Entry Question

[swellington]

Hello,

Im coming to BA for awhile (I hope) and will be entering with a tourist visa. I can get this at the airport and have already taken care of this somewhat new 'reciprocity fee...'

BUT I do not have any proof of departure.

Will this be an issue?

 

[caitij]

They didn't ask me any questions about departure when I arrived but I had purchased a Buquebus ticket to Colonia just in case since I would be going there to renew my tourist visa anyways. Might be a good idea to have it just in case but both times I have entered the country they didn't ask for proof of departure.

 

[Sleuth]

There have been some sporadic reports of the airline in the US asking for proof of departure, but it seems to be very rare. Simply saying you are taking a ferry/car/bus when there has been enough for everyone I have heard about. In 5 years of going back and forth I have never once been asked.

What they do care about is the reciprocity fee being paid and they check for that before boarding.

 

[thomasb]

I have never been asked about a departure going in to Argentina, however I was once stopped by British Airways going out of England but managed to talk my way out of it. That only happened once in about 10 times that I have entered though.

 

[swellington]

Thank you all very much.

 

[ajoknoblauch]

Hello,

Im coming to BA for awhile (I hope) and will be entering with a tourist visa. I can get this at the airport and have already taken care of this somewhat new 'reciprocity fee...'

BUT I do not have any proof of departure.

Will this be an issue?

I have entered Argentina many dozens of times over the last three decades, and never has anybody asked me for proof of a return or onward ticket. Once, in Seattle, American Airlines asked me for proof (I had arrived on a ticket I purchased in Santiago de Chile), but I showed my numerous passport stamps to a supervisor - just a minor disruption, in the end.

 

[Alicia karr]

I was asked once, seven years ago. I told them I had a boat ticket but they didn't budge. I simply then, on the spot, bought a refundable ticket to Peru with my credit card and later returned it unused.!

 

[Canick]

this is an airline thing. air canada has asked many times in check in why i didnt have a return passage. (before i had residency)
it was enough for me to say, "i'm not sure of my outdate as i will be travelling all through south america and leaving argentina by bus once i'm ready to move on. But I have to be back home in two months anyway..." etc etc.
that worked for me, but i'm sure there is a much simpler reply.