Citizenship of Uruguay for Legal Residents of the Country

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).  

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.  

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:

List of countries

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.