Obtaining Argentine citizenship

[Bajo_cero2]

Good Afternoon All! I am currently in the process of getting the retirement VISA. There has been a lull in communications with my immigration attorney. The last step completed was getting a bank account open. Does anyone know what I can expect in terms of time to complete this process? Thanks for any and all info!

Ok, get your immigration file in a pdf and see yourself what is going on. Go in person with a pendrive and ask for a vista.

 

[MarshallE]

So I already have the bank account. Do you know what needs to happen next? I do not have the DNI yet?

If this is the rentista visa then you need to start transferring the passive income you declared you receive to Argentina to that bank acct you opened

 

[pinkdalia]

Ok, get your immigration file in a pdf and see yourself what is going on. Go in person with a pendrive and ask for a vista.

OK sounds good, thanks!

 

[Ceviche]

I know people who have received citizenship that already had a DNI, others with a Precaria and others than had no documents at all only the foreign passport (and never applied for any type of residency status, only lived as a tourist for 2 years) and all of them have been receiving citizenship in recent weeks

Sounds like a lie. No one has received citizenship in recent months. everything is pretty dead

 

[MarshallE]

Sounds like a lie. No one has received citizenship in recent months. everything is pretty dead

If you come to the Tuesday Coffee Chats one our own forum members just received citizenship about 2 weeks ago

 

[FrankPintor]

Sounds like a lie. No one has received citizenship in recent months. everything is pretty dead

The SIL and a friend of hers both received citizenship less than a month ago, through the federal courts. The SIL's process took for ever, I'm thinking around 4 years or so, with delays for no obvious reason.

 

[xaxage]

Sure, and get deported while waiting. You are missing the point here: once you applied at Federal Courts, you cannot be deported.

If the goal is not to get deported just do some actions in migraciones and you'll have precaria for months. Few documents for university here and there and you have a tramite that will last forever. Pretty easy and free. Hiring a lawyer with 0 cases of citizenship after May of 2025 for 5k USD isn't a good idea. It's "trust me bro" guarantee.

 

[Ceviche]

The SIL and a friend of hers both received citizenship less than a month ago, through the federal courts. The SIL's process took for ever, I'm thinking around 4 years or so, with delays for no obvious reason.

Maybe they had completed majority of the process, i would say 90% of it before the decree and only small paper work was pending. Congrats to them

 

[Ceviche]

If the goal is not to get deported just do some actions in migraciones and you'll have precaria for months. Few documents for university here and there and you have a tramite that will last forever. Pretty easy and free. Hiring a lawyer with 0 cases of citizenship after May of 2025 for 5k USD isn't a good idea. It's "trust me bro" guarantee.

Bajo_cero is a highly respected citizenship lawyer active since 2008 on this matter. He is not the most likable man. I agree on that. But he gets the work done on citizenship matters. Most of the other active citizenship lawyers in 2026, copy and paste what he has done 10 yrs before on the subject and use his "juriprudence" to make the case of their client stronger. Bajo_cero continuously makes enemies cos of the way he handles matters in a BOLD way ; and i heard his matricula was suspended for some issues . Not 100% sure.

 

[Mary_T]

Ok, get your immigration file in a pdf and see yourself what is going on. Go in person with a pendrive and ask for a vista.

Any experience with the pronto despacho this year? I'm on my 3rd precaria, pronto despacho submitted before the Easter break.
I'm very much looking forward to any outcome. But after reading about current mess in the Immigration, I'm wondering if it usually gets a decision or just drags on?