Eligibility quiz
Do you get money every month from a business you own, a business you own shares in, or work you do for yourself?
Benefits
Benefits for youBenefits for you
Live in Uruguay indefinitely
You can live and settle in Uruguay for an unlimited time.
Your residence can be cancelled in certain circumstances.
Study in Uruguay
You have equal access to education on the same legal basis as Uruguayan citizens.
A particular programme may have its own entry conditions.
Work in Uruguay
You have the same work rights as Uruguayan citizens when seeking a job and in pay and working conditions.
You also have equal access to job training.
Travel with ID
You can hold a Uruguayan resident identity card, which is valid for three years and must be renewed.
You can use a valid identity card to travel to Mercosur countries and associated countries.
For the rest of the world, you need a valid passport, and the destination country's rules apply.
Find housing
You have equal legal access to housing on the same basis as Uruguayan citizens.
Housing programmes have their own conditions, and a home is not automatically provided.
Use healthcare
You can use healthcare on the same basis as other people living in Uruguay.
Care is available through public services, mutual health providers or private insurance.
The rules for each service apply, and not every treatment is free.
Use social security
You have equal legal access to social security on the same basis as Uruguayan citizens.
Each programme has its own conditions, which may include registration and contributions.
Payments and pensions are not automatic.
How to apply
Applying from inside UruguayApplying from inside Uruguay
Gather your documents
Prepare the required documents for your residence application.
See required documentsFill in the application online
Open the residence application portal and fill in the form. Select the office closest to you and upload copies of your documents.
Fill in the formSubmit your application
Submit your completed application through the residence application portal.
Submit your applicationWait for the review
Wait for the migration office to review your application. Respond to any requests or corrections in your portal inbox.
Follow your applicationBook your appointment
Once the migration office opens appointment booking for you, choose a day, time and office in the portal. Pay the application fee as instructed during this stage.
Book your appointmentGo to your appointment
Go to the office you selected and bring the originals of all the documents you uploaded, as well as your passport photo.
Find your appointment detailsWait for the decision
Wait for an email telling you whether your application was approved or refused. Respond to any further requests in your portal inbox and upload anything the migration office asks for.
Follow your applicationFollow the final instructions
If your application is approved, follow the instructions in the email to complete the final steps for your Uruguayan documents.
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Documents needed
Family certificates and recordsFamily certificates and records
Birth certificates *
Provide the birth certificates needed to show the relationship between the people in your application. If you are under 18, provide your own birth certificate, issued no more than one year before you apply.
* Only if you are under 18 or need to prove a family relationship in your application.
May need translationMay need apostille/legalisationMarriage certificate *
Provide the marriage certificate showing the relationship. It must have been issued no more than one year ago.
* Only if you need to prove a marriage in your application.
May need translationMay need apostille/legalisationConsiderations
Things to think aboutThings to think about
Residence can be cancelled
Your residence can be cancelled if you spend more than three years outside Uruguay.
It can also be cancelled for obtaining the status by fraud, certain convictions for intentional crimes, or repeated offending.
Other grounds include breaking conditions attached to a state subsidy or a tax or fee exemption, terrorism, acts violating human rights and certain other conduct.
Cancellation is not carried out if you are the parent, spouse or partner in a cohabiting relationship of a Uruguayan citizen.
You can challenge a cancellation through the administrative process, which suspends it.
You cannot be expelled until an adverse decision is final.
Discuss
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