We wrote a blog a few months back about our trip to Buenos Aires to renew our 90-day visitor’s permit for Uruguay. The last three months have flown by! We were surprised when we looked at the calendar and realized it was already time to renew our visitors’ permits again.
Instead of taking another trip to Buenos Aires, we wanted to spend that time visiting Punta del Diablo, Uruguay. We had heard from other expats that you can have your visitors’ permits renewed at the Uruguay Immigrations office in Montevideo, so we decided to do that this time around.
We took a cab from Pocitos to the Uruguay Immigration office in Ciudad Vieja, which cost us about UY$ 100 (U$S 5) each way. Much less expensive than paying for the Buquebus!
The process was very simple and straightforward. It reminded us a lot of going to the California DMV, only the Uruguay Immigration office is much more efficient. All in all, I’d say we spent 20-30 minutes there.
We had a little mix-up with the new girl at the front desk (she wrote down the wrong service), but other than that, we were pleasantly surprised with the efficiency of getting our visitors permits renewed at the Uruguay Immigration office.
Full instructions on getting your visitor’s permit renewed at the Uruguay Immigration office can be found on the Exploring Uruguay website.