Uruguay work visa application process for international employees  

Uruguay work visa requirements

The requirements for Uruguay work visa requirements are as follows:

Job contract

The employer and employee must sign it, and the employer must have a verified legal company in Uruguay. He/she must be authorized to sign the contract and the responsibility in the company. Also, the contract must indicate every detail of the employment, including the payment and conditions.

Passport

It must be valid for at least six months to one year over the date of your employment contract. It may not be older than ten years.

Application form

Receive it from the Uruguay embassy or consulate in your home country. Complete the application with the information from your documents.

Photo

One or two passport-sized photos of you are required. Thye must be new, and your face covers 70-80% of the photo.

Payment fees

Proof of paid visa fees is required mus be provided.

Proof to have enough funds

The job contract must indicate to pay all of your expenses since getting to the country, and you need to have some savings to cover the application and initial costs.

Personal documents

They are the birth certificate, marriage certificate, and divorce certificate.

Note: the Uruguay officials might aks further documents, and the list is not complete.

Uruguay work visa application process

The application process for an Uruguay work visa could vary by the country you live in, and you might have to go through different procedures. But a general standard process you need to follow is as follows:

1. Find a job offer

The first step to applying for an Uruguay work visa is to receive a job offer from an Uruguay employer. The employer must be residing in the country and have a company registered with the officials. The company must also legally exist.

It’s a must that the job offer leads to a work contract and holds all the details about the employment. The person who signs the employment contract must have legal responsibility and be authorized to do so.

The following platforms can help you find a job in Uruguay:

• OpcionEmpleo
• Craigslist
• Busco Jobs
• Overseas Jobs
• Go Abroad
• LinkedIn
• Indeed
• We-expats
• Glassdoor
• Expat

2. Gather the requirements

You need to collect the requirements for the Uruguay work visa. You can see a list of them in the above section. It can take you time to gather every piece, and the officials could require further documents. When you gather most of them, you need to go to the next visa meeting with the embassy.

3. Apply for a work visa at the embassy

Now you need to schedule a visa meeting with the Uruguay embassy or consulate in your home country. The authorities might have outsourced visa processing to a visa center in your home country. You need to find out where the center is that issues your visa. When you book the meeting with them, write down the exact date and time of the meeting.

Go to your visa meeting on the booked date and bring all the collected requirements. After passing the security and entrance, you will meet the visa officer. You need to submit to him/her all the supporting documents. Remember that the embassy might require you to email or post the documents, and you bring some or all of the original documents to the visa meeting.

Then you should pay the fee for processing your visa. The cost of an Uruguay work visa is different in each country.

When the visa is ready, you can pick it up and move to the country. It’s valid for one month since the day you enter Uruguay.

4. Move to Uruguay

When you pick up the visa, you can move to Uruguay. You need to bring some of the supporting documents with you to the country as the work visa is valid for only one month, and you need to apply for a residence permit.

Depending on your conditions and work contract, you have two options to follow in Uruguay.

5. Apply for a residence permit or Provisional Identity Card

When you arrive n Uruguay, you have two options. Applying for one of the following options depending on your conditions:

1. Provisional Identity Card
2. Residence permit

Provisional Identity Card

If you have a short-term contract, you can apply for Provisional Identity Card. The application process is easy, and it takes a shorter time to receive the card. You can also apply for the Provisional Identity Card from outside of the country. The requirements are as work visa requirements. But having a job offer with all the legal requirements is a must.

The Provisional Identity Card works exactly like a work permit or residence permit. The employer can register the employee with the

• Social security
• Labor ministry
• Local authorities

Working with a Provisional Identity Card is completely legal, but the only thing is that it’s valid for six months, and you have no permission to extend it.

If you want to work for a longer period, you need to apply for a residence permit.

Residence permit

If you want to work in Uruguay for six months to two years, you should apply for temporary residence. The Provisional Identity Card only permits you to work for six months and can not be extended. But the residence permit can be extended for another two years as well.

It takes about two months for applicants to complete the process of residence permit. There are different requirements by your nationality. If you are a citizen of the Mercosur nationals, you only need a birth certificate and a police record report:

• Argentina
• Brazil
• Paraguay
• Venezuela

If you are not from the above countries, you need proof of income along with a birth certificate and a police record report. Non-Mercosur candidates need to prove that they have enough money to cover their expenses in Uruguay.

After being in Uruguay for long enough, you can apply for a Permanent Residency.

Uruguay work visa for Indian citizens

Indian nationals are not part of the visa exemption countries. It means they need a visa before arriving in the country and can not visit Uruguay without a visa. So having a job offer is essential from the beginning. Also, they need to apply for a visa from their home country.

The Indians need to follow the same procedure as the non-visa-free countries follow. First, they need to find a job offer and sign a contract. Then complete the application form from the Uruguay embassy in their home country and submit the supporting documents.

When the Indians get to the country, they need to apply for the Residence Permit or the Provisional Identity Card based on their status.

Jobs for foreigners in Uruguay

Uruguay is a small country with only a 3.474 million population. The country has a strong tourism industry and attracts tourists from all around the world.

The job market is good for foreigners, and employers try to find skilled employees.

Whether you can find a job in the country by your conditions is up to several factors. The point is to meet the language proficiency as Spanish is the official language of the country. Then you need to keep looking for a job until you find someone who is ready to hire you in Uruguay.

Uruguay work permit

If you want to work in Uruguay for longer than three months, you need a work permit. Remember that an Uruguay work visa is valid for one month, and you need to apply for a work permit or the residence permit. The permit allows you to work for up to two years, and you can extend it as well.

Remember that Provisional Identity Card works as a work permit as well, but it permits you to work for six months, and it can not be extended.

Let’s sum up…

If you want to work in Uruguay, you need an Uruguay work visa and a work permit. This article provided you with whatever you should know about the visa and the permit. It covered who is eligible to apply, requirements, the application process, and answered some of the FAQs.

If you need to know about other types of Uruguay visas, look at the left sidebar.

The visa information about other countries’ visas is also available on the top menu.

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