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Citizenship of Uruguay for Legal Residents of the Country

Author: Joseph Place Updated: 08 June 2023

Dual citizenship has a number of advantages. You can acquire some great new opportunities when you acquire a second passport. Besides, it is certainly a good idea to have a second home country where you can resort to if things suddenly go wrong in the country of your birth.

Uruguayan legislation allows dual citizenship and the passport of the country will facilitate your international business activities and make it easier to travel around the world. Holders of Uruguayan passports can enter 132 countries without visas, which make the passport a strong travel document indeed. You can stay in Europe for three months without a visa and acquiring a visa to the USA in your Uruguayan passport is going to be easy. A great number of Uruguayans have 10-year American visas. Besides, citizens of Uruguay are free to work on the territory of Mercosur (Southern Common Market, a South American trade bloc).  

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A Uruguayan passport has to be acquired in two stages: first you have to obtain a residence card and after living for some time in Uruguay, you can apply for citizenship and a passport of the country.

If you are married to a Uruguayan citizen, you have to maintain your legal resident status in the country for three years before you can apply for citizenship. If you are not married to a Uruguayan citizen, you have to live in the country for five years on a legal residence permit before you can apply. Please find out what benefits the Uruguayan legal and tax residence can bring.  

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What is required for obtaining citizenship of Uruguay?

You will have to submit the application documents to the immigration authorities in person. The applications are processed within six months.

Required application documents:

  • Permanent residence certificate;
  • A bank statement;
  • Your birth certificate;
  • Your marriage certificate (if applicable);
  • A copy of your residence card.

In addition to that, you will have to bring two witnesses who will confirm your identity.

The cost of the service is 1700 USD + you will have to pay an additional US$ 600 to cover the state duties and the associated taxes.

Below please find a list of countries that you can visit without a visa or obtain a visa on arrival if you hold an Uruguayan passport:

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List of countries

North America
Bahamas 3 months, visa-free                         
Barbados 90 days, visa-free                         
Belize 1 month, visa-free                         
Costa Rica 90 days, visa-free                         
Dominica 21 days, visa-free                         
Dominican Republic 90 days, visa-free                         
El Salvador 3 months, visa-free                         
Guatemala 90 days, visa-free                         
Haiti 3 months, visa-free                         
Honduras 3 months, visa-free                         
Jamaica 30 days, visa-free                         
Mexico 180 days, visa-free                         
Nicaragua 90 days, visa-free                         
Panama 180 days, visa-free                         
Saint Kitts and Nevis 3 months, visa-free                         
Saint Lucia 6 weeks, visa-free                         
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1 month, visa-free                         
Trinidad and Tobago 90 days, visa-free                         
Dependent territories:                         
Anguilla 3 months, visa-free                         
Aruba 30 days, visa-free                         
Bermuda 6 months, visa-free                         
Bonaire from 14 to 30 days, visa-free                         
British Virgin Islands 30 days, visa-free                         
Curacao from 14 to 30 days, visa-free                         
Greenland 90 days, visa-free                         
Guadeloupe 90 days, visa-free                         
Martinique 90 days, visa-free                         
Montserrat 3 months, visa-free                         
Saba from 14 to 30 days, visa-free                         
Saint Barthélemy 90 days, visa-free                         
Saint Martin 90 days, visa-free                         
Saint Pierre and Miquelon 90 days, visa-free                         
Sint Eustatius from 14 to 30 days, visa-free                         
Turks and Caicos Islands 30 days, visa-free                         
South America                         
Argentina 3 months, visa-free                         
Bolivia 90 days, visa-free                         
Brazil 90 days, visa-free                         
Chile 90 days, visa-free                         
Colombia 90 days, visa-free                         
Ecuador 90 days, visa-free                         
Falkland Islands 30 days, visa-free                         
French Guiana 3 months, visa-free                         
Guiana 30 days, visa on arrival, US$ 25                         
Paraguay 90 days, visa-free                         
Peru 183 days, visa-free                         
Venezuela 90 days, visa-free                         
Europe                         
Andorra, visa-free                         
Austria 3 months (within 6 months), visa-free                         
Belgium 90 days, visa-free                         
Bosnia and Herzegovina 90 days, visa-free                         
Bulgaria 90 days, visa-free                         
Croatia 90 days, visa-free                         
Cyprus 90 days, visa-free                         
Czech Republic 3 months, visa-free                         
Denmark 90 days (within 6 months), visa-free                         
Estonia 90 days (in half a year), visa-free                         
Finland 90 days (within 6 months), visa-free                         
France 3 months, visa-free                         
Germany 90 days (within 6 months), visa-free                         
Greece 3 months, visa-free                         
Hungary 90 days, visa-free                         
Iceland 3 months (within 6 months), visa-free                         
Ireland 90 days, visa-free                         
Italy 90 days, visa-free                         
Latvia 90 days (within 6 months), visa-free                         
Liechtenstein 3 months (within 6 months), visa-free                         
Lithuania 90 days, visa-free                         
Luxembourg 3 months, visa-free                         
Macedonia 90 days, visa-free                         
Malta 90 days, visa-free                         
Monaco 3 months, visa-free                         
Montenegro 90 days, visa-free                         
Netherlands 90 days (within 6 months), visa-free                         
Norway 3 months (within 6 months), visa-free                         
Poland 90 days, visa-free                         
Portugal 90 days, visa-free                         
Romania 90 days, visa-free                         
Russia 90 days, visa-free                         
San Marino 90 days, visa-free                         
Serbia 90 days, visa-free                         
Slovakia 90 days, visa-free                         
Slovenia 90 days, visa-free                         
Spain 3 months (within 6 months), visa-free                         
Sweden 3 months, visa-free                         
Switzerland 3 months (within 6 months), visa-free                         
UK 6 months, visa-free                         
Vatican City 90 days, visa-free                         
Dependent territories:                         
Aland Islands without a visa (same as in Finland)                         
Azores without a visa (same as in Portugal)                         
Canary Islands visa-free (same as in Spain)                         
Ceuta visa-free (same as in Spain)                         
Faroe Islands without a visa (same as in Denmark)                         
Gibraltar visa-free (same as UK)                         
Guernsey without a visa (same as in the UK)                         
Isle of Maine visa-free (same as in the UK)                         
Jersey Island visa-free (same as in the UK)                         
Madeira Island visa-free (same as in Portugal)                         
Melilla without a visa (same as in Spain)                         
Spitsbergen without a visa (same as in Norway)                         
Africa                         
Botswana 90 days, visa-free                         
Burundi 1 month, visa on arrival, US$ 90                         
Central African Republic 7 days, visa on arrival, US$ 60                         
Cape Verde visa on arrival, 25 EUR                         
Comoros, visa on arrival                         
Djibouti 1 month, visa on arrival, US$ 60                         
Egypt 30 days, visa on arrival, US$ 15                         
Gambia, Visa on Arrival (Charter Flight / Tour Package)                         
Madagascar 90 days, visa on arrival, US$ 70                         
Mozambique 30 days, visa on arrival, US$ 66                         
Sao Tome and Principe 1 month, visa on arrival, US$ 100                         
Seychelles 1 month, visa on arrival, free                         
South Africa 90 days, visa-free                         
Swaziland 30 days, visa-free                         
Tanzania, visa on arrival, US$ 50 to US$ 200                         
Togo 7 days, visa on arrival                         
Uganda, Visa on Arrival, US$ 50 to US$ 200                         
Zambia 90 days, visa on arrival, US$ 50                         
Zimbabwe 3 months, visa on arrival                         
Dependent territories:                         
Mayotte 90 days, visa-free                         
Reunion 3 months, visa-free                         
Saint Helena 90 days, visa on arrival, 25 GBP                         
Tristan da Cunha (same as on Saint Helena)                         
Asia                         
Armenia 120 days, visa on arrival, US$ 50                         
Cambodia 30 days, visa on arrival, US$ 20                         
Georgia 360 days, visa-free                         
Hong Kong 3 months, visa-free                         
Israel 3 months, visa-free                         
Japan 90 days, visa-free                         
Jordan, visa on arrival, US$ 30                         
Laos 30 days, visa on arrival, US$ 30                         
Macau 30 days, visa-free                         
Malaysia 3 months, visa-free                         
Maldives 30 days, visa on arrival                         
Myanmar 28 days, visa on arrival                         
Nepal 90 days, visa on arrival, US$ 25 to US$ 100                         
Oman 1 month, visa on arrival, US$ 55                         
Philippines 21 days, visa-free                         
Vietnam 30 days, US$ 12                         
Singapore 30 days, visa-free                         
South Korea 90 days, visa-free                         
Sri Lanka 30 days, visa on arrival, US$ 30                         
Timor-Leste 30 days, visa on arrival, US$ 30                         
Turkey 90 days, visa-free                         
Oceania                         
Federated States of Micronesia 30 days, visa-free                         
Fiji 4 months, visa-free                         
New Zealand 3 months, visa-free                         
Palau Islands 30 days, visa on arrival, US$ 50                         
Papua New Guinea 60 days, visa on arrival, US$ 50 to US$ 240                         
Samoa 60 days, visa on arrival                         
Solomon Islands 3 months, visa on arrival                         
Tuvalu Islands 1 month, visa on arrival                         
Dependent territories:                         
Cook Islands 31 days, visa-free                         
Easter Island, visa-free (same as in Chile)                         
French Polynesia 3 months (within 6 months), visa-free                         
Juan Fernandez Islands, visa-free (same as in Chile)                         
New Caledonia 3 months (within 6 months), visa-free                         
Niue Island 30 days, visa-free                         
Pitcairn Island 14 days, visa-free                         
Wallis and Futuna Islands 3 months (within 6 months), visa-free                         

If you have been a legal resident in Uruguay long enough to apply for full citizenship of the country, please apply for our assistance in acquiring the Uruguayan passport by writing to info@qwealthreport.com. We will gladly answer all your questions pertaining to the matter.   

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