Entry right

Uruguay, on a South African passport

Visa-free entry.

Length of stay — 90 days.

All visa-free countries with a South African passport

What changed

Unchanged between the 12 January 2025 and 17 February 2026 datasets: visa-free, 90 days.

The official portal

Applications go through Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de Uruguay. It is the only source that counts.

Open the official portal
Staying longer

This country has a scheme for remote workers: Résidence pour travailleurs à distance (2023). It takes over when the entry period is no longer enough.

The other way round

A Uruguay passport travelling to South Africa: visa-free.

Same region, same passport

Latin America & Caribbean: with a South African passport, 28 of the 31 other countries in the region open visa-free or with a simple online authorisation.

Visa-free (27)
Antigua & Barbuda (180 d), Argentina (90 d), Bahamas (90 d), Barbados (180 d), Belize, Bolivia (90 d), Brazil (90 d), Chile (90 d), Costa Rica (180 d), Dominica (180 d), Dominican Republic (30 d), Ecuador (90 d), El Salvador (180 d), Grenada (90 d), Guatemala (90 d), Guyana (30 d), Haiti (90 d), Honduras (90 d), Jamaica, Nicaragua (90 d), Panama (90 d), Paraguay (90 d), Peru (180 d), St. Lucia (42 d), St. Vincent & Grenadines (90 d), Trinidad & Tobago (90 d), Venezuela (90 d)
Electronic authorisation (1)
St. Kitts & Nevis
e-visa (3)
Colombia, Cuba, Suriname
Once you are there
Cities rated for working there
The same country, on another passport
All 199 passports, in the Trousseau
What this page does not replace

Entry rules change often, sometimes overnight. This record gives the known state, with its source; it does not replace checking with the destination’s embassy or consulate, the only authority on the day you leave.

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