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Photos via Wikimedia Commons and Openverse: “Panama City Skyline” by Marissa Strniste, CC BY 2.0; “Alfama, Lisbon (DSC03367)” by Matti Blume, CC BY-SA 4.0; “Mexico City Zocalo Cathedral” by Jeff Kramer, CC BY 2.0; “Centro de La Paz Bolivia Illimani - panoramio” by Va de Carro, CC BY 3.0; “Plaza de Cisneros Medellin Colombia” by Jorge Láscar, CC BY-SA 3.0; “Dubai Marina Skyline” by Norlando Pobre, CC BY 2.0; “Chiang Mai - Temples (24062243414)” by Visions of Domino, CC BY 2.0; “Tbilisi, Old town, Georgia” by Vyacheslav Argenberg, CC BY 4.0; “La Fortuna town, Arenal volcano, Costa Rica - panoramio” by Erick Hidalgo, CC BY 3.0; “Palacio de los Lopez, Asunción PAR” by Stefano Vigorelli, CC0; “20191105 Seville Plaza de Espana” by WFan, CC BY-SA 4.0; “Colonia del Sacramento water front2” by Helge Høifødt, CC BY-SA 3.0; “2016 Kuala Lumpur, Petronas Towers (21)” by Marcin Konsek, CC BY-SA 4.0; “Catedral de Cuenca, Ecuador (2)” by Jome, CC BY-SA 4.0; “Casa en Caminito, La Boca, Buenos Aires” by Sombra Inquieta, CC BY-SA 4.0; “Santorini Oia View” by Danbu14, CC BY-SA 3.0; “Catedral, Plaza de Armas, Cusco, Perú, 2015-07-31, DD 77” by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0; “Praia do Gravatá” by Hector Garcia, CC BY-SA 2.0; “Templeman y Almirante Montt, Valparaíso” by Till Niermann, CC BY 3.0; “Calle las Damas, Santo Domingo, Zona Colonial” by Desox7x, CC0; “Hội An, Ancient Town, 2020-01 CN-06” by Steffen Schmitz ( more photos ), CC BY-SA 4.0; “Bali, Rice fields, Rice terraces in East Bali, Indonesia” by Vyacheslav Argenberg, CC BY 4.0.

Argentina citizenship by naturalization

Photo: “Casa en Caminito, La Boca, Buenos Aires” by Sombra Inquieta, CC BY-SA 4.0.

City photos: “Casa Rosada, Buenos Aires, Argentina” by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 3.0 (source).

Belize citizenship by naturalization

Photo: “Caye Caulker, Belize - The Split”, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0.

City photos: “Large "San Pedro" beach sign, Ambergris Caye, San Pedro, Belize” by Psubhashish, CC BY-SA 4.0 (source).

Brazil citizenship by naturalization

Photo: “Praia do Gravatá” by Hector Garcia, CC BY-SA 2.0.

City photos: “Sao Paulo skyline from Ibirapuera Park” by Slyronit, CC BY-SA 4.0 (source).

Brazil residency requirements for US citizens

City photos: “Ipanema and Leblon as seen from Morro Dois Irmãos, with Lagoa and Cantagalo in the background, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil” by Wilfredor, CC0 (source).

Brazil taxes for US citizens

City photos: “ViewLagoadaConceicao-feb2015” by Ezarate, CC BY-SA 4.0 (source).

Chile citizenship by naturalization

Photo: “Templeman y Almirante Montt, Valparaíso” by Till Niermann, CC BY 3.0.

City photos: “Teleférico de Santiago - Junio 2017 - 01” by Jorge Barrios Riquelme, CC BY-SA 4.0 (source).

Chile residency requirements for US citizens

City photos: “Casa en calle Miramar, Cerro Alegre, Valparaíso 20201102 93” by Carlos Figueroa Rojas, CC BY-SA 4.0 (source).

Colombia citizenship by naturalization

Photo: “Plaza de Cisneros Medellin Colombia” by Jorge Láscar, CC BY-SA 3.0.

City photos: “Metrocable cabin high over Medellín” by JoranL, CC BY-SA 4.0 (source).

Colombia residency requirements for US citizens

City photos: “Cartagena, Colombia (5049256137)” by Pedro Szekely from Los Angeles, USA, CC BY 2.0 (source).

Costa Rica citizenship by naturalization

Photo: “La Fortuna town, Arenal volcano, Costa Rica - panoramio” by Erick Hidalgo, CC BY 3.0.

City photos: “Cerros de Escazú after rain” by O'Dea, CC BY-SA 4.0 (source).

Costa Rica residency requirements for US citizens

City photos: “Tamarindo beach-Guanacaste-Costa Rica” by Jarle Naustvik, CC BY 2.0 (source).

Dominican Republic citizenship by naturalization

Photo: “Calle las Damas, Santo Domingo, Zona Colonial” by Desox7x, CC0.

City photos: “Calle las Damas, Santo Domingo, Zona Colonial” by Desox7x, CC0 (source).

Ecuador citizenship by naturalization

Photo: “Catedral de Cuenca, Ecuador (2)” by Jome, CC BY-SA 4.0.

City photos: “Cuenca, Ecuador 01” by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0 (source).

Ecuador residency requirements for US citizens

City photos: “Quito calle García Moreno” by Cayambe, CC BY-SA 3.0 (source).

El Salvador citizenship by naturalization

Photo: “San Salvador - El Salvador” by Rômulo Gama Ferreira, CC BY 2.0.

City photos: “Plaza Gerardo Barrios Remodelada” by ClauH0288, CC BY-SA 3.0 (source).

El Salvador residency requirements for US citizens

City photos: “El tunco” by Rebevon11, CC BY-SA 4.0 (source).

Get your residency in Latin America

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: “Panama City Skyline” by Marissa Strniste, CC BY 2.0; “Mexico City Zocalo Cathedral” by Jeff Kramer, CC BY 2.0; “Plaza de Cisneros Medellin Colombia” by Jorge Láscar, CC BY-SA 3.0; “La Fortuna town, Arenal volcano, Costa Rica - panoramio” by Erick Hidalgo, CC BY 3.0; “Colonia del Sacramento water front2” by Helge Høifødt, CC BY-SA 3.0; “Catedral de Cuenca, Ecuador (2)” by Jome, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Photos: “Street Scene with Volcano Backdrop - Antigua Guatemala” by Adam Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0 (source); “Street in Casco Viejo, Panama City 2013” by MusikAnimal, CC BY-SA 4.0 (source); “Rio skyline and Cristo Redentor from Sugarloaf Mountain, Brazil” by Wilfredor, CC0 (source); “Rambla de Pocitos” by Andreateletrabajo, CC BY-SA 3.0 (source).

Guatemala citizenship by naturalization

Photo: “Santa Catalina Arch - Antigua Guatemala Feb 2020” by Chad Davis, CC BY-SA 2.0.

City photos: “Volcano Street, Antigua Guatemala, 2022-01-27” by Not So Dusty, CC BY 2.0 (source).

Guatemala residency requirements for US citizens

City photos: “Panajachel lake atitlan 2009r” by chensiyuan, CC BY-SA 4.0 (source).

Honduras citizenship by naturalization

Photo: “Ruinas MAYA Copan Honduras 10” by Mónica J. Mora, CC BY-SA 4.0.

City photos: “Roatan West End 2007” by Hector Abouid, CC BY 2.0 (source).

Honduras residency requirements for US citizens

City photos: “Parque Central (26030071877)” by Hans Birger Nilsen, CC BY-SA 2.0 (source).

Mexico citizenship by naturalization

Photo: “Mexico City Zocalo Cathedral” by Jeff Kramer, CC BY 2.0.

City photos: “Ajijic (julio de 2025)” by YdelaT, CC0 (source).

Mexico residency requirements for US citizens

City photos: “Carreta - Centro, Mérida, Yucatán, Aug 2009” by David Cabrera, CC BY-SA 2.0 (source).

Mexico taxes for US citizens

City photos: “MALECON DE PUERTO VALLARTA” by MutantE AZUL, CC BY-SA 3.0 (source).

Mexico visa rules for US citizens: stay limits

City photos: “Mexico City Reforma skyline (cropped)” by Jonathan Salvador, CC BY-SA 4.0 (source).

Moving to Argentina from the US: visas, residency, tax

About Argentina photos: “Fitz Roy group - Laguna Capri - 01” by Gagea, CC BY-SA 3.0 (source); “El caminito2 - Buenos Aires - Argentina” by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 3.0 (source); “Vineyard in Mendoza, Argentina” by David, CC BY 2.0 (source).

Moving to Belize from the US: visas, residency, tax

About Belize photos: “Caye Caulker Belize aerial (20688990128)” by dronepicr, CC BY 2.0 (source); “Xunantunich El Castillo 2011” by Kaldari, CC0 (source); “Food stands in San Ignacio, Belize” by Kaldari, CC0 (source); “Roundabout park in San Ignacio, Belize” by Kaldari, CC0 (source).

Moving to Bolivia from the US: visas, residency, tax

About Bolivia photos: “Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia, 2016-02-04, DD 16-18 HDR” by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0 (source); “La Paz a Illimani - panoramio” by Pavel Špindler, CC BY 3.0 (source); “Salteñas in Urbarí - Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia” by Ruditaly, CC BY-SA 4.0 (source); “Carnaval de Oruro dia I (60)” by Elemaki, CC BY 3.0 (source).

Moving to Brazil from the US: visas, residency, tax

About Brazil photos: “Rio skyline and Cristo Redentor from Sugarloaf Mountain, Brazil” by Wilfredor, CC0 (source); “Pelourinho Salvador Bahia 2018-0601” by Paul R. Burley, CC BY-SA 4.0 (source); “Feijoada (Brazilian dish), São Luís, Maranhão” by Ridiculopathy, CC0 (source); “Amazon Theatre, Teatro Amazonas. Manaus, Brazil. 01” by Ridiculopathy, CC0 (source).

Moving to Chile from the US: visas, residency, tax

About Chile photos: “Cuernos del Paine in Torres del Paine National Park” by Pedro Szekely, CC BY-SA 2.0 (source); “Cerro San Cristobal Santiago, Chile” by David Berkowitz, CC BY 2.0 (source); “Pastel de choclo” by Paloma Baytelman, CC BY-SA 2.0 (source); “Ahu Tongariki” by Rivi, CC BY-SA 3.0 (source).

Moving to Colombia from the US: visas, residency, tax

About Colombia photos: “Valle de Cocora, Colombia 02” by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0 (source); “La Candelaria, Bogotá, Colombia - panoramio (28)” by Jimmy Gómez N, CC BY-SA 3.0 (source); “Bandeja Paisa (Bogotá)” by Edgar Zuniga Jr., CC BY 2.0 (source); “Baile de la Cumbia - Barranquilla” by Norma Gòmez, CC BY 2.0 (source).

Moving to Costa Rica from the US: visas, residency, tax

About Costa Rica photos: “Arenal Volcano 01” by Bernard Gagnon, CC0 (source); “Avenida Central 1” by Haakon S. Krohn, CC BY-SA 3.0 (source); “Costa Rican Gallo Pinto” by Legendre17, CC BY 3.0 (source); “2021 carreta tipica dic 2020b” by Julián Monge-Nájera, CC BY-SA 4.0 (source).

Moving to Ecuador from the US: visas, residency, tax

About Ecuador photos: “Cotopaxi 01” by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0 (source); “Calle de la Ronda, Quito, Ecuador, 2015-07-22, DD 215” by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0 (source); “Cuenca, Ecuador 01” by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0 (source); “Otavalo Ecuador 866” by Arabsalam, CC BY-SA 4.0 (source).

Moving to El Salvador from the US: visas, residency, tax

About El Salvador photos: “Coatepeque Vista1” by JMRAFFi, CC BY 4.0 (source); “Dos Pupusas en El Salvador” by Ll1324, CC0 (source); “Parque Arqueológico Joya de Cerén - 55385288449” by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 4.0 (source).

Moving to Guatemala from the US: visas, residency, tax

About Guatemala photos: “Lake Atitlan & Volcanoes from the East (6996008535)” by Murray Foubister, CC BY-SA 2.0 (source); “Street Scene with Volcano Backdrop - Antigua Guatemala - Sacatepequez - Guatemala (15919335575)” by Adam Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0 (source); “Pepián Guatemala” by Josué Goge, CC BY 2.0 (source); “Chichicastenango Market (Guatemala, March 2020) - 75” by Bruno Rijsman, CC BY-SA 2.0 (source).

Moving to Honduras from the US: visas, residency, tax

About Honduras photos: “West Bay Beach -Roatan -Honduras-23May2009” by Adalberto Hernandez Vega, CC BY 2.0 (source); “Artisan's street, Copan Ruinas” by Adalberto Hernandez Vega, CC BY 2.0 (source); “Baleada en Copán” by Los viajes del Cangrejo, CC BY 2.0 (source).

Moving to Mexico from the US: visas, residency, tax

About Mexico photos: “Tulum - God of the Winds Temple 03” by Martin Falbisoner, CC BY-SA 4.0 (source); “Fonoteca Nacional - 3 - Vista de la calle Francisco Sosa” by ProtoplasmaKid, CC BY-SA 4.0 (source); “El Tizoncito 2” by City Foodsters, CC BY 2.0 (source); “Catrinas and Catrines” by Tomascastelazo, CC BY-SA 4.0 (source).

Moving to Nicaragua from the US: visas, residency, tax

Photo: “Cathedral of Granada at sunset” by JacobKlinger, CC BY-SA 3.0.

About Nicaragua photos: “Concepción volcano - Ometepe island” by Hulivili, CC BY 2.0 (source); “Street in León, Nicaragua 2” by eric molina, CC BY 2.0 (source); “Masaya Market, Nicaragua” by Fernando Briceño, Public domain (source); “Leon Catedral Techo 4” by Martin Kulldorff, CC BY-SA 4.0 (source).

Moving to Panama from the US: visas, residency, tax

Photo: “Panama City Skyline” by Marissa Strniste, CC BY 2.0.

About Panama photos: “Guna Yala Island” by Ayaita, CC BY 3.0 (source); “Street in Casco Viejo, Panama City 2013” by MusikAnimal, CC BY-SA 4.0 (source); “Container Ship Enters Miraflores Locks - Panama Canal” by Adam Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0 (source).

Moving to Paraguay from the US: visas, residency, tax

Photo: “Palacio de los Lopez, Asunción PAR” by Stefano Vigorelli, CC0.

About Paraguay photos: “Calle Palma 162213 HDR” by Cmasi, CC BY-SA 4.0 (source); “Chipa Paraguay” by Ekem at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 (source); “La Santísima Trinidad de Paraná - Church ruins” by P. Hughes, CC BY 4.0 (source).

Moving to Peru from the US: visas, residency, tax

Photo: “Catedral, Plaza de Armas, Cusco, Perú, 2015-07-31, DD 77” by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0.

About Peru photos: “80 - Machu Picchu - Juin 2009 - edit” by Martin St-Amant (S23678), CC BY-SA 3.0 (source); “Malecón de Miraflores, Lima” by Alec Gamoff, CC BY 2.0 (source); “Ceviche peruano es inscrita en la Lista Representativa de Patrimonio Cultural Inmaterial de la Humanidad - 53381648986” by Ministerio de la Producción (PRODUCE), Public domain (source); “Arequipa, Plaza de Armas, 2023 (10)” by Draceane, CC BY-SA 4.0 (source).

Moving to Uruguay from the US: visas, residency, tax

Photo: “Colonia del Sacramento water front2” by Helge Høifødt, CC BY-SA 3.0.

About Uruguay photos: “Colonia del Sacramento1 - Uruguay” by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 3.0 (source); “Rambla de Pocitos” by Andreateletrabajo, CC BY-SA 3.0 (source); “Chivito Uruguayo casero” by Diosverde, CC BY-SA 4.0 (source).

Moving to the Dominican Republic from the US: visas, residency, tax

About the Dominican Republic photos: “Playa Rincón December 2020 2” by Danu Widjajanto, CC BY-SA 4.0 (source); “Colonial Santo Domingo Streets” by Brent, CC BY 2.0 (source); “Dominican Mangu” by Ll1324, CC0 (source); “BICHOS CARNAVAL VEGANO 2025” by Sebas1990rd, CC BY-SA 4.0 (source).