Renewing tourist visa

[Grant]

I plan to renew my tourist visa so I can stay legally as long as possible. If I renew my 90 day visa ahead of when the initial visa is set to expire, do I lose time on the inital 90 days? Or does 90 days get added to the first 90 days, giving me 180 days? I'm nervous about whether I'll get the renewal, but I need to plan ahead about where to stay, etc.

 

[vgba]

When I extended mine in Córdoba in 2022, they added an additional 90 days from the expiry date of the original visa. But this is just my experience and 3 years old.

 

[devilclam]

I plan to renew my tourist visa so I can stay legally as long as possible. If I renew my 90 day visa ahead of when the initial visa is set to expire, do I lose time on the inital 90 days? Or does 90 days get added to the first 90 days, giving me 180 days? I'm nervous about whether I'll get the renewal, but I need to plan ahead about where to stay, etc.

Are you talking about at migraciones or by exiting and re-entering?

Anytime I've exited pre-90 day expiration I just start back at zero when I re-enter. I believe the extension also added 90 days from the time of renewal. For example, if I renewed 4 days before it expired, I didn't get 94 days, I got 90. If I remember correctly, they aren't big fans of you extending your tourist visa more than about 7-10 days before it expires. Don't quote me on that though.

 

[cherepaxa]

You do, but you have to go to Migraciones 10 days before your original visa expires. But why would you want to extend it in the first place?

 

[AdrianB]

Well if you plan to stay for 90-180 days it makes sense to extend it so you don't have to pay the fine, extension was like 4k pesos when I did it at the start of 2024.

 

[mageesa]

You can pay for the extension in Migraciones downtown. Maybe you lose a couple of days, I think I did one time.

Or you can pay the overstay fine at Jorge Newberry airport in Palermo if you're too paranoid to do it at EZE day of travel (I'm overly cautious about this stuff because I spent a miserable night in Newark airport due to unexpected traffic. Nunca mas!). That way you can stroll by the river and get a tasty bondiola sandwich before you return to civilization.

 

[Grant]

You do, but you have to go to Migraciones 10 days before your original visa expires. But why would you want to extend it in the first place?

I'm not sure why you're asking why I would want to extend my tourist visa. Are you suggesting that there's a better way to approach the situation? Like overstaying, or leaving the country and returning? Please explain. Thanks

 

[Grant]

Well if you plan to stay for 90-180 days it makes sense to extend it so you don't have to pay the fine, extension was like 4k pesos when I did it at the start of 2024.

Thanks for this. When you did your extension, did you have to provide lots of data, like income/money where you're going to stay, return ticket?

 

[julia_en_ruta]

Thanks for this. When you did your extension, did you have to provide lots of data, like income/money where you're going to stay, return ticket?

It's just your passport and the fee.

 

[Grant]

That's a relief. Chatgpt had me nervous