ETIAS for Venezuelan citizens
🇻🇪 Venezuelan passport holders currently enjoy visa-free entry to the Schengen area (up to 90 days in any 180). That doesn't change — but once ETIAS launches (expected late 2026), you'll first need a quick online travel authorisation, like the US ESTA or UK ETA.
What Venezuelan travellers need to know
What it is: an online pre-travel authorisation for visa-exempt visitors — not a visa. Most applications are approved in minutes.
Cost & validity: €20 (free under 18 / over 70), valid 3 years or until your passport expires, multiple trips.
When: launch is expected in the last quarter of 2026, with a grace period before it becomes mandatory around April 2027. Dates are set by the EU and can shift — always check the official EU ETIAS site ↗.
What doesn't change: your 90-day short-stay allowance and the 90/180 rule — track your days here. Border crossings also now use the biometric Entry/Exit System (EES) instead of passport stamps.
Before you travel
Before your next European trip:
When applications open, apply only via the official EU site or your airline's verified process. Onward links the official source first, always.
Where else can the Venezuela passport go?
All 198 destinations, colour-coded on one globe.
Venezuelan passport: full list ETIAS, ETA & EES explained