Rentista/Pensionado Visa

[rdcooper]

What is the minimum amount of money you have to deposit in an Argentine bank account for the Rentista/Pensionado Visa? I'm being told $2,000 dollars, with another source stating around $1340 depending on the exchange rate fluctuation. I'd rather deposit the minimum given the high inflation and the loss of currency value. Also, does anyone know of a bank that doesn't charge a receiving fee?

 

[Alby]

Santander seems to charge me nothing at all. At the moment. I did a pension deposit yesterday, calculating US$1,350 to be a safe amount given the minimum wage for the month of February (346,800 pesos) and the current peso to US$ exchange rate.

 

[SlowWalker]

Here is the link to the site with the updated minimum salary, currently at 346,800 ARS, so 5x it is 1,734,000

Website with minimum salary

You have to deposit monthly, but you don't necessarily have to exchange it on deposit.
You can also transfer more and maintain a balance in USD so you are not impacted by devaluation etc. and its more accessible for exchange when needed.

 

[steveinbsas]

What is the minimum amount of money you have to deposit in an Argentine bank account for the Rentista/Pensionado Visa? I'm being told $2,000 dollars, with another source stating around $1340 depending on the exchange rate fluctuation. I'd rather deposit the minimum given the high inflation and the loss of currency value. Also, does anyone know of a bank that doesn't charge a receiving fee?

$2000 USD became the unofficial "monthly income requirement" in USD for the Rentista/Pensionado Visa when migraciones increased the official monthly income requirement from $8.000 to $30.000. At the time, the official exchange rate was $15 pesos to one dollar. The math speaks for itself.

If the current income requirement is five x the salario mínimo, vital, y movil, which is presently $352.400, which would make the current monthly amount to transfer in dollars at the official rate equal to (or slightly more than) $17.620.000.

 

[SlowWalker]

$2000 USD became the unofficial "monthly income requirement" in USD for the Rentista/Pensionado Visa when migraciones increased the official monthly income requirement from $8.000 to $30.000. At the time, the official exchange rate was $15 pesos to one dollar. The math speaks for itself.

If the current income requirement is five x the salario mínimo, vital, y movil, which is presently $352.400, which would make the current monthly amount to transfer in dollars at the official rate equal to (or slightly more than) $17.620.000.

I think the $352,400 you quoted is the minimum for March 2026.
The minimum for February 2026 is $346,800.
I have included a snip from the government website below.

This is the link to the government website Government Website - Minimum Salary

 

[Milton]

What is the minimum amount of money you have to deposit in an Argentine bank account for the Rentista/Pensionado Visa? I'm being told $2,000 dollars, with another source stating around $1340 depending on the exchange rate fluctuation. I'd rather deposit the minimum given the high inflation and the loss of currency value. Also, does anyone know of a bank that doesn't charge a receiving fee?

For the rentista I was advised to deposit $2,500 per month. You could also do every 2 months but usually not anymore time in between as they want to see regular consistent income that covers everything.

I was specifically advised to deposit more than the bare minimum 5x salary as this will be looked at less favourably and especially if wages continue to rise here as the economy readjusts.

You dont have to worry about inflation as you can wire dollars directly to a Santander (and likely all other major banks) and just trade to dollar mep when you need pesos.

 

[SlowWalker]

For the rentista I was advised to deposit $2,500 per month. You could also do every 2 months but usually not anymore time in between as they want to see regular consistent income that covers everything.

I was specifically advised to deposit more than the bare minimum 5x salary as this will be looked at less favourably and especially if wages continue to rise here as the economy readjusts.

You dont have to worry about inflation as you can wire dollars directly to a Santander (and likely all other major banks) and just trade to dollar mep when you need Ifpesos.

If you are doing it every 2 months, I would suggest increasing to meet the new minimum x 2 which is slightly above $2500 now.

I think they just want to make sure you are not a burden on the state.

 

[Milton]

If you are doing it every 2 months, I would suggest increasing to meet the new minimum x 2 which is slightly above $2500 now.

I think they just want to make sure you are not a burden on the state.

Yes sorry I didnt make it clear. You should do $2,500 per month but you can do a transfer every 2 months but ofcourse for $5,000 in that case.

The minimum per month should be $2,500 to avoid ay scrutiny

 

[SlowWalker]

Yes sorry I didnt make it clear. You should do $2,500 per month but you can do a transfer every 2 months but ofcourse for $5,000 in that case.

The minimum per month should be $2,500 to avoid ay scrutiny

I'm not sure that is great advice. The required transfer amount is 5x the minimum salary, which for February is 346,800 ARS. So 5 x 346,800 ARS = 1,734,000 ARS = $1229 USD (at 1410). I am not sure why you are recommending nearly double the required amount. I don't know if your basis for 2 people?

My point was for 1 person, the limit is around 1230 or so, so if its done every 2 months it is 1460. You stated 2500 every 2 months, so that is about 1250 a month. I was suggesting that it gets closed to the limit, especially as the amount increases monthly in ARS but also the official exchange changes quite a bit (at least this month), so I was just suggesting to keep that in mind.

Obviously if you spend more, its not really an issue, but otherwise, I don't think transferring much more than what is required makes a difference. I think the whole point is just to show you are self sufficient and not a burden to the state.

 

[Milton]

I'm not sure that is great advice. The required transfer amount is 5x the minimum salary, which for February is 346,800 ARS. So 5 x 346,800 ARS = 1,734,000 ARS = $1229 USD (at 1410). I am not sure why you are recommending nearly double the required amount. I don't know if your basis for 2 people?

My point was for 1 person, the limit is around 1230 or so, so if its done every 2 months it is 1460. You stated 2500 every 2 months, so that is about 1250 a month. I was suggesting that it gets closed to the limit, especially as the amount increases monthly in ARS but also the official exchange changes quite a bit (at least this month), so I was just suggesting to keep that in mind.

Obviously if you spend more, its not really an issue, but otherwise, I don't think transferring much more than what is required makes a difference. I think the whole point is just to show you are self sufficient and not a burden to the state.

Its for 1 person and its what I was advised by the Immigration services I hired. I think the idea is to have a buffer well above the minimum as to not look like you are just trying to scrape by with the bare minimum and maybe attract more scrutiny to your application, especially as they have tightened a lot up after Milei.

Sorry you must have missed my clarification post above where I explained I meant you can do every 2 months but making up for the missed months wire. E.g 12 x $2,500 or 6 x $5,000 but no less frequently than 2 months.

Personally if you are living in CABA i cant see you getting by on less than $2,000 per month but I guess it depends a lot of personal preferences etc