Reciprocity fee?

[va2ba]

I am going to have to make a run to Colonia later this month and I am wondering about this $131-per-person reciprocity fee that Americans must pay to enter the country. I know that this is supposed to be a one time fee, but I did not pay it last time because it went in effect after I arrived in November.

Has anyone had to pay this fee when coming back from Colonia?

 

[hepdoll]

I'm like you - I arrived in September 2009 and I haven't yet paid the reciprocity fee. I've been to Colonia twice since I got here and they've never asked me to pay the fee. (I don't think it matters, but I went once via Buquebus and once via Seacat. That time, the Seacat boat broke down before launch so we actually took a Buquebus boat that time, too.

Enjoy your trip! Colonia's a lovely place to spend a day away from the big city.

 

[mini]

AFAIK, it's still only collected at the airport.

 

[ssr]

AFAIK, it's still only collected at the airport.

Unless things have changed recently, it's only collected at Ezeiza airport. I flew into Cordoba from Brazil and into Mendoza from Chile a few months ago and didn't have to pay the fee.

 

[Napoleon]

Yep, only at Ezeiza.

US$131.

They say that the visa is for 10 years, but I think that it's really for "UP to 10 years"... or basically as long as you still have that passport. So if it expires in 4 years, then it's good for 4 years. Suerte.

 

[ghost]

OK, so you pay the 131$ and get the 10 year "Visa"...........does that mean that you don't have to renew every 90 days. I doubt it.

 

[gunt86]

OK, so you pay the 131$ and get the 10 year "Visa"...........does that mean that you don't have to renew every 90 days. I doubt it.

Be very clear about this...the $131 fee is NOT for a visa. The stamp in your passport as a result of paying the reciprocity fee is NOT a visa.

If you enter on a tourist visa, you are legally allowed in the country for 90 days. The reciprocity fee has NOTHING to due with that. It is just an extra fee to levy on US citizens (and Canadians and Aussies) who enter Argentina on a tourist visa because the Argentine tourist visa is free for citizens of any country who qualify.

If you enter Argentina on a visa other than a tourist visa, a visa for which there is a fee, such as a rentista visa, then the reciprocity fee does not apply.

 

[davonz]

It is just a pay back fee, because the govs of AU, US. CDN do the same thing to argentines..