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The visa · Uruguay

Uruguay

Uruguay has a genuine remote-work permit, created in 2022 by widening the provisional identity sheet rather than by inventing a visa: no income floor, a sworn declaration instead of payslips, a fee under ten dollars, and a hard ceiling of 360 days. The serious route is ordinary residence, where Uruguay is unusual in letting a foreigner apply for permanent status directly, with citizenship after five years, or three with a family established in the country. The thing to settle before applying is tax: the eleven-year holiday for new residents covers foreign passive income and capital gains, and the budget law that took effect on 1 January 2026 has already narrowed what sits outside the net.

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  1. Nomad visa

    Digital Nomad Permit

    Hoja de Identidad Provisoria - categoria nomada digital / Provisional Identity Sheet, digital nomad category

    Employees of foreign companies and self-employed people with clients abroad who want up to a year in Uruguay without the documentary weight of a residence file.

    Income floor
    None published. Decreto 238/022 and the trámite page require only a signed sworn declaration of sufficient means for the period of stay; no figure, payslip or bank statement is specified. Advisory sites circulate a USD 1,500 to 2,000 a month rule of thumb that has no basis in the decree or the official requirements.
    Duration
    Up to 180 days, renewable once for a further 180 days, so 360 days in total.
    Cost
    55.71 UI on the trámite page, roughly UYU 320 or under USD 10. The migration directorate was reported in January 2024 as putting the cost at UYU 1,325, about USD 34, and a government relocation portal quotes roughly UYU 312; the figures are not reconciled in published material and probably differ over whether identity-document issuance is included.
    Processing
    Designed by the directorate as a fully online procedure with approval granted remotely; no statutory deadline is published. On approval the applicant is emailed to attend the civil identification office to collect the document.
    Eligibility
    Open to any nationality, but the permit is not a visa: nationalities subject to prior authorisation, notably India and mainland China, must hold the entry visa before arriving. The applicant must already be in Uruguay after a lawful entry, must work remotely for an employer outside Uruguay or on own account for clients abroad, and must sign the sworn declaration. Criminal-record and vaccination certificates are required only at renewal. Applicants who do not speak Spanish must attend with an interpreter.
    Work rights
    Remote work for employers or clients outside Uruguay, across sectors such as software, design, marketing, e-commerce and content. Employment on a Uruguayan payroll is not permitted on this permit.
    Dependants
    No dependant category is published. Accompanying adults apply in their own right; minors require a birth certificate, parental authorisation and evidence of the guardian's means.
    Leads to
    No. It sits outside the residence categories of Ley 18.250 and is not published as counting toward permanent residence; holders who want to stay beyond 360 days must file a separate temporary or permanent residence application.
    Apply
    Inside Uruguay only: online at gub.uy using an electronic identity or user account, or in person at the Dirección Nacional de Migración in Montevideo or a departmental inspectorate. Queries go to [email protected].

    Documents Photocopy of passport or national identity document · Signed sworn declaration of economic means, with a signature matching the identity document · Entry visa where the nationality requires one, obtained before travel · At renewal: criminal-record certificate from every country of residence of six months or more in the last five years, apostilled or legalised and translated into Spanish · At renewal: current vaccination certificate

    Official page →

  2. Residence

    Permanent Legal Residence

    Residencia Legal Permanente / Permanent Legal Residence

    Remote workers, freelancers and pensioners who intend to settle; Uruguay is unusual in allowing a direct application for permanent status without first serving time on a temporary permit.

    Income floor
    The trámite page requires evidence of sufficient monthly income without stating a figure. The Spanish labour and migration attaché in Montevideo reports a threshold of USD 1,500 a month from pension, annuity or other foreign-source income for retired and rentier applicants; that figure is widely repeated but does not appear on the directorate page, so it should be treated as reported rather than fixed.
    Duration
    Indefinite once granted. The status is not renewed, though the identity document issued on the back of it is.
    Cost
    557.30 UI. Brazilian and Paraguayan nationals are exempt from the fee. Ancillary charges: 55.70 UI for a migration certificate and 225.60 UI for each re-entry permit while the file is pending.
    Processing
    No statutory deadline is published. The file is opened online and continued at an in-person appointment with originals; a ten-minute tolerance on the appointment time is applied.
    Eligibility
    Any nationality. Criminal-record certificates from the country of origin and from every country of residence of six months or more in the past five years; a current health certificate from an authorised provider; a vaccination certificate; and proof of income by notarial income certificate, social-security employment history, or accountant's certification depending on whether the applicant is employed, self-employed, a company owner, a pensioner or an investor.
    Work rights
    Full: remote work for abroad, local clients and Uruguayan employment.
    Dependants
    Relatives of a Uruguayan use the separate permanente por vinculo uruguayo track covering spouses, unmarried partners, children and siblings. Otherwise each family member files an individual application, with minors needing parental authorisation and proof of the guardian's means.
    Leads to
    Yes. Legal citizenship by carta de ciudadania before the Corte Electoral after three years of habitual residence for applicants with a family established in Uruguay and five years for those without, supported by witnesses aged over 25 who have known the applicant for the same period and who are not relatives, employers, employees, serving police or military, or electoral officials.
    Apply
    Online at gub.uy, then in person at the Dirección Nacional de Migración, Mercedes 1004, Montevideo, weekdays 9:00 to 15:00, or at a departmental inspectorate.

    Documents Valid passport, with entry visa where the nationality requires one · Criminal-record certificates from the country of origin and each country of residence of six months or more in the last five years, apostilled or legalised and translated · Current health certificate from an authorised provider · Vaccination certificate · Proof of sufficient monthly income appropriate to the applicant's status · Passport-style photograph · Marriage certificate where relevant, legalised or apostilled and no more than a year old · For minors: birth certificate, parental authorisation and proof of school enrolment from age four

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  3. Long stay

    Temporary Legal Residence

    Residencia Legal Temporaria / Temporary Legal Residence

    Those with a Uruguayan employer, students and researchers, and nomad-permit holders taking the published next step after their 360 days run out.

    Income floor
    No general figure. Employed applicants need an employer's letter stating the activity, the length of the contract and a monthly wage at or above the national minimum. Students and other categories must show sufficient means of support, unquantified.
    Duration
    Minimum six months, maximum two years, extendable. Renewal must be filed within the 90 days before expiry.
    Cost
    557.30 UI, with the same ancillary fees as permanent residence: 55.70 UI for a migration certificate and 225.60 UI per re-entry permit while pending.
    Processing
    No published statutory deadline. Online filing followed by an in-person appointment with original documents.
    Eligibility
    No nationality restriction. Categories cover workers, students, religious personnel and other grounds set out in Ley 18.250. Criminal-record certificates from countries of residence over the past five years and from the country of birth, plus a current health card and vaccination certificate.
    Work rights
    Tied to the ground of admission. Employment is authorised where the employer's documentation is verified during the application; the published material does not set out a general work authorisation independent of that ground.
    Dependants
    Each family member files individually; minors require parental authorisation and supporting documentation.
    Leads to
    Time held counts toward the habitual residence needed for legal citizenship, at three or five years depending on family circumstances. Permanent residence is a separate application.
    Apply
    Online at gub.uy, then in person at the Dirección Nacional de Migración, Mercedes 1004, Montevideo, or a departmental office.

    Documents Valid identity document with entry visa where applicable · Criminal-record certificates from countries of residence in the past five years and from the country of birth · Current vaccination certificate and health card · Employer letter stating activity, contract duration and monthly pay, or official institutional certification for students · Proof of means of support · For minors: birth certificate and parental authorisation

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  4. Residence

    MERCOSUR Residence

    Residencia Legal Permanente - Mercosur / Residencia Temporaria - Mercosur

    Nationals of MERCOSUR member and associate states, who make up the largest group of remote workers moving to Uruguay, led by Argentines.

    Income floor
    None published. Nationality of a member or associate state is the qualifying condition and no income test appears in the published requirements.
    Duration
    Permanent on the permanent track. A temporary MERCOSUR track also exists, granted for up to two years and renewable for a further two.
    Cost
    557.30 UI. Brazilian and Paraguayan nationals are exempt from the fee.
    Processing
    No published statutory deadline. Online filing followed by an in-person appointment.
    Eligibility
    Nationals of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Bolivia, Paraguay, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Suriname and Guyana. Criminal-record, health and vaccination documentation as for the general residence tracks. Brazilian nationals in designated border towns have a separate frontier document valid up to five years and renewable.
    Work rights
    Full: remote work for abroad, local clients and Uruguayan employment.
    Dependants
    Family members holding the same nationality qualify in their own right; others use the general residence tracks or the Uruguayan family-link track.
    Leads to
    Yes, on the same terms as general permanent residence: legal citizenship after three or five years of habitual residence.
    Apply
    Online at gub.uy, then in person at the Dirección Nacional de Migración in Montevideo or a departmental office.

    Documents Passport or national identity document evidencing MERCOSUR or associate-state nationality · Criminal-record certificates from countries of residence in the last five years · Current health certificate and vaccination certificate · Passport-style photograph · Marriage or birth certificates where a family link is relied on, legalised or apostilled

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  5. Temporary stay

    Tourist stay and extension

    Permanencia como turista y Prorroga de Permanencia Temporaria / Tourist stay and temporary stay extension

    Short visits, and the lawful entry from which the nomad permit or a residence file is opened; also the fallback for those testing the country before committing.

    Income floor
    None published for visa-exempt nationalities. Visa nationals must show return tickets and proof of accommodation to the consulate.
    Duration
    90 days on entry for visa-exempt nationalities, with multiple entries, extendable by a further 90 days for 180 in total.
    Cost
    Free on entry. The extension costs 225.60 UI while the stay is still in force and 345.00 UI once it has expired. A consular visa where one is required costs USD 42.
    Processing
    Extensions are handled in person at a migration office and must be requested at least 15 calendar days before the current authorisation expires. Consular visas take about 20 working days.
    Eligibility
    Visa-exempt nationals are admitted automatically. Where the purpose of travel is not tourism, is work-related, or the intention is to remain beyond the authorised period, the published rule requires a prior consultation procedure with the migration authority.
    Work rights
    Not a work authorisation. The migration authority publishes that work-related travel, or an intention to stay beyond the permitted period, triggers a prior consultation procedure; the nomad permit is the channel the state built for remote work.
    Dependants
    Each traveller is admitted individually; minors are extended through a parent or legal representative.
    Leads to
    No.
    Apply
    On arrival at the border for the initial stay; the extension in person at the Dirección Nacional de Migración in Montevideo or a departmental inspectorate; visas at a Uruguayan consulate before travel.

    Documents Valid travel document, national identity card or passport · For visa nationals: passport valid at least six months, photograph, completed application, return tickets and proof of accommodation · For minors: application by a parent or legal representative with a birth certificate less than a year old · Foreign documents legalised or apostilled and translated into Spanish where applicable

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  6. Investor

    Tax residency by investment

    Residencia fiscal por inversion / Tax residency by investment

    High-earning remote workers and investors who want the tax holiday on foreign passive income without spending 183 days a year in the country; it confers tax status, not the right to enter or stay.

    Income floor
    From 1 January 2026: real estate above UI 12,500,000, roughly USD 2m; or USD 100,000 a year into the National Innovation Fund for eleven consecutive years, subscribed as securities rather than as a donation; or a business investment of the order of USD 2.4m with job creation, which establishes residency but is not published as unlocking the holiday. The earlier combination of about USD 590,000 in property with 60 days of annual presence was abolished on 1 January 2026.
    Duration
    Tax residency is assessed year by year. The holiday runs for the fiscal year in which residency is acquired plus the following ten, described by some advisers as ten years and by others as eleven depending on whether the year of acquisition is counted.
    Cost
    No immigration fee. Registration of a RUT tax number with the DGI and a Form 5202 application for the residency certificate.
    Processing
    Assessment by the DGI is reported at 30 to 60 days after filing, stretching to around seven months where documentation is incomplete.
    Eligibility
    Available to new tax residents only and elected once. Liquidity terms for the innovation-fund securities were still awaiting final regulation.
    Work rights
    None. This is a tax status and confers no right to enter, remain or work; an immigration permit is still required.
    Dependants
    Assessed individually; each person makes their own election.
    Leads to
    No. Immigration residence is a separate application to the Dirección Nacional de Migración.
    Apply
    Dirección General Impositiva, with the certificate issued electronically and digitally signed.

    Documents Form 5202 application to the DGI · RUT tax registration · Evidence of the qualifying investment: title deeds, fund subscription or receipts · Evidence of presence or link, such as a lease agreement or proof of stay

Without a visa, by passport

The stay you get on arrival, and whether working remotely on it is tolerated

  • EU member states90 days, multiple entries, extendable by a further 90Remote work on the tourist stay is grey: the migration authority publishes that work-related travel or an intention to stay beyond the period requires a prior consultation procedure. The nomad permit is the published channel and is filed from inside the country after a tourist entry.
  • United Kingdom90 days, multiple entries, extendable by a further 90Same position as EU nationals: no visa, but work-related purpose falls under the prior-consultation rule rather than being expressly authorised on a tourist entry.
  • United States90 days, multiple entries, extendable by a further 90Visa-exempt. Working remotely on the tourist stay is not expressly permitted; US nationals were among the first cohort of nomad-permit applicants reported in January 2024.
  • Canada90 days, multiple entries, extendable by a further 90Visa-exempt. Same grey status for remote work on a tourist entry; the nomad permit costs under ten dollars in fees and removes the ambiguity.
  • Australia90 days, multiple entries, extendable by a further 90Visa-exempt. Remote work tolerated in practice but not published as authorised; no working-holiday scheme with Uruguay is published.
  • Brazil90 days, multiple entries, extendable by a further 90; entry on national identity cardAs a MERCOSUR state, Brazilians can convert to residence with no income test and are exempt from the 557.30 UI fee. A separate frontier document valid up to five years covers designated border towns.
  • South Africa90 days, multiple entries, extendable by a further 90Visa-exempt. South Africans appeared among the first 43 nomad-permit applicants reported in January 2024.
  • Japan90 days, multiple entries, extendable by a further 90Visa-exempt on a common passport. Remote work on the tourist stay is subject to the same prior-consultation rule.
  • Turkey90 days, multiple entries, extendable by a further 90Visa-exempt on a common passport under the published visa regime.
  • Russia90 days, multiple entries, extendable by a further 90Visa-exempt on a common passport under the published visa regime.
  • IndiaVisa required, with prior authorisation; consular fee USD 42, about 20 working daysThe nomad permit is not a visa and does not substitute for entry clearance: the visa must be obtained at a consulate before travel, and the permit is then filed from inside Uruguay.
  • China (PRC)Visa required with prior authorisation; holders of a valid US, Canadian, UK or EU visa may enter without a Uruguayan visa through specified airportsThe airport-based waiver applies to entry only. The nomad permit still has to be filed inside the country and does not replace the visa where one is required.

Tax

When the country starts counting you as its taxpayer

Residency trigger
Tax residency arises on more than 183 days of presence in the calendar year, with absences of up to 30 days counted as presence, and the days need not be consecutive. It also arises where the main base or centre of the person's activities is in Uruguay, or where their centre of vital or economic interests is there, typically evidenced by a resident spouse and dependent children or a principal business in the country. From 2026 the investment thresholds are an alternative election. Immigration residence and tax residency are separate: neither produces the other.
Special regime
A tax holiday for new tax residents, elected once, under which foreign passive income and foreign capital gains are effectively untaxed for the fiscal year residency is acquired plus the following ten. Advisers describe this as ten or eleven years depending on whether the acquisition year is counted; it was extended from a five-year regime. From 1 January 2026 three routes qualify a new resident: 183 or more days of presence with no investment; real estate above UI 12,500,000, roughly USD 2m; or USD 100,000 a year into the National Innovation Fund for eleven years. The older route of about USD 590,000 in property plus 60 days of presence was abolished on the same date. After the holiday there is an optional five-year extension taxed at 6 per cent, or a fixed annual payment of UI 1,875,000, reduced to UI 1,250,000 where presence or investment conditions are met. Separately, Ley 20.446 made income and gains from capital held through non-resident entities Uruguayan-source and taxable from 1 January 2026, at 12 per cent, or 8 per cent as a definitive charge where withheld by a Uruguayan resident, with royalties, trademarks and patents among the exclusions. The holiday is published as covering foreign passive income and capital gains; it is not published as covering remuneration for work physically performed in Uruguay.
Social security
Ley 20.130, in force from 1 August 2023 and regulated by Decreto 228/023, extends social-security coverage to everyone carrying out a lawful remunerated activity in national territory, including people working for foreign employers with no permanent establishment in Uruguay. Those workers declare their income monthly to the BPS and contribute on their actual declared remuneration as non-dependents, rather than on notional minimums; the law removed the earlier workarounds of registering the foreign company for accidental activity or setting up a sole-trader company. Registration and contribution in Uruguay are not required where the worker evidences pension cover in the employer's country of residence under a social-security convention in force, in which case the BPS records a special functional link; healthcare exemption is available where equivalent foreign cover is shown. The BPS operates bilateral conventions plus the MERCOSUR and Ibero-American multilateral instruments, and applications under them must generally be started from the country of origin.
Treaties
Uruguay's network is reported at 39 agreements in force with 37 countries, of which 25 are double-taxation conventions, several modified by the Multilateral Instrument; the Brazil convention was the most recent to enter into force, on 21 July 2023. Conventions allocate taxing rights and provide relief by credit or exemption, so a remote employee or contractor who becomes Uruguayan tax resident and whose home country also claims the income relies on the relevant convention and on the holiday election for foreign passive income. The state of each convention is published by the DGI and should be checked for the specific country before an election is made.

Practicalities

Bank account for foreigners
Non-residents can open accounts. BROU, the state bank, requires new non-resident foreign customers to place a fixed-term deposit of at least USD 5,000 or the equivalent for a minimum of 181 days. Itaú's non-resident account requires identity documents, proof of address, a bank reference letter and a contact email at which the reference is confirmed. Banks review identity, address, activity and source of funds. Remote opening is possible up to USD 500,000; above that, physical presence is required within 60 days of starting the process.
Identity document
The Hoja de Identidad Provisoria is the authorisation for stays under 180 days and is what the nomad permit is issued as. Once approved by the migration directorate, the holder is emailed to attend the Dirección Nacional de Identificación Civil, which issues the physical document; the Documento Nacional de Identidad for foreigners is obtained on the back of it.
Tax number and residency certificate
A RUT is registered with the DGI. A tax residency certificate is applied for on Form 5202 with supporting evidence such as a lease agreement, investment receipts or proof of stay; it is issued electronically and digitally signed. Assessment is reported at 30 to 60 days, longer where documents are missing.
Health documentation
Residence applications and nomad-permit renewals require a current health certificate from an authorised provider and a vaccination certificate. Under the cross-border remote work law, exemption from the Uruguayan health contribution is available where equivalent foreign cover is demonstrated.
Overstay and extensions
The extension of a temporary stay must be requested at least 15 calendar days before expiry. It costs 225.60 UI while the stay is still valid and 345.00 UI once it has lapsed, so letting the clock run is priced in. The migration directorate is empowered under Ley 18.250 to impose administrative sanctions and collect fines on those who breach migration rules; the schedule of overstay fines is not published on the trámite pages.
Document legalisation
Criminal-record certificates are needed from every country lived in for six months or more during the last five years, apostilled or legalised and translated into Spanish. Marriage certificates must be no more than a year old. Applicants who do not speak Spanish must attend appointments with an interpreter.
Fees are indexed, not fixed
Migration fees are set in Unidades Indexadas, an inflation-linked unit, and are adjusted periodically, so peso and dollar equivalents drift: 55.71 UI for the provisional identity sheet, 225.60 UI for a stay extension or a re-entry permit, 345.00 UI for a late extension and 557.30 UI for a residence file.
Where the paperwork happens
The Dirección Nacional de Migración head office is at Mercedes 1004, Montevideo, open weekdays 9:00 to 15:00, with departmental inspectorates including Artigas, Maldonado, Paysandú and Salto. Files are opened online at gub.uy and finished at an in-person appointment with originals, with a ten-minute tolerance on the appointment time.

Uruguay: a ten-dollar nomad permit that leads nowhere, and a residence system that lets people skip straight to permanent

A permit built out of an identity sheet

Uruguay's remote-work permit was not created as a visa. Decreto 238/022, promulgated on 28 July 2022 and published a week later, amended article 8 of the 2009 decree governing the Hoja de Identidad Provisoria, the provisional identity sheet issued to foreigners holding authorisation for less than 180 days. The stated reasoning was that teleworking had made it normal for people to work remotely from a third country distinct from the origin of the employment relationship. Almost every quirk of the permit follows from that architecture.

There is no income floor, because the underlying instrument never had one: the applicant signs a sworn declaration that they have the means to support themselves for the period. There are no payslips, no bank statements and no employment contract to file at first grant, only a passport copy and the declaration. The fee is 55.71 UI, under ten dollars, and it cannot be paid from abroad. Criminal-record and vaccination certificates appear only at renewal. Decreto 353/023 later set out the documentary requirements, keeping the digital nomad category lighter than the standard one, which also demands a notarised institutional letter.

The limits follow from the same design. The permit is not a visa, so nationals subject to prior authorisation, India and mainland China among them, must obtain entry clearance at a consulate first and only then file from inside Uruguay. It authorises remote work for foreign employers and clients but not employment on a Uruguayan payroll. And it stops at 360 days: 180 renewable once. It is not a residence category under the migration law, and the published onward path is to file a fresh temporary or permanent residence application, starting the documentary burden over.

What applicants report about the process

Uptake has been modest. The migration directorate said in January 2024 that 43 applications had been received since launch, most from Argentina, with the remainder spread across the United States, Mexico, Peru, South Africa and Ireland. The coordinator's stated aim was a procedure that could be done entirely online, with approval granted remotely and the applicant then emailed to attend the civil identification office to collect the physical document. No statutory processing deadline is published for it.

The friction reported by applicants is documentary rather than financial. Renewals and any move to residence require criminal-record certificates from every country lived in for six months or more over the past five years, apostilled or legalised and translated into Spanish; marriage certificates must be under a year old; and applicants who do not speak Spanish must bring an interpreter to appointments. In-person appointments are held at Mercedes 1004 in Montevideo or at departmental inspectorates, with a ten-minute tolerance on the appointment time and originals required.

Cost figures differ between official sources. The trámite page prices the provisional identity sheet at 55.71 UI, about UYU 320. The government relocation portal quotes roughly UYU 312. The directorate was reported in January 2024 as putting the figure at UYU 1,325, about USD 34 at the time, which most plausibly bundles issuance of the identity document itself; the discrepancy is not reconciled anywhere in the published material. On any reading it is among the cheapest remote-work permits published anywhere.

Money, banking and the tax clock

Opening a bank account is possible without residence but is not frictionless. The state bank BROU requires new non-resident foreign customers to lock up a fixed-term deposit of at least USD 5,000 or its equivalent for a minimum of 181 days. Private banks such as Itaú run non-resident accounts requiring identity documents, proof of address, a bank reference letter and a contact email at which the reference is confirmed. Uruguayan rules permit remote opening up to USD 500,000, with physical presence required within 60 days above that. All banks review identity, address, activity and source of funds.

The tax clock is separate from the immigration one and moves faster than most arrivals expect. Tax residency attaches on more than 183 days of presence in the calendar year, with absences of up to 30 days still counted as presence, or on the main base of activities, or on the centre of vital or economic interests. A full year on the nomad permit therefore risks crossing the 183-day line without anyone applying for residence. The eleven-year holiday available to new tax residents shelters foreign passive income and foreign capital gains; it is not published as sheltering remuneration for work physically performed in Uruguay, which is a distinct question every remote worker should settle with a Uruguayan adviser before they cross the day count.

Social security is the change most often missed. Since 1 August 2023, Ley 20.130 has extended BPS cover to everyone carrying out a lawful remunerated activity in national territory, expressly including those working for foreign employers with no permanent establishment. Such workers declare income monthly and contribute on actual remuneration as non-dependents. Registration and contribution are not required where the worker evidences pension cover in the employer's country under a social-security convention in force, and the healthcare component can be waived on proof of equivalent foreign cover.

What is changing

The movement over the last three years has been on tax, not immigration. The budget law Ley 20.446, enacted in December 2025, took effect on 1 January 2026 and made income and gains from capital held through non-resident entities Uruguayan-source for residents, taxable at 12 per cent, or 8 per cent as a definitive charge where a Uruguayan resident withholds it, with royalties, trademarks and patents excluded. A regulatory decree of 6 May 2026 set out the taxable base, tax transparency, withholding, advance payments and an optional simplified regime.

The holiday itself survived and was reshaped rather than cut. The qualifying routes from 1 January 2026 are 183 days of annual presence with no investment at all, real estate above UI 12,500,000 or about USD 2m, or USD 100,000 a year into the National Innovation Fund for eleven consecutive years, subscribed as securities. The cheaper property route of roughly USD 590,000 combined with 60 days of presence was abolished on the same date, which pushes low-presence applicants either into a much larger property purchase or into simply spending the days. After the holiday ends, a five-year extension at 6 per cent or a fixed annual payment of UI 1,875,000 is available, reduced to UI 1,250,000 where presence or investment conditions are met.

On the immigration side nothing has moved since the 2023 requirements decree. The nomad permit remains a 360-day dead end sitting outside the residence law, and there is no published proposal to convert it into a route to permanent residence. For anyone thinking beyond a year, the practical answer is the one Uruguay has always offered and few countries do: apply for permanent residence directly, with no prior temporary period, and count toward legal citizenship after five years, or three with a family established in the country.

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