What can the Consulate do for you?
Consular services provided by the Consulate-General of Uruguay in Hong Kong.
Identity and travel documentation
- Renewal of identity cards and passports
- Issuance of a passport for the first time
- Issuance of emergency passport
- Issuance of Valid for a Single Return Trip to Uruguay (Safe-Conduct Travel Document)
Authorisations 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
- Powers of attorney and authorisations
Power of Attorney – 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
Procedures with other Uruguayan institutions
Consular assistance and protection
- Removal of ashes or mortal remains
- 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 Hong Kong or Macao
- Apply for the issuance, extension or modification of visas to enter or remain in Hong Kong or Macao
- 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
Who is it for
General public
Where is the service provided?
Suite 504, 5th Floor, ICBC Tower, 3 Garden Road, Central, Hong Kong
- Telephone: +852 3156 1912
- Service hours: Monday to Friday from 09:30 to 17:30 (by appointment only)
- Email: cghongkong@mrree.gub.uy