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US immigration officials cancelled Supreme Court President Omar Mora's US entry
permit last week.
The US cited an "error" on the visa, described by Venezuelan Vice-President
Jose Vicente Rangel as a "slight to Venezuela's dignity".
Venezuela's left-leaning President Hugo Chavez is a regular critic of the US.
"A lot of Americans come here, officials and senators, and we receive
them without problems," Mr Rangel said.
"But if this kind of policy continues, which attacks Venezuelan institutions
and respectable citizens like the Supreme Court president, we will eventually
have to adopt a similar measure."
Mr Mora last week insisted the cancellation of his visa was linked to calls
by Venezuela for the US to extradite Luis Posada Carriles, wanted by Caracas
for the bombing of a Cuban plane in 1976.
Mr Posada Carriles is currently in US custody facing immigration charges, after
the US refused a Venezuelan extradition request it described as "flawed".
Thousands of Venezuelans marched through Caracas last week in support of the
government's call to extradite Mr Posada Carriles.
Officials at the US embassy in Caracas said Mr Mora's visa was cancelled for
administrative rather than political reasons, adding that he was free to re-apply.
