Unión Civil Convivencial & Permanent Residency Requirements

[ramenlove]

Hi whattodo,

I've been following this post for a while, as I am in quite a similar situation as you (currently overstaying my tourist visa and preparing to apply for residencia through a union convivencial with my Argentine partner).

I was wondering if you could give an update on if you were able to submit all your documents and receive a precaria in time for your trip out of the country? I am not under quite as much time pressure as you (trip to Europe planned in early August), but I am very anxious about the possibility of things taking longer than expected and me not being able to receive the precaria before I leave.

Many thanks in advance!

 

[whattodo]

Hi whattodo,

I've been following this post for a while, as I am in quite a similar situation as you (currently overstaying my tourist visa and preparing to apply for residencia through a union convivencial with my Argentine partner).

I was wondering if you could give an update on if you were able to submit all your documents and receive a precaria in time for your trip out of the country? I am not under quite as much time pressure as you (trip to Europe planned in early August), but I am very anxious about the possibility of things taking longer than expected and me not being able to receive the precaria before I leave.

Many thanks in advance!

Hello!

Yes, I was thankfully able to do so - the process has been much quicker than I anticipated up until now. Once you upload the documents to RADEX, you'll get your appointment with Migraciones within the week. Then, within 48h of that appt, you'll get your precaria visa - valid for three months.

The Argentine criminal record and proof of address are incredibly simple to get, and both of those can be done in just a couple of hours. The problem is getting your background check from your home country, and getting it shipped out asap.

Any questions in particular, please feel free to ask!

 

[ramenlove]

Thanks so much for your reply! It's very encouraging to hear that once you've gathered all the necessary documents, the process is quick and straightforward.

The problem is getting your background check from your home country, and getting it shipped out asap.

Yes, I'm definitely glad that is the first thing I got the ball rolling on. As it stands, I will probably receive my apostilled background check from Germany as the last piece of the puzzle.

Any questions in particular, please feel free to ask!

I do have some questions that I'd be glad to hear your perspective on:

1. For your Certificado de Domicilio, did your partner act as one of your witnesses? Since the stipulation is that they can't be relatives, I'm unsure if having my partner act as my witness will invalidate the certificate, even if we aren't (legal) relatives at the moment.

2. Were you at any point advised to not leave the country on your precaria? When I asked an employee at migraciones she told me there would be no problem leaving and re-entering the country on my precaria without compromising the process, but the prevailing wisdom on this forum seems to be that you might risk your application for residencia being denied on the grounds that you're out of the country. I'm curious if you were told about this in any official capacity during this process.

3. This might be a long shot, but I'm having a very annoying technical issue with the miBA platform, specifically with confirming my details so I can generate an "expediente" in order to reserve an appointment for the Certificado de Domicilio (whew, exhausting just to type that out!). Did you run into this issue at all, or were you able to make an appointment with no problems online? Sadly the support has been no help so far and I might just go in person and hope they'll give me an appointment that way.

Thank you so much in advance!

 

[whattodo]

Thanks so much for your reply! It's very encouraging to hear that once you've gathered all the necessary documents, the process is quick and straightforward.


Yes, I'm definitely glad that is the first thing I got the ball rolling on. As it stands, I will probably receive my apostilled background check from Germany as the last piece of the puzzle.



I do have some questions that I'd be glad to hear your perspective on:

1. For your Certificado de Domicilio, did your partner act as one of your witnesses? Since the stipulation is that they can't be relatives, I'm unsure if having my partner act as my witness will invalidate the certificate, even if we aren't (legal) relatives at the moment.

2. Were you at any point advised to not leave the country on your precaria? When I asked an employee at migraciones she told me there would be no problem leaving and re-entering the country on my precaria without compromising the process, but the prevailing wisdom on this forum seems to be that you might risk your application for residencia being denied on the grounds that you're out of the country. I'm curious if you were told about this in any official capacity during this process.

3. This might be a long shot, but I'm having a very annoying technical issue with the miBA platform, specifically with confirming my details so I can generate an "expediente" in order to reserve an appointment for the Certificado de Domicilio (whew, exhausting just to type that out!). Did you run into this issue at all, or were you able to make an appointment with no problems online? Sadly the support has been no help so far and I might just go in person and hope they'll give me an appointment that way.

Thank you so much in advance!

No worries, happy to help!

1. So I had this issue too, and basically you don't need to get the certificate this way. Instead, you just go to the comisaria closest to your apartment, armed with your passport and rental document (ideally). Tell them you want the certificado, and they will give you a small piece of paper which is what you are after. I have heard that some police officers will want to actually come to your apartment to check, but my experience was that they give you this paper (certificado de domicilio) on the spot, upon provision of your passport and proof of address.

2. No, I wasn't advised that at any point. I understood that you must be in the country when your precaria is due to expire, and that is all. Indeed, I told Migraciones (after a very short delay) that I needed the precaria asap as I was going to travel. Moreover, when I left AEP I was told by the customs official to simply show my precaria on my return, and to make sure that I was back before its expiry date. The precaria itself also makes zero reference to needing to stay within the country, and rather it says that you are allowed to come, go, work etc., as you please.

3. See point #1. I also had this exact same issue and phoned support, who couldn't figure out this issue. But, again, you needn't in fact do this and rather just need to follow the - much simpler - steps in point #1.

I hope that's clear. Anything else, again, just ask!

 

[ramenlove]

1. I see, that does sound way easier than what it says on the page. I guess the only road bump would be that my name is not on our rental documents (my partner rented our apartment entirely in their name), but maybe I can still work something out if I bring my partner along to testify that I live in "their" aparment.

2. Great, that's exactly what I was hoping for! I should have no problem being back before the precaria expires, thankfully.

 

[whattodo]

1. I see, that does sound way easier than what it says on the page. I guess the only road bump would be that my name is not on our rental documents (my partner rented our apartment entirely in their name), but maybe I can still work something out if I bring my partner along to testify that I live in "their" aparment.

2. Great, that's exactly what I was hoping for! I should have no problem being back before the precaria expires, thankfully.

Yes I’m sure that would be fine, I doubt you’re the first person to have that issue!

 

[ramenlove]

Hi, I'm back with a quick update and another question!

First off, getting the certificado de domicilio worked exactly as you described – we waited about 10 minutes in our nearest police station until an officer filled out the little slip for us. She barely glanced at our rental contract and didn't check to verify that my name was even on it, so that went over way smoother than I was anticipating.

Now for my question: Having collected all the required documents and checked the list again, I still have a tentative question mark about the requirement of "ingreso regular". At our informational appointment at Migraciones, the agent told us this referred simply to entering the country through border control, having your passport examined and your entry into the country recorded ("ingresar al país en manera regular" is what I believe she said). However, scanning through threads here it seems that people assume (as I did) that it refers to proving a regular source of income. Did your experience clear this up? Did you submit any bank statements/pay slips during your application?

As always, thanks in advance!

 

[juls2208]

Hi @ramenlove,

I had the same experience getting the certificado de domicilio, it was very straightforward. I think it depends on the police station however.

Ingreso regular refers to having entered Argentina legally in my opinion. I was never asked to submit any financial information in my application process.

My application is still being processed and went to intimado on July 7, 2025. They saw that my passport number had been entered incorrectly on my certificado de antecedentes criminales argentinos and asked me to get a new certificate. I got one yesterday and submitted it online. Hopefully it gets to resuelto soon!

 

[ramenlove]

Hi @ramenlove,

I had the same experience getting the certificado de domicilio, it was very straightforward. I think it depends on the police station however.

Ingreso regular refers to having entered Argentina legally in my opinion. I was never asked to submit any financial information in my application process.

My application is still being processed and went to intimado on July 7, 2025. They saw that my passport number had been entered incorrectly on my certificado de antecedentes criminales argentinos and asked me to get a new certificate. I got one yesterday and submitted it online. Hopefully it gets to resuelto soon!

Thank you so much for your response, that is very reassuring!

And funny you should say that, the exact same thing happened with my certificado de antecedentes penales – the person who filled it out left out a digit of my passport number. Luckily I caught it right away and was able to get a revised version. Hoping you'll be able to finish the process soon!

 

[ramenlove]

Another update and more questions from me:

We had our meeting today and obtained the acta de la audiencia – so far, so good.

When we went to upload the documents to Radex however, we had a bit of a nasty shock: the option for "spouse of an Argentinian citizen" said "Residencia Temporaria". Looking back at the .gob.ar site, there is no mention of the Unión Civil Convivencial anymore, although there definitely used to be (Internet archive snapshot from May). The site for reunificación familiar mentions only a marriage certificate as proof for your relationship with an Argentinian citizen, not the Unión Convivencial.

We are in a bit of a tailspin at the moment. When we started this process in May, we were assured from all sides that I'd be able to obtain residency this way. We can't find any announcement from the government about these changes – of course we were aware that regulations were going to be tightened, but the changes mentioned didn't seem to apply to our situation.

Did any of you experience anything similar or know of any changes? From your accounts I got the impression I would be asked to upload documents to Radex, but I only had to fill out the form and pay. I am panicking about the possibility that we missed some sort of unannounced cut-off and will now be unable to obtain residency for me.