Steve you rock it! Thanks so much for such a thorough and detailed answer. Been reading your comments a lot, you should found your own agency
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You are most welcome!
I would never found an agency to provide immigration services and that is because I don't think anyone should have to pay to have a "professional" do something for them that they should be able to do on their own.
The investor visa is likely an exception and likely requires the services of a lawyer an/or an accountant, and I am neither.
In 2006 my Argentine girlfriend insisted that I use (pay) her lawyer to apply for the visa rentista.
I soon realized there was nothing he could do for me that I couldn't do for myself, especially getting the required doccuments from the USA, having them receive the Apostille, and sent to me in Argentina where I could find a translator on my own.
Even without speaking much Spanish, it was not difficult to get the Argentine criminal report on my own, either.
I did ask a woman from Uruguay who spoke English to go to migraciones with me when I submitted the required docs.
She did most of the talking and I only had to answer "yes" when she asked me if I understood that I had to return the next day with ATM receipts in order to "prove" that I had access to my "passive monthly income" in my US bank.
She also went to migraciones with me for the first two renewals of my temporary residency in 2007 and 2008.
In 2009 I was confident enough to go to migraciones on my own to ask for the cambio de catagoria from temporay to permanent residency, but I have to add that the wife of another expat was also very helpful, caling migraciones a number of times to find out when my permanent residency had been granted and when I should return to receive a certificate to take to the Registro to have the change recorded in my DNI booklet.
I haven't seen the woman who helped me go to migraciones from 2006 to 2008 since 2008, but I can still contact her to find out if she is avialblle to do the same for other expats. I think she has done so for about ten of us so far. I knew three of them personaly, although two of them have since died and I haven't heard from the third in a number of years.
The last time I was in contact with her, earlier this year, the woman from Uruguay was charging $150 USD for one trip to migraciones and $75 USD for a second trip,if necessary. She only provides the translation service and does not review the docs. It is up to the expat applying for residency to take care of that. I have never asked for a percentage of her fee and I have never asked for or received any form of payment for anything I have posted in this forum
I do not think I’ll have 24k on hand at the moment so I was hoping there would be some loopholes to check.
Ironically, the loophole is actually in the Argentine constitution which acknowledges the right of the individaul who so desires, to live and work in Argentina.
I’m trying to get the most updated information for the digital nomad visa. Rumors say they want to extend it to two years so that could lead to the citizenship, right? I think I have nothing left but to monitor the situation and wait.
If I understand correctly, the digital nomad visa will still be a touirst visa. it won't come with a temporay resident DNI and it won't be able to be upgraded to permanent residency,
The two year requirement for citizenship is about a physical presence in the country, not your status with migraciones.
If I wanted Argentine ciitizenship and I was earning money on line, knowing I would not qualify for the visa rentista, I still would not apply for the nomad visa.
I would apply for citizenship as soon as possible after arriving in Argentina. provided I was able to pay a lawyer like Bajo_cero2 $6000 up front to start the process.
There may be other lawyers who could do the same as Bajo_cero2, but I am not aware of their identities. I do not want and will never accept any compensation from him or any other professional for suggesting that other expats contact them and consider using thier services and actually do so.
