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Uruguay Digital Nomad Visa

I just got my cédula from the Uruguayan authorities via the Digital Nomad visa, so I figured I’d write up something. All the guides online are basically reworded translations of the Uruguay government website, which is missing some key info.

  • Baseline: Why Uruguay?

    • To be honest, most DNs should not come to Uruguay. You’re going to pay western europe prices/mid-sized US city prices for everything, and it’s really fucking boring. The only reason to come here instead of Argentina is:
      1. You hate money
      2. You’re like me and have some work/research that requires you to be in Uruguay
      3. You don’t like Argentina but still like Rio de la Plata
    • The vast majority of DNs are better off in BA.
    • Why the DN visa instead of just border runs?
      • Most DNs are better off just hopping to Argentina for a weekend every 90 days and just repeating it. Given that the DN visa is only for a year, most people who want to stay in Uruguay should just do visa runs.
      • Basically the only reason to do the DN is if you need services afforded by the cédula, or permanent residency card. The DN visa in Uruguay grants you a (temporary) permanent residency card, which gives you a headstart on renewing it later on. This means stuff like banking, interacting with state institutions, etc can be done via your cedula once you recieve it. Otherwise just go do visa runs.
  • If after all of that you’re still intent on doing the visa, this is the process:

    1. You’ll need to make an account with your foreign passport on https://www.gub.uy/tramites/hoja-identidad-provisoria. The process you’ll be going through is “hoja de identidad provisoria nómada digital”.
    2. Follow all the instructions until you get to a point where it asks you to sign an affidavit stating that you have sufficient resources. Print it, sign it, and upload it, and then you’ll be asked to pay. It’s unlikely that you’ll have a card that the website takes, so you’ll need to go to Abitab to pay. Abitab is a series of outlets that lets you pay for services by printing out the code. Select Abitab, make sure to print out the record and go pay at the closest one.
    3. After that, you’ll need to wait for approximately 30 working days. I talked to a few other people who got the visa and our initial processing time was all exactly 30 working days.
    4. Here’s the stuff that none of the websites tell you. You’ll get a PDF in your email from the Ministry of the Interior. Print that sheet out, and go to a DNIC (civil registry) office. You’ll need to make an appointment for biometrics/fingerprinting and pay. Usually same-day/next-day appointments are available. THIS IS A DIFFERENT OFFICE THAN THE ACTUAL ONE WHERE YOU DO THE BIOMETRICS. If you’re in Montevideo, go make the appointment here: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Direcci%C3%B3n+Nacional+de+Identificaci%C3%B3n+Civil/@-34.9048803,-56.2032584,18.58z/data=!4m6!3m5!1s0x959f810a161276c1:0x874f7d6fdd92b27c!8m2!3d-34.9049969!4d-56.2023772!16s%2Fg%2F11j85wrgmq?entry=ttu.
    5. You’ll likely have to go to a different DNIC office to actually do the fingerprinting. If you’re in Montevideo, go here: https://www.google.com/maps/place/National+Civil+Identification+Bureau/@-34.9048803,-56.2032584,18.58z/data=!4m6!3m5!1s0x959f802a10c555a1:0x4fe0523e4fbf2039!8m2!3d-34.9054737!4d-56.2019277!16s%2Fg%2F1hd_x9w4y?entry=ttu
    6. The website says that you need a birth certificate. You don’t. You do need a passport that has Spanish and your appointment ticket, as well as the sheet you got from the Ministry of the Interior. If you’ve got a US passport, then you’re good to go, since that already has Spanish in it.
    7. At the end of the fingerprinting, they’ll give you a sheet to come back in a week and pick up your cedula.

All in all, Uruguay immigration system is nothing like the Kafka bureacratic circlejerks I’m used to. The only thing is that most of the government websites are out of date, and all the “nomad” whatever websites are useless. You can do this entire process with B1 Spanish, no need for a translator.

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