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Do I have a chance?
| Do I have a chance? Hello, I have been wanting to escape from the cold European country I'm living currently for as long as I can remember and hope to live in Uruguay as soon as possible.Do I have a chance? I'm female on my twenties, college graduate, learning Spanish (I already speak two languages) and my goal is to be fluent before trying to emigrate to Uruguay. I don't have any savings however, only student loan debt, will that take away my chances? If I can't immediately find paying work but have a volunteer work waiting (and place to stay), how will that effect on my chances? If I book a flight to Uruguay, take all the necessary documents with me and ask very nicely, do I have even a slightest chance? Thanks :) |
| "Student Loans"
I don't think they care about student loans or other debit. For residency you'll have to show you can support yourself... which might mean US$1500/month.However, you could try the perpetual tourist thing for a while... but might be harder to get a job. You difficulties will be renting... with first months rent and a 5 month deposit! Ouch! Might have to look at staying in a pension. Oh.. a place to stay... then why not? If Uruguay doesn't work out there are lots more countries in South America... Expert Page: Quick Tips for Getting Settled in Uruguay |
| "Thank You"
I've come to understand that Uruguay is One of the easiest countries to gain residency in the world? Do you have any other Latin American countries to suggest for easy to gain residency? Nice to know that I might be able to do this, I'll try :) Thanks! |
| "Easy Residency"
Can you define what you mean by "easy residency"?Do you mean: - Not much paperwork - Not expensive - Not complicated paperwork - Not complicated bureaucracy - Fast - Not many requirements - Easy to meet requirements - Straightforward and clear requirements Unlike some countries, in Uruguay you go from being a tourist to being a legal resident (with a wait while you are in process). Compared to Costa Rica, for example where you first become a temporary resident and after you attain that and wait a number of years you can then make a further application for legal residency (or not). Only at the later stage do you get a cedula and the right to a cell line (though supposedly that is an open market now). I went through the process to become a temporary resident in Costa Rica, ie: rentista. It took about 3 months. The lawyer fees were high, and it required a CD in a (US Bank) of US$60, 000, and I had to show each year that I had converted US$12, 000 to colonies. In Uruguay once you are a legal resident, that's it. You have to renew your ID every 3 years, but that is just a renewal process, not with particular requirements. In Uruguay I had to show US$500 of income which too about 22 months of trying and trying again to satisfy immigration. Now the income requirements are ambiguous. Both pretty much required the same background check and document legalization. Uruguay had more stuff like the medical exam, filing the birth/marriage certificates in the civil registry. Costa Rica was just presenting everything to immigration and waiting. I also went through the process in Paraguay. Like Uruguay you go from being a tourist to having a status of "permanent admission" and a cedula. That process took about 6 months. In addition to the birth/marriage certificates and background check (and legalization) they have a medical exam (just a blood test for HIV) and lots of little certificates you get from different offices all over town. Two plus certified copies of everything. For income they are satisfied with a US$5, 000 (5k) deposit in a local bank in a 6 month cd (though I wouldn't cash it in if the process took longer). Then the police need another certified copy of everything to make your cedula. So, I would have to say that Costa Rica was the easiest, most expensive and most useless. Before Uruguay got subjective on the income requirements I would have put them second, but have to put Paraguay second and Uruguay third for that reason. I think the length of time it takes can vary considerable in all the places from person to person for no "logical" reason. Paraguay is probably much cheaper than Uruguay to live. It's not fair to compare any of the places based on prices, or "ease of residency" and without visiting and staying in a country you can hardly hope to make a decision. And, not just the country, but a particular city or region of the country. If you marry an Uruguayan, then I think quite possibly Uruguay will be #1 on the list for all of Latin America. Expert Page: Quick Tips for Getting Settled in Uruguay |
| "Thank you again :)"
Thank you for your reply! I'm looking for the cheapest one, I don't mind background checks, waiting or paperwork. Also many countries require university degree for applying visa and I only have college degree.Uruguay is definitely my first choice, clean, peaceful, liveable country with over 180km of beaches! I'll now also consider Paraguay :) Oh, everything always comes down to money... |
| "Hey Sunny"
Sunny, you know, you have that idea bout hopping into a plane with a buch of papers and stuff aiming to get recidency here and all, but have you been here already, or do you have any friends from here? Cause you know, beyond the paperwork, from my point of view it is kind of hard to get along here if you donīt have any sound contacts. What about teaming up with some people from your country to pay a visit here for a few days to see how stuff looks like in the first place?Cheers |
| "I know..."
I can't get anybody to come with me to Uruguay, only friend friends living in Argentina. I have decided to emigrate from my country a long time ago. I have made a lot of research where I can emigrate and because I don't have university degree, most places are out of question. I'm recent college graduate, so I don't have money to travel for every country to see what's the best place, I have only travelled to Spain in my entire life!Uruguay is the place I always come back to when thinking where to move. Also, I love diving and swimming more than anything (there are tons of beaches in Uruguay!) and I'm pretty sure Uruguay is better country for me than the one I'm living currently :) |
|  "Beach Activities..."
Remember, Uruguay is NOT tropical and there are a limited number of months where you can enjoy the water (being in the water). Of course, in the winter a walk along the Rambla is great.Expert Page: Quick Tips for Getting Settled in Uruguay |
| "yes, glen is right, not to much hot weather to enjoy"
yes, glen is right, not to much hot weather to enjoy, and the diving thing, well waters are kind of muddy, or turbid. I donīt want to delve too much into personal matters, but as you say you want to -escape- from europe to some better place (if any), it is hard for me, as a person who has been living here since ever, to see this country as a place to -escape- from no less than europe (Not idealizin europe tho :))So, with all the due respect and a lot of concern, please donīt take this bad, I canīt help to tell you that your impression of Uruguay seem to be somewhat bookish and too naïve, sorry sorry sorry, please, but I do know how hard is for europeans to get how different things are in non developed countries. Best wishes. Cheers |
| "Topic for a new thread"
Inno... maybe you can start a new thread about why you want to escape from Uruguay... it can be useful for people to get a balance view.But putting aside specifics for a moment, it seems many would-be expats become enamored with a particular place, be it Uruguay or someplace else based on what they read; or more likely the image of it they develop in their imagination. Some are then disappointed that the place fails to meet their expectations. Others, of course, do find the place to meet their expectations. I think the best idea is to get some basic details and then get on an airplane with an open adventurous mind frame and do it! Expert Page: Quick Tips for Getting Settled in Uruguay |
| "Not an easy decicion"
My reasons for choosing Uruguay:-Ninth best haven from climate change and as for now, If I lived in Uruguay I wouldn't freeze to death in every winter and I could enjoy nice weather all year round. -One of the few countries outside of the Europe where I even have the possibility of obtaining residency (downfall of the EU is approaching...don't want to stay here). -Uruguay and Chile are the least corrupt countries in Latin America -Peaceful, clean country, that will probably stay out of any wars coming in the future. I know that by moving to another country I'm giving some things away in order to gain something new. I don't care about being rich, I want to live somewhere beautiful and I can't just move wherever I decide to because of the Visa requirements (For example I don't have any chance obtaining residency in Thailand/ Cambodia/ Brazil/ Argentina/ Japan/ Australia...etc because I don't fill their requirements :( ) I dare to say I think I have decent picture of what's Uruguay like, maybe, maybe not. |
| "freeze to death in every winter"
I'm originally from Michigan, but don't really know how that compares to your winters... but it is probably closer than Uruguay.In Uruguay, the winter can be quite comfortable, or it can in my opinion be much worse than Michigan. It all depends on the insulation and heating in your home. The worse case is NONE. No heat. No insulation, and in that case I would say it is worse than Michigan where you are always toasty warm inside. It is important to ask about heat when renting or buying a place. The best is a floor heated by a hot water from a central boiler. Then you pop out of bed in the morning and you feet touch a warm floor. You can live in many places as a perpetual tourist... for example Brazil (up to six months a year anyway). Others will allow you a full year with occasional "visa runs". Expert Page: Quick Tips for Getting Settled in Uruguay |
| "yes indeed"
yes indeed, my views about this country and its future are the subject of another thread, but well, just broadening a lil bit the to-have-a-chance concept here.Of course, you first start to get an impression of other places by what others say, but when money is such an issue it is better to figure things out over a sounder basis before gettin adventurous. Sunny: It will be very important for you to keep on learning spanish, beyond paperwork and stuff, that is very important, more important that the recidency and stuff, recidency and citizenship are things that will be more or less easy and will came to be more or less quick, but in any case Iīm rather confident you will get them, in order to get the citizenship, one of the requirements, apart fom having been livin here for a period of time (i think 3 years), you also need to have some interests here, namely real state, or easier and cheaper, a deposit in a bank account (i think it has to be in a local bank and the amount has to be in the realm of 5000euro). That's another thing to have into account for what money concerns. Cheers |
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