Definitive Residence Procedure for Mercosur nationals and relatives of Uruguayans with the intention of residing, working, or simply accessing Uruguayan documents.
We provide a comprehensive service for obtaining Permanent Residence in Uruguay, so that you don’t worry about immigration procedures and focus on your project in Uruguay.
Our solution includes all the procedures and advice necessary to process your Permanent Residence and Uruguayan Identification Card as quickly as possible.
The objective is that it only involves you attending the hearing at the beginning of the process in any office of the National Directorate of Migration, and the subsequent processing of the Uruguayan identity card after we complete all the necessary procedures.
Benefits
Without requiring a minimum time of stay in the country, Uruguayan Legal Residence allows access to the following benefits:
Uruguayan Identity Document
Residing and working in Uruguay
Bank Accounts in Uruguay
Investments and opening of companies
Tax residence with greater ease
Stay without time limit
Tax-free moving
Health and Social Security Coverage
Possible Citizenship and Uruguayan Passport
Our Solution:
- Constant availability to answer all doubts that may arise within the framework of the process
- Assistance in the Preparation of Documents
- Entry of the Application and Obtaining Appointments
- Registration of the birth certificate in the Uruguayan Civil Registry
- Assistance in entering Uruguay
- Personal accompaniment to the hearing at the beginning of the process at the National Directorate of Migration
- Monitoring of the file and various procedures before the National Directorate of Migration
- Obtaining an appointment and personal accompaniment to the process of the Uruguayan Identification Card.
Process:
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Obtaining and digitally sending the necessary documents.
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Submission of the application and obtaining an appointment for the Residency hearing.
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In-person hearing to begin the process at the National Immigration Directorate.
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Processing of the Resident Identity Card in Process.
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Registration of the birth certificate in the Uruguayan Civil Registry.
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Approval of Definitive Residence
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Processing of the Definitive Uruguayan Identification Card
Frequently Asked Questions:
I) Mercosur national foreigners (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Venezuela, Chile, Bolivia, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana and Suriname).
II) Foreign parents, siblings, spouses and cohabitants of Uruguayans.
If you don’t fall into these categories, you can access the Definitive Legal Residence process.
No, no type of investment or minimum length of stay is required to grant Uruguayan residency.
While legal residence is an immigration procedure, citizenship grants political rights. To obtain legal Uruguayan citizenship, five years of effective residence in Uruguay are required, or three years if you have a family established in the country.
The estimated delay to complete the entire process is 6 months from the moment we have all the documentation. It should be noted that this period depends largely on the speed of public offices.
No, in Uruguay the coronavirus vaccine is not mandatory, along these lines, it is not necessary to be vaccinated to access legal residence. The vaccines required are the triple viral vaccine for those born after 1967, and the double bacterial vaccine for all applicants. These vaccines are provided free of charge in all public vaccination centers in the country.
The personal presence of the interested party is only necessary in two instances of the process, these being:
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- The hearing to initiate the process before the National Directorate of Migration
- The identity card process before the National Directorate of Civil Identification
- We will personally accompany you to both procedures, bringing all the necessary documentation for them.
If I am the child or grandchild of an Uruguayan, it is not necessary to apply for residency. The path would be to process Uruguayan nationality directly, for which we also provide comprehensive advice.
Residency is permanent, so it is granted for an indefinite period of time. In any case, it is necessary to renew the residence and the ID every 3 years, through an extremely simple procedure.