willdbrady
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Just wanted to share a warning for anyone going through the residency process in Argentina, especially if you’re stuck renewing a residencia precaria over and over.
My wife and I have been dealing with my case for about a year now. My precaria has had to be renewed every 90 days, and every time we asked why the permanent/temporary residency process was taking so long, we got a different explanation: there were too many applications, not enough employees, their boss had changed, etc.
We also sent several emails asking what was happening and never got a real answer. The best answer I ever got via email was "ESTIMADO, DEBIDO A LA MODIFICACION DE LA LEY MIGRATORIA Y LAS NUEVAS DIRECTIVAS, ALGUNAS AUN SIN DETERMINAR HUBO IMPORTANTES DEMORAS, SE REMITE EL RECLAMO AL SECTOR CORRESPONDIENTE. ATTE DELEGACION QUILMES".
This week, I finally went to Migraciones in Quilmes with my wife AND my lawyer. My lawyer specifically asked them to check whether every document in my file was actually in the system.
Turns out my marriage certificate was NOT in the system.
The same marriage certificate that I had uploaded/taken a picture of during the RADEX application process and then physically brought with me a year ago, when I first went to Migraciones, so their employees could scan it.
For an entire year, through multiple 90-day renewals and repeated questions about why my case wasn’t moving, nobody told us that one of the documents was missing from their system. I sent emails, I asked in person many times, specifically if all of my documents seemed to be there and in order, if they needed anything else from me. Never got a good answer, until my lawyer asked them specifically for each of the documents.
So my advice to anyone going through this process is: DO NOT assume that because you uploaded a document, handed it to someone, watched them scan it, or were told everything was fine, that it is actually attached to your case. Every single time you go, ask them specifically to check the system and confirm that EVERY document required for your application is there. Go through the list one by one if necessary. Double-check. Triple-check.
You can do everything correctly on your end, hand them every document they ask for, and something can still get lost or fail to make it into the system.
If we hadn’t brought a lawyer and specifically asked them to verify the contents of the file, I honestly don’t know how much longer we would have kept renewing the precaria without anyone telling us what the actual problem was.
Hopefully this saves somebody else months of frustration. I still don't have my temporary residency, but supposedly my lawyer has more confidence that they'll do something about it now. Going on more than a year of waiting just to have temporary residency (and eventually hoping for citizenship and being able to visit my family back home without risking my chance at citizenship.)
My wife and I have been dealing with my case for about a year now. My precaria has had to be renewed every 90 days, and every time we asked why the permanent/temporary residency process was taking so long, we got a different explanation: there were too many applications, not enough employees, their boss had changed, etc.
We also sent several emails asking what was happening and never got a real answer. The best answer I ever got via email was "ESTIMADO, DEBIDO A LA MODIFICACION DE LA LEY MIGRATORIA Y LAS NUEVAS DIRECTIVAS, ALGUNAS AUN SIN DETERMINAR HUBO IMPORTANTES DEMORAS, SE REMITE EL RECLAMO AL SECTOR CORRESPONDIENTE. ATTE DELEGACION QUILMES".
This week, I finally went to Migraciones in Quilmes with my wife AND my lawyer. My lawyer specifically asked them to check whether every document in my file was actually in the system.
Turns out my marriage certificate was NOT in the system.
The same marriage certificate that I had uploaded/taken a picture of during the RADEX application process and then physically brought with me a year ago, when I first went to Migraciones, so their employees could scan it.
For an entire year, through multiple 90-day renewals and repeated questions about why my case wasn’t moving, nobody told us that one of the documents was missing from their system. I sent emails, I asked in person many times, specifically if all of my documents seemed to be there and in order, if they needed anything else from me. Never got a good answer, until my lawyer asked them specifically for each of the documents.
So my advice to anyone going through this process is: DO NOT assume that because you uploaded a document, handed it to someone, watched them scan it, or were told everything was fine, that it is actually attached to your case. Every single time you go, ask them specifically to check the system and confirm that EVERY document required for your application is there. Go through the list one by one if necessary. Double-check. Triple-check.
You can do everything correctly on your end, hand them every document they ask for, and something can still get lost or fail to make it into the system.
If we hadn’t brought a lawyer and specifically asked them to verify the contents of the file, I honestly don’t know how much longer we would have kept renewing the precaria without anyone telling us what the actual problem was.
Hopefully this saves somebody else months of frustration. I still don't have my temporary residency, but supposedly my lawyer has more confidence that they'll do something about it now. Going on more than a year of waiting just to have temporary residency (and eventually hoping for citizenship and being able to visit my family back home without risking my chance at citizenship.)
