Uruguay visa requirements · checked 26 September 2026
Visa & Entry Requirements for UruguayMost travellers need a visa for Uruguay: 113 of 198 passports must apply at an embassy or consulate, while 85 passports enter visa-free.
Uruguay's Dirección Nacional de Migración publishes, country by country, who needs a visa, and says citizens of countries not on its list need a consular visa. It lists the United States, Canada and Great Britain as not needing a visa and says European Union passports need none. Uruguay's migration regulation (Decree 394/009) sets the stay of the non-residents it covers at ninety days, renewable for ninety more, and the Dirección Nacional de Migración grants extensions (prórroga). People who need a visa contact the Uruguayan consular office for their place of residence.
Do I need a visa for Uruguay? Quick answers
United States
Visa-free
90 days
United Kingdom
Visa-free
90 days
Germany
Visa-free
90 days
India
Visa required
China
Visa required
Canada
Visa-free
90 days
Australia
Visa-free
90 days
Poland
Visa-free
90 days
Another passport? Use the checker or find it in the table below.
Visa for Uruguay — requirements summaryAll travellers must meet the entry rules set by Uruguay, 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 required | — | Details → |
 Algeria |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Andorra |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Angola |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Antigua and Barbuda |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Argentina |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Armenia |
Visa-free | 90 days | 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 required | — | Details → |
 Belgium |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Belize |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Benin |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Bhutan |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Bolivia |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Botswana |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Brazil |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Brunei |
Visa required | — | 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-free | 90 days | 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-free | 90 days | 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-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Japan |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Jordan |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Kazakhstan |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Kenya |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Kiribati |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Kosovo |
Visa required | — | 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 | 30 days | Details → |
 Maldives |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Mali |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Malta |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Marshall Islands |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Mauritania |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Mauritius |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Mexico |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Micronesia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Moldova |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Monaco |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Mongolia |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Montenegro |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Morocco |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Mozambique |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Myanmar |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Namibia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Nauru |
Visa required | — | 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 required | — | Details → |
 Norway |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Oman |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Pakistan |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Palau |
Visa required | — | 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 | 90 days | Details → |
 Philippines |
Visa required | — | Details → |
| Poland |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Portugal |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Qatar |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Republic of the Congo |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Romania |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Russia |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Rwanda |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Saint Kitts and Nevis |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Saint Lucia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Samoa |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 San Marino |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Sao Tome and Principe |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Saudi Arabia |
Visa required | — | 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 required | — | Details → |
 Somalia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 South Africa |
Visa-free | 90 days | 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 required | — | Details → |
 Tajikistan |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Tanzania |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Thailand |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Timor-Leste |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Togo |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Tonga |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Trinidad and Tobago |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Tunisia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Türkiye |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Turkmenistan |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Tuvalu |
Visa required | — | 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 → |
 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 → |
No passport matches your search.
Uruguay visa types, fees and processing times3 consular pesos (USD 42), charged only if the visa is granted; official and diplomatic passports pay nothing. The Foreign Ministry says the price of consular procedures changes on 1 January each year.
Fee and processing time not published — confirm with the embassy or consulate before you apply.
Official application site →Entry requirements for UruguayThe UK government says your passport must be valid for the duration of your stay and have at least one blank page for an entry stamp. Uruguay's Foreign Ministry says visa applicants need a passport valid for at least 6 months after arrival in Uruguay.
UK FCDO — Uruguay entry requirements✓ Checked 3 Oct 2026
Your passport needs at least 1 blank page.
UK FCDO — Uruguay entry requirements✓ Checked 7 Oct 2026
The US CDC says Uruguay's country entry requirements do not require the yellow fever vaccine.
US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — Uruguay traveler health✓ Checked 2 Oct 2026
No official source we could read states a travel insurance requirement for Uruguay; the Foreign Ministry's visa requirements do not include insurance.
Gobierno de Uruguay — Inicio de solicitud de visas (MRREE visa application procedure) (requirements: no travel insurance listed)✓ Checked 7 Oct 2026
Uruguay's Foreign Ministry lists a travel booking (reserva de viaje) among the requirements for a visa application. No official source we could read states a ticket requirement for visa-exempt visitors.
Gobierno de Uruguay — Inicio de solicitud de visas (MRREE visa application procedure)✓ Checked 7 Oct 2026
Uruguay's Foreign Ministry lists an invitation letter or hotel booking and economic solvency among the requirements for a visa application. No official source we could read publishes an amount, or a funds requirement for visa-exempt visitors.
Gobierno de Uruguay — Inicio de solicitud de visas (MRREE visa application procedure)✓ Checked 7 Oct 2026
When the authorised stay expires, foreigners must leave the country, unless the Dirección Nacional de Migración extends it for justified reasons or a change of migration category was requested before it expired. Remaining in the country after the authorised stay expires is a ground for expulsion. People whose stay has already expired may apply for a temporary stay extension (expired), at 345.00 UI instead of 225.60 UI for a stay still in force.
IMPO (official legislation database) — Ley N° 18.250 de Migración✓ Checked 12 Oct 2026
Uruguay's customs service (Dirección Nacional de Aduanas) says anyone not under Central Bank control must declare to it the transport across the border of cash, precious metals or other monetary instruments worth USD 10,000 or more.
Dirección Nacional de Aduanas, Uruguay — Normativa vigente para transporte de valores✓ Checked 2 Oct 2026
Uruguay visa requirements statisticsWe track the entry rules of Uruguay for 198 passports. The most common situation is visa required, which applies to 113 passports (57%). 43% of passports can enter without a visa. The least common is visa-free (85 passports).
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 Uruguay or its official immigration website before you travel.
Frequently asked questions about Uruguay visasData: 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).
Travelling from Uruguay?
Uruguay passport holders can visit 98 countries without a visa. Open a country for the exact rules.
Albania
90d
Andorra
90d
Angola
30d
Argentina
90d
Armenia
180d
Austria
90d
Bahamas
90d
Barbados
90d
Belarus
30d
Belgium
90d
Belize
∞
Bolivia
90d
Bosnia and Herzegovina
90d
Botswana
90d
Brazil
90d
Bulgaria
90d
Chile
90d
China
30d
Colombia
90d
Costa Rica
180d
Croatia
90d
Cyprus
90d
Czechia
∞
Denmark
90d
Dominica
21d
Dominican Republic
∞
Ecuador
90d
El Salvador
180d
Estonia
90d
Eswatini
30d
Fiji
120d
Finland
90d
France
90d
Georgia
90d
Germany
90d
Greece
90d
Grenada
90d
Guatemala
90d
Guyana
90d
Haiti
90d
Honduras
90d
Hong Kong
90d
Hungary
90d
Iceland
90d
Ireland
90d
Israel
90d
Italy
90d
Jamaica
30d
Japan
90d
Kiribati
90d
Kosovo
90d
Latvia
90d
Liechtenstein
90d
Lithuania
90d
Luxembourg
90d
Macau
90d
Malaysia
90d
Malta
90d
Mexico
180d
Micronesia
30d
Moldova
90d
Monaco
90d
Mongolia
30d
Montenegro
90d
Netherlands
90d
Nicaragua
90d
North Macedonia
90d
Norway
90d
Palestine
∞
Panama
90d
Paraguay
90d
Peru
180d
Philippines
30d
Poland
90d
Portugal
90d
Romania
90d
Russia
90d
Saint Kitts and Nevis
90d
Saint Lucia
42d
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
90d
San Marino
90d
Serbia
90d
Seychelles
90d
Singapore
30d
Slovakia
90d
Slovenia
90d
South Africa
90d
Spain
90d
Sweden
90d
Switzerland
90d
Thailand
60d
Trinidad and Tobago
90d
Türkiye
90d
Ukraine
90d
United Arab Emirates
90d
Vanuatu
120d
Vatican City
90d
Venezuela
90d
