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Argentine "Residency" the Easy & Cheap Way

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CMTaylor

From: United States

2/26/2006 00:14 EST

Someone named Alexandra posted about residency for students. My reply did not come through, so I hope she's still here:

Alexandra,

Students can hire a lawyer to get them residency
status for the duration of ther school years. But the
easiest and cheapest thing to do--which many people do
for years and years--is to find a day before your 90
are up, when it's convenient for you, and go across
the Plata into Uruguay for 24 hours. In 20 years Argentina has had no problem with this in and out policy. When you arrive you'll be given a form stamped with the date by which you must leave the country or be declared to be there illegally.

Colonia is a small historic town and short boat trip,
and Montevideo is a major city, smaller, but similar
to Buenos Aires. Montevideo takes about two hours to
reach by hydrofoil and prices for hotels are similar
to those in BA.

When you return to Argentina your passport will be
stamped for another 90 day stay. I knew one couple
who did this for seven years. This year they finally
got actual residency, but the cheap, easy, no red tape
thing to do is just leave every 90 days or less,
depending on your schedule.

Good luck! Carol

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simplyme

From: United States

4/10/2007 23:37 EST

Hi, I just read this message. Is that really true? Is there no limit to the time you can stay in the year like 180 days? Or can you just keep renewing your visa by leaving indefinitely? We are trying to get our financier's visa but because I was born in Malaysia and am now in the US, it is getting a little bogged down.
Thank you for your help.

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vmf

From: Argentina

4/12/2007 13:31 EST

Hi, I also tried to answer and it didn't come through.

While what Carol says is true in that I too know a couple who has been here for several years coming in and out of the country, the truth is it is not legal. While immigration controls are not the best, they do exist and sooner or later you can be stopped when you try to come back in too often, especially if you fly in. Technically as a foreigner you are granted a 90 day maximum stay that can be renewed for another 90 days before it expires, witout having to leave the country for the renewal.

Nationality is important since in some instances some foreigners may need to apply for a tourist visa to come in.

Legally you cannot work or conduct business in this country without a work permit.

Hope this helps...
Veronica

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traveldude

From: Peru

9/12/2007 15:02 EST

This is a good method but in some countries,like Ecuador don't allow repeat entries year after year.In Ecuador,you are permitted up to 180 days PER YEAR.

The nice thing about living in BA is that Urguary is not so far to make the trip.

I live in Lima Peru and would have travel 18 hours by bus to get to the boarder of Ecuador to go through this tourist card method.

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krod

3/2/2008 10:52 EST

I've been in Rosario, Argentina now for about 5 years, and its true that you "can" do a border-run every 90 days, or you can go to the Migraciones office and pay to renew your visa. But after a while they start getting cranky and tell you not to do it. Then, I actually had an immigracions officer tell me not to bother renewing my visa, but to live here illegally and to pay a 50 peso fine when I wanted to leave the country. He said "we're not like the US, we're not gonna throw you out!". But the whole "paying the fine" process took an hour at the airport and I nearly missed my plane to Chile. I also have a teeny moral issue with doing things illegally, so I've started my tramites for residency - a 200 peso process, after the expenses of getting my birth certificate apostilled and translated and an FBI report taken care of. Getting the paperwork from the States has been the biggest problem, really. And I'm really happy that I'll finally have my own DNI!

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