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Venezuela visa rules for Canada passport holders

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The answer

e-Visa needed. Canada passport holders need an e-Visa before travel to visit Venezuela.

Entry
e-Visa
Stay
90 days per entry
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Tourist entry
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Our summary of the official rule. Not an official stamp.

Official source

francia.consuladovenezuela.orgEmbajada de la República Bolivariana de Venezuela en la República FrancesaChecked 1 Nov 2026

Las visas electrónicas se solicitan exclusivamente en línea , a través de la plataforma Cancillería Digital del Ministerio del Poder Popular para Relaciones Exteriores.

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Before you go

The conditions that come with this rule, from its official sources.

Conditions from official sources

  • Apply online on the foreign ministry's Cancillería Digital platform (cancilleriadigital.mppre.gob.ve) before travel.
  • Needs a passport valid for at least 6 months to apply.
  • Needs a criminal record certificate issued less than 3 months before applying.
  • Needs medical insurance covering hospitalisation and repatriation, with at least 30,000 euros of cover.
  • Needs a return or onward ticket out of Venezuela.
  • Needs proof of funds and a hotel booking or invitation letter.

Passport validity

Your passport must be valid for at least 3 months.

Pasaporte con una validez superior a tres (03) meses a la fecha de entrada a Venezuela.

Tourist entry only

These rules cover tourist visits. Work, study and transit follow other rules.

The other way round

What Venezuela passport holders need to visit Canada.

Venezuela passport Canada

Visa needed

Visa-required countries or territories Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua and Barbuda (Some citizens of Antigua and Barbuda may be eligible for an electronic travel authorization [eTA] if they meet certain requirements .) Argentina (Some citizens of Argentina may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) Armenia Azerbaijan Bahrain Bangladesh Belarus Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia-Herzegovina Botswana Brazil (Some citizens of Brazil may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon, Republic of Cabo Verde Central African Republic Chad China, People's Republic of Colombia Comoros Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic of Costa Rica, Republic of (Some citizens of Costa Rica may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) Cuba Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Eswatini Ethiopia Fiji Gabon Gambia Georgia Ghana Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras India Indonesia (Some citizens of Indonesia may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) Iran Iraq Israel (Travellers must have a valid Israeli "Travel Document in Lieu of National Passport".) Ivory Coast Jamaica Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Korea, North Kosovo Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Macao Special Administrative Region Madagascar Malawi Malaysia (Some citizens of Malaysia may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) Maldives Islands Mali Marshall Islands Mauritania Mauritius Mexico (Some citizens of Mexico may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) Micronesia, Fed. States Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco (Some citizens of Morocco may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nauru Nepal Nicaragua Niger Nigeria North Macedonia Oman Pakistan Palau Palestine Panama (Some citizens of Panama may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) Paraguay Peru Philippines (Some citizens of the Philippines may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) Romania (holder of a non-electronic passport, such as a temporary passport) Russia Rwanda Sao Tomé e Principe Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of Senegal Serbia Seychelles (Some citizens of the Seychelles may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sri Lanka St. Kitts and Nevis (Some citizens of St. Kitts and Nevis may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) St. Lucia (Some citizens of St. Lucia may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) St. Vincent and the Grenadines (St. Vincent) (Some citizens of St. Vincent and the Grenadines may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) Sudan Suriname Syria Taiwan (Travellers must have a passport other than an ordinary passport issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Taiwan that includes the personal identification number.) Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand (Some citizens of Thailand may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago (Some citizens of Trinidad and Tobago may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) Tunisia Türkiye Turkmenistan Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine Uruguay (Some citizens of Uruguay may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Vietnam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe

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Visa-free nearby

Other places Canada passport holders can visit without a visa, within 2,500 km of Caracas, nearest first.

  1. Caribbean NetherlandsKralendijk, about 240 km from CaracasVisa-free · 90 days
  2. CuraçaoWillemstad, about 280 km from CaracasVisa-free · 90 days
  3. ArubaOranjestad, about 410 km from CaracasVisa-free · 90 days
  4. GrenadaSaint George's, about 590 km from CaracasVisa-free
  5. Trinidad & TobagoPort of Spain, about 590 km from CaracasVisa-free

We list only countries whose rules we have reviewed. More appear as we review them.

Weather in Caracas

Average high and low temperature and rainfall in Caracas, month by month.

  1. JanHigh 26.8°CLow 17.1°CRain 19 mm
  2. FebHigh 27.5°CLow 17.9°CRain 21 mm
  3. MarHigh 28.4°CLow 17.6°CRain 23 mm
  4. AprHigh 29.3°CLow 19.5°CRain 42 mm
  5. MayHigh 29.0°CLow 20.3°CRain 72 mm
  6. JunHigh 28.4°CLow 20.1°CRain 115 mm
  7. JulHigh 27.8°CLow 19.7°CRain 105 mm
  8. AugHigh 28.4°CLow 19.9°CRain 106 mm
  9. SepHigh 29.0°CLow 19.8°CRain 108 mm
  10. OctHigh 28.8°CLow 19.8°CRain 113 mm
  11. NovHigh 27.6°CLow 19.2°CRain 105 mm
  12. DecHigh 27.0°CLow 18.4°CRain 56 mm

Bar and large number: average high, °CSmaller number: average low, °Cmm: average rainfall

Averages of 16 to 26 years between 1991 and 2020, computed by One Time Livin’.

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