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Venezuela for Beninese passport holders: Embassy visa

Your circumstances

Passport:
🇧🇯 Beninese
Lives in:
Not specified (general rule)
Going to:
🇻🇪 Venezuela
Purpose:
Holiday

Route summary

Embassy visa

Tourist visa probably required (not fully confirmed by an official source)

Unofficial source – not verified

This rule is not from an official Venezuela government source. It is based on a secondary reference source (mppre.gob.ve). Confirm with the embassy or the official immigration authority before you travel.

Beninese passports are not on Venezuela's tourist-visa exemption list, so a tourist visa is probably required. Check before travel. Not from an official Venezuela government source; based on inferred from the official source below and matches the Passport Index dataset (GitHub, last updated 18 Feb 2026). Low confidence, not verified - confirm with the embassy before travel.

Conditions

No conditions recorded for this route — check the official source.

About this route

Route type
Embassy visa: you apply through an embassy, consulate or appointed visa centre.
Documents
Document list not published by the official source.
Fee
Fee not published by the official source.
Processing
Processing time not published by the official source.

Next step

Steps not published by the official source — use the official link to start.

Official sourcemppre.gob.ve ↗ (opens in a new tab)

Last checked 21 Oct 2026 against mppre.gob.ve · Secondary_research

Documents

Document list not published by the official source.

Fees

Fee not published by the official source.

Processing and validity

Processing time, validity and maximum stay: not published by the official source.

How to apply: Tourist visa probably required (not fully confirmed by an official source)

Where to apply

Where: Venezuelan consulate

Quick answers

Do Beninese passport holders need a visa for Venezuela?

Tourist visa probably required (not fully confirmed by an official source). Beninese passports are not on Venezuela's tourist-visa exemption list, so a tourist visa is probably required. Check before travel. Not from an official Venezuela government source; based on inferred from the official source below and matches the Passport Index dataset (GitHub, last updated 18 Feb 2026). Low confidence, not verified - confirm with the embassy before travel. Source: https://mppre.gob.ve/detalle_turismo/2-quienes-deben-solicitar-la-visa-de-turista

Business, work or just passing through?

The rules above are for a holiday: tourism and visiting family and friends. Business visits, paid work and transit are covered separately below.

Business visits to Venezuela

Not verified yet (not yet covered). We haven't verified the business rules for Beninese passport holders, and we don't publish rules we haven't checked against an official source. A rule that is awaiting verification or not yet covered is not a negative visa decision: it only means we haven't confirmed it on an official source yet. Until then, see mppre.gob.ve.

Working in Venezuela

⚠ Not from an official source: items marked below come from secondary sources (law firms, employer-of-record guides, IOM, Wikipedia), not the destination government. They are not verified and may be out of date; confirm with the embassy or immigration authority.

Main work visa routes for Venezuela

These are the main routes and what they require. Whether you qualify depends on your circumstances; the official page decides.

Work permit (Ministry of Labour)

⚠ Not from an official source

For: Foreign employees in Venezuela

  • Employer applies to the Ministry of Labour; also authorised by the Ministry of the Interior and Justice

Source: Multiplier – Venezuela hiring guide (employer-of-record guide) (Not official) (usemultiplier.com) · Not from an official source.

What the source says

"The employer must apply to the Venezuelan Ministry of Labor for a work permit on behalf of the employee." … "the work permit has to be authorized by the Ministry of the Interior and Justice."

Checked 16 Oct 2026. Requirements, fees and thresholds change; confirm on the official page before applying.

Your work travel report

We only create the PDF report from rules checked against an official government source.

Transit through Venezuela

Option 1
Visa-freeTransit (changing flights)

Airside transit within 24 hours generally without a visa (not from an official source)

Unofficial source – not verified

This rule is not from an official Venezuela government source. It is based on a secondary reference source (dict.dyimin.com). Confirm with the embassy or the official immigration authority before you travel.

Not from an official Venezuela government source: based on the World Visa Encyclopedia (dict.dyimin.com, an unofficial reference site), a single unofficial source. Not verified - conditions vary by airline and airport; confirm with your airline and the embassy before travel. The site says: “Airside Transit and Visa-Free Transit Visa-Exempt Nationals (Including South Koreans): Nationals of countries benefiting from visa-waiver agreements or exemptions of up to 90 days may transit flexibly through regular immigration clearance, regardless of whether they leave the airport's international transit area.”

Conditions

  • Stay in the international transit area (airside); do not pass immigration.
  • Check your airline allows it (through ticket and checked-through baggage).
Government fee
Fee not officially published
Processing
Not verified yet
Validity
Not verified yet
Max stay
Not verified yet
Steps, documents & where to apply

How to apply

Steps not verified yet — follow the official source below.

Documents checklist

Document list not verified yet — check the official source.

✓ Secondary_research

Official wording

“World Visa Encyclopedia (dict.dyimin.com), 'Venezuela' chapter 14 Transit / Transfer: “Airside Transit and Visa-Free Transit Visa-Exempt Nationals (Including South Koreans): Nationals of countries benefiting from visa-waiver agreements or exemptions of up to 90 days may transit flexibly through regular immigration clearance, regardless of whether they leave the airport's international transit area.””

Your transit travel report

We only create the PDF report from rules checked against an official government source.

Alert me if this route changes

Get an email when we update the guidance for Beninese passport holders going to Venezuela, after we've checked the change against the official source. Nothing else.

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Explore Venezuela

Read the full Venezuela guide

Beninese passport: of the 147 destinations with a rule verified from an official source, 22 visa-free, 11 visa on arrival, 31 eVisa or travel authorisation, 82 embassy visa.

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