Has anyone recently entered BA planning to stay for more than 3 months?

[Diulis]

I'm Brazilian and I'm planning to enter Argentina and apply for temporary residency under the Mercosur Agreement, which I'm eligible for. Buuuuut I'm a bit unsure about what to say at immigration.

I know this is probably a silly concern (I've lived in other countries as a nomad before, so I'm not inexperienced), but this time I'm not sure how to answer if the immigration officer asks how long I plan to stay. I've been to Argentina twice as a tourist, and they asked me that question both times.

 

[zensailor]

try telling the truth !

 

[Diulis]

try telling the truth !

I knooow, it was my first option from the beginning, buuut I heard so many comments saying that immigration officers might question or deny the entry that I started getting a bit worried. I also haven’t found anyone so far who entered the same way to talk to and ask about their experience ):

 

[Caribbean Cool]

just be a tourist. I would not show interest in staying here. This is just an opinion. You enter innocently....then start your residence. Showing residence interest will not help you at the entry point. this is purely an opinion. Again an opinion.....especially if you are female. They get suspecious of females traveling alone....again....an opinion.

 

[Diulis]

just be a tourist. I would not show interest in staying here. This is just an opinion. You enter innocently....then start your residence. Showing residence interest will not help you at the entry point. this is purely an opinion. Again an opinion.....especially if you are female. They get suspecious of females traveling alone....again....an opinion.

I'll actually be with my husband, who's also Brazilian. We've been to Argentina twice already, as tourits, don't know if this information can be relevant for them. I've been thinking about saying i'm gonna stay a month (in case they ask it)

 

[Caribbean Cool]

I'll actually be with my husband, who's also Brazilian. We've been to Argentina twice already, as tourits, don't know if this information can be relevant for them. I've been thinking about saying i'm gonna stay a month (in case they ask it)

They will ask. Request longer. And be quiet. Get an attorney here.....a real one. A real imigraction attorney.

 

[Lanick]

There’s a free movement opportunity as per Mercosur Agreement. There’s no way not letting you in. It’s a right if you got a clean background. You come in and apply. I think you now can use the egates. If not; nobody will ask you why you’re here.

 

[steveinbsas]

They will ask. Request longer. And be quiet. Get an attorney here.....a real one. A real imigraction attorney.

I don't know if it's different for Mercosur residents than residents of other "visa free" countries, but I don't think that migraciones gives anyone more than a 90 day entry permit which may be extended once for 90 days at the office of migraciones.

This is exactly what I did the first (and only) time I entered Argentina as a tourist. Shortly after my arrival I learned about the DNI and the process of applying for temporary residency. By the time I got the 90 day extension I was already getting the required documents from The USA.

The lawyer that my (one and only) Argentine girlfriend insisted that I use when applying for the visa rentista told me that the extension wasn't necessary. I Ignored the advise.

I finally got the precaria on October 26, ten days before the extension would have expired. Overstaying the tourist permit might not have made any difference, but I'm glad that I did not.

I never used a different lawyer to get temporary residency, just a different girlfriend, and she went to migraciones with me to act as a translator. I researched and learned the required documents on my own and actually wrote the notarized cover letters from a lawyer and a bank officer in the USA to attach to the documents that verified the source and frequency of my passive foriegn income.

These days it seems to be better to use a lawyer, at least for the "visa rentista" as compared to the visa pensionada. I have never spent much time researching the other ones (student or nomad, etc.).

 

[srpez]

I might be mistaken, but I think you're overthinking this. As a Brazilian citizen, you should be able to enter Argentina freely as a tourist and once here immediately apply for the permanent residency under the Argentina-Brazil residency agreement. You'll need your apostilled antecendentes penales from Brazil, but otherwise it looks pretty straight forward. There are a lot of Brazilians in Argentina so you might have luck finding a Brazil-specific group to get firsthand experience from someone who's gone through the process.

 

[Lulu-Kyoko]

Last time I entered, I told them I was staying for six months (180 days). I told them I was "ida y vuelta" all the time for tango.