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More on changes to passports

armin31

Hello, everyone!


After the great news I reported on on June 7th regarding changes to Uruguay`s citizenship laws,  I have been alerted to a problem with the passports issued after April 23 of this year.  I did not research this myself and I therefore do not know whether this is related to the changes in the citizenship laws or a hiccup that occured independently.


These new passports seem to not include the holder`s place of birth, a standard infomation on any passport.  Therefore they can not be used for travel to other countries or for visa applications. 


If someone has more detailed and / or original / official source information I would be grateful if they would post it here.


Armin

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armin31

confirmation of my post above:



and from the horses mouth:



"Los pasaportes uruguayos emitidos después del 23 de abril de 2025 no indican el lugar de nacimiento. Actualmente, no es posible entrar a Alemania con un pasaporte de este tipo, ni siquiera para estancias cortas. Actualmente, no se aceptan solicitudes de visa con dicho pasaporte."


The above is only an example.

armin31

A further update folks:


As MercoPress reports Uruguay has agreed to go back to the time proven method of including the place of birth in the passport.  I do not know when this will roll oout so please be careful when planning a trip that it gives you enough time to change exchange your passport (again).


Just as an aside:  The previous government (under Lacalle Pou) had initiated the positive change of giving naturalized citizens the same entry under nationality / citizenship as native citizens, grately helping the small group of naturalized citizens which some of us expats belong to or will become part of, greatly improving the meaning of citizenship to us.  In the short time in office the new government created the mess by deviating from accepted practice by at the last minute dropping the place of birth, which now devalued the passport to all holders.  Something to thing about.


Source of info:Â