Visa policy of Venezuela

Entry and exit stamps.

Visitors to Venezuela must obtain a visa from one of the Venezuelan diplomatic missions, unless they come from one of the visa exempt countries.

Visitors are required to hold proof of sufficient funds to cover their stay and documents required for their next destination.

Visitors not holding return / onward tickets could be refused entry. Naturalized Venezuelan citizens, must hold in addition to their passport and National Identity Card (Cedula de Identidad), the original (or certified copy) of the official decree (Gaceta Oficial) of their naturalization issued by the Venezuelan government.

All visitors must hold a passport valid for 6 months.

Visa policy map

Visa policy of Venezuela

  Venezuela

  Visa not required (may enter with passport or ID)

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Visa exemption

Holders of ordinary passports of the following countries can visit Venezuela without a visa for up to 90 days for tourism purposes unless otherwise stated (extendable once for the same period except the citizens of Bolivia and Colombia):

All European Union member states Andorra Antigua and Barbuda ArgentinaID Australia Barbados Belarus Belize Bolivia1 BrazilID 3 Colombia Costa Rica Dominica Grenada Hong Kong Iceland Indonesia Iran Jamaica Japan Liechtenstein Malaysia Maldives Mexico Monaco Nicaragua New Zealand Norway Palestine Paraguay Qatar Russia2 B Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines San Marino South Africa South Korea Sri Lanka Switzerland Trinidad and Tobago Turkey United Kingdom UruguayID

_{ID - citizens of these countries may cross the border with an ID card only when travelling as tourists.
1 - must hold confirmation of hotel reservation or notarized invitation letter.
2 - for maximum stay of 90 days in 180 days.
3 - for maximum stay of 60 days each visit.
B - may also visit without a visa for business purposes}

Date of visa changes
19 June 2008: Belarus 6 March 2009: Russia Cancelled: Taiwan: 27 March 2007 United States: 3 March 2015 Panama: 16 October 2017 Guatemala: 10 April 2018 Peru: 15 June 2019 Canada: 11 July 2019 Chile: 29 August 2019 Also Ecuador

Non-ordinary passports

• Holders of diplomatic, official or service passports of Algeria, Angola, Austria, Barbados, Belarus, Belize, Bolivia, Bulgaria, Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czech Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, France, Gambia, Germany, Guatemala, Guinea, Guyana, Honduras, Hungary, India, Israel, Jamaica, Latvia, Lebanon, Libya, Lithuania, Mexico, Namibia, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, Syria, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Vietnam and holders of diplomatic passports only of Colombia, Italy, Portugal, Qatar, Suriname can enter visa-free for 90 days each visit.
• Holders of diplomatic, official or service passports of Brazil can enter visa-free for 60 days each visit.
• Holders of diplomatic, official or service passports of China, Indonesia, Iran, Singapore, South Korea & Turkey can enter visa-free for 30 days each visit.
• Holders of an ordinary passport for public affairs issued by China can enter visa-free for 30 days each visit.
• Holders of Diplomatic, Official or Service Passports of Argentina require a mandatory visa to enter Venezuela.

Future changes

Venezuela has signed visa exemption agreements with the following countries, but they have not yet entered into force:

Country	Passports	Agreement signed on
Serbia	Ordinary	22 October 2023
Ghana	Diplomatic, official	9 July 2018
Benin	—	April 2018

See also

• Visa requirements for Venezuelan citizens
• List of diplomatic missions of Venezuela

External links

• Visa policy of Venezuela, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Venezuela Archived 2015-02-24 at the Wayback Machine
• The Embassy of Venezuela in the United States of America; also available in Spanish.