Question
My husband and I are starting the process to apply for the Spain Non Lucrative Visa. We are retiring in December from the USA. However, we are both Uruguayan citizens by birth as well as married in Uruguay.
Next month we are going to Uruguay to obtain birth certificates and wedding license. Does anyone know where and how do we need to apostillar the documents? Anyone from South America that has already done this? Thank you!!”
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These are the answers of Spainguru’s Facebook group members:
“If you have a US passport you can use it. If not Uruguay passport and your green card for example. You can try to apply with it but the Consulate gets final say in which passport they let you use. I’ve seen it go both ways.
Marriage certificate yes, but birth certificates are required only for minors. Remember the documents only have a 90 day validity so you’d need to apply for the visa within that window. [Apostilla link provided]”
“If you are living in the United States, you must do it with the American passport, because you must go to the Spanish consulate that corresponds to your address in the United States. Later, when you start the Spanish citizenship process, you must present the Uruguayan birth certificates.”
“If you have an American passport, use it. When you go to apply for citizenship, do it with the Uruguayan one.”
“We are US citizens residing in Mexico. We used our US passports to prove citizenship and resident cards to use the corresponding consulate in Mexico. We got FBI and Mexican ‘police’ reports, and the wedding certificate apostilled in their country of origin.
FBI’s in the USA, Mexican antecedentes in Mexico, and wedding cert in Antigua where we got married. Good luck!”
“You need to apply for your NLV as US citizens. (In the US) This is unrelated to the Spanish citizenship application that you may apply for after two years of residency. When you Apply for Spanish citizenship, then is when you need to show that you are Uruguayan.
Depending on what part of the country you apply, you may only need use your US Passport as it certifies your Place of Birth. Keep all your documentation from Uruguay as it will serve as ‘Historical evidence’ for your Spanish Citizenship application.”
“You need to get the apostille in Uruguay where they issue the documents; it can be done online. After residing for two years in Spain, you can begin the citizenship process.”
Conclusion
Uruguayan citizens applying for a Spain non lucrative visa must navigate a specific process involving the apostille of documents such as birth certificates and marriage licenses in Uruguay.
It’s important to ensure that these documents are legalized within the validity period required by Spanish authorities. For residency and citizenship applications in Spain, it is advisable to use documents in accordance with the requirements of the specific Spanish consulate handling the application, and to keep all relevant documents for future citizenship applications.
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