Best visa to immigrate to Argentina and work remotely

Hello @Toirtapxe,

  Can you share what you found about remote working visa? I'm also working remotely as a software engineer. I live in Sri Lanka.

Thanks friend.

All I know is what I have posted above. I am wanting to know whether anyone else here has any more information or experience with it.

Hello,

I currently live in Buenos Aires. I met some people from the US working remotely and planning a trip to Montevideo each 3 months. It is possible but it might not be the best situation if you want stay for a while.

There is a lot of different infos around the rentista visa and some people say that it may apply for your situation (working remotely for an US company). I would suggest to speak directly with a lawyer to find an answer regarding your situation.

Your best strategy is no visa at all. In Argentina you can overstay and instead of an illegal (fugitive running slave) you become an inhabitant (free paperless citizen with no policial rights) as soon as the whole country is a sanctuarium state.

@Toirtapxe

You don't need a tourist visa, you can enter visa-free with your US passport.

Once in Argentina, I doubt anybody cares if you work remotely (and get paid remotely, most likely).

Argentina is great value if you have (or earn) USD. You just need to figure out how to get those dollars over to yourself as needed. That's because (a) the best deal for ARS is on the black market (for cash dollars), and (b) you don't want to hang on to much ARS because of the huge inflation, and (c) you want to pay for as much as possible with cash rather than card/transfer. (The difference between the official exchange rate and the Dolar Blue is about 40%, this is a substantial saving.)

Argentina (unlike many countries) is pretty relaxed about visa runs, so you can leave before your 90 days, and reenter a day or two later. We used to grab the ferry to Colonia, Uruguay when our time was up. And grabbed USD from a Uruguayan ATM while there.

However, you don't even have to leave! Very unusually, Argentina is a country that allows you to overstay, and it's not illegal. I guess they don't shout about it as I lived there and nobody told me (I just found out by investigating @rubilar_abogados interesting post). You can therefore stay as long as you like... and you simply pay the exit tax/fee before you fly out. This fine is the Habilitacion de Salida. Even better, it's a flat fee, regardless of whether you stay 91 days or 5 years. And currently, it's 12,500 ARS (about $13 USD). I can safely say this is the best deal ever in immigration terms as faffing around with any visa application would cost WAY more than $13.

https://www.argentina.gob.ar/interior/m … -de-salida