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Uruguay for Chinese passport holders: Embassy visa

Your circumstances

Passport:
🇨🇳 Chinese
Lives in:
Not specified (general rule)
Going to:
🇺🇾 Uruguay
Purpose:
Holiday

Route summary

Embassy visa

Visa required unless you hold a US/Canada/UK/EU visa

Chinese ordinary passport holders need a consular visa, unless they hold a valid US, Canadian, UK or EU visa and first enter via Carrasco, Montevideo, Colonia or Laguna del Sauce.

Conditions

  • Exempt with a valid US, Canadian, UK or EU visa; first entry via Carrasco, Montevideo, Colonia or Laguna del Sauce

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 sourcegub.uy ↗ (opens in a new tab)

Last checked 2 Nov 2026 against gub.uy · Ministerio del Interior / Dirección Nacional de Migración 'Régimen de visas de admisión' (published 2025-08-19), ordinary-passport column, read 2026-10-16

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.

Already hold another country's visa or residence permit?

Some Chinese passport holders can enter Uruguay differently if they hold one of these documents. Add yours (optional – kept only in the page address):

Documents I hold (optional)

If you hold a valid US/Canadian/UK/EU (non-Schengen)/Schengen visa: No visa needed

Qualifying documents: US visa, Canadian visa, UK visa, EU (non-Schengen) visa, Schengen visa.

  • Chinese ordinary passport with a valid US, Canadian, UK or EU visa, provided the first entry is through one of the listed ports.

Source: Ministerio del Interior – Dirección Nacional de Migración (visa table) (gub.uy). Checked 16 Oct 2026.

What the source says

"(10) Portadores de pasaporte común de República Popular China con visa vigente de EE.UU., Canadá, Reino Unido o UE pueden ingresar sin visa consular uruguaya siempre que el primer ingreso …"

Border officers decide on entry. Check the official source before you travel.

How to apply: Visa required unless you hold a US/Canada/UK/EU visa

Where to apply

Where: Uruguayan consulate

Quick answers

Do Chinese passport holders need a visa for Uruguay?

Visa required unless you hold a US/Canada/UK/EU visa. Chinese ordinary passport holders need a consular visa, unless they hold a valid US, Canadian, UK or EU visa and first enter via Carrasco, Montevideo, Colonia or Laguna del Sauce. Source: https://www.gub.uy/ministerio-interior/comunicacion/publicaciones/regimen-visas-admision

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 Uruguay

Not verified yet (not yet covered). We haven't verified the business rules for Chinese 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 gub.uy.

Working in Uruguay

⚠ 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 Uruguay

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

Work visa, then residence

⚠ Not from an official source

For: Foreign employees in Uruguay

  • At least 18; the work visa cannot be renewed, so apply for residence early

Source: G-P Globalpedia – Uruguay visas & permits (employer-of-record guide) (Not official) (globalization-partners.com) · Not from an official source.

What the source says

"applicants should be at least 18 years old." … "The work visa is not eligible for renewal or extension, so employees should begin the process of applying for residence as soon as possible."

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 Uruguay

Option 1
Visa-freeTransit (changing flights in Uruguay)

Transit under 24 hours at the airport: no entry formalities

Uruguay's AIP says transit passengers do not have to complete entry formalities as long as they stay at the airport for no more than 24 hours. If you leave the airport you need to meet the normal entry rules - see the holiday section.

Conditions

  • Stay at the airport; maximum 24 hours
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.

✓ Checked on the live official page

Official wording

“AIP Uruguay GEN 1.3 2.1: 'Después del desembarco, todo pasajero debe presentarse a las autoridades a los efectos de cumplir con las formalidades de entrada al país, con la excepción de los pasajeros en tránsito, siempre que su permanencia en el aeropuerto pertinente no exceda de 24 horas.'”

Alert me if this route changes

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Before you go to Uruguay

Customs cash limits and the scams official travel advice warns about in Uruguay.

Common tourist traps

  1. Smash-and-grab from cars in Montevideo

    How it works: Thieves smash car windows and grab valuables at traffic lights and junctions.

    How to avoid it: Lock the car and keep bags and valuables out of sight, especially off the front seat.

Emergency numbers in Uruguay

Paraphrased from official travel advice: gov.uk · FCDO page updated 10 Dec 2025 · Last checked 24 Oct 2026.

Explore Uruguay

Planning more than the paperwork? Our Uruguay guide picks out places to visit, with a source for every tip.

Places to visit:
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Read the full Uruguay guide

Chinese passport: of the 150 destinations with a rule verified from an official source, 40 visa-free, 15 visa on arrival, 27 eVisa or travel authorisation, 68 embassy visa.

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Plan your trip to Uruguay

Verify with the embassy before you book. Visa rules change without notice. We link every rule to its official source and last checked it on 2 Nov 2026, but the embassy, official e-visa portal and your airline have the final say. MyVisaPort is not a visa agent and is not affiliated with any government.