Visa policy of Venezuela

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.

Entry and exit stamps.

Visa policy map

Visa policy of Venezuela

  Venezuela

  Visa-free (may enter with passport or ID)

  Visa-free (may enter with passport)

  Visa required

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 citizens of Bolivia and Colombia):^[1][2][3]

All European Union member states2[4] Andorra Antigua and Barbuda Argentina 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 Serbia South Africa South Korea Sri Lanka  Switzerland Trinidad and Tobago Turkey United Kingdom Uruguay

_{1 - must hold confirmation of hotel reservation or notarized invitation letter.
2 - for maximum stay of 90 days in 180 days.
3 a for maximum stay of 60 days.
B - may also visit without a visa for business purposes}

Date of visa changes
19 June 2008: Belarus[5] 6 March 2009: Russia Cancelled: 27 March 2007: Taiwan[6] 3 March 2015: United States[7] 16 October 2017: Panama[8] 10 April 2018: Guatemala 15 June 2019: Peru[9] 11 July 2019: Canada[10] 29 August 2019: Chile and Ecuador[11]

Non-ordinary passports

• Holders of diplomatic, official and service passport holders of Algeria, Austria, Barbados, Belarus, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czech Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, France, Gambia, Germany, Ghana, 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 for holders of diplomatic passports only of Colombia, Italy, Portugal, Qatar and Suriname can enter Venezuela visa-free for up to 90 days.
• Holders of diplomatic, official and service passports of Angola, China, Indonesia, Iran, Singapore, South Korea and Turkey can enter Venezuela visa-free for up to 30 days.
• Holders of an ordinary passport for public affairs issued by China can enter Venezuela visa-free for up to 30 days.
• Holders of diplomatic, official and service passport holders of Argentina require a visa as the visa-waiver agreement has been suspended until further notice.

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
Jordan[12]	Diplomatic, service	28 September 2024
Kyrgyzstan[13]	Diplomatic, service	27 September 2024
Oman[14]	Diplomatic, special, service	24 September 2024
Zimbabwe[15]	Diplomatic, service	June 2024
Tajikistan[16]	Diplomatic, service	September 2022

See also

• Venezuela portal

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