Paraguay*

Holders of travel documents with a valid Schengen visa, a valid visa from the United States, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, or the Republic of Ireland, as well as residence permits from those countries, may enter and stay in, or transit through, the territory of Montenegro for up to 30 days, but no longer than the expiration of their visa if the validity period is shorter than 30 days.

Embassies and consulates of Montenegro and visa regimes for foreign citizens

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Visa regimeDiplomatic relationsOfficial visits

Paraguay

For countries marked with asterisk (*), there is no resident mission.

Visa regime

Nationals of Paraguay may enter, pass through the territory of and stay in Montenegro up to 90 days, with a valid travel document, without a visa.

Diplomatic relations

The Republic of Paraguay recognized Montenegro on June 5, 2006. Diplomatic relations between Montenegro and the Republic of Paraguay were established on the same day.

At its session on December 29, 2009, the Government of Montenegro made a decision to open an honorary consulate in Asuncion, with jurisdiction over the entire territory of Paraguay. Mark Firmin, a prominent businessman and owner of the oil and gas company Montecristo, has been appointed honorary consul.

The Montenegrin community of Paraguay, headed by Andres Lakonić, operates in Asuncion.

Official visits

The President of Montenegro Milo Đukanović paid his first official visit to the Republic of Paraguay on 12 and 13 December 2018 and, on that occasion, met with the President of Paraguay, Mario Abdo Benitez, the President of the Senate, Silvio Adalberto Ovelar Benitez and Miguel Jorge Cuevas Ruiz Diaz , President of the House of Representatives of Congress. On that occasion, the Paraguayan President decorated the Montenegrin President with the highest national decoration of that country - the Order of National Honor.