{"id":324404,"date":"2025-08-07T05:31:18","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T05:31:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/324404\/"},"modified":"2025-08-07T05:31:18","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T05:31:18","slug":"uruguay-backtracks-on-passport-format-after-concerns-raised-by-france-germany-and-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/324404\/","title":{"rendered":"Uruguay backtracks on passport format after concerns raised by France, Germany, and Japan\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Uruguayan government has backtracked on a decision to issue passports without information about the holders\u2019 birthplace.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The country\u2019s latest passports, which were first issued in April, saw the field of \u201cNationality\u201d replaced by \u201cNationality\/Citizenship,\u201d and the removal of the \u201cBirthplace\u201d field.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It was the latter decision which sparked the greatest concern among overseas states.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Germany <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AlemaniaEnUY\/status\/1942944456233329030\">announced<\/a> that Uruguayans with these passports would not be allowed to the country, \u201ceven for short stays,\u201d while France <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elpais.com.uy\/informacion\/politica\/orsi-se-refirio-al-problema-de-los-pasaportes-uruguayos-estamos-dispuestos-a-cambiar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">declared<\/a> that it was \u201cunable to accept visa applications\u201d from Uruguayans holding these passports.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Japan had also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uy.emb-japan.go.jp\/itpr_es\/CONSULAR.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> it was \u201chighly probable\u201d that Uruguayans with the latest passport would be denied entry from the country, advising them to consult the embassy before travelling. This came despite <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uypress.net\/Politica\/Lubetkin-dijo-que-Japon-acepta-nuevo-pasaporte-embajada-comunica-que-es-altamente-probable-que-sea-negado-el-ingreso--uc145922\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">claims<\/a> by the country\u2019s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mario Lubetkin, that Japan had already begun to accept the new documents.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/latinamericareports.com\/germany-rejects-uruguays-latest-passports\/11771\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Germany rejects Uruguay\u2019s latest passports\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The government has since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gub.uy\/presidencia\/comunicacion\/noticias\/nuevo-pasaporte-validez-agosto\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced<\/a> that any Uruguayans issued a passport between April 16 and July 29 will receive a free replacement, with a \u201ctiered system\u201d prioritizing \u201cthose who plan to travel abroad soon.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The government maintains in its statement that the disused passport format was \u201cin accordance with the current regulations of the International Civil Aviation Organization,\u201d adding that the latest passports \u201chave been used by citizens [\u2026] without problems, for tourism purposes in Europe and around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, the statement does acknowledge that difficulties arose in two countries regarding the issuance of long-term visas for Uruguayan holders of the new passport, prompting the government to revert to the original passport format which is \u201cinternationally valid and recognized.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The country\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Home Office have confirmed that they will continue \u201cconsulting with the relevant international organizations, the country\u2019s political system, civil society, and other relevant actors\u201d in order to ensure that documents meet relevant criteria, prevent<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Featured image credit: <\/strong><br \/>Image: Uruguay airport <br \/>Photographer: Andr\u00e9s Franchi Ugartemend\u00eda<br \/>Source: https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:URUGUAY,BIENVENIDO_AL_MUNDO._Aeropuerto_Internacional_de_Carrasco\u2013panoramio%281%29.jpg<br \/>License: https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\/deed.en<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Uruguayan government has backtracked on a decision to issue passports without information about the holders\u2019 birthplace.\u00a0 The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":324405,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5310],"tags":[2000,299,1824],"class_list":{"0":"post-324404","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-germany","8":"tag-eu","9":"tag-europe","10":"tag-germany"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114985846935127345","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=324404"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324404\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/324405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=324404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=324404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=324404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}