	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Belarus	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Belgium	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Belize	Visa required	—	Details →
Benin	Visa required	—	Details →
Bhutan	Visa required	—	Details →
Bolivia	Visa required	—	Details →
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Botswana	Visa required	—	Details →
Brazil	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Brunei	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Bulgaria	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Burkina Faso	Visa required	—	Details →
Burundi	Visa required	—	Details →
Cambodia	Visa required	—	Details →
Cameroon	Visa required	—	Details →
Canada	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Cape Verde	Visa required	—	Details →
Central African Republic	Visa required	—	Details →
Chad	Visa required	—	Details →
Chile	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
China	Visa required	—	Details →
Colombia	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Comoros	Visa required	—	Details →
Costa Rica	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Côte d'Ivoire	Visa required	—	Details →
Croatia	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Cuba	Visa required	—	Details →
Cyprus	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Czechia	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Denmark	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Djibouti	Visa required	—	Details →
Dominica	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Dominican Republic	Visa required	—	Details →
DR Congo	Visa required	—	Details →
Ecuador	Visa required	—	Details →
Egypt	Visa required	—	Details →
El Salvador	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Equatorial Guinea	Visa required	—	Details →
Eritrea	Visa required	—	Details →
Estonia	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Eswatini	Visa required	—	Details →
Ethiopia	Visa required	—	Details →
Fiji	Visa required	—	Details →
Finland	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
France	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Gabon	Visa required	—	Details →
Gambia	Visa required	—	Details →
Georgia	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Germany	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Ghana	Visa required	—	Details →
Greece	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Grenada	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Guatemala	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Guinea	Visa required	—	Details →
Guinea-Bissau	Visa required	—	Details →
Guyana	Visa required	—	Details →
Haiti	Visa required	—	Details →
Honduras	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Hong Kong	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Hungary	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Iceland	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
India	Visa required	—	Details →
Indonesia	Visa required	—	Details →
Iran	Visa required	—	Details →
Iraq	Visa required	—	Details →
Ireland	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Israel	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Italy	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Jamaica	Visa required	—	Details →
Japan	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Jordan	Visa required	—	Details →
Kazakhstan	Visa required	—	Details →
Kenya	Visa required	—	Details →
Kiribati	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Kosovo	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Kuwait	Visa required	—	Details →
Kyrgyzstan	Visa required	—	Details →
Laos	Visa required	—	Details →
Latvia	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Lebanon	Visa required	—	Details →
Lesotho	Visa required	—	Details →
Liberia	Visa required	—	Details →
Libya	Visa required	—	Details →
Liechtenstein	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Lithuania	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Luxembourg	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Macau	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Madagascar	Visa required	—	Details →
Malawi	Visa required	—	Details →
Malaysia	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Maldives	Visa required	—	Details →
Mali	Visa required	—	Details →
Malta	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Marshall Islands	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Mauritania	Visa required	—	Details →
Mauritius	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Mexico	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Micronesia	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Moldova	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Monaco	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Mongolia	Visa required	—	Details →
Morocco	Visa required	—	Details →
Mozambique	Visa required	—	Details →
Myanmar	Visa required	—	Details →
Namibia	Visa required	—	Details →
Nauru	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Nepal	Visa required	—	Details →
Netherlands	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
New Zealand	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Nicaragua	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Niger	Visa required	—	Details →
Nigeria	Visa required	—	Details →
North Korea	Visa required	—	Details →
North Macedonia	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Norway	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Oman	Visa required	—	Details →
Pakistan	Visa required	—	Details →
Palau	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Palestine	Visa required	—	Details →
Panama	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Papua New Guinea	Visa required	—	Details →
Paraguay	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Peru	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Philippines	Visa required	—	Details →
Poland	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Portugal	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Qatar	Visa required	—	Details →
Republic of the Congo	Visa required	—	Details →
Romania	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Russia	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Rwanda	Visa required	—	Details →
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Saint Lucia	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Samoa	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
San Marino	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Sao Tome and Principe	Visa required	—	Details →
Saudi Arabia	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Senegal	Visa required	—	Details →
Serbia	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Seychelles	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Sierra Leone	Visa required	—	Details →
Singapore	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Slovakia	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Slovenia	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Solomon Islands	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Somalia	Visa required	—	Details →
South Africa	Visa required	—	Details →
South Korea	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
South Sudan	Visa required	—	Details →
Spain	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Sri Lanka	Visa required	—	Details →
Sudan	Visa required	—	Details →
Suriname	Visa required	—	Details →
Sweden	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Switzerland	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Syria	Visa required	—	Details →
Taiwan	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Tajikistan	Visa required	—	Details →
Tanzania	Visa required	—	Details →
Thailand	Visa required	—	Details →
Timor-Leste	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Togo	Visa required	—	Details →
Tonga	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Trinidad and Tobago	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Tunisia	Visa required	—	Details →
Türkiye	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Turkmenistan	Visa required	—	Details →
Tuvalu	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Uganda	Visa required	—	Details →
Ukraine	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
United Arab Emirates	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
United Kingdom	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
United States	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Uruguay	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Uzbekistan	Visa required	—	Details →
Vanuatu	Visa required	—	Details →
Vatican City	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Venezuela	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Vietnam	Visa required	—	Details →
Yemen	Visa required	—	Details →
Zambia	Visa required	—	Details →
Zimbabwe	Visa required	—	Details →

Montenegro visa types, fees and processing times

Short-stay visa (visa C)

Embassy

Max stay: 90 days

Fee and processing time not published — confirm with the embassy or consulate before you apply.

Long-stay visa (D visa)

Embassy

Fee and processing time not published — confirm with the embassy or consulate before you apply.

Entry requirements for Montenegro

Passport validity

Montenegro's foreign ministry says a foreign travel document is valid for entry if it was issued within the last ten years and will not expire until at least three months after your planned departure from Montenegro. If you need a visa, the passport must be valid at least three months longer than the visa.

Government of Montenegro, Ministry of Foreign Affairs — Visas✓ Checked 6 Oct 2026

Travel insurance

Montenegro's Ministry of Foreign Affairs lists travel health insurance among the requirements for a short-stay (C) visa. No official source we could read states an insurance requirement for visa-exempt visitors.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Montenegro — Visa C and D requirements (published 13 January 2026)✓ Checked 3 Oct 2026

Return or onward ticket

No official source we could read states a return-ticket requirement for visa-free visitors. Montenegro's Ministry of Foreign Affairs says short-stay (C) visa applicants may also submit proof of intention to return, such as a return ticket.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Montenegro — Visa C and D requirements (published 13 January 2026)✓ Checked 3 Oct 2026

Proof of funds

Montenegro's Ministry of Foreign Affairs lists proof of means of support among the documents for a short-stay (C) visa: a foreigner is considered to have means of support with at least €50 for each day of the requested stay, shown by a bank statement or other proof of funds or regular income, cash, traveller's cheques or credit cards. No official source we could read states a figure for visa-exempt visitors.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Montenegro — Visas✓ Checked 7 Oct 2026

Arrival cards and declarations: Tourist registration (white card)

24 hours

The UK Foreign Office says all visitors to Montenegro must register with the local tourism office or police within 24 hours of arrival. It says hotel staff and the owners of some holiday lets are obliged to register you; if you stay in private accommodation, make sure you complete the registration yourself. If you do not register, it says, you may be fined, detained or face a court appearance.

UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office — Montenegro travel advice: entry requirements✓ Checked 3 Oct 2026

Registration after arrival

90 days

A foreigner with a long-stay (D) visa, or staying in Montenegro for up to 90 days, must register the stay with the police within 24 hours of arriving at the place of stay. When the foreigner uses an accommodation provider, the provider has this duty and must register within 12 hours of arrival. A foreigner who fails to register is fined 60 to 600 euros.

Službeni list Crne Gore — Law on Foreigners✓ Checked 12 Oct 2026

Overstay penalties

1,200 euros

Unlawful stay is a stay by a foreigner who does not meet, or no longer meets, the conditions for entry and stay. A foreigner who enters or stays unlawfully, or does not leave immediately or within the time set, is fined 200 to 1,200 euros. The law provides that in the return decision the police, considering each case, may impose an entry and stay ban of at least 30 days and at most five years. An amending law replaces 'may impose' with 'imposes' and '30 days' with '90 days'.

Službeni list Crne Gore — Law on Foreigners (Zakon o strancima), Sl. list CG 12/2018✓ Checked 12 Oct 2026

Customs allowances

10,000 euros

The UK Foreign Office says to declare cash or travellers cheques worth 10,000 euros or more when travelling to Montenegro; you get a certified declaration showing you brought it in, and without one your money could be seized when you leave.

UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office — Montenegro travel advice: entry requirements✓ Checked 3 Oct 2026

Montenegro visa requirements statistics

198

Passports covered

100

Most common: Visa required

Least common: Visa-free

49%

Visa-free access

Visa-free stays by length

90 days · 93 passports
30 days · 5 passports

Understanding Montenegro visa requirements

We track the entry rules of Montenegro for 198 passports. The most common situation is visa required, which applies to 100 passports (51%). 49% of passports can enter without a visa. The least common is visa-free (98 passports).

Entry categories for Montenegro

Visa-free entry: 98 passports can enter without a visa, for stays from 30 to 90 days.
Visa required: 100 passports must apply at an embassy or consulate.

What else you need to enter Montenegro

Passport validity: Montenegro's foreign ministry says a foreign travel document is valid for entry if it was issued within the last ten years and will not expire until at least three months after your planned departure from Montenegro.
Travel insurance: Montenegro's Ministry of Foreign Affairs lists travel health insurance among the requirements for a short-stay (C) visa.
Return or onward ticket: No official source we could read states a return-ticket requirement for visa-free visitors.
Proof of funds: Montenegro's Ministry of Foreign Affairs lists proof of means of support among the documents for a short-stay (C) visa: a foreigner is considered to have means of support with at least €50 for each day of the requested stay, shown by a bank statement or other proof of funds or regular income, cash, traveller's cheques or credit cards.

Open your passport in the table for the exact rules — maximum stay, fees, how to apply and the official source. Entry rules change at short notice: confirm with the embassy of Montenegro or its official immigration website before you travel.

Frequently asked questions about Montenegro visas

Do I need a visa for Montenegro?

It depends on your passport: citizens of the countries and territories listed in Article 1 of the Decree on Visa Regime, including the UK, US, Canada, Australia and Japan, can stay up to 90 days visa-free, and Peruvians 30 days. Citizens of Russia, Belarus, Türkiye and Saudi Arabia can stay 30 days, an exemption the decree sets only until 31 October 2026. Nationalities that do need a visa can apply in person at a Montenegrin diplomatic or consular mission, or enter on a valid Schengen, US, UK, Irish, Canadian, Australian, New Zealand or Japanese visa or a residence permit from those countries or the Schengen area for up to 30 days.

Can I enter Montenegro with a Schengen visa?

Yes — under Article 7 of the Decree on Visa Regime, holders of a valid Schengen visa or a Schengen-area residence permit (and equally of US, UK, Irish, Canadian, Australian, New Zealand or Japanese visas and residence permits) may enter and stay up to 30 days without a Montenegrin visa, and no longer than until the visa or permit expires if it is valid for less than 30 days.

How long can US citizens stay in Montenegro?

US passport holders can stay up to 90 days without a visa, under Montenegro's Decree on Visa Regime.

Does Montenegro use the euro?

Yes. The European Central Bank says Montenegro uses the euro, but without a formal arrangement.

Do Russian citizens need a visa for Montenegro?

Not until 31 October 2026: Montenegro's Decree on Visa Regime lets Russian citizens enter visa-free for up to 30 days, and sets that exemption only until that date.

Can EU citizens enter Montenegro with just an ID card?

Yes — Montenegro's Ministry of Foreign Affairs says EU citizens can stay up to 30 days with a valid ID card and up to 90 days with a valid passport, and that citizens of the signatory states of the Agreement on Freedom of Movement in the Western Balkans can enter and stay for up to 90 days with a valid personal document.

Do US citizens need a visa for Montenegro?

US citizens can visit Montenegro visa-free for 90 days. Full rules for United States passport holders.

Do UK citizens need a visa for Montenegro?

UK citizens can visit Montenegro visa-free for 90 days. Full rules for United Kingdom passport holders.

Do German citizens need a visa for Montenegro?

German citizens can visit Montenegro visa-free for 90 days. Full rules for Germany passport holders.

What documents do I need to enter Montenegro?

Passport validity: Montenegro's foreign ministry says a foreign travel document is valid for entry if it was issued within the last ten years and will not expire until at least three months after your planned departure from Montenegro. Travel insurance: Montenegro's Ministry of Foreign Affairs lists travel health insurance among the requirements for a short-stay (C) visa. Return or onward ticket: No official source we could read states a return-ticket requirement for visa-free visitors. Proof of funds: Montenegro's Ministry of Foreign Affairs lists proof of means of support among the documents for a short-stay (C) visa: a foreigner is considered to have means of support with at least €50 for each day of the requested stay, shown by a bank statement or other proof of funds or regular income, cash, traveller's cheques or credit cards.

How long can I stay in Montenegro without a visa?

Usually 90 days (93 passports); visa-free stays range from 30 to 90 days depending on your passport.

How many countries can visit Montenegro without a visa?

98 of 198 passports can enter Montenegro visa-free (49%). and 100 need a visa from an embassy.

Data: TravelRequirements.info — Entry Requirements Dataset, AXG Sp. z o.o. (CC BY 4.0) — official sources are linked on each passport page. Gaps filled from the Passport Index dataset (MIT).

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Montenegro passport holders can visit 81 countries without a visa. Open a country for the exact rules.

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