Permanent residents

[Dim Witty]

Are those with "permanent resident" status facing any changes?

 

[Che1990]

Are those with "permanent resident" status facing any changes?

No. The only thing that’s changed is that you can’t spend more than a year out of the country. Before, it used to be 2 years.

Oh and if you commit a crime you could get deported.

 

[Dim Witty]

No. The only thing that’s changed is that you can’t spend more than a year out of the country. Before, it used to be 2 years.

Oh and if you commit a crime you could get deported.

Thanks Che!

 

[steveinbsas]

Are those with "permanent resident" status facing any changes?

Prior to the decree, if a permanent resident married another foreigner, It was my understanding that their spouse was then automatically eligible to apply for permanent residency, but now the best they can get is temporary residency for three years and, hopefully then permanent residency.

Nonetheless, it looks like they will be able to apply for citizenship after one year of temporary residency, provided they haven't left the country without permission during the first full year they are in Argentina (married or not) and can recieve citizenship if they don't leave without permission during the second year.

Either way, it means dealing with migraciones more than any permanent resident could possibly desire.

 

[oldgringo]

I have been gone for 15 months and dont plan on returning for another 6 months. I have been working to keep up with the inflation and sending money down to my Argentine wife. Will I have any problem returning? I have been a perm resident for many years and have been going back and forth working in the states . I did not intend to stay this long but my expenses doubled in a very short time as all you living there know

 

[steveinbsas]

...it looks like they will be able to apply for citizenship after one year of temporary residency, provided they haven't left the country without permission during the first full year they are in Argentina (married or not) and can recieve citizenship if they don't leave without permission during the second year.

While a divorce during the first year of the marriage is highly unlikely, when I wrote the post I was considering thr possiblity of the death of the permanent resident, especially if they are already elderly at the time of the marriage, so...

...(married or not) should probably be (provided they are still married, at least when the partner with temporary residency applies for citizenship).

 

[sergio]

No. The only thing that’s changed is that you can’t spend more than a year out of the country. Before, it used to be 2 years.

Oh and if you commit a crime you could get deported.

The one year requirement is a BIG change

 

[steveinbsas]

I have been gone for 15 months and dont plan on returning for another 6 months. I have been working to keep up with the inflation and sending money down to my Argentine wife. Will I have any problem returning? I have been a perm resident for many years and have been going back and forth working in the states . I did not intend to stay this long but my expenses doubled in a very short time as all you living there know

I don't think you will have a problem reentering the country. The question to ask is if you will still be able to enter as a permanent resident without an issue or as a 90 day tourist?

If that happens, and the new rules are strictly applied, will you then have to apply for temporary residency based on your marriage to an Argentine citizen (which would require that you spend at least six months of the year in Argentina?

 

[steveinbsas]

If you are granted entry as a tourist and the new rules are strictly applied, will you then have to apply for temporary residency based on your marriage to an Argentine citizen (which would require that you spend at least six months of the year in Argentina?

Perhaps this would be one example of what Bajo_cero2 meant when he wrote that the new decree will downgrade permanent residents into temporary residents...at least in this case.

 

[steveinbsas]

Perhaps this would be one example of what Bajo_cero2 meant when he wrote that the new decree will downgrade permanent residents into temporary residents...at least in this case.

...if not a tourist.