MERCOSUR residence agreement and citizenship benefits

Spanish citizenship in 2 years for a citizen by birth, in 10 for a naturalized one. Where you can live on an Argentine, Brazilian, Paraguayan or Uruguayan passport, what MERCOSUR residency costs, how fast the next citizenship comes and which perks are closed to recent passport holders.

An Argentine by birth can apply for Spanish citizenship after two years of living in Spain. An Argentine who became one through naturalization waits ten. That eight-year gap comes from a single line of the Spanish Civil Code, and for Russian-speaking families holding Argentine, Brazilian or Paraguayan passports it matters more than any second-passport sales pitch.

A MERCOSUR passport does open a lot of doors. Under the residence agreement, an Argentine citizen can move to Brazil, Uruguay, Chile or Colombia with no employer, no investment and no quota: a passport, a clean criminal record and a fee are enough. Argentina charges neighbours about $35 for this permit, and Uruguay grants permanent residence straight away. But the agreement carries a caveat that rarely makes the brochures: a naturalized citizen only gets these rights five years after the passport is issued.

Below is what an Argentine, Brazilian, Paraguayan, Uruguayan or Bolivian passport gives you in 2026: where you can live with it, how fast you can get the next citizenship, where you can travel visa-free and which perks are reserved for citizens by birth. Dollar figures use official central bank rates in 2026: USD 1 = ARS 1,520 = PYG 5,874 = BRL 5.22 = UYU 40.3; EUR 1 = USD 1.12.

What is MERCOSUR and the MERCOSUR residence agreement, in plain terms

MERCOSUR (Mercado Común del Sur, the Southern Common Market) is South America's economic bloc. Its full members are Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and, since July 2024, Bolivia (Bolivian Law 1567 of 4 July 2024). Venezuela has been suspended indefinitely since 5 August 2017. Chile, Peru, Colombia and Ecuador are associate states: they take part in some treaties but not in the customs union.

For anyone planning a move, one document matters: the Acuerdo sobre Residencia, the residence agreement for nationals of MERCOSUR states, Bolivia and Chile. It was signed in Brasília on 6 December 2002 and entered into force on 28 July 2009 for Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Bolivia and Chile; Peru, Colombia and Ecuador joined later. Argentina ratified it through Law 25,902.

The logic is simple: citizenship replaces every other ground for a residence permit. No job contract, investment or pension is needed up front. What the agreement gives you:

• Temporary residence for 2 years (Article 4). You need a passport, birth and civil status certificates, criminal record certificates covering the past 5 years and a fee.
• Permanent residence (Article 5). You apply within the last 90 days of temporary status and show lawful means of support.
• Equal rights (Article 9). Civil, social and labour rights on a par with locals, family reunification and the free transfer of money home.

The key caveat sits in Article 2. The agreement treats as a national anyone who holds the citizenship by birth, or a naturalized citizen who has held it for at least 5 years. Argentina spells this out on its service page: a naturalized Brazilian, Paraguayan, Uruguayan, Bolivian, Chilean, Colombian, Ecuadorian or Peruvian can only apply for MERCOSUR residence if the passport was obtained 5 or more years ago. Other countries do not repeat the rule on their websites, but the treaty is the same for all.

Hence the first practical takeaway. If you are Russian or Ukrainian and became a Paraguayan or Brazilian citizen in 2025, the neighbouring countries will not open to you under MERCOSUR before 2030. Until then the passport is a travel document and a basis for living in the country that issued it.

Where can you live with a MERCOSUR passport, and what does residency cost?

Argentina is the cheapest entry point, Uruguay the fastest route to permanent status and Paraguay the most expensive. Argentina and Uruguay accept citizens of all member and associate states, plus Venezuela, Guyana and Suriname. Chile only takes citizens of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. A summary based on the immigration agencies' official pages:

The agencies: DNM in Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay stands for the national immigration directorates (Dirección Nacional de Migraciones); SERMIG is Chile's National Migration Service (Servicio Nacional de Migraciones); Migraciones is Peru's National Superintendency of Migration; DIGEMIG is Bolivia's General Directorate of Migration. In Brazil immigration is handled by the Polícia Federal, the Federal Police.

Two units from the fee schedules. Argentina prices services in UMSM (Unidad de Medida de Servicios Migratorios, a unit of value for immigration services, set by Decree 584/2024): MERCOSUR residence costs 50 UMSM, about $35, and residence for other foreigners 100 UMSM, about $70. Uruguay uses the UI (Unidad Indexada, an inflation-indexed unit): the residence fee is 557.30 UI, about $95.

Hardly anyone publishes processing times except Uruguay. Any promise to get you MERCOSUR residency within a week is worth double-checking.

How do you get MERCOSUR residency in practice? Country by country

The treaty is the same everywhere, but each country has its own queue, its own portal and its own extra paperwork.

Argentina: online filing and an appointment at Migraciones

You file through RaDEx (Radicación a Distancia de Extranjeros, the remote filing system for foreigners) on the DNM website. You need a passport, an Argentine criminal record certificate from the Registro Nacional de Reincidencia (National Criminal Records Registry), certificates from any country where you lived for more than a year in the past 3 years, and proof of address and income. The fee of about $35 is paid online, after which you receive an invitation to an in-person appointment. The result is a temporary permit for up to 2 years, renewable, and a DNI (Documento Nacional de Identidad, the national identity card) for foreigners.

Decree DNU 366/2025 of 29 May 2025 tightened the rules: permanent residence now requires proof of means of support and no disqualifying criminal record, and on entry you declare the purpose of your trip and hold health insurance, although the insurance rule is still awaiting implementing regulations. Which certificates are asked for in practice is covered in our guide to documents for living in Argentina.

Brazil: the Federal Police and the CRNM card

Applicants book an appointment with the Polícia Federal, bring the documents listed in Article 4 of the agreement and pay two fees: about $35 for processing and about $40 for the CRNM card (Carteira de Registro Nacional Migratório, the national foreigner registration card). Uruguayans pay only for the card under Decree 9,089 of 2017. Temporary residence is granted for 2 years and then converted into indefinite residence. Day-to-day life also requires a CPF (Cadastro de Pessoas Físicas, the individual taxpayer number) and a bank account.

Uruguay: permanent residence straight away

Uruguay skips the temporary stage that applicants go through in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Chile and Peru: Law 19,254 of 2014 grants MERCOSUR and associate-state citizens residencia legal permanente, permanent legal residence, from the start. You can apply online on gub.uy or in person by appointment at the DNM. The file is short: ID, photo, a criminal record covering the last 5 years of residence and a vaccination certificate under Decree 136/2018.

The fee is 557.30 UI, about $95, and Brazilian and Paraguayan citizens are exempt on reciprocity grounds. If you need to travel while the application is pending, a re-entry permit costs 225.60 UI, about $40. Permanent residence starts the clock towards citizenship, covered in our breakdown of every route to Uruguayan citizenship.

Paraguay: expensive, in person and unforgiving

Paraguay's DNM only accepts documents in person. On top of a criminal record from your country of origin you need a Paraguayan police certificate, an apostilled birth certificate, a civil status document and proof of entry. The temporary MERCOSUR permit lasts 2 years and cannot be renewed. You apply for permanent residence in the last 90 days; if the card expires, the MERCOSUR route is lost and you have to start over under the general migration law 6984/22. Permanent residence requires proof of financial solvency and comes with a cédula, the identity card, valid for 10 years. The general categories are on our Paraguay residence permit page.

Chile: from abroad only, and only for five nationalities

Chile applies the agreement more narrowly than its neighbours. SERMIG accepts MERCOSUR applications only from citizens of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay, and only online from outside Chile. You need a passport valid for at least another year, a criminal record certificate and a photo. The fee is set in dollars by Resolution 129194 of 2020 and paid in Chilean pesos: Argentines pay USD 250, Paraguayans 288, Brazilians 100 and Uruguayans 65, while Bolivians are exempt. The permit is issued for up to 2 years and includes the right to work. Taxes, prices and daily life are covered in our piece on relocating to Chile.

Colombia: a visa M you only get once

Colombia issues not a residence permit but a category M visa (migrante, migrant) under MERCOSUR. You apply online to the Foreign Ministry with a letter explaining what you will do in Colombia and how you will support yourself, a passport valid for at least 6 months, a criminal record covering the past 3 years with an apostille and translation, and a scan of your entry stamp. The visa is valid for 2 years, carries an open work permit and is granted only once in a lifetime; a spouse and children under 25 can be added. After 2 years on it you can apply for the resident visa R, and only the R visa starts the clock towards citizenship.

Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia

Peru's Migraciones accepts citizens of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia, Paraguay and Uruguay through its digital agency. The permit is issued for 365 days and can be renewed once for the same period, after which you can apply for permanent residence. Anyone eyeing a Peruvian passport should know about Law 32421, which we cover in our article on Peruvian citizenship.

Ecuador issues the MERCOSUR visa online only, through e-VISAS, for USD 250; it lasts 2 years and can be renewed once. Amendments of 24 October 2025 added a rule worth remembering: permanent residence is lost after more than 2 years of continuous absence. The route to a passport is covered in our article on Ecuadorian citizenship. Bolivia's DIGEMIG takes applications in person and issues a 2-year permit that can be converted into permanent residence.

How many years until citizenship in neighbouring countries?

MERCOSUR residency does not hand you a passport, but it starts the naturalization clock. On paper Argentina and, for now, Peru are fastest at 2 years, with the Argentine catch that you cannot leave the country once. The longest waits are 5 years, in Chile, Colombia and, for single applicants, Uruguay. The comparison under 2026 law:

Argentina. Decree DNU 366/2025 required 2 years of legal residence without a single trip abroad and moved naturalization from the courts to the DNM. From 6 October 2025 applications were filed online with a DNI, a criminal record certificate, proof of work or income and a CUIT (Clave Única de Identificación Tributaria, tax ID) or CUIL (Código Único de Identificación Laboral, labour ID). In mid-2026 the courts challenged that transfer; details below.

Paraguay. The 3 years run from the date of the permanent residence decision, followed by the Supreme Court and an oath. The court fee is token, about $10, and the process usually takes 12-24 months. The real price is Article 150 of the Constitution, discussed below.

Uruguay. The Carta de Ciudadanía, the citizenship certificate, is issued by the Electoral Court (Corte Electoral). According to Electoral Court minister José Garchitorena, applications have risen over 10 years from around 500 a year to more than 2,000, and people wait up to a year for a filing appointment. From 23 April 2025 Uruguay issued legal citizens (ciudadanos legales) passports with a combined Nacionalidad/Ciudadanía (nationality and citizenship) field, the code URY and no place of birth, but after objections from Germany, France and Japan it went back to the previous design on 1 August 2025. The constitutional question over these citizens' status remains open.

Spanish citizenship in 2 years: who qualifies and who does not

The most valuable perk of a Latin American passport is Spanish. Article 22.1 of the Spanish Civil Code cuts the usual 10 years of residence to 2 for nacionales de origen, citizens by origin, of Latin American countries, Andorra, the Philippines, Equatorial Guinea and Portugal, as well as Sephardic Jews. The key words are de origen. A naturalized Argentine, Brazilian or Paraguayan does not qualify and waits the standard 10 years.

Residence must be legal, continuous and immediately precede the application (Article 22.3). A tourist on a 90-day stamp accrues nothing. You need a residence permit, and not every permit counts:

• Remote work visa. Income of at least 200% of the SMI (Salario Mínimo Interprofesional, Spain's minimum wage), around $3,300 a month in 2026 (the SMI itself is about $1,400 a month paid 14 times a year). The time counts.
• Arraigo, or settlement: social, labour, training and second-chance variants. Under regulation RD 1155/2024 (in force since 20 May 2025) it requires 2 years of living in Spain.
• Study. Under settled case law this is a stay (estancia), not residence, and it does not count.

Sample calculation for an Argentine by birth: fees come to about $220. A Brazilian by birth also needs DELE A2, which lifts the fees to about $380.

The backlog is the real problem. According to official Ministry of Justice statistics, 251,223 files were still pending on 30 June 2026. The law treats more than a year of silence as a refusal, and some applicants go to court.

Dual citizenship. Article 23.b requires renouncing your previous passport but exempts naturales, natives, of Latin American countries. Spain has dual-nationality treaties with Chile, Peru, Paraguay, Bolivia, Ecuador, Argentina and Colombia; there are none with Brazil or Uruguay, but the Code itself exempts citizens by origin. How the word naturales applies to naturalized citizens has not been clearly settled by the DGSJFP. And a naturalized Paraguayan who gets a Spanish passport after 10 years loses the Paraguayan one under Article 150 of Paraguay's Constitution.

The Democratic Memory Law, known as the grandchildren's law, offered citizenship to emigrants' descendants without moving, but the window closed on 22 October 2025. Argentina supplied the most applicants: according to the Spanish government, 366,579 applications had been filed there by the end of July 2025, about 40% of the total, and 174,277 people had received citizenship. Other routes are covered on our Spanish citizenship by birth and descent page, and the tax side in our guide to taxes in Spain.

Portugal and Italy: what changed for Latin Americans

Until 19 May 2026, Portugal granted citizenship after 5 years of residence to any foreigner. Now a Brazilian needs 7 years and an Argentine, Paraguayan or Uruguayan needs 10. Over the same period Italy shut down the mass citizenship-by-descent route that Argentines and Brazilians had used for decades.

Portugal: 7 years for Brazilians, 10 for everyone else

The Constitutional Court first struck down parts of the nationality reform (ruling 1133/2025 of 15 December 2025); after a presidential veto, parliament passed a revised text on 1 April 2026, and it was published on 18 May 2026 as Lei Orgânica 1/2026. The requirements now:

• 7 years of legal residence for citizens of the CPLP (Community of Portuguese Language Countries, which includes Brazil) and the EU, 10 years for everyone else;
• a test on Portuguese language, culture and history, an oath, the ability to support yourself and no custodial sentence of more than 3 years for serious crimes;
• periods of residence can be added up within a 9-year window for CPLP and EU citizens or 12 years for others, and time spent waiting for a residence permit no longer counts.

Applications filed before 19 May 2026 are handled under the old law. The backlog is huge: the registry workers' union STRN put it at 600,000 files (DN Brasil, 29 April 2026). Brazilians hold a card of their own, the Statute of Equality under the 2000 Treaty of Porto Seguro, which gives residents rights on a par with Portuguese citizens. But Law 61/2025 limited CPLP residence permits to people who entered on a residence visa. Why lawsuits against Portugal's immigration agency are moving through the courts is covered in our piece on AIMA and the courts.

Italy: blood no longer guarantees a passport

Decree-Law DL 36/2025 of 28 March 2025, converted into Law 74/2025 (in force since 24 May 2025), ended automatic recognition for people born abroad who hold another citizenship. The exceptions: an application filed or a consular appointment booked before 23:59 on 27 March 2025, a parent or grandparent who held only Italian citizenship, or a parent who lived in Italy for 2 continuous years after becoming a citizen and before the child's birth. Italy's Constitutional Court has upheld the reform in ruling 63/2026, published on 30 April 2026.

The scale of the loss shows in figures from ISTAT (Italy's National Institute of Statistics): in 2024, 113,221 citizens by descent were recognised abroad, 60.8% of them in Brazil and 22.3% in Argentina.

What remains. A child or grandchild of an Italian citizen by birth can naturalize after 2 years of legal residence in Italy (Article 9.1.a, previously 3 years); other non-EU citizens need 10 years. Processing takes up to 24 months, extendable to 36, and Italian language skills are required. How to assemble ancestry documents is covered in our section on Italian citizenship by descent.

Mexico, Colombia, Costa Rica and Panama: where else is the path shorter?

Outside Europe, perks for Latin Americans survive in Mexico, Costa Rica and Panama, but almost everywhere they depend on origin. Colombia scrapped its perk altogether in 2023.

Mexico. The Nationality Law (Ley de Nacionalidad) cuts 5 years to 2 for natives of Latin America and the Iberian Peninsula, descendants of Mexicans by birth and parents of Mexican children. You must show Spanish, knowledge of history and cultural integration, and, once citizenship is approved, formally renounce your previous nationality (Articles 17 and 19). The naturalization certificate fee in 2026 is about $530. More on our Mexican citizenship page.

Colombia. The old Law 43/1993 let Latin Americans by birth become Colombian after a year in the country. Law 2332 of 25 September 2023 repealed it. On the plus side, Colombian law explicitly lets you keep your previous passport (Article 28), and after a refusal you can only reapply 2 years later (Article 29).

Costa Rica. Article 14 of the Constitution gives 5 years to Central Americans, Spaniards and Ibero-Americans by birth, and 7 years to naturalized Ibero-Americans and everyone else. All routes are covered in our article on Costa Rican citizenship.

Panama. Article 10.3 of the Constitution opens naturalization to citizens by birth of Spain and Latin American countries on a reciprocity basis. There is also a simplified residence permit for citizens of so-called friendly nations (Países Amigos), and the country list is kept by the National Migration Service (Servicio Nacional de Migración). Ask an expert whether your country is on the list.

Working holidays: where can a MERCOSUR passport take you for a year?

A Working Holiday visa lets young people live and work in a country for a year without a sponsoring employer. Argentine and Chilean passports have the most destinations. The main limit is age: the cap of 30 or 35 rules out many naturalized citizens long before quotas do.

A working holiday is a temporary visa, not a route to residency or citizenship. It is, however, a legal way to spend a year in a country and find out whether it is worth moving there on a full visa.

Where can you travel visa-free with an Argentine, Brazilian or Paraguayan passport?

For someone holding a Russian passport the difference is immediate. In 2026 Russia has 114 visa-free destinations, Argentina 169, Brazil 170 and Paraguay 145. The regional leader is Chile with 174. Spain and Italy, for comparison, have 186.

Notes on the table. The ETA (Electronic Travel Authorisation) is the UK's electronic entry permit, priced at about $30 since 8 April 2026. The VWP (Visa Waiver Program) is the US visa-free scheme, and Chile is the only country in the region in it. Since 1 June 2025, China has unilaterally let citizens of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Peru and Uruguay in without a visa for 30 days, a regime extended to 31 December 2026.

Canada. Chileans travel on an electronic eTA, while Argentines, Brazilians and Uruguayans qualify for one only if they held a Canadian visa in the past 10 years or currently hold a valid US visa.

The US and Argentina. The US Department of Homeland Security signed a statement of intent on the VWP with Argentina on 28 July 2025. Argentina's Security Minister Alejandra Monteoliva has named early 2027 as the target, and US Ambassador Peter Lamelas said on 16 September 2026 that work is under way. The obstacle is the visa refusal rate: above 8% for Argentines in 2024, against a 3% threshold.

E-2 investor visa. According to the US State Department's treaty list, Argentina, Chile, Colombia and Paraguay have treaties with the US that qualify for it; Bolivia's covers only investments made before 10 June 2012, and Ecuador has a grace period until 18 May 2028. Brazil and Uruguay have no such treaty.

Europe. MERCOSUR passports (except Bolivian and Ecuadorian) currently enter Schengen visa-free. The ETIAS electronic authorisation will not launch in 2026, and the EU has not named a new date; details in our piece on the ETIAS delay. The full ranking and methodology are in our passport ranking 2026 review.

What a naturalized citizen gets, and what is reserved for citizens by birth

Here is the uncomfortable truth for anyone who acquired a Latin American passport after moving: the most valuable regional perks were written for people born with that citizenship. The travel document is identical for naturalized and native citizens; the rights in neighbouring countries are not.

Paraguay is the main risk. Article 150 of Paraguay's Constitution: a naturalized citizen loses Paraguayan citizenship by voluntarily acquiring another or by living abroad for more than 3 years without good cause, and a court rules on the loss. For a Russian-speaking holder of a Paraguayan passport, that means a simple rule: getting a Spanish, Portuguese or any other passport puts the Paraguayan one at risk. Since May 2026 the Chamber of Deputies has been debating a bill to regulate Articles 148 and 150 in detail, but the committee has not issued an opinion. More on the risks in our article on dual citizenship in 2026.

Argentina: a fight over who grants the passport. On 18 June 2026, Chamber III of the Federal Civil and Commercial Court of Appeals, in the case of Yana Volosh, declared the transfer of naturalization from the courts to the DNM unconstitutional; that ruling applies only to the applicant. On 30 June 2026 the National Electoral Chamber (Cámara Nacional Electoral), in the case of Liping Yang, declared those provisions of Decree 366/2025 invalid, had the DNM notified and sent the ruling to every federal judge with electoral jurisdiction: citizenship cases are back with the courts. The government appealed to the Supreme Court in July 2026. Until the Supreme Court settles the dispute, check where to file, court or DNM, before you start.

Taxes and social security when you move within MERCOSUR

MERCOSUR residence fees run to tens or hundreds of dollars; a mistake on tax residency costs more than any of them.

The practical upshot: moving from Argentina to Uruguay on MERCOSUR residency can make you a Uruguayan tax resident and shift your filing obligations there, while under Article 117 Argentina stops treating you as resident only once you obtain permanent residence elsewhere or spend 12 months abroad. Rates and regimes are covered separately: taxes in Argentina, taxes in Brazil and taxes in Paraguay.

Bank account data exchange. Tax authorities in the region automatically exchange information on foreigners' bank accounts under the CRS (Common Reporting Standard, the OECD's reporting standard): Argentina and Colombia since 2017, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay since 2018, Peru since 2020 and Ecuador since 2021. Paraguay answers requests from foreign tax authorities through the OECD Global Forum on Transparency and has committed to start automatic exchange by 2028; Bolivia is not on the OECD commitments list. Moving on MERCOSUR residency does not change the basic rule: foreign accounts and income must be declared under the laws of the country where you are tax resident.

Pension record. The MERCOSUR Multilateral Social Security Agreement (signed 14 December 1997, in force since 1 June 2005) applies between Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. It adds up contributions made in these countries and lets posted workers keep paying at home for a period. Bolivia is not on the list of parties published by Argentina's social security agency ANSES (Administración Nacional de la Seguridad Social).

Universities. Decree DNU 366/2025 allowed Argentine public universities to charge foreigners without permanent residence, and the government confirmed this in July 2026. Tuition stays free for citizens, including naturalized ones, and permanent residents.

The pitfalls the brochures leave out

• The 5-year rule. A freshly naturalized passport does not unlock MERCOSUR residency next door.
• The 90-day window. In Paraguay the temporary MERCOSUR permit cannot be renewed, and under Article 5 of the agreement you apply for permanent residence in the last 90 days. Missing it means falling back on the general migration law 6984/22.
• Colombia's one-time visa M and Chile's filing from abroad. The first is granted once in a lifetime; the second cannot be requested while you are in Chile as a tourist.
• Argentina's travel ban. Under Decree 366/2025, naturalization requires 2 years without a single trip abroad.
• Portugal no longer counts the wait. Time spent while the immigration agency AIMA (Agência para a Integração, Migrações e Asilo) processed your residence permit no longer counts towards citizenship.
• Peru is changing the rules. Once its regulations are issued, Law 32421 will raise the naturalization period from 2 to 5 years and add an income threshold of 10 UIT (Unidad Impositiva Tributaria, a tax reference unit; in 2026 that is PEN 55,000, about USD 16,000 a year).

And above all: citizenship in the region is granted for actually living in the country, with an address, income and taxes. Paper residence unravels at the naturalization stage, when a court or immigration agency cross-checks your departures and tax returns.

Three typical routes for a Russian-speaking reader

These are examples, not recipes: every case depends on citizenship, family, income and where the person really lives.

Example 1. A Russian became an Argentine citizen by naturalization in 2025. MERCOSUR residency in Brazil, Uruguay or Chile only opens in 2030, and Spain after 10 years of living there, not 2. What works right away: visa-free travel to Schengen, Japan and China, an ETA instead of a UK visa and working holidays if age allows. To move to a neighbouring country before 2030, he needs an ordinary residence permit based on work, study or income.

Example 2. A child born in Argentina or Brazil to Russian-speaking parents. The child is a citizen by birth and gets the full package: MERCOSUR residency with no 5-year wait and, later on, a Spanish passport after 2 years in Spain. The parents follow the naturalization route with all the limits above. Details in our guides to giving birth in Argentina and giving birth in Brazil.

Example 3. A naturalized Paraguayan wants an EU passport. A Spanish passport is available only after 10 years in Spain, and getting it would put the Paraguayan one at risk. The decision here is strategic: which passport matters more, and whether a second one is needed at all if the Paraguayan passport covers your travel.

Our services: citizenship and residency in MERCOSUR and Europe

We help map the route from a first residence permit to a passport and work out in advance where a perk applies and where it does not. Legal representation before immigration agencies and courts is handled by our partners, locally licensed lawyers.

Plus the steps where people most often lose months: apostilles and certified translations (translations and legalization), a file review before you apply (legal support) and a relocation plan that includes taxes (relocation).

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