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But on the other hand this is South America, and there is always a way.

First:

You stay in the tourist status; this means no residency, leaving the country each 6 month for you and each 3 month for your car

2.

You find an Uy-citizen living in your country, 2 years he has your car on his name and then he comes back to Uy, no costumes, no problems, but no selling for the car possible later

3. These solutions look complicated?

Here is the last one not less complicated, the legal one:

You apply for residency, about 1 year later you will get it

You are retired with a min amount of 1500.- USD

You buy a real estate with a value of min 100 000.- USD

When you have the perm residency you can apply, the you buy the real estate,

Then you can bring the car.

The real estate has to be with you min 10 years the car cannot be sold within 4 years

Foreigners are not allowed to bring used cars, if they are going to apply for residency under no circumstances.

Tourists can enter with a vehicle for 3 months (for Mercosur citizens it's 6 months) with no charge.

Uruguayan citizens are allowed once in their lifetime to import their used vehicle under certain specific circumstances.

Any person interested to have a vehicle which does not exist in the Uruguayan market is allowed to import (paying all duties) as many as they want under the condition that they are new vehicles. The import of used vehicles is not allowed.

Patrick.

please read my former posting above. As you will szee this was written last February 19th. This regulation still haven't changed, so this posting is still valid.

If there are some changes I promise I will write them down in every Forum I am member of.

Regards,

> motorcycles. I would hate to think I couldn't

> bring my two seater wherever I choose to retire.

My local flying club has a 1968 Cessna 172 and a very ancient Piper both with a huge stickers saying "Importado en Uruguay" so importing a used aircraft must be possible... though I reckon there will be duty to pay and a Charlie Xray re-registration to do. The Cessna reg is CX-ASY which comes over as Alpha Sierra Shankie because of the local -sh pronunciation for a consonant Y :-)

At the moment there is a drive afoot to make Uruguayo pilots learn English so you'll get a warm welcome if you join a local club.

Patrick.

How about your license did you have to start over or did they give you reciprocity?

I would plan to join an aero club, and since I am bilingual but my Spanish is very weak from disuse, I would love to do a little instructing as a volunteer.

I hope that the law will change some day.

Your car will sell for a VERY good price in Uruguay, but I think the buyer has to be very careful to know if it is allowed...

I searched VW’s website and found a dealer in Montevideo. The prices are in line with the cost of these vehicles in Southern California; however, I do not think the vehicles are exactly the same, i.e., model has same name but motor is different. The same as U.S. model v. European model.

I think that if you search Toyota's website you may find the info that you are looking for.

Regards,

Gary Stephenson

Importation of a Car Duty Free – The car must not be sold for four years. It must be registered in Uruguay. You will need clear title in your name to effect the relocation of the car. The car needs to be insured as per Uruguay law for auto insurance.

I read something similar on a government of Uruguay site:

Art. 4°. Resuelta favorablemente por el Ministerio del Interior la solicitud de residencia permanente, la Dirección Nacional de Migración lo comunicará a la Dirección Nacional de Aduanas, a fin de que autorice la introducción de los muebles y enseres de la casa-habitación.

If you are seriously thinking of emmigrating to Uruguay and living there, in my opinion, there's no time like the present to familiarise yourself with the Uruguayan government sites. Ultimately, they are the "official word" of the government and the snatches of translated and interpreted things one can read on other sites may be missleading.

Art. 5°. Una vez que el interesado acredite haber dado cumplimiento a lo previsto en el literal B) del Art. 1° de este Decreto, la Dirección Nacional de Migración librará comunicaciones a la Dirección Nacional de Aduanas para la introducción del vehículo automotor y a la Dirección Nacional de Identificación Civil para la expedición de pasaportes.

Actually, it's this last part art 5°, the first part, art 4° is about chattels, that once you've been accepted, the dept of Immigration will direct the Customs department that you will be bringing in a vehicle (if you have one) and the Civil Identification Dept to expediate a passport.

I lovely idea but for the last 7 years, the importation of a used car is forbidden unless you are a returning ROU citizen (not just a resident.)

There used to be a special allowance under the law for wealthy retirees but these are no more.

Another pitfall not mentioned above is the horrid unintended consequence caused by the recent returning Uruguayo law. If you obtain your permanent cedula BEFORE you import your household goods, then you will not be treated as a foreign immigrant at all but will be viewed as a 2nd class returning Uruguayo instead.

This means that you have to prove that you haven't been living here for the 2 years before you import your container even if you have... though being a returning Uruguayo without Uruguayan nationality, you cannot take advantage of the free used car import.

The law was introduced while my container was at sea en route to MVD so I had to rush to the UK, give myself a retrospective job in the UK/create a hill of false paperwork to prove it, fire myself and "persuade" the ROU consul in London to swear that I was in the UK for the two years when I was really here building my house and applying for my cedula :-)

So, if I understand you rightly, it's all about timing?

On realizing my predicament I wrote to the former president asking for his advice as it was the unintended consequences of his ill thought out decree that caused the problems in the first place. My subsequent actions in proving that I'd been living on two continents simultaneously were done at the suggestion of one of his staff who persuaded the uru-consul in London to provide the appropriate certificate.

I supposed that a bit of subterfuge was viewed as less politically damaging than changing the terms of the decree which turned an unsuspecting Irish pensioner into a returning Uruguayo at the flip of his pen.

Before the decree, it was acceptable for the immigrant to obtain his cedula up to 6 months before importing the household goods but the moment the decree was issued, the previously non-Uruguayo immigrant was magically transformed into a 2nd class returning Uruguayo subject to a completely different set of rules. With the container already at sea, the only other option was to wait until it reached MVD, send it back to the UK, change the paperwork into my SO's name (who didn't have a cedula) and ship it back to MVD once more :-)

The Flying Dutchman meets the Marie Celeste :-)

«a favourable request for permanent residency with the ministry of the interior, the national department of migration will communicate with the national department of customs and duties in order that they authorise the importation of your household goods and chattels».

There doesn't seem to be a time limit. I take it to mean that the moment they've accepted your request, you can import your "stuff".

Anyone who discovers Uruguayan Magic and codes in so little time, soon will have his own Monument erected in the Colonia Suiza main Plaza (the only one).

This is the opinion of a future SECOND CLASS URUGUAYO, and I believe him.

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