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Residency requirements

1. Certified copy of Birth Certificate, duly legalized by Uruguayan Consulate closest to or at place of birth.

2. Certified copy of Marriage Certificate (if applicable), duly legalized by Uruguayan Consulate closest to or at place of marriage.

3. Certified copy of Divorce Sentence (only applicable, if applicant is divorced and has intentions to get married again), duly legalized by Uruguayan Consulate closest to or at place of divorce (please ask for more specifications if this is the case)

4. In case of minors doing the process alone or with only one of the parents, please ask before travelling.

5. Good Conduct Certificate issued by country’s National Police (i.e. FBI for U.S.) of country of birth, duly legalized by Uruguayan Consulate closest to or at place of residency.

6. Good Conduct Certificate issued by country’s National Police (i.e. FBI for U.S.) where applicant has lived for the past 5 years (if several countries, than from each country), duly legalized by Uruguayan Consulate closest to or at place of residency.

7. In case that you have a Police Record, prove of accomplished sentence, duly legalized by the corresponding Uruguayan Consulate.

In addition a proof of income will be required, which MUST BE of a minimum of USD 500 (it is recommended to have a bit more than that). Please ask before as Immigrations does not accept every income.

A Health Certificate will also be requested by Immigrations, which only is obtainable at specific Institutions in Uruguay. Tetanus vaccination is mandatory in Uruguay and will be necessary for all applicants (Vaccination Certificate from Abroad will be accepted). Blood and urine test will be made to all applicants over 15 years of age. All women between 21 and 65 years of age have to provide a PAP Test and a Mammography as well (tests from abroad will be accepted as far as they are not older than 3 months).

With all documents an application for Permanent Residency can be settled at Immigrations. Usually the approval of the application takes 1 year, but each case will be considered individually. Immigrations have the right to apply for further information if the Legal Department considers it necessary.

After the Residency has been approved, the Local ID will specify the approval and will be valid for 3 years, which is renewable for further terms of 3 years.

To obtain a Local Driving License is also easy. A different Health Certificate will be required (mainly sight and hearing tests), as well as a home Driving License, the Local ID, the Passport and a translation of the corresponding Consulate (Consulate in Uruguay of the country where your driving license have been issued) indicating the category of driving license. With these documents you get your Local Driving License.

to obtain the citizenship, first you have to be a legal resident for at least 3 years minimum. Then you have to start the procedures at the Corte Electoral. No exam on language or history will be made.

In the last time, several people are suddenly interested in obtaining the Uruguayan citizenship. I know that same is not a difficult procedure, but it takes some time.

I went in December to the Corte Electoral to find out all requirements. I only got very vague answers. They suggested that each interested person should go personally and explain their situation and then they will tell for each person the requiremnts applying to them.

I know there should be some regulations. One of them is, unless you are a refugee you will not be able to apply for citizenship unless you can prove your residency in the country. The only way to prove this is having the residency for several years.

Kind regards,

Peter Stross

I am wondering what are the blood and urine tests for, do certain illnesses preclude immigration to Uruguay? HIV, TB? (or where could one find this information). Or is it drugs they are testing for?

Gracias!

Laura

After you complete the exam you are given an ID card. When you make your residency application with immigration they keep the ID card.

the Health Check they make for Immigrations is exactly the same one which all Uruguayans working here have to make to get their Health Certificate which enables them to work. This is mandatory for everybody working in the country. In some places there are no checkings about the possession of same but in restaurants, taxis, remises, Farmacias, Schools, Supermarkets, Almacenes, etc. the City Hall make regularly checks and fine the business when they find employees without Health Certificate.

The reason for the check is mostly to get the people at least through a medical check every two years (validity of the Health Certificate). If they find something strange they will only advise you to go to your doctor as to get more detailed checks.

Regards

Peter Stross

I would like to visit, Kindly mail me all information and about Visit VISA such as, The documents required, visa fee processing time, visa submission hours, etc Kindly also let me know if personnel appearance is required or not looking For word for your early reply.

NOTE; PARAGUAY EMBASSY IS NOT IN PAKISTAN.

PLEASE TELL ME WHERE WE DO SUMMIT VISIT VISA APPLICATION PLEASE REPLY ME.

THANKING YOU

With best regards

Kashif Ali

The first thing to note is that this board is about Uruguay and not Paraguay. :-)

I don't know if Pakistani citizens need to pre-book a tourist visa to visit Uruguay. As far as I know there is no Uruguayan embassy in Pakistan... your closest would be India or Iran.

There is a Pakistani consul in Montevideo who I came across by accident as he works near my stockbroker's office. He may be able to offer you advice.

Pakistan Consulate, Uruguay

Rincon 729, 4th Floor

Montevideo

Uruguay

Phone: +593-2-263500

Fax: +593-2-462562

Email: izurieta@telconet.net

If you have a reasonable grasp of Spanish and the ability to be very patient when dealing with funcionarios, there is no reason why you can't do the application yourselves. There is a good guide below and you will probably find answers to any less obvious questions which might arise by asking here.

The link below takes you to an article by Juan Federico Fischer (a competent immigration lawyer from what I hear) but in spite of this, he does a good job of explaining what you need and how to do it yourself.

There are numbers of non-lawyer "immigration facilitators" around who seem to charge varying fees for varying services.

I should also add that you can stay here almost indefinitely on a series of 90 day tourist visas (renewable locally for a small fee but requiring that you take a day trip to Buenos Aires or Brazil every 6 months) to qualify so except for importing household goods tax free or undertaking gainful employment, there may be no urgent need for a cedula.

• Paperwork needed for immigration

Can you or anyone else clarify the following..

I currently recieve $1300 into a bank in Uruguay as part of my salary.I am currently in Brazil but will be moving to Uruguay in approx 12 months.

My question is this can i use this salary as proof of income?If so how much proof or info do they require about my job and employer?

When I apply for residency can I do in uruguay but live in Brazil until the residency is approved? If so this means I will be able to apply when I visit this month.

Thanks bruce

I'll do my best to answer your questions, but keep in mind that the residency process here can vary a little bit from person to person. There ARE a set of rules, but some parts of it depend on YOUR escribano (notary) and the answers you get can vary depending on the person you happen to speak with at immigration.

You asked:

"I currently receive $1300 into a bank in Uruguay as part of my salary....can I use this salary as proof of income? If so how much proof or info do they require about my job and employer?"

The proof of income part of your residency process is taken care of by an escribano, not immigration. The escribano will inspect your documents that prove your income (I used bank statements and a work contract, but I've heard some people have only showed a bank statement with regular lodgments). When your escribano is satisfied that your have access to US$500 they will write a letter explaining this and you will show only this to immigration. Therefore if you are receiving US$1300 in to a Uruguayan bank account every month you should have no problem.

You also asked: "When I apply for residency can I go to Uruguay but live in Brazil until the residency is approved? ...will I be able to apply when I visit this month."

This question is one of those harder to answer grey areas...The only part of the residency that you HAVE TO be physically present for is the appointment at immigration when they examine your documents and take your fingerprints, and again on the day when they take your photo and present you with your temporary cedula. I believe there IS a rule that say residents must be present in the country a certain amount of time each year, but I don't think this is something they check or enforce. However you do have to request a "permission to leave" paper for each time you wish to leave the country while your cedula is still being processed.

I hope this info helped, good luck!

Can you recommend a good Escribano? and possibly give me any contact details so i can contact him. If not dont worry. I appreciate your help.

bruce

thanks bruce

My experience:

Translation of document by the Uruguayan Consulate in Chicago. US$80 for 1 page. In my case 1 day for the translation (but others have had less speedy service from that Consulate). In Uruguay, both the original and the translation needed to be processed by the Uruguayan Ministry of External Affairs (about $200+ pesos each).

Translation of document IN URUGUAY. Original English document processed by the Uruguayan Ministry of External Affairs AND THEN translated by a "public translator" for about $1, 000 pesos (US$50).

It was much cheaper to have the translation done in Uruguay. If you have some arbitrary person translate a document, I don't know if the Consulate will give you trouble authenticating it.

For English or Portuguese documents I would certainly have the translation done in Uruguay for cost and simplicity. For documents in a language that might be difficult to find a translator in Uruguay, I'd speak with the Consulate in the country the documents are from.

In the USA that would be one of several consuls depending on the state, ie: Chicago for Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and others. New York City for New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and others.

In other places there is one consul in a country so it would be that one for any document from that country.

The consuls in the USA will legalize documents by mail, but you should include a bank check/postal money order and a self addressed, stamped return envelope.

There is no need YOU appear at the consul, so you can have a friend mail, or take the documents there.

I would not say "closest to your place of birth, " but rather the consul that who's "district" is your place of birth.

Will a breast ultrasound be sufficient? Those are not painful and not dangerous.

Other things require a similar (or same?) medical exam. One is getting a job. Another is joining a gym. I'm not sure this is a pass/fail type of test, but rather a procedure why they try to keep the popular screened for medical issues on an on going basis.

To complete the medical exam you need to have a tetanus vaccination. If you have a current certificate they don't require you to get another vaccination. If not, you can get one for free.

If you disagree with the vaccinations you could argue with the clinic giving you the exam. The same for the women's tests.

I think it is important to distinguish between specific items in the exam being issues with residency/immigration or the clinic because it would do no good to argue with immigration over the specifics as they only look at the end result.

Shop around at the different clinics that offer the exams and see if any are more in line with your thoughts. Also to see which clinics will accept you having the "female" aspects of the exam done in the USA...

And, when I went through the process there were no special "male" related tests required. The whole medical exam seemed quite superficial to me.

I think you will find that SEMM, SUAT, and others offer the exams.

I might add also that residency in Uruguay is not a "visa". You get no stamp or notation in your passport. It is a process to change your status from a tourist to a legal resident and then you receive an ID card that is identical to an Uruguayans, except it notes that you are a legal resident. (ie: the same as a green card holder in the USA, except you then carry the same ID as natural born Uruguayans).

I had similar experiences to Lee when I got mine.

The test is the same one that all Uruguayos go through for their carnets de salud (health certificates) and its also necessary to have one if you apply for employment. I had to take an identical test before being accepted by my local mutualista and had to do yet another one before starting English conversation practice sessions in local schools. For immigration purposes its important to get the doctor to write that its for immigration on the card.

As far as I can tell its a record of your current health status rather than a pass/fail exam.

The medical exam involved a physical examination and a series of questions about past and existing conditions. It also involved a pre-dawn blood test which I had to take twice because no doctor believes that a fat old man like me who loves his meat, butter and cheese can have such dangerously low cholesterol levels :-)

A tetanus vaccination certificate is also necessary. I got mine done at the free government clinic in Colonia Valdense. It was a rather harrowing experience as one of my dogs used to chase the nurse in question whenever she rode past on her bicycle so she got her revenge by jabbing me like an angry grenadier with a bayonet :-)

"People are stating here that the minimum monthly income for pensioners is US$500, but I have recent written information from the Chicago Uruguayan Consulate that it's $1500. Please clarify."

Various Uru-consulates have been quoting the 1500 U$S for the last 5 years or more because of an alternative immigration system for retired people introduced by the government before last. The scheme was scrapped in 2005.

Unless there have been changes introduced in the last few weeks which I haven't heard about, the minimum amount is still 500 U$S.

In my dealings with them in the 4 years between 2005 - 2009 I NEVER received a correct answer wrt any immigration question from various Uru-consuls in London. I view them as the overseas arm of the Ministry of Misinformation.

You'll find an article by Snr Fischer (a local immigration lawyer) elsewhere on this site.

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