Argentina, at your own pace.
Argentina grants temporary residence on several separate bases — passive income for retirees and rentiers, a qualifying business investment, or a confirmed local job — all processed through the national migration authority.
When rules change mid-way, the date your application is filed is what often decides which rules apply to you. Where are you right now?
Pick by how you live
3 routes, grouped by what Argentina's system asks of you day to day — not by which visa is most talked about. Every figure below is what Immimaps has verified against Argentina's official programme rules.
A pension or other steady income from outside the country, and no plan to take a local job.
Most of these sums are shown, not spent.
On most remote-work and retirement routes, the figure is proof of means — it sits in your own account until it's checked, and nothing is transferred. Routes where money genuinely moves are marked below.
route asks you to show a balance or income — once it's checked, it stays yours.
route places capital that is exposed until the hold period or conditions are met.
What keeping the visa actually asks of you
Counted from each route's own rules. Some routes lead to permanent residence or citizenship and some don't; the route cards below say which.
Pick a route, see the real commitment
Every official figure below is what Immimaps has verified for that route against Argentina's official programme rules — not a marketing minimum. Service fees are what independent firms publish for the route, shown only once five or more are on file.
Two related routes for people living on income from abroad — investment or property income for rentistas, a formal pension for pensionados.
For people investing in or setting up a registered business, distinct from Argentina's separate citizenship-by-investment route.
The standard route for a confirmed job offer from an employer registered in Argentina.
What each route costs, stage by stage
Added up from the official figures on file for each route — split into money spent for good, money locked and returned later, and money shown but never transferred. Not a modelled estimate.
Rentista and Pensionado Visas▾
At application
Decision — reported: 3 months.- Spent for goodOfficial fees: ARS 50,000 – ARS 100,000, paid to the government for the initial application.
- Shown, never leaves youARS 1,919,000 shown as proof of means every month — nothing is transferred.
Residency by Investment▾
At application
Decision — reported: 6 months.- Spent for goodOfficial fees: ARS 50,000 – ARS 100,000, paid to the government for the initial application.
- LockedARS 1,500,000 placed as capital — recoverable in principle, exposed in practice.
Temporary Residence for Work▾
At application
Decision — reported: 1 month.- Spent for goodGovernment fees on file: $295 – $350, paid to the government for the initial application.
The order Rentista and Pensionado Visas follows
- 2026-08-11A health-ministry resolution set new rules for how foreign nationals without permanent residence are billed at hospitals run by the national government: routine, non-emergency care now requires health insurance or payment in advance, while emergency care remains guaranteed for everyone regardless of immigration status. source
The cost calculator separates money spent for good from money that's only shown or locked up.
Open the cost calculatorUpload it and Immimaps checks it against what Argentina's official programme actually requires, and reads the contract clause by clause. Free, no account.
Check my documentEvery official figure on this page is checked against Argentina's official immigration sources. Service fees are what independent firms publish for a route — not an official figure, and never any one firm's price. Immimaps does not publish success rates, approval odds or any probability score — here or anywhere else.
Don’t take a life-changing move on someone else’s word.
Immimaps is not an agency and takes no placement fees. We show the real figures on every route, show the working, and tell you what it actually costs.
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