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.  

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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:

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@offshore-pro.info. We will gladly answer all your questions pertaining to the matter.