Settle in Uruguay and demonstrate your means of support through employment, a business or self-employment.
Residency to citizenship
- 01Apply for permanent residence
- 02Establish habitual residence
- 03Legal citizenship3 or 5 years
Each stage has its own eligibility requirements.
This is one means-of-support basis within the general permanent-residence procedure, not a separate citizenship-by-investment programme.
- Benefits
- An application for permanent legal residence rather than a purchased passport or a fixed-price investor visa.
- Eligibility
- A foreign national intending to establish residence, with lawful entry and credible, documented means of support. Business activity must be real and comply with local registration rules.
- Requirements
- Identity and entry documents, relevant criminal certificates, vaccination evidence and proof of work or business income. Foreign certificates generally require apostille or legalisation and Spanish translation. A valid health card issued by an authorised provider in Uruguay is also required.
YOUR LONG-TERM PATHWAY
Residency to citizenship
- 01
Apply for permanent residence
Settle in Uruguay and demonstrate your means of support through employment, a business or self-employment.
- 02
Establish habitual residence
Make Uruguay your genuine home and preserve residence, travel and livelihood evidence. An absence exceeding six consecutive months interrupts the habitual-residence period.
- 03
Legal citizenship · 3 or 5 years
Apply to the Electoral Court after three years with a family constituted in Uruguay, or five years without, subject to good conduct and the required livelihood and residence proof.
Permanent residence and legal citizenship are separate decisions. Legal citizenship is distinct from nationality under Uruguayan law.
Each stage requires its own qualifying conditions and decision. The years shown are eligibility periods, not approval times.
