Chile 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
| Chile | Uruguay | |
|---|---|---|
| Salary in IT | $ 34 140 | $ 37 554 |
| Citizenship | 5 years | 5 years |
| Partner can work | no | — |
| Parents | straightforward | — |
| Pets | no trouble | no trouble |
| Pet limit | no limit | no limit |
| Quarantine | no | no |
| Residence permit fee | — | — |
| Rent, 2 bedrooms | $ 797 · estimate | $ 889 · estimate |
| Basket | $ 32,4 | $ 44,1 |
| Life expectancy | 81.36 | 78.29 |
| Homicides/100k | 6.11 | 11.28 |
| Natural hazards, 0–10 | 5.5 | 2.8 |
How the two sets of routes differ
Long-stay routes in this reference: Chile — 48, Uruguay — 10. Types present in both: work, study and family. Chile adds: investment, retirement, job seeking and working holiday. Uruguay adds: remote work.
Fees, thresholds and deadlines
Chile: the fee is 142,726 CLP wherever it is published. Routes with no fee: 5. Uruguay: fees range from 55.71 to 557.3 UI.
Beyond the first permit
Permanent status: Chile after 2 years; the other country publishes no term. Citizenship: both after 5 years. Both allow a second citizenship.
Chile in brief
Both bringing pets and reuniting with a partner's parents work structurally. Held back by low salaries, the Spanish language and the geographic distance from Europe and Asia.
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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