renewal of UY cédula as a "residente legal"

Piece of cake.

I went to Migraciones (DNM) at Misiones 1513 to get the piece of paper authorizing me to renew. Took 15 minutes at about 11 am in the morning.

Advice #1: Don't use the 0900 or online systems. Go get the number yourself, especially if you're there on a vacation. I awakened at 6:45, called the 0900 number for numeros urgentes at 7:15 and it said they were gone for the day. Nah... at 7:20 I was in a cab going to Rincón 665. I got a "number" (appointment) right away.

Advice #2: (opinion really) Why does everyone have such a preference for the office at Géant? If you're in the center of MVD its inconvenient. Yes Ciudad Vieja is a little gritty. That's why that "Vieja" part is in there. Yes, the area occasionally smells like piss. Rincón 665 is close to all the nightclubs and the pibes borrachos piss in the street. The office at Géant is in a shopping-mall environment and I guess it's great if you want to go to McDonald's afterwards. If you have to do/are doing business downtown it's bloody inconvenient, too. You had to enter ciudad vieja in the first place to go to DNM to get the paper authorizing you to get the "number" right?

Advice #3: "Numeros de emergencia" sounds like "Numeros de urgencia." A Numero de Urgencia (urgent appointment) is what you bought with your 150-odd pesos, right? If you happen to sometimes selectively understand Spanish while in government offices you just might consider walking forward when they call "Numeros de emergencia." They sound kinda the same if your selective understanding is fully functioning and it gets you to the front of the line when they call the Urgent ones a few minutes later. Not that I'd ever do that...