The whole journey
Rule tracker
Most of what you will read online about moving to Argentina was written before May 2025. Since then the country has rewritten who can stay, for how long, and how citizenship works, and the courts are still deciding parts of it. We keep one page that tracks it.
See what changedThe process
Residency routes
Which route fits depends on where your money comes from, your family ties and your passport. The Route Finder asks and shows the ones you may fit.
For people who live on income from property, investments or a company they own. Not for a salary or freelance work.
For retirees who receive a regular, permanent pension from a government, an international organisation or a private company.
For the spouse, parent or child of an Argentine, and for close family of a temporary or permanent resident of Argentina.
For people enrolled in formal study at a school, university or other institution that is registered with Migraciones.
For people hired as employees by an employer in Argentina. The employer leads this route, and we do not run it.
For nationals of the Mercosur countries and associated states that Migraciones lists. No income test and no sponsor.
For remote workers whose clients or employers are abroad, and whose passport needs no tourist visa. A short stay only: no ID card and no path to permanent residence.
How it works
A few questions, about three minutes. You see the residency routes you may fit and what each one takes.
We tell you which documents to order, in what order, and how to get each one ready where you live.
We walk you through the online filing step by step, using the screen and button names Migraciones publishes. You press submit.
We remind you before your certificate expires, before your renewal window opens and before you have been abroad too long.
What a step looks like
Find your route
Where does your money come from?
Several routes depend on the kind of income you have, not only the amount.
What you can hold us to
Every route, walkthrough and checklist is free to read. Government fees go to Migraciones, and translators and lawyers are paid directly, never through us.
Message us whenever you are stuck, and you will hear back within one business day.
Each rule on the site shows the date it was last checked and links its source.
We can't promise an approval or a date. Migraciones decides both. Anyone who promises them is guessing.
Where to live
What a flat costs, what the climate is like and what the hospital rules mean for a newcomer. Each guide shows when we checked it and links its sources.
Long-term flats are hard to find in Bariloche. What flats cost, the best months to look, how agencies work, the winters, and what the research does not cover.
Where furnished lets cluster, what a flat costs barrio by barrio, how to get around, and what the city's safety record and hospital rules mean for a newcomer.
What one person spends in Córdoba compared with Buenos Aires, what a flat costs, how hot the summers get, and what the crime and hospital figures say.
What one person spends in Mendoza compared with Buenos Aires, what a flat costs, what the dry climate is like, and why health cover matters more here than in some provinces.
After the paperwork
Honest guides to what it costs, where to live, how the paperwork works and how to fit in. No sign-up needed.
Explore the libraryThere is no Spanish test for residency. You will want it for everything else. Start with the words for Migraciones, the bank and your landlord.
Start learningBefore you start
The questions people ask first. For anything else, ask the guide on any page or message us.
Message us. We reply within one business day.