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.
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.
