Welcome to the Immigrant Visa Unit of the Consular Section in Montevideo, Uruguay. Immigrating to the United States to live permanently may be an important and complex decision to make. These pages provide you with information to help foreign citizens desiring to permanently immigrate, to determine the visas requirements and related materials they will need to apply to immigrate to the United States. For information on who can immigrate to the U.S., please visit http://travel.state.gov/visa/immigrants/immigrants_1340.html

It is important for you to know that the sponsor of an immigrant must have domicile in the United States before a visa can be issued to the relative s/he is sponsoring. This generally means that the petitioner must be living in the United States. In certain circumstances, however one can be considered to have a domicile while temporarily living overseas. Domicile: is the place where a person has his or her principal residence. The person must intend to keep that residence for the foreseeable future.

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• GENERAL INFORMATION	• RETURNING RESIDENT ALIEN
• FILING IN MONTEVIDEO	• LOST OR STOLEN LPR CARDS
• FAMILY BASED PETITIONS	• IMMIGRANT VISA FORMS
• EMPLOYMENT BASED PETITIONS	• PHOTO GUIDELINES
• FIANCÉ(E) VISAS	• INELIGIBILITIES AND WAIVERS

Please be informed that the Consular Section does not have walk-in public visa inquiry hours. All questions or concerns may be directed via e-mail to MontevideoIV@state.gov. Please provide complete name, date of birth, relationship, and marital status of both petitioner and beneficiary.