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Uruguayan passport
Passport of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay issued to Uruguayan citizens From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Uruguayan passport (Spanish: Pasaporte uruguayo) is a travel document issued by the Oriental Republic of Uruguay to Uruguayan citizens. It grants the bearer international passage in accordance with visa requirements, serves as proof of citizenship and facilitates access to consular services provided by the country's embassies worldwide. Passports are issued by the National Directorate of Civil Identification, an agency of the Ministry of the Interior.[1]

For travel within Mercosur—as well as Chile and Bolivia—Uruguayan citizens do not need a passport, as they may use their national identity document instead. Since October 16, 2015, the Ministry of the Interior has issued biometric passports that meet ICAO and U.S. Visa Waiver Program standards.[2]
According to the 2025 Henley Passport Index, Uruguayan nationals had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 157 countries and territories, ranking the Uruguayan passport 23rd in terms of travel freedom.[3]
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Legal citizens
Since the Constitution of Uruguay distinguishes between “nationality” and “citizenship,” only those born in the country, or children and grandchildren of an Oriental if born abroad, are considered “Uruguayan nationals.”[4][5] Consequently, Uruguay does not grant nationality through naturalization but instead confers legal citizenship to foreign residents who meet certain requirements.[A][6][7] Because of this constitutional terminological distinction, a foreigner who became a legal citizen and obtained a Uruguayan passport would have their original nationality listed in the passport’s “nationality” field, which caused complications with visa requirements and international recognition, since nationality—not citizenship—is the basis for these procedures.[8][9]
In April 2025, the National Directorate of Civil Identification decided to replace the passport’s “Nationality” field with a “Citizenship/Nationality” field, using the URY code for both natural and legal citizens, so that the issuing country of the document and the citizenship of its holder coincide.[10]
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Visa requirements

Uruguay
ID card travel
Visa free access
Visa on arrival
eVisa
Visa available both on arrival or online
Visa required
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