You diversify suppliers. You hedge currency. You structure your business across jurisdictions because that's how serious operators think. The country your family physically sleeps in at night is the one variable on your dashboard you haven't restructured. We restructure it.
Ninety days from your decision: family landed in Uruguay, residency filed, tax structure clean, apartment furnished, business uninterrupted. Built by a founder who just did this himself.
Inaugural cohort. Eight founder families. June 2026.
You already think globally. You probably have an LLC in Wyoming or Delaware. Stripe handles your payments. Your contractors are in three countries. Your accountant has opinions about FEIE and GILTI. You think in flag theory whether or not you call it that.
The one flag you haven't planted is the one your family physically sleeps under at night.
Not because you don't want to. Because the move itself is a different category of problem from anything else you've structured. You can't outsource it to a contractor in Manila. You can't automate it in Zapier. It requires being in a country, in a language, in person, with documents, in the right order, on someone else's calendar — for nine months.
Until now.
Not the desperate. The strategic.
The European entrepreneurs who left between the wars didn't know exactly what was coming. They knew enough. The ones who moved early rebuilt fortunes in New York, London, São Paulo. The ones who waited too long lost everything.
The Cubans who left Havana in 1959 didn't know Castro would last. They knew enough. Their grandchildren run South Florida. The families that stayed lost everything to nationalization within four years.
The Hong Kongers who left in 2019 didn't know the National Security Law was coming in 2020. They knew enough. They're now in London, Vancouver, Singapore. The ones who waited are now subject to a different legal system than they were born into.
Every wave shares two patterns. The ones who moved did so because they could read the math, not because they had to. And once they were settled, they outperformed the natives in their adopted countries within a generation.
The strategy is two centuries old:
The cost of moving early is paperwork. The cost of moving late is everything.
The mechanism — moving cleanly, in 90 days, without losing your business in the process — is what hasn't existed.
Until now.
I think about countries the way you think about suppliers. I think about residency the way you think about LLC structure. I think about my family's physical location the way you think about your data backup strategy — as a portfolio decision, not a default.
I'm Ivan Bunin. I'm 29.
I was born in Ukraine. I started freelancing as a graphic designer at 15. I built my career with no funding, no luck, and no good reason it should have worked — just relentless execution. By 22 I was running technical operations for an 8-figure marketing company.
I came to the United States in October 2022 on an H-1B. I built a life. I had a son in Arizona. I bought a house in Wisconsin. I co-founded a US business with my partner that hit seven figures in its first year.
And then I left.
Not because the U.S. was bad. The U.S. is incredible for building. I left because I could see the math.
When I ran the numbers on the next decade, the tax delta between staying in the U.S. and structuring through Uruguay ran into seven figures. The difference between raising my son in a country I have to navigate carefully and one where the worst thing on the news is a soccer match was unmeasurable. The difference between having an option and having a single point of failure was, to me, the entire game.
So in early 2026 I sold the Wisconsin house. I let the H-1B expire. I moved my wife, my two-year-old, our dog, and our cat to Montevideo.
The move took nine months and probably nine years off my life.
Not because Uruguay is hard — Uruguay is genuinely one of the best-run small countries in the world. Because the moving was hard. I had a very good immigration lawyer who didn't speak fluent English. I had an excellent real estate agent who only worked in Spanish. I had a furniture rental company that quoted me one price and invoiced me another. I had a bank that asked me to come in person three times for paperwork that should have been emailed. I had to set up a healthcare provider, a school for my son, a phone number, a tax ID, an electric account in my own name, and a delivery address — every single one of which required either Spanish I didn't have or a body present in Montevideo I wasn't.
I'm Ukrainian. I've moved before. I had a budget. I had a network. I still missed work. I still had weeks where the move ate the business. I still spent money I didn't need to spend because nobody had told me what the actual price was.
When I arrived, three different U.S. founders messaged me asking how I did it. Then four. Then ten.
So I built the thing I wish I'd been able to buy.
The math is not the only reason. It is the one most founders run first. Here are the others.
Ninety days from your signature to your family on the ground in Montevideo, residency filed, apartment furnished, kids enrolled, business uninterrupted. You make decisions. We execute.
You and me. Not a salesperson. Free. A short fit assessment — your situation, your timeline, why Uruguay versus alternatives, what your move would actually look like. By the end I tell you one of three things: yes and we should do it; yes Uruguay but you're six months early; or no this isn't right and here's what might be. Most relocation services start by selling you. We start by telling you the truth.
Whatever the call concludes. Delivered in writing within 48 hours. Tax sequence, neighborhood selection, school shortlist, banking partner, 90-day timeline. Yours to keep regardless of whether you sign with us.
Top-tier Uruguay immigration firm in our partner network. Document preparation, filing, translations, follow-ups, your cédula (national ID), full path to permanent residency. Family of four included in base price.
Pre-move planning with our vetted CPA partner. Entity structure, GILTI, FEIE, distribution timing, sequencing your exit event correctly so you don't get sandbagged in April. The single highest-leverage line in the package — most relocation services skip it entirely.
We source the apartment in vetted neighborhoods (Pocitos, Carrasco, Punta Carretas — depending on your family). We negotiate the lease in Spanish. We handle the deposit. We furnish it for six months. You walk into a finished apartment.
One dedicated EA, embedded with your move for six months. They open your bank account. They register your healthcare. They enroll your kids in school. They get your cédula, your driver’s license. They negotiate with the electric company, the broker, the locksmith, the woman at DGI who asks for one more form. You never make a Spanish-language phone call.
First weekend you're in the country, my wife and I host you. Asado at our place. Walk through Pocitos. Intros to other relocated founders. The five things I wish someone had told me on day one. This isn't a feature, it's friendship — but you get it because we built this for the kind of person we'd want at our table.
A private Slack of U.S.-to-Uruguay relocated founders. Twice-yearly in-person dinners. Permanent. You don't lose access at month six.
One thread. Your EA, me, the team. Anything that comes up — paperwork, emergencies, “the elevator is broken in our building and I don’t know who to call” — message us, problem moves.
All coordinated by your EA. You sign documents. We handle queues, in-person visits, and the system that requires three originals of everything.
A standby package that gets your full Plan B prepared and on the shelf. Or the full ninety-day move. The first credits toward the second whenever you're ready.
For founders who haven't decided yet but want everything ready for when they do.
A trigger workshop.
We map exactly what would activate your move — political event, regulatory change, family or business trigger. The list is yours and we hold a copy.
Your custom 20-page Move Plan.
The same plan you would get in The Move. Tax sequence, neighborhood selection, school shortlist, banking partner, 90-day timeline.
Documents prepared and held.
Apostilles, translations, financial records, residency-application packet. The 8–10 weeks of paperwork done before you need it.
Two hours with our CPA partner.
Pre-move tax-structure analysis. Hybrid US LLC + Uruguay subsidiary, sequencing, what changes the day you trigger.
12 months of WhatsApp concierge.
"What does this news mean for me?" "Should I trigger?" One thread, the team on the other side. Renewable.
Founder Network access. Permanent.
The private Slack of US-to-Uruguay relocated founders. Twice-yearly in-person dinners. You meet the cohort before you decide.
When your trigger fires, the $10,000 credits toward The Move. Your 90-day clock starts the day you say go. No re-onboarding, no second discovery — the work is already done.
For founders ready to land in Montevideo this quarter.
Each additional dependent: $3,500. Standard pricing rises to $45,000 in Q4 2026.
Everything in The Hedge.
Trigger work, plan, documents, CPA hours, concierge, Founder Network — all rolled in.
Full Uruguay residency filing.
Top-tier immigration firm in our partner network. Document preparation, filing, translations, follow-ups, your cédula, full path to permanent residency. Family of two included.
Apartment sourced and furnished.
We source the apartment in vetted neighborhoods, negotiate the lease in Spanish, handle the deposit, and furnish it for six months. You walk into a finished apartment.
Embedded Spanish-speaking EA — six months.
One dedicated EA holds the rope for the entire move. Banking, healthcare, schools, driver’s license, every queue and form. You never make a Spanish-language phone call.
Founder onboarding weekend.
First weekend on the ground, my wife and I host you. Asado, neighborhood walkthrough, intros to other relocated founders.
24/7 WhatsApp support — six months.
One thread. Your EA, me, the team. Anything that comes up.
Inaugural cohort price. Eight families, June 2026. Standard pricing $45,000 from Q4 2026 — no retroactive grandfathering.
Government fees, security deposits, and recoverable costs (rental deposits, furniture deposits) are disclosed up-front in writing and billed at-cost. Zero markup. Zero surprises.
You don't pay before we deliver. The Hedge is a single payment at signing.
Contract signed; EA assigned within 5 business days.
You and your family are in Montevideo and your residency is filed at the immigration office.
Residency approved, apartment fully set up, everything operational.
Government fees, security deposits, and recoverable costs (rental deposits, furniture deposits) are disclosed up-front in writing and billed at-cost. Zero markup. Zero surprises.
The 30-minute call is free. No commitment. If we're not a fit, you walk away with a clear next step regardless. If you decide not to move, no follow-up pressure. The only way you “lose” the call is if you weren't going to do anything anyway.
Residency filed at immigration and apartment keys in your hand within 90 days of contract signature. If we miss — assuming you've supplied requested documents on the agreed schedule — 25% of milestone-2 payment refunds. This is real. We've actually done it. The 90-day timeline is what my own family's move would have been with this system in place.
$20,000 covers everything in the stack above. Government fees, deposits, and recoverable costs disclosed before you sign, billed at-cost. If a number changes between signing and execution, we tell you in writing before you owe a dollar. You will never get a bill you weren’t expecting.
Because the EA is the entire product, and one Spanish-speaking EA can only hold ten active relocations at the fractional level required to be excellent. Eight is the number where the EA has slack to be excellent and not just adequate. We will not break this ratio.
That means: eight families per quarter, and the inaugural cohort is the cohort opening June 1, 2026. Founder pricing of $30,000 is for these eight. Standard pricing of $45,000 begins Q4 2026 and does not retroactively apply.
If you want this and you read this far, the rational move is to book the discovery call now and decide on it.
We turn away as many prospects as we accept. The discovery call exists to make that mutual.
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We are not the cheapest. We are not the broadest. We are the specialist who got it right.
For the right kind of founder, the math is unbeatable. Tax-favorable for foreign-source income. Politically stable. Genuinely safe (Latin America's lowest violent crime rate). Functioning institutions. Mediterranean climate. South American time zones overlap U.S. business hours. Direct flights to Miami. For the wrong kind of founder, Uruguay is also wrong. We say so on the discovery call when it's true.
Cédula (provisional residency ID) is issued before full residency is approved. You can live, lease, bank, work, and travel on the provisional. Full permanent residency takes 6-8 months. The 90-day milestone is “filed and operational,” not “fully permanent.”
Uruguay residency for U.S. citizens with clean records and demonstrable income is approved at a rate above 95%. We do the discovery call to confirm you fit the profile before signing a contract. If we sign and residency is denied, we refund the immigration leg of the package.
Yes. Several, and they matter more than the move itself. The biggest: your U.S. tax obligations don't disappear when you leave. You remain a U.S. taxpayer until you formally exit. FEIE has limits. Foreign-source vs U.S.-source rules are not intuitive and the wrong answer is expensive. GILTI on your CFC is a separate problem. Uruguay residents who are not U.S. citizens enjoy a long tax holiday on foreign-source passive income; active business income is sourced separately and the rules changed materially in 2026. Sequencing your move alongside your business structure is the highest-stakes part of the relocation, and it's why our package includes a CPA partner.
Uruguay is a strong residency flag and arguably your domicile flag — a base flag for the kind of operator who wants real institutions and real time-zone overlap with the U.S. It does not cover your business flag (which probably stays in Delaware/Wyoming/UK), your banking flag (multi-jurisdictional anyway), or your asset-protection flag (Cook Islands, Cayman, Liechtenstein for those who go that route). We sequence Uruguay into your existing flag stack — and connect you to advisors for the others.
You can run a U.S. company from anywhere. We help you structure it correctly for cross-border operation — which entity, where employees sit, where you take income, how you sequence distributions, what the place-of-effective-management exposure looks like, when (or whether) to move the entity itself.
Yes. We do this. Including the paperwork. (My dog is here. He’s fine.)
Yes. International schools (British School, Uruguayan American School, Lycée Français) and bilingual private schools. Capacity is tight; we recommend signing 3+ months before your target start date.
Then you leave. Uruguay residency is one of the easiest to maintain. You can use Uruguay as a base while you live in Europe in the summers, the U.S. for visits, or wherever life takes you. Your residency, once granted, doesn't lapse easily.
Almost certainly not. Most of our clients keep U.S. citizenship and add Uruguay residency as a parallel option.
You move somewhere else. Your residency stays valid. The relationships and infrastructure we build with you are portable. We have clients who used Uruguay as the launch pad to Portugal, Spain, and Italy after a year.
Yes. Same package, different family. You bring your network, you keep building together.
Not yet. Uruguay only, for now. We may add Portugal in 2027.
You're not trapped. You're not stuck. You have a passport. You have a business that travels. You have a family that follows you because you've earned that trust.
You have everything you need except the mechanism to execute the move you've already decided to make.
Book the call. We'll figure out together whether this is right for you. If it isn't, you walk away with a plan that's worth your time anyway.
Your origin is not your destiny. The map is editable.
By the end of the call you will know:
Eight slots in the inaugural cohort. June 1, 2026. Founder pricing $30,000.