Brazil or Uruguay
Two countries side by side across the same rows as the full comparison. A dash means the value is missing: fields are not filled with guesses. about the data
| Brazil | Uruguay | |
|---|---|---|
| Salary in IT | $ 19 881 | $ 37 554 |
| Citizenship | 4 years | 5 years |
| Partner can work | yes | — |
| Parents | straightforward | — |
| Pets | no trouble | no trouble |
| Pet limit | no limit | no limit |
| Quarantine | no | no |
| Residence permit fee | — | — |
| Rent, 2 bedrooms | $ 923 · estimate | $ 889 · estimate |
| Basket | $ 25,3 | $ 44,1 |
| Life expectancy | 76.02 | 78.29 |
| Homicides/100k | 18.69 | 11.28 |
| Natural hazards, 0–10 | 4.1 | 2.8 |
How the two sets of routes differ
Long-stay routes in this reference: Brazil — 42, Uruguay — 10. Types present in both: work, remote work, study and family. Brazil adds: investment, repatriation, retirement and working holiday.
Fees, thresholds and deadlines
Brazil: the fee is 168.13 BRL wherever it is published. Routes stating an income threshold: 2; the lowest is 1,500 USD a month. Routes with a published decision deadline: 8; the shortest is 130 days. Uruguay: fees range from 55.71 to 557.3 UI.
Beyond the first permit
Permanent status: Brazil after 2 years; the other country publishes no term. Citizenship: Brazil after 4 years, Uruguay after 5 years. Both allow a second citizenship.
Brazil in brief
Offers accessible family reunification routes (parents included) and some of the region's mildest rules for bringing pets, dual citizenship and faster naturalisation through marriage to a citizen. Held back by the Portuguese language requirement, levels of violence and corruption that are high by world standards, and IT salaries that are low compared with Europe on the available data.
Uruguay in brief
Politically stable and, by regional standards, relatively safe, with a reasonably quick route to citizenship and dual citizenship allowed. Limiting factors: compulsory Spanish, a rise in homicides over the past decade, drought risk to the water supply, and IT salaries that are moderate by world standards.
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