Uruguay Emigration and Immigration

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Uruguay Offices to Contact[edit | edit source]

The Dirección Nacional de Migración (National Directorate of Migration) is a department of the Ministry of the Interior and is in charge of controlling the entry and stay of foreigners in Uruguay. It has several immigration records from 1920 onwards. To consult them, it is necessary to request it in writing to the agency.

Dirección Nacional de Migración
Central Office
Misiones 1513
Montevideo, Uruguay
Telephone 2030 1800
Citizen Service Center 2030 1804

Instructions for Requesting Access

General de la Nación de Uruguay (General Archive of Uruguay)
Convención 1474.
11100 Montevideo
Uruguay

Tel.: (00 598 2) 900 7232
E-mail: consultas@agn.gub.uy
Website

The records of entry of passengers between 1829 and 1865 can be found among the documentary collection of the Police of Montevideo. In the reading room of the archive, there is a database to search for passengers in this documentary series.

Dirección Nacional de Identificación Civil (National Directorate of Civil Identification) Rincón 665 esq. Bartolomé Mitre. Montevideo
Uruguay
Email
Website

This contains the documentation on all those emigrants who obtained an identification document in Uruguay, which began to be issued after 1912.

Finding the Town of Origin in Uruguay[edit | edit source]

If you are using emigration/immigration records to find the name of your ancestors' town in Uruguay, see Uruguay Finding Town of Origin for additional research strategies.

Uruguay Emigration and Immigration[edit | edit source]

"Emigration" means moving out of a country. "Immigration" means moving into a country.
Emigration and immigration sources list the names of people leaving (emigrating) or arriving (immigrating) in the country. These sources may be passenger lists, permissions to emigrate, or records of passports issued. The information in these records may include the emigrants’ names, ages, occupations, destinations, and places of origin or birthplaces. Sometimes they also show family groups.

Uruguay Records Content[edit | edit source]

For the FamilySearch Historical Records Collection listed above, the following information may be found:

  • First and Last Name of Relative
  • Port or Country of Origin
  • Gender
  • Age
  • Occupation
  • Marital Status
  • Nationality

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