What can the Consulate do for you?
Consular services provided by the Consulate General of Uruguay in Guangzhou, People´s Republic of China.
What can a Consulate do for you?
Identity and travel documentation
- Renewal of identity cards and passports
- Issuance of a passport for the first time
- Emergency passport issuance
- Safe-conduct for return to Uruguay
Authorizations for minors
- Minor's permission to travel abroad
- Minor's permit to reside in Uruguay
- Minor's permit to issue or renew a Uruguayan passport
Power of Attorney and authorization
- Power of Attorney for Social Security Bank (BPS)
- Power of Attorney for AFAP reimbursement
- General Power of Attorney or Special Power of Attorney
- Authorize acts that can be performed by notaries public
Registrations and certificates
- Birth registration with the Civil Registry of Uruguay
- Testimony of birth, marriage, or death certificates
- Certificate of judicial record (police check)
- Proof of Life Certificate
Procedures with Uruguayan organizations
Consular assistance and protection
- Transportation of ashes or mortal remains to Uruguay
- Assistance to injured people
- Information and advice to family members in cases of accidents, deaths or catastrophes
- Interest in Uruguayan citizens detained or in prison and, under certain circumstances, transmission of messages to their relatives
- Protection of minors or incapacitated persons, especially in relation to guardianships or conservatorships
- Verification that citizens on trial have adequate defense and due process is respected
- Request for the whereabouts of people before local authorities
- Attention to inheritance issues of Uruguayan citizens who died abroad
- Contact with family members to report situations and needs
- Guidance on legal, medical, notarial assistance, among others
What can a Consulate not do for you?
Uruguayan consulates have specific consular assistance and protection functions. However, they are not authorized to carry out the following procedures:
- Carry out procedures related to visas issued by the People´s Republic of China
- Apply for the issuance, extension or modification of visas to enter or remain in the People´s Republic of China
- Request extensions or extensions of stay as a tourist
- Intervening as a party in legal proceedings or preventing a person from being sent to prison
- Provide legal advice or act on your behalf in court
- Manage preferential treatment in hospitals, prisons or other institutions in the country of residence
- Perform functions typical of travel agencies, airlines, banks or other private companies
- Provide tickets or economic resources to return to Uruguay or continue their journey, except in exceptional cases of humanitarian repatriation
- Take care of the payment of personal bills (accommodation, medical assistance, legal, etc.)
- To manage accommodation, employment, residence or work permits, or to act as a guarantor.
- Regularise your immigration status with local authorities of the People´s Republic of China
Who is it for?
- General public
Where is the service provided?
- Address: Unit 502B, 5/F, R&F Center, No.10, Huaxia Road, Zhujiang New Town
Tianhe District, Guangzhou, Guangdong, R.P. China - Phone: +86 20 3861 7075
- Service hours: Monday to Friday 9:00 to 17:00 (by appointment only)