To become an Argentine citizen or to not?

[yoga*bird]

What say you guys? I have been living here for 6 years, I have my DNI, both my son and husband are bi-nationals (Argentine + another citizenship)...

I went down to the court and got the papers so I know what I have to provide.

Who has done this?
How long did it take and what were some of the most time consuming points?

Any advice would help so I can decide if I should go for it or not.

Thanks

 

[French jurist]

You can check Steve's thread.

I will too ask for Argentinean citizenship this year (I might open a thread too).

Aside of the technical aspects, I think that, in order to embrace a second citizenship (I'll always be French but I can also be Argentinean like you can have two Loves in your life), you need too to be sincere with yourself.

It seems it doesn't take long.

 

[Postmodernchild]

Congrats on the decision! As Senior French says, we can always have two loves..and some of us more!

 

[Liam3494]

Congrats on the decision! As Senior French says, we can always have two loves..and some of us more!

Oh yes.... ???

 

[sketchyblueeyes]

My boyfriend has been in the process of trying to get his citizenship for over a year now and it has still not been successful. Both his parents were born and raised in argentina, his little sister was born in the USA but has citizenship because of his parents' diplomatic status at the time. All of his cousins that don't live here in argetnina have dual canadian/argentine citizenship because they were either born here or their parents did the steps when they were babies. He is the only family member still without argentine citizenship, and has spent literally the entire last year visiting various government offices on a weekly basis. Its supposed to come through this month. neither of us are very optimistic about that.

So - to become an argentine citizen, i would say YES! It seems like a good passport to hold for traveling in south america, and its rarely a bad thing to have more than one passport. I would recommend you have a) a lawyer and b) patience.

 

[marksoc]

I have three. When I get my four one (which country wants me more? I accept offers) maybe I will offer my services to some secret service or wikileaks prone embassy.

Congratulations on your future Argie DNI, now you must choose a futbol team, a meat cut, and drink mate every morning.

 

[Roxana]

Permanent residency allows you to vote for local an provincial elections. Citizenship will let you vote for the president of the country!!

 

[Bajo_cero2]

My boyfriend has been in the process of trying to get his citizenship for over a year now and it has still not been successful. Both his parents were born and raised in argentina, his little sister was born in the USA but has citizenship because of his parents' diplomatic status at the time. All of his cousins that don't live here in argetnina have dual canadian/argentine citizenship because they were either born here or their parents did the steps when they were babies. He is the only family member still without argentine citizenship, and has spent literally the entire last year visiting various government offices on a weekly basis. Its supposed to come through this month. neither of us are very optimistic about that.

So - to become an argentine citizen, i would say YES! It seems like a good passport to hold for traveling in south america, and its rarely a bad thing to have more than one passport. I would recommend you have a) a lawyer and b) patience.

May you please send me a PM telling me which judge has his case. I am a local attorney and I am litigating citizenship for illegals. When the case is too slow, you can ask the chamber to order the judge to enact a sentence. Regards

 

[Bajo_cero2]

What say you guys? I have been living here for 6 years, I have my DNI, both my son and husband are bi-nationals (Argentine + another citizenship)...

I went down to the court and got the papers so I know what I have to provide.

Who has done this?
How long did it take and what were some of the most time consuming points?

Any advice would help so I can decide if I should go for it or not.

Thanks

Hi, can you please scan the requirements that they provided you and to send them to my e mail please?

The procedure takes between 8 months up to 5 years depending on the judge. Normally is one year but there are some judges who agree with the last dictator Videla and they try to do it as difficult as possible. Here in Capital Federal only 1 of the 10 judges I have cases with is like that. If you are alone you are in troubles, anyway it is possible to force the judge to enact sentence right on time through an specialized attorney.

The main issue usually is regarding the honest way of leaving.If he works in blanco there are no problems. However, I just won a leading case at the chamber where they said that trabajo en negro (to work under the table) is an honest way of living.

Any question, just feel free to PM me.
Regards

 

[Napoleon]

My boyfriend has been in the process of trying to get his citizenship for over a year now and it has still not been successful. Both his parents were born and raised in argentina, his little sister was born in the USA but has citizenship because of his parents' diplomatic status at the time. All of his cousins that don't live here in argetnina have dual canadian/argentine citizenship because they were either born here or their parents did the steps when they were babies. He is the only family member still without argentine citizenship, and has spent literally the entire last year visiting various government offices on a weekly basis. Its supposed to come through this month. neither of us are very optimistic about that.

So - to become an argentine citizen, i would say YES! It seems like a good passport to hold for traveling in south america, and its rarely a bad thing to have more than one passport. I would recommend you have a) a lawyer and b) patience.

May you please send me a PM telling me which judge has his case. I am a local attorney and I am litigating citizenship for illegals. When the case is too slow, you can ask the chamber to order the judge to enact a sentence. Regards

Sketchy Blue Eyes-

I was going to say- "You should contact Bajo Cero." There's absolutely no reason that that should have taken so long. And sometimes it's better to hire a lawyer for either (1) Advise or (2) EVERYTHING, than it is to do it yourself and spend more time (if "time=money") than you would have with a lawyer. AND, it's much less stressful.

Just saying. Some of us are taking that route.