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Tourist Non-Resident Visa and Transitory Tourist Stay

ParaguayShort stays and visits

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For the relevant traveller scope, is a visa, electronic authorisation, visa on arrival or no advance visa normally required?

Transitory admission requires a valid passport or identity document and an entry visa issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs only where one is required; the Ministry runs an online non-resident (tourist or technician) visa application for those who need one.

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Limits of the record
  • The sources do not give the list of nationalities that need or are exempt from a visa.

What short-visit purposes does this route cover?

This route covers Estadía Transitoria (transitory stay): entry for a limited time with no intention of settling in the country, and tourism ("Turista") is named as the first of the law's listed transitory-stay subcategories.

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What maximum stay, rolling-period rule, validity and entry rules apply?

Transitory stay is granted for a maximum of 90 consecutive days, extendable only once at the traveller's request, for a period no longer than what was originally granted, at DNM's discretion. Once the authorised period ends, the foreigner must leave the country or apply for residency; staying without doing either triggers the fines and other sanctions the law and its regulations set out.

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  • Ley N.o 6984/2022, Título III, Capítulo VII, Art. 42 (Plazo de permanencia transitoria)
    Los extranjeros admitidos en alguna de las categorías previstas en el presente Capítulo, podrán permanecer en el territorio nacional por un período determinado de acuerdo al carácter de su ingreso y 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.
  • Ley N.o 6984/2022, Título III, Capítulo VII, Art. 42 (Plazo de permanencia transitoria)
    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. En caso contrario se le aplicarán las multas y demás sanciones previstas en la presente Ley y su reglamentación.

What important funds, accommodation, invitation, insurance, onward-travel or passport evidence may be required?

For the online non-resident (tourist/technician) visa: a recent 3x4 cm JPG photo (white background, front-facing, no accessories); a colour image of the passport; colour images of visas granted by other countries, including e-visas; an invitation letter from a person or company domiciled in Paraguay (if available); proof of financial solvency; a criminal-record certificate from the country of residence, legalised and/or apostilled; hotel reservation or accommodation information; and the proposed flight itinerary or land-transport tickets and/or a declaration of the means of entry.

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  • https://www.mre.gov.py/visasenlinea/requisitos/noresidente
    To complete the Paraguayan visa application, you must meet the following basic requirements: 3x4 cm photo in JPG format, updated, with a white background, front-facing (not profile), without accessories; Color image of the passport; Color image of visas granted by other countries, including electronic visas;
  • https://www.mre.gov.py/visasenlinea/requisitos/noresidente
    Invitation letter from a natural or legal person domiciled in Paraguay (if available); Proof of financial solvency (employment certificate, bank certificate, or other suitable means subject to evaluation); Criminal record certificate from the country of residence, duly legalized and/or apostilled; Hotel reservation and/or accommodation information; Proposed flight itinerary or tickets for land transportation and/or declaration of the means of entry into Paraguayan territory;

Where/how is permission obtained when required, and under what important circumstances can a stay be extended or changed?

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs runs an online non-resident (tourist or technician) visa application for those who need one. The application process may include an interview scheduled by email to the address supplied in the form. A request to extend a transitory stay or change category must be made before the authorised stay expires; otherwise the applicable fines and sanctions apply.

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Limits of the record
  • The filing platform and permitted extension length or number remain unestablished.
  • mre.gov.py, VisasEnLinea, Non-resident: Tourist or Technician, process
    ling your application and the Directorate of Passports and Consular Services of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs are authorized to request additional documentation, depending on the case and/or the type of visa requested. If the application has been completed correctly, it will be verified by a consular office and, after the initial review and if applicable, a date and time will be assigned for an interview, which will be communicated to the email address entered in the application form. Invitation letter from a natural or legal person domiciled in Paraguay (if available). The inviter in Paraguay must complete the online registration of inviters (natural or legal persons in Paraguay).
  • Ley N.o 6984/2022, Título III, Capítulo VII, Art. 43 (Solicitud de prórroga)
    cción Nacional de Migraciones. 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. En caso contrario se le aplicarán las multas y demás sanciones previstas en la presente Ley y su reglamentación. Artículo 43.- Solicitud de prórroga. Los plazos otorgados por la Dirección Nacional de Migraciones, para la permanencia transitoria del extranjero en el territorio nacional son perentorios. De producirse la solicitud de prórroga o el cambio de categoría, deberá ser efectivizada antes del vencimiento del plazo de permanencia otorgado. En caso contrario se le aplicarán las multas y demás sanciones previstas en la presente Ley y su reglamentación. TÍTULO IV DE LA PERMANENCIA CAPÍTULO I DE LA RESIDENCIA Artículo 44.- Subcategorías de la residencia. La residencia es la autorización que otorga la Dirección Nacional de Migraciones, a un extranjero para radicarse en el país en carácter de residentes. Las personas admitidas como inmigrantes podrán serlo en categorías de Residencia Espontánea u Ocasional,
  • https://www.bacn.gov.py/leyes-paraguayas/10973/ley-n-6984-de-migraciones
    Presentación del pasaporte o documento de identidad vigente.
  • https://www.bacn.gov.py/leyes-paraguayas/10973/ley-n-6984-de-migraciones
    Disponer de visa de ingreso, proveída por el Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, en los casos que se requiera.
  • https://www.mre.gov.py/visasenlinea/requisitos/noresidente
    Online Visa Application: Non-resident: Tourist or Technician

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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