Spring flowers with the skyline of Asunción beyond, Paraguay

Who needs a visa for Paraguay?

Latin America and the Caribbean · Asunción

Photo: Felipe Antonio / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0

Of 198 nationalities, 69 enter Paraguay with no paperwork at all. The rest: 2 can get a visa at the border and 127 must be approved before they travel.

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

What do you need?

Who needs what

Visa free 69

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

Visa on arrival 2

Issued at the border rather than beforehand. Bring the fee in cash in the currency the border post accepts. It is a permission, not a guarantee.

Visa required 127

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

About Paraguay

Region
South America
Capital
Asunción
Population
7,013,078 2025 · 107th of 197
Size
406,752 km² 59th largest of 199
Density
17 per km²
Languages
Guaraní, Spanish
Currency
Paraguayan guaraní PYG
Borders
Argentina Bolivia Brazil

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.