🇺🇾 Uruguay Digital nomad visa

All requirements in detail

Official name

Hoja de Identidad Provisoria - Nómada Digital (permiso especial de residencia legal para nómadas digitales)

Visa type

Digital nomad visa

Status

Active

Income basis

Savings accepted

Legal basis

There is no statutory income or salary minimum. Uruguay XXI and the Direccion Nacional de Migracion require only a sworn declaration (declaracion jurada) that the applicant has sufficient economic means ('medios para mantenerse economicamente') to support themselves during the stay. Uruguay XXI's launch communication and El Observador stated explicitly that there are currently no salary requirements, though this may change. No proof-of-funds figure is published, so no official monthly minimum applies. Third-party guides commonly suggest budgeting around 1,500-2,000 USD per month, but that is advisory, not an official threshold.

Family surcharges

The permit is issued to the individual applicant only; family members (spouse, children) are not included and must each file a separate application under the relevant residence category. No family income surcharge is published.

Working for local clients

Not allowed

Path to citizenship

Via permanent residence

Where to apply

Online, In country

Processing time

2–4 weeks

Tax residency trigger

183 days

Insurance requirement, verbatim intent: Health insurance is NOT listed as a requirement on the official gub.uy procedure ('Hoja de identidad provisoria'). The official requirements are an identity-document copy, a sworn declaration of means, and (for the renewal/extension) a clean criminal-record certificate and a vaccination certificate (esquema de vacunacion, per Decreto 136/2018). There is no published minimum coverage amount or mandatory insurance type. Practically, holders should arrange private/international health cover because temporary permit holders are not enrolled in the public SNIS/FONASA system and tourists/temporary visitors only get emergency care at public (ASSE) hospitals; most third-party guides recommend (but do not document an official mandate for) private health insurance for the duration of the stay.

Tax notes: Uruguay applies a (semi-)territorial system: foreign-source income, including remote salary or freelance fees paid from abroad, is generally outside the scope of Uruguayan income tax. A digital nomad on this permit (max ~12 months) usually does not become a tax resident, so foreign earnings are typically not taxed in Uruguay. Tax residency is triggered mainly by 183+ days of physical presence in a calendar year, or by locating one's centre of vital/economic interests in Uruguay (the DGI applies a substance test). If someone does become a tax resident, foreign passive (capital) income can fall under an optional holiday or, since the 2026 reform (Rendicion de Cuentas/Budget, Law 20.446, effective 2026-01-01), a 12% rate where the exemption does not apply; the investor/real-estate tax-holiday threshold was raised to ~USD 2 million (~12.5 million U.I.). These rules concern long-term residents, not the temporary nomad permit itself. Not tax advice.

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