The lighthouse on Isla de Lobos, Uruguay

Who needs a visa for Uruguay?

Latin America and the Caribbean · Montevideo

Photo: Priscilla Jordão / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0

Of 198 nationalities, 85 enter Uruguay with no paperwork at all. The rest: 113 must be approved before they travel.

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

What do you need?

Who needs what

Visa free 85

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

Visa required 113

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

About Uruguay

Region
South America
Capital
Montevideo
Population
3,384,688 2025 · 133rd of 197
Size
181,034 km² 89th largest of 199
Density
19 per km²
Language
Spanish
Currency
Uruguayan peso UYU
Borders
Argentina 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.