The islet of St George off Perast in the Bay of Kotor, Montenegro

Who needs a visa for Montenegro?

Southern Europe · Podgorica

Photo: Marcin Konsek / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

Of 198 nationalities, 101 enter Montenegro with no paperwork at all. The rest: 97 must be approved before they travel.

We have not found a Montenegro government portal we can link to with confidence, so we link to none — a lookalike is worse than nothing. Apply through Montenegro's own immigration service or its embassy.

What do you need?

Who needs what

Visa free 101

Nothing to apply for and nothing to pay before you travel.

Visa required 97

You must apply and be approved before you travel. Airlines will refuse to board you without it.

About Montenegro

Region
Southeast Europe
Capital
Podgorica
Population
623,129 2025 · 168th of 197
Size
13,812 km² 157th largest of 199
Density
45 per km²
Language
Montenegrin
Currency
Euro EUR

Capital, area, languages and currency from the open country dataset, pulled 21 September 2026. Population from the World Bank, series updated 13 July 2026. Density is calculated from the two figures above.