Getting to Paraguay to fish

Which document to bring

From another country? Look it up in the immigration office's visa list: visa waiver agreements.

Coming from Brazil? Everything in one place (paperwork, licence, closed season and sizes): the guide for Brazilians.

• Register your entry and exit in person at the immigration post, even if nobody stops you at the border. It is free, and nobody can do it for you: not your guide, not an agent.
• Keep your proof of entry (the stamp or the card): you will be asked for it when you leave. Without it, or after your permitted stay, there is a fine of six minimum daily wages, payable in cash and in guaraníes.
• As a tourist you get up to 90 days, which can be extended once at the immigration offices.
• A receipt for a document still being processed is not valid to enter or leave.
• Minors: the same document as an adult. Those from Mercosur countries also bring their birth certificate or family book, to show the link to their parents. If they travel without one parent, bring the travel authorisation your country requires.

💉 Yellow fever

Border crossings and hours

The crossings anglers use most, with the hours from the immigration office's list of October 23, 2026. Hours change and a river crossing can close overnight: check before you leave.

⛔ Temporarily closed, according to the same list: Paso de Patria, opposite Paso de la Patria (Corrientes); Puerto Itá, opposite Itatí (Corrientes); Itá Corá, opposite Itatí (Corrientes); Puerto Cerrito, opposite Yahapé (Corrientes); Panchito López, opposite Itá Ibaté (Corrientes); Campichuelo, opposite Candelaria (Misiones); Puerto Bella Vista Sur, opposite Corpus (Misiones); Puerto Capitán Meza, opposite Jardín América (Misiones); Puerto Triunfo, opposite Puerto Rico (Misiones); Puerto Ape Aimé, opposite Montecarlo (Misiones); Puerto Carlos Antonio López, opposite Puerto Piray (Misiones); Puerto Mayor Otaño, opposite Eldorado (Misiones); Puerto Presidente Franco, opposite Puerto Iguazú y Foz do Iguaçu.

🚗 Coming by car

• With a Mercosur car, the vehicle's entry is recorded at the border, at the immigration post. You will be asked for the driver's ID, a valid driving licence and the car's title, or a certified authorisation if it is not yours. There is nothing to pay. A car from outside Mercosur also needs Customs form AT 300.
• Bring the Carta Verde, the third party liability insurance for driving across Mercosur (the Brazilian Consulate lists it as mandatory). Since 2019 it can be shown on your phone.
• Your driving licence, the physical card: Argentina's digital licence is only valid inside Argentina, and the digital CNH is not accepted.
• From Brazil, the Consulate in Asunción also asks for an apostilled power of attorney if the driver is not the owner, and the car in good condition: seat belts for everyone, a valid fire extinguisher, first aid kit, jack, spare tyre and two warning triangles.

🚤 Bringing your own boat

Customs leaves motor vehicles and boat engines out of the baggage regime: a boat with an engine does not come in as baggage. The guide has not verified the procedure to bring it in on its trailer: ask DNIT (Paraguayan Customs) or at the crossing before you leave.

To fish from your own boat, MADES requires registering it separately from the licence: licence and boat registration. Where to launch and moor: river access.

🎣 Your fishing gear

It comes in duty free: Customs exempts "sports equipment for personal use" carried as baggage. On top of that, each traveller has an allowance of USD 300 entering by land and USD 500 entering by air or by river.

🐟 Taking fish home

🇧🇷 To Brazil. Raw fish is not allowed in, even frozen or vacuum packed, nor homemade or merely smoked fish. Industrially processed fish (salted, dried, cooked or canned) is allowed in its original labelled packaging, declared on the Receita Federal e-DBV and presented to Vigiagro in the goods to declare channel.

🇦🇷 To Argentina. SENASA allows packaged, labelled canned fish in personal quantities, and its list of banned items names "meat of any animal species" and homemade products. The guide found no written rule for fresh fish from sport fishing: ask SENASA at the crossing before you bring it.

What Paraguay lets a foreign angler take home (the trophy) is on minimum sizes.

Sources

• Migraciones Paraguay: Puestos de Control Migratorio, updated on October 23, 2026.
• Migraciones Paraguay: Requerimientos de ingreso y salida, mayores, published in July 2025.
• Migraciones Paraguay: Requerimientos para menores, checked on October 25, 2026.
• Migraciones Paraguay: Acuerdos de supresión de visas, updated in January 2026.
• Migraciones Paraguay: Requisitos sanitarios (Res. S.G. N° 268/2025 del Ministerio de Salud), updated on March 10, 2026.
• DNIT (Aduanas de Paraguay): Preguntas frecuentes, checked on October 25, 2026.
• Consulado del Brasil en Asunción: Ingresso Paraguai, checked on October 25, 2026.
• Polícia Federal: ¿Posso viajar ao Mercosul sem passaporte?, checked on October 25, 2026.
• Polícia Científica de Santa Catarina: la identidad física sigue siendo exigida, published on February 10, 2026.
• Migraciones Argentina: fuera del país se precisa la licencia tarjeta, published on January 13, 2020.
• SSN Argentina: el Mercosur acepta el seguro automotor en el celular, published on October 25, 2019.
• Ministerio de Seguridad de Argentina: Paso Puerto Bermejo y Pilar, checked on October 25, 2026.
• Argentina.gob.ar: se habilitó el Paso Internacional Yacyretá, published on August 26, 2019.
• Ministério da Agricultura (Vigiagro): Carnes e pescado, updated on March 19, 2026.
• SENASA: ingresar o regresar al país, checked on October 25, 2026.

This page sums up what official bodies publish on the dates shown. It is a guide, not an official source: when in doubt, what they tell you at the crossing rules.

Pira Experience, the sport fishing guide to Paraguay
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