> 1. Must meet minimum continuous income requirement As I understand, you can be a "temporary" resident until you get a job and then apply for the permanent re

> 1. Must meet minimum continuous income requirement As I understand, you can be a "temporary" resident until you get a job and then apply for the permanent residence, presenting in that moment the evidence of incoming (minimum wage will be enough) > 2. Have no criminal record I didn't know about it, but probably yes. Unless you ask for a political refugee. This is probably to (try to) avoid human and drugs trafficking. > 3. Have acceptable health This is a 30 minutes check for less than 5 american dollars. Everybody pass the test. (bureaucracy) > 4. Naturalisation officials apply subjective criteria for granting citizenship even after meeting the in-country residency requirements. Sounds strange... I know lot of Spanish, Venezuelans, Cubans, and others nationalities, living and working legally here. Some of them agree and others disagree with political parties that are 'friends' of the current Uruguayan government. There are also some Iranians doctors working in the public health and Indians working in IT. If you are in IT, you'll get a job in a week. Here's some official information about the topic (sadly just in spanish): http://www.impo.com.uy/migracion/ http://www.impo.com.uy/migracion/