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My Wife Wants To Go Back

9 years ago
Hello all!

I am a US citizen and my wife is a permanent resident with a UY citizenship. We have a 6 month old son who is also a US citizen.

We currently live in North Carolina and we both want to move to Uruguay for a better family life for our son. My wife's family and childhood friends are there. My wife has a nursing degree from UDELAR Facultad de Enfermeria with contacts. So it should be fairly easy for her to work. We have a place to stay there in Pocitos MVD rent free. We have savings. We would have a property here in the USA we would be renting for 900-1000USD monthly.

So my questions are:

With rental income from the states, how easy or difficult will it be transferring money regularly from the states to UY?

My wife hasn't lived there in almost 3 years, how is city from a safety standpoint nowadays? And for kids?

We want to send our child to the german school in MVD. Colegio Aleman. We've heard this is one of the best schools in the city. Does anyone have experience sending their kids there?

Should my wife get a US citizenship before moving back? How easy would it be to for her come back to the states in the future if for some reason we wanted to?

I can read and write a little bit of Spanish. I imagine living there I would pick it up fluently in a year or two. What would job options for me be like if necessary? Are there any income options that don't require Spanish?

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