Uruguayan Residency

How to Get Residency in Uruguay

Immigration Procedures

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What We Offer

  • Management of Temporary Residency.
  • Management of Permanent Residency.
  • Application for Provisional Identity Document.
  • Management/Processing of Uruguayan Identity Card (Cédula).
  • Processing of "Avecinamiento" (Residency by Settlement) procedure.
  • Request and registration of birth, marriage, and death certificates.
  • Management of Fiscal/Tax Residency.
  • Legal advice on all immigration aspects.

Articles on Migration

Tax holiday

Law 19.904, enacted in September 2020, establishes that non-resident individuals who obtain tax residency in Uruguay as of fiscal year 2020 may choose to be taxed on income from movable capital generated abroad (bonds, shares, etc.) in the following ways: This is a significant advantage, since tax residents in Uruguay who cannot use these options are taxed at a 12 % rate on this income. Subsequently, Law 19.937, enacted in December 2020, establishes that persons who opted to pay IRNR before fiscal year 2020 may extend this option for up to 10 years from the year in which they obtained their residence, provided they can prove that they have purchased real estate for a value of more than IU 3,500,000 (approximately USD 400,000) as from

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Immigration procedures

Different types of immigration procedures In our country, there are different types of immigration procedures that foreigners can undertake, depending on the person’s particular circumstances, and specifically on some variables such as nationality and length of the intended stay in the country. We outline the main aspects of each below. 1) Provisional identity sheet This is an authorization to stay within the national territory for up to 180 days. It is processed at the National Bureau of Migration, where it is necessary to account for the activity that gives rise to the request and its end date. The following documentation must be submitted: 2) Temporary residence for MERCOSUR nationals This residence allows individuals to work in Uruguay for up to two years and is granted

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Tax Residence Uruguay

Our tax regulations establish that individuals are considered tax residents in the country as long as they meet at least one of the following two conditions: Regarding point 2, a person is deemed to have their center of activities in Uruguay when they generate a greater volume of income in Uruguay than in any other country. Likewise, a person is presumed to have their vital interests in the country when their spouse and minor children reside in Uruguay. As of Decree 330/2016, a person is considered to have rooted their economic interests in the national territory when they make an investment in either of the following ways: Subsequently, in 2020, Decree 163/020 introduced two additional grounds of economic interests in Uruguay: These four economic-interest grounds

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