Entering Paraguay as a Visitor
Answer
The general rule applies to you
No exception is recorded for citizens of Uruguay on this topic. That is the answer, not a gap - everything below is the rule you get, unchanged.
81 exceptions recorded across 33 countries · none match Uruguay to Paraguay · Visiting as a tourist
Paraguay admits visitors as an estadia transitoria for up to 90 consecutive days, extendable once and for no longer than the period already granted. The number is per admission and the law sets no annual pool, which makes Paraguay more forgiving than Peru or Colombia, where days accumulate inside a 365-day window. The catch is in the second column of the migration directorate's own visa table: for most nationalities the waiver covers the visit only, and extending the stay, applying for residency or taking up any paid activity requires a consular visa obtained before you travel. Overstaying is a fine, currently six jornales, rather than a ban.
At a glance
- Maximum visitor stay
- 90 consecutive days
- Extension
- Once only, for no longer than the period first granted
The directorate decides the length; the law caps it at the period already given
- Counting
- Per admission
Nothing in the articles read sets an annual ceiling or counts days across separate trips
- Extension fee
- 5 jornales - Gs. 585.385as of 2026-07-01
The law fixes migration fees in jornales; the guarani figure is the directorate's published conversion at a minimum jornal of Gs. 117.077
- Overstay fine
- 6 jornales - Gs. 702.462as of 2026-07-01
Statutory maximum is up to six jornales; the directorate's schedule charges the full six
- Visa waiver for the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand
- Shown as valid until 13/08/2027
Granted by Ley N° 7314 of 13/08/2024 and the only waiver on the table carrying an expiry date
- Consular visa to apply for residency
- Required for most visa-waived nationalities
Requirements
- A valid passport or identity document, presented at an authorised migration control post
- An entry visa issued by the Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores where your nationality requires one
- A stay of no more than 90 consecutive days, counted from the admission
- Any extension applied for before the current period expires - the directorate grants at most one, and for no longer than the period already given
- For most visa-waived nationalities, a separate consular visa before travelling if the plan is to extend the stay, apply for residency or carry out any paid activity
- Departure at the end of the authorised period, or a residency application in its place
In detail
Ninety days, once extendable, and no annual pool
The law grants a visitor up to ninety consecutive days and one extension, which cannot run longer than the period already granted. That is a different shape of rule from its neighbours. Peru counts 183 days cumulatively inside a 365-day window opened by your first entry, and Colombia counts 180 in any 365, so days from separate trips eat the same allowance. Nothing in the articles of Ley 6984 dealing with transitory stay sets an annual ceiling or looks back at earlier visits. What the law does say is that the periods are final: an extension has to be applied for before the current one runs out, not after.
The column that decides whether you can stay
The migration directorate publishes one table of visa-suppression agreements with two separate answers per country. The third column answers whether you need a visa to visit. The fourth answers whether you need one to extend your stay, apply for residency, or carry out profit-making activity. For the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Portugal, Japan, Russia, Australia and most of the rest of the list, the answers are no and yes. A handful of European countries - the Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland and Liechtenstein - answer no to both, and Spain answers yes but with the visa issued free of charge. Arriving visa-free and then filing a residency application is therefore not open to everyone, and the table is the place where that is written down.
One waiver has an expiry date
Almost every waiver in the table rests on an open-ended bilateral agreement, some of them from the 1960s. The waiver covering the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand is different: it was granted by Ley N° 7314 of 13 August 2024 and the table shows it as valid until 13 August 2027. Nothing we read says what happens after that date, and the honest reading is that it is a decision still to be taken rather than an automatic renewal.
Overstaying costs money, not your record
The law's schedule of infringements makes overstaying a transitory admission a fine of up to six jornales, and the directorate's current fee table charges the full six - Gs. 702.462 at the jornal in force from 1 July 2026. There is no entry ban attached to it in the law. The same table shows the fine is payable online only forty-eight working hours after it is issued.
Country-level policy
Ley N° 6984/2022 replaced the migration law Paraguay had used since 1996, and it changed the single thing the country is best known for. Permanent residency is no longer something a newcomer can be granted on arrival: temporary residency, granted for up to two years, is now a prerequisite for it, and the only exemptions are investors under the SUACE business regime and the foreign family of a repatriated Paraguayan. The old law was repealed outright rather than amended, so guidance written before October 2022 describes procedures that no longer exist - including, on the revenue authority's own pages, the definition of who counts as a tax resident.
Paraguay expresses migration fees and fines not in guaranies but in jornales - day-wage units tied to the legal minimum wage. A figure in guaranies is therefore only meaningful next to the jornal it was converted at and the date that conversion took effect. There is a second trap on top of it: the numbers written into article 100 of the migration law are not the numbers being charged. The law says permanent residency costs 15 jornales and temporary residency 10; the schedule in force since 1 July 2026 charges 25 for each.
Paraguay's visa table answers two questions per country, and the second one decides whether the country is as easy as its reputation. Visiting is visa-free for most of Europe, the Americas, Japan, Australia and New Zealand. Extending that stay, applying for residency or carrying out any paid activity is a separate permission, and for most of those same nationalities the table says a visa is required. Four European countries - the Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland and Liechtenstein - are exempt from both. Spain needs the visa but gets it free.
What applies to you
Nothing changes for a citizen of Uruguay
We have no rule recorded that treats your citizenship differently here, so the general rule above is the one that applies to you. That is an answer, not a gap.
What the law says
«Se considera Estadía Transitoria la del extranjero que ingresa al país para permanecer por un tiempo limitado y sin ánimo de fijar residencia en el mismo.»Our translation - not official
A transitory stay is that of a foreigner who enters the country to remain for a limited time and without the intention of establishing residence in it.
Tourism is one of five sub-categories of transitory stay; the others are passenger in transit, neighbouring-border transit, medical treatment, and special cases determined by the directorate.
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The migration directorate. Administers residency under Ley 6984/2022 and issues its own resolutions under arts. 78, 79 and 82. Publishes the law as a PDF booklet, per-route requirement pages, the migration fee schedule and a resolutions index.
Standing: Applies the rule
Cannot be cited for: Not the gazette: it reproduces Ley 6984 but did not make it. Its requirement pages restate the law and sometimes diverge from it - art. 100's fee figures against the schedule in force is the live example, and the schedule wins. Cannot be cited for the SUACE investor threshold, which is the industry ministry's, nor for the tax consequences of a migration status. The law booklet is a justified-column PDF, so extracted text breaks words across lines.
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«por un plazo máximo de hasta 90 (noventa) días corridos, prorrogables por una sola vez a pedido del interesado, por un plazo no mayor al otorgado con anterioridad a criterio de la Dirección Nacional de Migraciones.»Our translation - not official
for a maximum period of up to 90 (ninety) consecutive days, extendable once only at the request of the person concerned, for a period no longer than that previously granted, at the discretion of the Dirección Nacional de Migraciones.
Three limits sit in one clause and are usually reported as one: ninety days is a ceiling, the extension is available once, and it cannot exceed the period already granted. A ninety-day admission extended in full therefore tops out at 180 days.
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The migration directorate. Administers residency under Ley 6984/2022 and issues its own resolutions under arts. 78, 79 and 82. Publishes the law as a PDF booklet, per-route requirement pages, the migration fee schedule and a resolutions index.
Standing: Applies the rule
Cannot be cited for: Not the gazette: it reproduces Ley 6984 but did not make it. Its requirement pages restate the law and sometimes diverge from it - art. 100's fee figures against the schedule in force is the live example, and the schedule wins. Cannot be cited for the SUACE investor threshold, which is the industry ministry's, nor for the tax consequences of a migration status. The law booklet is a justified-column PDF, so extracted text breaks words across lines.
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«Cumplido el plazo de permanencia autorizado por la Dirección Nacional de Migraciones, el extranjero deberá abandonar el territorio nacional o solicitar su residencia en el país.»Our translation - not official
Once the period of stay authorised by the Dirección Nacional de Migraciones has elapsed, the foreigner must leave the national territory or apply for residency in the country.
About this source
The migration directorate. Administers residency under Ley 6984/2022 and issues its own resolutions under arts. 78, 79 and 82. Publishes the law as a PDF booklet, per-route requirement pages, the migration fee schedule and a resolutions index.
Standing: Applies the rule
Cannot be cited for: Not the gazette: it reproduces Ley 6984 but did not make it. Its requirement pages restate the law and sometimes diverge from it - art. 100's fee figures against the schedule in force is the live example, and the schedule wins. Cannot be cited for the SUACE investor threshold, which is the industry ministry's, nor for the tax consequences of a migration status. The law booklet is a justified-column PDF, so extracted text breaks words across lines.
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«De producirse la solicitud de prórroga o el cambio de categoría, deberá ser efectivizada antes del vencimiento del plazo de permanencia otorgado.»Our translation - not official
Where an extension or a change of category is requested, it must be effected before the expiry of the period of stay granted.
The periods are described in the same article as perentorios - strictly final. An application made after expiry is late by definition, and the fine follows.
Read it at the sourceAbout this source
The migration directorate. Administers residency under Ley 6984/2022 and issues its own resolutions under arts. 78, 79 and 82. Publishes the law as a PDF booklet, per-route requirement pages, the migration fee schedule and a resolutions index.
Standing: Applies the rule
Cannot be cited for: Not the gazette: it reproduces Ley 6984 but did not make it. Its requirement pages restate the law and sometimes diverge from it - art. 100's fee figures against the schedule in force is the live example, and the schedule wins. Cannot be cited for the SUACE investor threshold, which is the industry ministry's, nor for the tax consequences of a migration status. The law booklet is a justified-column PDF, so extracted text breaks words across lines.
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«Disponer de visa de ingreso, proveída por el Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, en los casos que se requiera.»Our translation - not official
To hold an entry visa, issued by the Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, in the cases where one is required.
The law defers to the foreign ministry on who needs a visa; the answer is the directorate's published table of visa-suppression agreements.
Read it at the sourceAbout this source
The migration directorate. Administers residency under Ley 6984/2022 and issues its own resolutions under arts. 78, 79 and 82. Publishes the law as a PDF booklet, per-route requirement pages, the migration fee schedule and a resolutions index.
Standing: Applies the rule
Cannot be cited for: Not the gazette: it reproduces Ley 6984 but did not make it. Its requirement pages restate the law and sometimes diverge from it - art. 100's fee figures against the schedule in force is the live example, and the schedule wins. Cannot be cited for the SUACE investor threshold, which is the industry ministry's, nor for the tax consequences of a migration status. The law booklet is a justified-column PDF, so extracted text breaks words across lines.
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«De hasta 6 (seis) jornales, cuando se comprobare que haya sobrepasado el plazo de esta-»Our translation - not official
Of up to 6 (six) jornales, where it is established that the person has exceeded the period of stay.
The sentence breaks across a line in the directorate's published PDF, which is why the quotation ends mid-word at esta- ; the following line reads dia transitoria para el cual fue autorizado. The penalty is a fine, and the law attaches no entry ban to it.
Read it at the sourceAbout this source
The migration directorate. Administers residency under Ley 6984/2022 and issues its own resolutions under arts. 78, 79 and 82. Publishes the law as a PDF booklet, per-route requirement pages, the migration fee schedule and a resolutions index.
Standing: Applies the rule
Cannot be cited for: Not the gazette: it reproduces Ley 6984 but did not make it. Its requirement pages restate the law and sometimes diverge from it - art. 100's fee figures against the schedule in force is the live example, and the schedule wins. Cannot be cited for the SUACE investor threshold, which is the industry ministry's, nor for the tax consequences of a migration status. The law booklet is a justified-column PDF, so extracted text breaks words across lines.
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«VISA PARA PRORROGA DE PERMANENCIA, RESIDENCIA O REALIZACION DE ACTIVIDADES LUCRATIVAS»Our translation - not official
Visa for extension of stay, residency or the carrying out of profit-making activities
This is the heading of the table's fourth column, and it is the column almost no secondary guidance reproduces. The double space before ACTIVIDADES is the publisher's own spacing and is kept.
Read it at the sourceAbout this source
The migration directorate. Administers residency under Ley 6984/2022 and issues its own resolutions under arts. 78, 79 and 82. Publishes the law as a PDF booklet, per-route requirement pages, the migration fee schedule and a resolutions index.
Standing: Applies the rule
Cannot be cited for: Not the gazette: it reproduces Ley 6984 but did not make it. Its requirement pages restate the law and sometimes diverge from it - art. 100's fee figures against the schedule in force is the live example, and the schedule wins. Cannot be cited for the SUACE investor threshold, which is the industry ministry's, nor for the tax consequences of a migration status. The law booklet is a justified-column PDF, so extracted text breaks words across lines.
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«ESTADOS UNIDOS | LEY N° 7314 13/08/2024 Válido hasta: 13/08/2027 | NO REQUIERE VISA: para permanencia de hasta 90 días. | REQUIERE VISA |»Our translation - not official
United States | Law No. 7314 of 13/08/2024, valid until 13/08/2027 | No visa required: for a stay of up to 90 days | Visa required |
The row is quoted as a row because the two answers differ: no visa to visit, a visa to stay on or to work. Canada, Australia and New Zealand carry the identical entry, including the 2027 end date.
Read it at the sourceAbout this source
The migration directorate. Administers residency under Ley 6984/2022 and issues its own resolutions under arts. 78, 79 and 82. Publishes the law as a PDF booklet, per-route requirement pages, the migration fee schedule and a resolutions index.
Standing: Applies the rule
Cannot be cited for: Not the gazette: it reproduces Ley 6984 but did not make it. Its requirement pages restate the law and sometimes diverge from it - art. 100's fee figures against the schedule in force is the live example, and the schedule wins. Cannot be cited for the SUACE investor threshold, which is the industry ministry's, nor for the tax consequences of a migration status. The law booklet is a justified-column PDF, so extracted text breaks words across lines.
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«REINO UNIDO | ACUERDO BILATERAL 27/10/1966 | NO REQUIERE VISA: para permanencia de hasta 90 días | REQUIERE VISA |»Our translation - not official
United Kingdom | Bilateral agreement of 27/10/1966 | No visa required: for a stay of up to 90 days | Visa required |
The waiver rests on a 1966 bilateral agreement with no expiry shown, unlike the 2024 one covering the United States.
Read it at the sourceAbout this source
The migration directorate. Administers residency under Ley 6984/2022 and issues its own resolutions under arts. 78, 79 and 82. Publishes the law as a PDF booklet, per-route requirement pages, the migration fee schedule and a resolutions index.
Standing: Applies the rule
Cannot be cited for: Not the gazette: it reproduces Ley 6984 but did not make it. Its requirement pages restate the law and sometimes diverge from it - art. 100's fee figures against the schedule in force is the live example, and the schedule wins. Cannot be cited for the SUACE investor threshold, which is the industry ministry's, nor for the tax consequences of a migration status. The law booklet is a justified-column PDF, so extracted text breaks words across lines.
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«Jornal Mínimo: Gs. 117.077»Our translation - not official
Minimum jornal: Gs. 117,077
Every migration fee and fine in the law is expressed in jornales, so a figure in guaranies is only meaningful next to this number and the date it took effect.
Read it at the sourceAbout this source
The migration directorate. Administers residency under Ley 6984/2022 and issues its own resolutions under arts. 78, 79 and 82. Publishes the law as a PDF booklet, per-route requirement pages, the migration fee schedule and a resolutions index.
Standing: Applies the rule
Cannot be cited for: Not the gazette: it reproduces Ley 6984 but did not make it. Its requirement pages restate the law and sometimes diverge from it - art. 100's fee figures against the schedule in force is the live example, and the schedule wins. Cannot be cited for the SUACE investor threshold, which is the industry ministry's, nor for the tax consequences of a migration status. The law booklet is a justified-column PDF, so extracted text breaks words across lines.
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«Multa por vencimiento del plazo de estadía transitoria para el cual fue autorizado | 6 | 702.462»Our translation - not official
Fine for exceeding the transitory stay for which the person was authorised | 6 | 702,462
Quoted as a table row so that the unit and the converted amount stay attached to each other.
Read it at the sourceAbout this source
The migration directorate. Administers residency under Ley 6984/2022 and issues its own resolutions under arts. 78, 79 and 82. Publishes the law as a PDF booklet, per-route requirement pages, the migration fee schedule and a resolutions index.
Standing: Applies the rule
Cannot be cited for: Not the gazette: it reproduces Ley 6984 but did not make it. Its requirement pages restate the law and sometimes diverge from it - art. 100's fee figures against the schedule in force is the live example, and the schedule wins. Cannot be cited for the SUACE investor threshold, which is the industry ministry's, nor for the tax consequences of a migration status. The law booklet is a justified-column PDF, so extracted text breaks words across lines.
We re-read it every 30 days. More about this source
«Prórroga de Permanencia | 5 | 585.385»Our translation - not official
Extension of stay | 5 | 585,385
About this source
The migration directorate. Administers residency under Ley 6984/2022 and issues its own resolutions under arts. 78, 79 and 82. Publishes the law as a PDF booklet, per-route requirement pages, the migration fee schedule and a resolutions index.
Standing: Applies the rule
Cannot be cited for: Not the gazette: it reproduces Ley 6984 but did not make it. Its requirement pages restate the law and sometimes diverge from it - art. 100's fee figures against the schedule in force is the live example, and the schedule wins. Cannot be cited for the SUACE investor threshold, which is the industry ministry's, nor for the tax consequences of a migration status. The law booklet is a justified-column PDF, so extracted text breaks words across lines.
We re-read it every 30 days. More about this source
Practical notes
The ninety days are corridos - consecutive calendar days - so weekends and public holidays count.
The visa table is organised by continent and lists, for each country, the instrument the waiver rests on and its date. Several entries carry the publisher's own typing errors, for example ACUERDO BILATRAL for Norway and ACUERDO BILTERAL for Switzerland; they are the publisher's and are reproduced here as printed.
We found no requirement in the migration law, the visa table or the fee schedule for a visitor to hold health insurance, an onward ticket or proof of funds. That is an absence in the pages named on this page, not a review of what an officer may ask at the border.
Nothing we read sets out how an extension of a transitory stay is applied for beyond the statement that it must be requested before expiry and the fee of five jornales. The directorate lists Prórroga de Permanencia Transitoria among its online procedures.
- administersLey N° 6.984 de Migraciones (texto publicado por la Dirección Nacional de Migraciones)
Dirección Nacional de Migraciones (Paraguay)
About this source
The migration directorate. Administers residency under Ley 6984/2022 and issues its own resolutions under arts. 78, 79 and 82. Publishes the law as a PDF booklet, per-route requirement pages, the migration fee schedule and a resolutions index.
Standing: Applies the rule
Cannot be cited for: Not the gazette: it reproduces Ley 6984 but did not make it. Its requirement pages restate the law and sometimes diverge from it - art. 100's fee figures against the schedule in force is the live example, and the schedule wins. Cannot be cited for the SUACE investor threshold, which is the industry ministry's, nor for the tax consequences of a migration status. The law booklet is a justified-column PDF, so extracted text breaks words across lines.
We re-read it every 30 days. More about this source
- administersInformación sobre Visas - Acuerdos de supresión de visas
Dirección Nacional de Migraciones (Paraguay)
About this source
The migration directorate. Administers residency under Ley 6984/2022 and issues its own resolutions under arts. 78, 79 and 82. Publishes the law as a PDF booklet, per-route requirement pages, the migration fee schedule and a resolutions index.
Standing: Applies the rule
Cannot be cited for: Not the gazette: it reproduces Ley 6984 but did not make it. Its requirement pages restate the law and sometimes diverge from it - art. 100's fee figures against the schedule in force is the live example, and the schedule wins. Cannot be cited for the SUACE investor threshold, which is the industry ministry's, nor for the tax consequences of a migration status. The law booklet is a justified-column PDF, so extracted text breaks words across lines.
We re-read it every 30 days. More about this source
- administersAranceles Migratorios - escala vigente desde el 01/07/2026
Dirección Nacional de Migraciones (Paraguay)
About this source
The migration directorate. Administers residency under Ley 6984/2022 and issues its own resolutions under arts. 78, 79 and 82. Publishes the law as a PDF booklet, per-route requirement pages, the migration fee schedule and a resolutions index.
Standing: Applies the rule
Cannot be cited for: Not the gazette: it reproduces Ley 6984 but did not make it. Its requirement pages restate the law and sometimes diverge from it - art. 100's fee figures against the schedule in force is the live example, and the schedule wins. Cannot be cited for the SUACE investor threshold, which is the industry ministry's, nor for the tax consequences of a migration status. The law booklet is a justified-column PDF, so extracted text breaks words across lines.
We re-read it every 30 days. More about this source