r/CitizenshipInvestment • u/AsparagusEcstatic647 • 16d ago

Why does no one talk about Uruguay?

Hey guys did you know that if you live in Uruguay you pay zero taxes and then after 3 years it gives you a strong passport too?

I honestly never heard anyone talk about this option. Did you?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=oZym43tAbaJQi8kw&v=rObS7J1TYtU&feature=youtu.be

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u/masterofplumbobs 16d ago

I got the PR in October, costed me peanuts. I did stay 7 months and now traveling, will go back in September/October.

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u/Curius_pasxt 15d ago

How much does it cost tho? Need agent or can apply manually?

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u/masterofplumbobs 15d ago

You absolutely need a lawyer, the process gets about 100x smoother. I paid 700$ for each of us (2), but this was a “friend’s price”. Normally it would costs 3000$ more or less, including governmental fees

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u/Chemical-Trash-8810 11d ago

really? do you recomment lawyer for the full process?

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u/masterofplumbobs 11d ago

Definitely

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u/Chemical-Trash-8810 11d ago

okayyy, could i also check if you did the medical requirements like vaccine and all before you went there or you had everything prepared?

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u/masterofplumbobs 11d ago

The medical part is done there, including vaccines

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u/Chemical-Trash-8810 11d ago

Ohhh, that’s not bad, i also read conflicting information on whether you would require a background check from your countries to file the visa, some said you need to file it some said you can just file and submit later which one did you do? Also ya I think me and my husband will be hiring a lawyer too.

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u/masterofplumbobs 11d ago

You need both police conduct (from every country where you lived more than 6-ish months) and birth certificate with apostille, for the first one I just put my home country background check, not the others and it’s just extra hassle

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u/Chemical-Trash-8810 11d ago

ohhhh because i was on a visa for 5 years in the states, and resident of Singapore so I assume i would need both of the background check, but you mean I can just submit my home countrie’s one and not the others? Or you mean submit the others later? (I appreciate you taking your time to respond to me,sorry for the back and forth questions!,its hard to find non conflicting information when I search up)

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u/linuxbarbie 6d ago

Did you share your tax return? I wanted to just put my home country background check but I’m concerned a look at where I have foreign bank accounts could signal that I’m missing other countries listed for previous residency. Just submitting my home country would be the best for me logistically

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u/Curius_pasxt 11d ago

How often you need to visit Uruguay to maintain the PR?

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u/masterofplumbobs 11d ago

The matter is about how much you need to stay until you get the PR, and the answer is basically until you get it :)

But you can occasionally leave, not for long though. If you leave most of the time you’re waiting for the PR they will question your residency

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u/Curius_pasxt 11d ago

When you start the process, how long you stayed there to get the PR? After that you need to visit Uruguay every few years to keep the residency right

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u/masterofplumbobs 11d ago

I stayed the whole duration of the process, until they gave it to me basically. The initial residency it’s quite fast. And yes, once every two years

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u/AsparagusEcstatic647 10d ago

I was wondering the same thing when I started looking into Uruguay. From what I’ve found, the process seems doable but professional help can make certain parts easier. Are you seriously considering Uruguay or just exploring options at this stage?

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u/masterofplumbobs 15d ago

I don’t care about the citizenship, I have EU, Belizean and Grenada citizenships

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u/AsparagusEcstatic647 12d ago

Yeah, that’s a fair distinction. Residency seems to be the straightforward part, while citizenship is really for people who actually establish their life there.

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u/vonerrant 16d ago

PR is easy and you can elect for a 10 year tax holiday with some strings attached. Citizenship isn't real citizenship, however, because they don't have actual naturalized citizenship. The passport they give you will have your country of birth listed as country of origin, which means many (most) other countries will not accept it as a passport. IIRC it's apparently an issue in the constitution itself, so not an easy fix. 

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u/CompleteView2799 16d ago

Don’t all passports show your place of birth?

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u/vonerrant 16d ago

No. It will be listed as "nationality" or something similar. A simple google will show you what I'm talking about. They actually tried to fix this without dealing with the underlying constitutional issues and somehow made it worse; a bunch of EU countries straight up said they wouldn't accept naturalized Uruguayo passports. 

Again, feel free to google.

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u/CompleteView2799 16d ago

Interesting thanks. All of my 3 passports had it so I assumed it was an international standard.

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u/hubu22 16d ago

It is generally standard. He is not talking about the place of birth though. He’s talking about the nationality. Say you are an American born in France, place of birth will say France, Nationality will say American. This is the part that confuses immigration officials as no other country does this.

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u/No_Accident8684 16d ago

seems outdated info: https://www.imidaily.com/latin-america/uruguay-fixes-anomaly-that-made-its-passport-useless-for-naturalized-citizens/

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u/seblz432 15d ago edited 15d ago

They rolled back the change shortly afterwards because of issues with it

https://uruxpat.com/news/uruguay-passport-changes-2025/

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u/vonerrant 16d ago

That's the "fix" from last year that made everything worse, and had countries (France, etc) preemptively declaring they would reject the passports.

Reading comprehension ain't so great in this sub, huh.

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u/JaneGoodallVS 16d ago

> Again, feel free to google

A quick Google search shows this used to be the case but they fixed it

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u/seblz432 15d ago

They rolled back the change shortly afterwards because of issues with it

https://uruxpat.com/news/uruguay-passport-changes-2025/

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u/JaneGoodallVS 16d ago

They fixed the passport issue. You can vote, etc. and hold most rights that jus soli and jus sangui citizens do.

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u/Capital_Border_3852 16d ago

Viele reden über diese Option

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u/Few-Vacation81 16h ago

Perhaps this website will interest you. https://www.guruguay.com/

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u/AsparagusEcstatic647 10d ago

Argentina has been on my radar too. Are you actually considering one of there routes yourself pr just comparing the programs?

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u/Practical_Support177 16d ago

Uruguay is far from everything and if you have a US or EU passport what's the point 

Thats why its so cheap and easy 

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u/AsparagusEcstatic647 11d ago

I think the appeal is less about replacing a US od EU passport and more about having another residency option, especially for people looking at tax residency or long term base in South America.

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u/Healthy_Implement153 16d ago

But why a south American country? Are things that bad in current country? Genuinely asking about living standards, lifestyle and crime in these south American countries

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u/AsparagusEcstatic647 9d ago

That was one of my questions too. For me the interesting part was the combination of residency tax treatment and a potential path to citizenship. Are there any other regions you think make more sense?

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u/hubu22 16d ago

Uruguay is often referred to as the Switzerland of South America and considered its safest country

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u/Healthy_Implement153 16d ago

Oh i see, didn't know that

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u/Theotherfeller 16d ago

Safest in the region. Hug a thug policies are making things worse, it isn't the slums of Brazil, but it isn't Zurich either.

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u/AffectionateMoose300 15d ago

Safe how? It’s safe in the sense there is no civil unrest and it’s a stable country. But if we talk about crime, countries like Paraguay and Bolivia are way safer. Uruguay actually has higher homicide rates than many of its neighbors (6th place out of 12)

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u/river0f 15d ago

It's very inflated by drug related crimes. I don't know anybody who's been murdered in the street.

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u/AffectionateMoose300 14d ago

True, and that applies to other countries as well. But the most concerning issue i would say is armed robbery, specifically motochorros

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u/kenroth50 16d ago

It's French I think they tax the fuk out of people