Work residency: employed by a company in Argentina

You have a job offer from an employer in Argentina. You would be an employee, on the employer's payroll.

The employer leads this route. It must be registered with Migraciones' register of employers who hire foreigners, called RENURE. It must also be registered with ARCA, the tax authority. It signs a pre-contract with you and registers your job. Without those steps on the employer's side, an application cannot meet the test.

We do not run this route. We do not prepare the employer's filings, and we do not file for you. If you have questions about your own case, we can put you in touch with an independent lawyer. You engage and pay the lawyer directly.

If you work remotely for clients or an employer outside Argentina, this is not your route. Read the digital nomad page. If you live on income from investments, read the rentista page. If you are a national of a Mercosur country, also read the Mercosur page: that route has no income or sponsor test.

Migraciones grants this residence to an employee in a registered job. All of these must be in place:

• The employer's registrations. Employer registered with ARCA (ex-AFIP) and in DNM's Registro Único de Requirentes de Extranjeros (RENURE, Disp. DNM 54.618/08).
• A pre-contract with you. Signed by both parties: duties, hours, duration, workplace, salary per the collective agreement, employer CUIT; signatures certified by a notary or a DNM agent.
• Early registration of your job. The employer files an alta temprana (early registration) with ARCA within 30 days of the start of your application. The rule counts calendar days.
• A real job. When work is the stated purpose of your stay, a job offer that is not real is a ground for refusal.

You file the application yourself, online through RADEX, from inside Argentina.

If you are still abroad, there is a second way in. The employer can ask Migraciones for a permiso de ingreso (entry permit). You then apply for a visa at the Argentine consulate that covers where you live.

Migraciones publishes no decision times. We have no estimate for work cases that is sourced well enough to show you.

While your application is decided, Migraciones may issue a precaria (temporary certificate). It is valid for up to 90 days and can be renewed. It lets you stay, leave and re-enter, work and study. It does not mean your application will succeed.

Once granted, residence as an employee lasts 1 year. A renewal can be filed from 60 days before it expires.

You pay government fees yourself, through the payment slips that RADEX generates. They go to the government, never to us. We charge nothing for this route.

• Residence fee: ARS 100,000 (about USD 65 at ARS 1,540 on 6 October 2026). Mercosur nationals pay ARS 50,000 (about USD 32 at ARS 1,540 on 6 October 2026).
• ID card: ARS 20,000 (about USD 13 at ARS 1,540 on 6 October 2026).
• Argentine criminal-record certificate: from ARS 1,000 (about USD 1 at ARS 1,540 on 6 October 2026), depending on how fast you need it.
• Each renewal: ARS 100,000 (about USD 65 at ARS 1,540 on 6 October 2026). Mercosur nationals pay ARS 50,000 (about USD 32 at ARS 1,540 on 6 October 2026).

Translations, apostilles and police certificates cost extra. If you choose to use a lawyer, you pay the lawyer directly.

Temporary residence as an employee, granted 1 year at a time and renewable.

After 3 years of temporary residence you may apply for permanent residence by arraigo. Mercosur nationals may apply after 2 years.

The conditions for permanent residence:

• Sufficient economic means to live in Argentina. Migraciones has published no standard for what counts.
• Presence in Argentina for more than 50% of the period. Two Migraciones pages word this differently, "at least" and "more than", so the exact rule is unclear.
• No absence of 6 months or more in a row.