Your Guide to Moving to Uruguay
We help professionals, retirees and remote workers navigate immigration, taxation and real estate in Uruguay.
About FiscalExpat
FiscalExpat started because we got tired of seeing people struggle with bad advice when moving abroad. We focus on Uruguay because we know it well and we help professionals, retirees and remote workers figure out the immigration, tax and real estate stuff that usually makes people want to pull their hair out.
The goal? Make this whole international move thing less painful. Give you real information that actually helps, not generic fluff you could find anywhere.
What FiscalExpat Does
Immigration & Visas
We walk through residency requirements, digital nomad visas, citizenship paths and all the paperwork that comes with it. It's dry stuff but someone has to explain it clearly.
Taxation
We get into Uruguay's territorial system, FATCA and FBAR compliance for Americans, cross-border planning and how to structure things legally to avoid paying more than you should.
Real Estate
Where to buy, what the market looks like, legal requirements if you're foreign and how property taxes work here. Plus alternative investments if you're looking at Uruguay as more than just a place to live.
Business Formation
Business formation gets complicated fast so we break down the legal structures, what regulators care about and how to actually set up and run operations across borders.
Lifestyle & Integration
How much things actually cost (not the expat forum estimates, real numbers), how healthcare works, setting up bank accounts and the cultural things that make daily life easier.
Career & Business
Retirement planning, career transitions for people working remotely and business leadership topics because our readers aren't just moving, they're often running companies while doing it.
About Our Expertise and Credentials
Here's the thing about credentials. We have them and they matter in this field.
Our team studied international corporate taxation at Leiden University, which is one of the few places that actually teaches the multinational tax stuff properly. We did programs at University of Illinois on tax strategies for real estate and alternative investments, plus US international transactions and federal taxation. Yale for financial markets. IE Business School for trade and immigration economics and globalization topics. Tec de Monterrey for business strategy in Latin America specifically. Universidad de Chile for understanding how Latin American relations and international changes work. Sciences Po for international migrations.
That sounds like a lot and it is. But tax and immigration law for expats pulls from all these areas. You can't really understand territorial taxation without knowing corporate structures. You can't give good immigration advice without understanding trade economics. It's all connected.
More importantly, we work with actual lawyers, accountants and real estate agents in Uruguay. The academic stuff gives us the framework but the local professionals keep us honest about how things actually work on the ground. Because let's be real, what the law says and what happens in practice aren't always the same thing.
Tax & Financial Expertise:
- Leiden University - International Corporate Taxation
- University of Illinois - Tax, Real Estate & Alternative Investment Strategies
- University of Illinois - US Taxation of International Transactions
- University of Illinois - US Federal Taxation
- Yale University - Financial Markets
Immigration & Global Business:
- IE Business School - Trade & Immigration Economics
- IE Business School - Globalization, Economic Growth and Stability
- Sciences Po - International Migrations
Latin American Markets:
- Tec de Monterrey - Business Strategy in Latin America
- Universidad de Chile - Latin American Relations and International Changes
Leadership & Professional Development:
- Strategic Leadership and Management
- Leading People and Teams
- Career Success Professional Development
About FiscalExpat's Academic Background
Credentials from leading international universities
About FiscalExpat's Media Recognition
FiscalExpat content has shown up in APNews, Benzinga, Yahoo Finance, MSN, TheGlobeAndMail, Google News, UNSW Sydney and over 400 other publications.
When journalists need someone to explain international tax policy or Latin American immigration trends or why expats are suddenly interested in Uruguay, they reach out to us. Not because we're great at marketing (we're not) but because we actually know this stuff and can explain it without making people's eyes glaze over.
About the FiscalExpat Team
We're a small team. Everyone has academic credentials from the universities mentioned above. We split up the work based on what people know best. Some focus on tax, some on immigration, some on real estate and markets, some on business strategy.
We don't have a big office or fancy corporate structure. We work with professionals in Uruguay when we need local expertise. Immigration attorneys for visa stuff, CPAs for tax filings, real estate agents for property questions, business consultants for formation.
The point is to give you information that's accurate and current because both the laws and the local reality change pretty regularly.
Contact FiscalExpat
Questions, media inquiries or just want to tell us we got something wrong (it happens)
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Legal Disclaimer
Quick reminder: everything here is information and education, not advice. Your situation is yours, the rules change and we're not lawyers or accountants providing services.
Talk to actual professionals before you make big decisions. We mean it. Tax and immigration mistakes are expensive and sometimes impossible to fix.
We know good people in Uruguay if you need referrals but we're not doing your taxes or filing your visa applications. We're the people who help you understand what questions to ask your lawyer or accountant.