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Uruguay · digital nomad visa · 2026

Uruguay's digital nomad visa

6months
Hoja de Identidad ProvisoriaOpen · checked 2026-08-18 · gub.uy

Uruguay runs the Hoja de Identidad Provisoria — Nómada Digital, an initial 6 months.

Next step

One email when the app can count this stay for you.

How we know

Every figure here is as gub.uy publishes it, checked 18 August 2026. Where a number is our own arithmetic rather than a printed figure, the row says so.

Status
Open
Visa
Hoja de Identidad Provisoria — Nómada Digital
Initial stay
6 months
Renewal
Renewable once only, for a further 180 days (about 12 months total). To stay longer you must apply for one of the ordinary migration categories.
Fee
55.71 UYI — Published as 55.71 Unidades Indexadas. The official page notes the fee cannot be paid from abroad, and shows a single figure without separating initial application from renewal.
Who qualifies
For foreigners seeking temporary residence of under 180 days who carry out activity remotely from Uruguay for entities based abroad. Remote workers under this heading are expressly NOT required to register with Uruguayan social security. Initial requirements are minimal: a photocopy of the ID document used to enter, plus the sworn statement. Renewal additionally requires a Uruguayan ID, apostilled criminal-record certificates from every country lived in for six months or more in the last five years, and proof of the Uruguayan vaccination schedule.
Where to apply
Enter as an ordinary tourist, then apply online through the Ministry of the Interior platform or in person at a migration office. Once authorised you are emailed and attend the national identification directorate to have the provisional identity sheet issued. Renewal is a separate procedure.
Official page
gub.uy
Checked
18 August 2026

Sources are listed further down the page.

What to know before you apply

Two corrections: the instrument is Decreto 238/022 (published 4 August 2022), which rewrote article 8 of Decreto 394/009 to add remote work for foreign-based entities — Decreto 163/023 is an unrelated decree — and the route is run by the Ministry of the Interior, not the foreign ministry. Technically this is a provisional identity permit rather than a visa.

What it means for your tax days

A visa is permission to stay; tax residency follows the days. Uruguay treats you as tax resident once you are present 183 days Presence in the country for more than 183 days during the año civil (calendar year). Sporadic absences are counted towards that period: absences from Uruguayan territory are treated as sporadic where they do not exceed thirty consecutive days ('no excedan los treinta días corridos'), unless the taxpayer proves tax residence in another country with a certificate from that country's competent tax authority. All days of effective physical presence in the country are counted. — though the system is territorial, so foreign income may fall outside it. Days are not the only test: Substantive tests, any one of which is sufficient. (1) Base of activities: a person has their main base of activities in Uruguay when they generate a greater volume of income there than in any other single country; pure returns on capital do not establish this base, even if all the person's assets are located in Uruguay. (2) Main nucleus or base of economic or vital interests. Vital interests are presumed to be in Uruguay when the taxpayer's spouse and dependent minor children habitually reside there (where the couple is not legally separated and the children remain under parental authority). (3) Investment thresholds, expressed in Unidades Indexadas (UI): real estate investment over UI 15,000,000 (at updated fiscal cost); direct or indirect investment in an enterprise over UI 45,000,000 for projects declared of national interest; and, for investments made from 1 July 2020, real estate over UI 3,500,000 combined with at least 60 days of physical presence in the country in the calendar year, or an enterprise investment over UI 15,000,000 that generates at least 15 new direct full-time jobs. The full tests and the official source are on our Uruguay tax-day page.

Sources

Questions people ask about Uruguay

Does Uruguay have a digital nomad visa?

Yes. Uruguay runs the Hoja de Identidad Provisoria — Nómada Digital, which grants an initial stay of 6 months (renewable once only, for a further 180 days (about 12 months total). to stay longer you must apply for one of the ordinary migration categories.). Checked 18 August 2026 against gub.uy.

How long can you stay on the Uruguay digital nomad visa?

6 months on the initial permission; renewable once only, for a further 180 days (about 12 months total). to stay longer you must apply for one of the ordinary migration categories.. Stretch counts the days either way and tells you the date you must be out.

Does a digital nomad visa in Uruguay make you tax resident?

Not by itself — but staying does. Uruguay treats you as tax resident once you are there 183 days Presence in the country for more than 183 days during the año civil (calendar year). Sporadic absences are counted towards that period: absences from Uruguayan territory are treated as sporadic where they do not exceed thirty consecutive days ('no excedan los treinta días corridos'), unless the taxpayer proves tax residence in another country with a certificate from that country's competent tax authority. All days of effective physical presence in the country are counted., though the system is territorial. See our Uruguay tax-day page for the tests and the official source.

How does Stretch help with the Uruguay digital nomad visa?

Log the day you land and Stretch counts the days against the permission you are on, shows the date you must be out, and reminds you at 14, 7, 3 and 1 days. It also tallies the days that count towards tax residency, so the 183-day question answers itself. The counting and the alerts are free, forever.

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Uruguay, the rest of it

Stretch is a tracker, not legal advice, and this is not tax advice. Visa and tax rules change and are applied by the authority, not by an app — every figure here shows its source and the date we checked it. Checked 2026-08-18; confirm on the official page before you apply or file.