On April 15, the deadline to obtain the electoral credential expires, which is mandatory to be able to vote in the next elections.
The presidential elections are approaching in the month of October and people have until April 15 to complete the process to obtain it; this Tourism Week It could be a good opportunity to go to the offices to carry out the management since many Uruguayans chose to take a short break.
According to the page of the Electoral Court, The credential can be processed through mobile offices, for which a calendar appears on the website detailing where each one will be, or you can also begin the process through the offices that are located throughout the country.
The special opening hours that the offices will have during Tourism Week are from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the departments of Colonia, Maldonado, Rocha and Tacuarembó and in the remaining departments the hours will be from 10:00 to 15:30. The days that will remain open are the 25th, 26th and 27th, while Thursday and Friday they will remain closed.
Until when can it be processed?
The process to obtain the credential is free and without a prior appointment, so citizens can go to any office in the country to begin the process for which they have until April 15.
That is why, those who turn 18 years old until May 11, 2025 are in a position to process the credential, which is mandatory and necessary to be able to vote in the elections. In that sense, in the case of not being able to vote due to the lack of the card, the fine will be 1,700 pesos or 3,400 if they are public officials or university professionals.
How is the credential processed?
To begin the process, the person must present a public or private document containing a photograph, which proves their identity and which includes the same patronymic data as their birth certificate.
However, in the event that it is a person born outside Uruguayan territory but is the child of a father or mother born in Uruguay must present a testimony of Birth Certificate visated, legalized and, if applicable, translated by a Public Translator or testimony of the registration of your birth in the book of foreigners of the Civil Status Registry, a testimony of the Birth Certificate of your Uruguayan (or oriental) father or mother and a Certificate of approaching, issued by the Electoral Court during the current registration period.
Available offices
Artigas
- Address: Garzón 338
- Phones: 1924 3505 , 1924 3506
- Schedule: 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Canelones – City of Canelones
- Address: Tomás Berreta s/n, between Florencio Sánchez and Treinta y Tres.
- Schedule: 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Cannelloni – Las Piedras
- Address: Avenida de Las Instructions of the year XIII 758
- Phones: 1924 2435
- Schedule: 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Cannelloni – Pando
- Address: July 18 s/n. corner Transfiguración Iturria.
- Phones: 1924 2433
- Schedule: 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Canelones – City of the Coast
- Address: Giannattasio Avenue kilometer 22600
- Phones: 1924 2431
- Schedule: 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Long Hill
- Address: Aparicio Saravia 778
- Phones: 1924 2440 , 1924 2441
- Schedule: 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Cologne
- Address: Rivadavia 397
- Phones: 1924 2442 , 1924 2443
- Schedule: 8:30 to 15:30
Peach
- Address: Emilo Penza 665
- Phones: 1924 2423 , 1924 2424
- Schedule: 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Flowers
- Address: Carlos Ma. Ramírez 640
- Phones: 1924 3511 , 1924 3512
- Schedule: 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Florida
- Address: Independence 845
- Phones: 1924 3521 , 1924 3522
- Schedule: 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Lavalleja
- Address: Lavalleja 640
- Phones: 1924 3523 , 1924 3524
- Schedule: 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Maldonado
- Address: José Dodera 758
- Phones: 1924 3500
- Schedule: 8:30 to 15:30
Montevideo
- Address: Ituzaingó 1474
- Phones: 1924 3104 , 1924 3561 , 1924 3761 , 1924 3161
- Schedule: 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Montevideo – Registration table
- Address: May 25, 567
- Schedule: 10:00 to 15:30
Paysandu
- Address: Montevideo 928
- Phones: 1924 3540 , 1924 3541
- Schedule: 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Black river
- Address: July 18, 1072
- Phones: 1924 3149 , 1924 3150
- Schedule: 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Rivera
- Address: Ituzaingó 491
- Phones: 1924 3507 , 1924 3508 , 1924 3428
- Schedule: 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Rocha
- Address: José Enrique Rodó 91
- Phones: 1924 2447 , 1928 2448
- Schedule: 8:30 to 15:30
Leap
- Address: Thirty-Three number 132
- Phones: 1924 3514 , 1924 3516
- Schedule: 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Saint Joseph
- Address: José Batlle y Ordóñez 573
- Phones: 1924 2445 , 1924 2446
- Schedule: 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Soriano
- Address: Rolled 630
- Phones: 1924 3519 , 1924 3520
- Schedule: 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Tacuarembó
- Address: August 25 166
- Phones: 1924 2425 , 1924 2426
- Schedule: 8:30 to 15:30
Thirty-three
- Address: Felipe Carapé 1179
- Phones: 1924 2450 , 1924 2451
- Schedule: 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Source: Ambito
