{"schemaVersion":1,"source":"live","checkedAt":"2026-10-08T03:06:05.901Z","passport":{"code":"ME","name":"Montenegro","slug":"montenegro"},"destination":{"code":"FW","name":"French West Indies"},"status":"visa_free","evidenceLevel":"exact","supportsCurrentStatus":true,"reviewedAt":"2026-08-25","allowedStays":[{"label":"Up to 90 days in any 180-day period","maxDays":90,"basis":"rolling_period","withinDays":180}],"policies":[{"id":"montenegrin-standard-biometric-passport-french-west-indies-visa-free-2026","title":"Montenegrin standard ordinary biometric passports: French West Indies visa-free visit","summary":"Both current French West Indies Annex II rule families waive Montenegrin biometric passports, and all current standard ordinary Montenegrin passports are electronic biometric passports.","status":"visa_free","conditions":["FW is the intersection of Guadeloupe, Martinique, Saint-Martin and Saint-Barthélemy. Each current Annex II waives Montenegrin biometric passport holders for a short visitor stay.","The governing passport law makes the ordinary passport an electronic document with a facial-photo and two-fingerprint chip. The ten-year, under-four child two-year and temporarily-unobtainable-fingerprint one-year variants remain that statutory passport; return certificates and special documents are excluded. Former-FRY-form passports have been invalid since 31 December 2009.","The uniform short-stay cap is 90 days in any 180-day period. Work, residence, transit, Schengen travel, special travel documents, passport validity and final admission are outside this policy."],"sourceIds":["france-interior-current-overseas-territorial-orders-2026","france-drom-current-annex-ii-fw-balkan-biometric-2026","france-saint-martin-barthelemy-current-annex-ii-fw-balkan-biometric-2026","montenegro-interior-current-travel-documents-law-fw-2026","montenegro-mfa-archived-fry-passport-expiry-fw-2026"]}],"conditional":[],"sources":[{"id":"france-interior-current-overseas-territorial-orders-2026","title":"French Interior Ministry: overseas visas","url":"https://www.immigration.interieur.gouv.fr/limmigration-en-france/visas-en-france/visas-pour-loutre-mer","publisher":"French Ministry of the Interior, Directorate-General for Foreign Nationals","jurisdiction":"France / overseas territories","kind":"government-guidance","language":"French","reviewedAt":"2026-08-25"},{"id":"france-drom-current-annex-ii-fw-balkan-biometric-2026","title":"Order of 26 July 2011: Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Réunion and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, Annex II","url":"https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/loda/article_lc/LEGIARTI000051759462","publisher":"Légifrance, French Government legal-publication service","jurisdiction":"France / Guadeloupe / Martinique","kind":"law","language":"French","reviewedAt":"2026-08-25"},{"id":"france-saint-martin-barthelemy-current-annex-ii-fw-balkan-biometric-2026","title":"Order of 18 April 2012: Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin entry documents and visas, Annex II","url":"https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/loda/article_lc/LEGIARTI000051759455","publisher":"Légifrance, French Government legal-publication service","jurisdiction":"France / Saint-Martin / Saint-Barthélemy","kind":"law","language":"French","reviewedAt":"2026-08-25"},{"id":"montenegro-interior-current-travel-documents-law-fw-2026","title":"Law on Travel Documents of Montenegro, consolidated through 146/2021","url":"https://wapi.gov.me/download/8944af92-331c-4098-a6a6-0dc38b27d784?version=1.0","publisher":"Ministry of the Interior, Government of Montenegro","jurisdiction":"Montenegro","kind":"law","language":"Montenegrin","reviewedAt":"2026-08-25"},{"id":"montenegro-mfa-archived-fry-passport-expiry-fw-2026","title":"Archived MFA travel-documents guidance: former-FRY passport expiry","url":"https://www.gov.me/cyr/clanak/putne-isprave","publisher":"Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of Montenegro","jurisdiction":"Montenegro","kind":"government-guidance","language":"Montenegrin","reviewedAt":"2026-08-25"}]}