Police At My Door

[Pensador]

I think she is right but I will wait for the DNI it is right around corner perhaps it will be a benefit. I spent allot of years here before married but was unaware of this shame on me.

 

[Ceviche]

its appreciable how you are taking care of your mother in law . You are a dream son-in-law.

 

[Pensador]

Since immigration doesn't have the power to grant citizenship, they might not be in a position to know if the claim that you can apply for citizenship if you are "in country" one day in each of two years prior to applying for citizenship is accurate.

The only way to be certain about the requirements for citizenship is to go to the federal court that has jurisdiction where you live and ask them as the requirements can vary slightly from one court to another.

PS: I think Sarafina is correct. You should be able to apply for citizenship immediately, perhaps without renewing your permanent residency, but that will be up to the court!

PS2: Since it looks like you will soon have your permanent residency reinstated and a new DNI, it might be "better" to wait to apply for citizenship until you have the new DNI in hand, but it won't hurt to go to the court now and ask.

PS3: For those who might be considering citizenship and are not married, the two year residency requirement might have started the first day you ever set foot on Argentine soil. Two years continuous physical presence is apparently not required,

Truth is after so many years down here I just do not even see myself fitting in anywhere else. I might as well be one of those Latins Americans think are so low. If I ever do go back I will just blather Spanish in their faces all time and watch them act like racists.

 

[steveinbsas]

I think she is right but I will wait for the DNI it is right around corner perhaps it will be a benefit. I spent allot of years here before married but was unaware of this shame on me.

There's no reason to blame yourself (or feel any shame) for not knowing about the requirement to be in Argentina once every two years to maintain permanent residency (if that's what you were referring to).

I've been in Argentina for eleven and a half years and I've had permanent residency for seven years.

I only learned about the "once every two years requirement" to maintain permanent residency in the past year when someone posted about it in this forum.

You should be very proud of your Argentine family and the fact that they are as happy that you are a part of it as you are.

PS: If you were referring to not knowing about being able to obtain citizenship as a result of being married to an Argentine, that information was first published here several years ago, but you were in Uruguay at the time and appeared be happy enough to stay there.That was obviously before your mother-in-law required the care you and your wife are providing and, if I remember correctly, before the crime rate increased dramatically in Uruguay.

 

[Pensador]

Good stuff to know thanks Serafina and Steve good stuff makes life allot easier.

 

[Bajo_cero2]

As I explained some weeks ago when many people was very aggresive with me, they check your address because they threat foreiners as criminals and the procedure they us is the same that for releases. If you are not there they made the arrest order right away and as soon as they arrest you they deport you before the 60 days.

 

[Bajo_cero2]

The DNU 70/2017 did not changed the requirements for spounse.

 

[Pensador]

The entire experience was very peaceful they just wanted my passport and the DNI numbers of the people that live here what seemed like a fairly simple verification process. I see no issue with any of that really I am glad they are making an effort to put the trash out it is about time. Besides I am not a burden to Argentina I am clearly an asset. And if they do give me and BS I will just go back URU. However it was unexpected would have been nice of them to make an appointment but I guess the surprise is part the check perhaps. My wife handled most of it and was clearly in the know. But I am heading the citizenship path based on my wife immediately no need to play the immigration game as I have checked this all out it should work no issues. Just a matter of time. And in the mean time a DNI will not hurt I am documented to the teeth most of which from getting married and have new FBI and URU criminal records both of which are clean.

Oh the officer actually told us this was an immigration check etc. Looking back with the info I have I did not even need to go to immigration I should have just gone to a judge 7 years ago after I got married. Of well live and learn and thank God for forums like this.

 

[Bajo_cero2]

The police is nice because they do understand that you are not a criminal and they also understands how absurd it is.

However, here you are wrong. The director of the lawyers deppartment if the DNM confessed to a judge in written that the DNU is not for criminals, only honest people.

 

[Pensador]

Hmm interesting indeed.

https://www.cels.org.ar/web/en/2017/03/audiencia-en-la-cidh-el-estado-no-pudo-justificar-el-dnu-de-migrantes/