Two days ago, on this thread, jedard made the following post:
hello friend,
just a short line to ask you to email me at
[email protected]
if you would like some very honest and update info on retiring to Argentina"
This afternoon, jedard stated a new thread in the "services offered" topic and wrote:"To really enjoy Argentina you should have all the proper documents.
This
includes ( but is not all inclusive ) a permanent or temporay visa.
Your DNI, a CUIL and some papers that can show you have been
paying water, heat or phone.
Mr. Gabriel Celano can obtain these for you without any hassels. If you already have a Visa he can get your DNI in 40 days.
He is an excellent lawyer and speaks english very well doing business here in in the USA.
I
am recommending him because I was sent to him after others took me for
a ride financially and mentally. He got mine in just 38 days.
Please call him at Cell 15 4400 9278 or Office 4342 9433 in BA
or visit his office at 634 Belgrano , 2nd flr A y B
joe dennie"
This post under the "services offered" may not be read by many, but I wanted those following this thread to see it, especially since jedard asked choklit to contact him privately for some "very honest" info. I think its important for those who want to get a DNI to know as much about the reality of process as possible.
Here is my reply to jedard's post:
If you already have your visa you are required by law to apply for
your DNI within 30 days, but you certainly don't need the services of a
lawyer. All you need to do is take "legalized" copies of your passport
and birth certificate (with the seal of the apostille, translated into
Spanish by an "official" translator, and notarized by an escribano).
You will need both of these to get the visa, so just make sure to have
two copies made at that time. For the DNI, you also need a cetificado
de domicilo which costs 10 pesos. To get the latter, simply take your
passport and ask for the certificado at the nearest comisaria (police
station). This is routine. Someone from the comisaria will come to your
residence the next day (in the order that the list was created the
previous day) and give you the paper. When you go to request the
certificate of residence, it helps if you have any piece of mail with
your name at that address, a copy of any of the immigration papers (if
it shows the address), a short term rental contract, or even a facutra
(receipt) from a store with your name and address (automatic if you buy
even the cheapest item at Garbarino or Fravega using a credit card). I
had an Omint Health insurance bill with my name and the address, but no
utility bills of any kind (phone, water, gas, etc).
Once you
have the certificado de domicilio, go to the regristro de las personas
on 25 de mayo with your passport, the original "visa" (with two
photocopies of it), and the "legalized/translated" copies of the birth
certicicate and passport and apply for your DNI. Go early. You will be
directed from one "sector" to the next and your documents will be
checked and rechecked. Then you will pay 15 pesos and then you will
wait to have your fingerprints taken. (If you don't already have the
two small color photos you can get them at this point. I advise you
wait and get the photos there as they like to have you pose at an
angle, looking upward to the left.)
Then they will give you a
receipt and tell you when to return to pick up the DNI. I was told to
return in 90 days (later in the day). I was able to travel abroad in
the interim with just the original "visa" paper from immigration. The
DNI was waiting for me when I returned 90 days later. There was no
reason to pay a lawyer and no reason to have the DNI any sooner than it
was ready. You don't need a CUIL if you have a visa rentista or
pensionista and are not working (temporary residents do not pay taxes on
foreign income and don't need to file with AFIP). I did get the CDI
from AFIP to buy an apartment. That took less than an hour (arriving
before they unlocked the doors) and I also did it alone, speaking a
minimum of Spanish. You need the certificado de residencia (hotel or temporary apartment OK) for this as well.
