BIG NEWS Digital nomads and remote workers can now obtain a residency permit to work legally from Uruguay for six to twelve months.

“Uruguay is in the sweet spot between the US West coast and Eastern Europe” says Chris Roe, 42, a global communication coach from New York City. “I have a new client from Dubai and when we meet: it’s 9am for me in Uruguay and 4pm for him.”

Roe found himself stuck in Uruguay in 2020 when the borders closed during the pandemic and opted to stay for over a year. He returned to Uruguay in 2023.

In this interview with Guru’Guay founder Karen Higgs, he shares the eight things that he loves about being based in Uruguay as a digital nomad. And two things he doesn’t love so much.



Roe, who has been a digital nomad for over three years and worked out of countries as far flung as Indonesia and Mexico, praises the quality of life in Uruguay. “There's a really nice worklife balance that doesn't exist in other places that I've been.”

Lack of community is a big issue for many digital nomads. In Uruguay, Chris found himself approached by business contacts on LinkedIn interested in inviting him out for a coffee. Unlike most countries where digital nomads tend to stick together out of necessity, Chris says “the locals in Uruguay are actually willing to help and they want to meet you. It’s so refreshing.”
He loves the great internet connectivity, finding it easy and very affordable to connect on highquality wifi anywhere in Uruguay—from the beach to the hills as well as the city.

Coming to work remotely is a great way to test Uruguay as a future home. It’s an easy place to fall in love with and now remarkably easy to apply to live and work legally as a digital nomad for six to twelve months—and eventually apply for permanent residency.



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