Venezuela: visa and entry rules
What you need to get in, how long you may stay, and what an overstay costs
Venezuela's borders: every crossing point
Other 5
Airports 10
Venezuela's land border crossings, listed by neighbour:
With Colombia: San Antonio del Tachira — Cucuta, the main crossing. The route is unstable: it has been closed for years at a time and opened again, and its opening hours change.
With Brazil: Santa Elena de Uairen — Pacaraima in the south, on the road to Roraima.
With Guyana there is practically no land connection: the Essequibo region is disputed and no roads have been built through it.
By sea there is the Caribbean coast and the islands, including Margarita.
The Colombian route is worth checking immediately before your trip — it has changed more often than any other in the region.
Driving to Venezuela
The land routes come from Colombia and Brazil, but the Colombian route is unstable.
Ask customs about the rules for temporary import into Venezuela rather than going by experience in a neighbouring country: the permitted periods and the carnet requirement do not match.
Fuel is cheap, but supply is intermittent — queues at filling stations are normal, and this has to be planned for separately.
An International Driving Permit is required.
Insurance is bought locally.
Travelling to Venezuela with a pet
An international veterinary certificate is required, endorsed by the state veterinary service of the country you are leaving.
The rabies vaccination must be valid on the date of entry.
An import permit is arranged in advance.
Check the requirements for your animal for entry into Venezuela before booking tickets, not after. The vaccination deadlines and the quarantine rules change, and they cannot be redone in a day.
Overstaying your visa in Venezuela
The fine is charged for exceeding your permitted stay and is paid on departure.
You will learn the figure at the border, not before. The rates in Venezuela are revised and the reference guides do not keep up: take cash and allow extra time for leaving.
An extension is arranged in advance, and the procedure takes time.
A serious overstay means detention and deportation.
What else to check before you go
更新日
Entry rules change faster than anything else on this site, and they change without notice. We cross-check every page against several sources and state the date it was verified, but that does not replace the main step: before you travel, check an official source — the country’s consulate, its immigration service or its e-visa portal. Especially if more than a couple of months have passed since our check.