The orders of residence Uruguayan work carried out by Argentines grew by 64.2% this year compared to 2023, data from the National Migration Directorate.
Almost in parallel with the time that the libertarian Javier Milei has been in power in Argentina – he took office on December 10, 2023 – the request for residence by Argentines, which had been declining since the end of the Covid-19 pandemicwhen it had its maximum peak.
Between January and November, Argentines initiated 3,639 requests for residency in Uruguayagainst 2,216 in all of 2023. In all cases these are requests for permanent residence.
The National Directorate of Migration received a total of 17,607 requests for permanent residence this year, of which Argentines represent the largest interested parties with 25% of the applications, followed by Cubans (17.6%), brazilians (16.1%) and Venezuelans (10.52%).
Uruguay It has played a key role as a refuge for Argentines during the deterioration of the economic situation in that country in recent years: from January 2019 to October 2023, applications to obtain Uruguayan residency by Argentines were 30,870.
How did the request for residence by Argentines evolve?
Between January and December 2019, when Mauricio Macri governed, the number of applications from Argentines for Uruguayan residency was 1,928, while the following year the number shot up to 5,335 with the start of the Preventive and Mandatory Social Isolation (ASPO), the well-known quarantine imposed by the Peronist government of Alberto Fernandez and that limited the free movement of citizens in Argentina.
Starting in 2020, along with the limitations on circulation due to the pandemic that were then progressively lifted, restrictions on economic matters and, above all, on the exchange market also began.
The consequences of economic policies can be seen in the jump in applications that was registered in 2021, when they reached 8,905; and even more so during 2022, when 11,016 Argentines processed residency in Uruguay.
However, between January and October 2023, these were only 3,686, while many Argentines decided to wait for the result of the elections. presidential elections who finally crowned Milei as president.
How is residency processed in Uruguay?
Requirements for permanent legal residence in Uruguay:
- Identity document (passport or ID)
- Apostilled birth certificate
- Criminal record of the country apostilled
- Vaccination card
- Passport Photo
Requirements for tax residence:
- Investment in real estate for a value greater than $500,000 made as of July 1, 2020. Together with this investment, you must remain in Uruguayan territory for 60 days.
- Direct or indirect investment in a company worth $2,180,000,000 that generates at least 15 new jobs.
Other causes remain, such as:
- Stay in Uruguay for more than 183 days in a calendar year.
- Investment in real estate for more than $2,1800 with no minimum days of stay.
- Generation of higher volume incomes in Uruguay than in any other country.
Source: Ambito
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