Argentina Visa?

[imogenm]

Hi,
I'm currently working as a waitress in the UK, and am thinking of moving out to Buenos Aires for 6 months (July to December this year), with the intention of working in a restaurant there. Could anyone suggest how easy I'd find it to get a visa? Thanks

 

[Bajo_cero2]

You don't need a visa to come.
Once here you can overstay. Residency is difficult.

 

[Gringoboy]

My experience tells me that residency isn't all that difficult.

 

[steveinbsas]

Hi,
I'm currently working as a waitress in the UK, and am thinking of moving out to Buenos Aires for 6 months (July to December this year), with the intention of working in a restaurant there. Could anyone suggest how easy I'd find it to get a visa? Thanks

Individuals in your position usually ask about how easy it would be to get a job. If you are coming for six months you will receive a 90 day "tourist visa" (officially known ad residency transitoria) when you enter and it can be (easily) extended once for an additional 90 days at the office of migraciones.

The problem you will have is getting a job with the 90 day visa as it does not permit any business to legally employ you. To be employed you need to have temporary residency and a DNI (national ID card) and you have to have the job before you can get one.

In order to legally employ a foreigner a business has to be approved by migraciones to do so and must demonstrate the job cannot be performed by an Argentine. If they hire you without a DNI and pay you under the table (aka en negro) they would face serious consequences if and when they are caught doing so.

 

[GMXam]

My experience tells me that residency isn't all that difficult.

I agree with Bajo that for 9 months it isn't worth the trouble one would have to face to qualify/obtain paperwork/navigate the bureacracy. Although if you are staying for a longer period of time and plan to travel outside of Argentina for frequencies less than would be required to extend your standard 90 day tourist visa (1 every 90 days or once within the first 90 days and pay the overstay fee when you finally leave the country at the end of your term in Argentina) AND you can qualify for one of the temporary visas, then maybe it would be worth it.

 

[GMXam]

In order to legally employ a foreigner a business has to be approved by migraciones to do so and must demonstrate the job cannot be performed by an Argentine. If they hire you without a DNI and pay you under the table (aka en negro) they would face serious consequences if and when they are caught doing so.

Not legal but possible (en negro), and you'll get paid less than working en blanco (legally).

 

[Ceviche]

Not legal but possible (en negro), and you'll get paid less than working en blanco (legally).

I once met some women from Canary islands working for 10 peso an hour in a restaurant as a helper. And even after 10 days of work, the restaurant did not pay them!

 

[steveinbsas]

Not legal but possible (en negro), and you'll get paid less than working en blanco (legally).

And if you have an accent that sounds like you are from the UK you'll probably get less in tips, too.

I think it would be "unwise" for any restaurant in BA to hire a waitress from the UK, even if they could pay her less than an Argentine.

 

[Ceviche]

And if you have an accent that sounds like you are from the UK you'll probably get less in tips, too.

I think it would be "unwise" for any restaurant in BA to hire a waitress from the UK, even if they could pay her less than an Argentine.

I once gave a add on Argentine craigslist looking for someone to assist me in my housework, kitchen cleaning etc

Guess what ? Many American, Danish, British, Swedish, Norwegian women, men, girls , boys of all ages wrote to me!

I said to myself "Thanks....but No thanks!"

 

[GMXam]

And if you have an accent that sounds like you are from the UK you'll probably get less in tips, too.

I think it would be "unwise" for any restaurant in BA to hire a waitress from the UK, even if they could pay her less than an Argentine.

Because of the Malvinas? Or some other reason?