Fill out an online form- Fill out our simple online application. Pay with a card or PayPal. Upload your documents Receive your visa The birth certificate must be registered in the Civil Registry (Registro Civil) prior to being processed by the National Civil Identification Office after receiving postal notification that the final legal residence has been obtained. The following is among the required paperwork: the entry documents you used to enter the nation (normally your passport). Uruguay issues health cards. Criminal Record Document (from the country of origin and where he most recently resided), properly legalised and translated (if necessary); if not present, the certificate may be processed in Uruguay. birth certificate, marriage licence, etc (Temporary Mercosur Residences and in the case of underage). Livelihoods (Temporary Mercosur Residence is excluded) (Temporary Mercosur Residence is excepted). Every document must have an apostille or legalisation from the relevant Uruguayan Consulate and the Uruguayan Ministry of Foreign Affairs. With the issuance of a migration certificate that must be presented to the National Directorate of Civil Identification in order to process the ID as a legal resident, which is renewed every three years, it takes about a year from the start of the process before the definitive legal residence can be obtained. You must initiate the procedure yourself. Then, you can choose a third party (often a local attorney) to carry out the essential actions through a power of attorney that has been notarized.