Visas Wish Me Luck

[Albany]

Was this your third renewal? If so you have to take your fingerprints again and a new photo. Once they are going to give you the last one and then you get permanent residency after that you have to get a whole new set of fingerprints and photo. And you have to make an appointment for that. THEN they will make a new DNI but many times people don't know that and think it will be like before.

Yes indeed it's my third year of temporary residency so maybe this is why! Wow this explains a lot!

 

[julia_en_ruta]

I'm in. Legal. Got my pensionado visa. Should have the DNI Tuesday.
It was actually pretty painless. 40 minute wait for the appointment, and about an hour with the officer. Had to sign a half dozen forms to atttest to my address, parents names and nationalities, income, etc.
Then a picture and fingerprints.
And then a handshake and a "Bienvenidos a Argentina".

Kudos! Especially doing it yourself!

Was this your third renewal? If so you have to take your fingerprints again and a new photo. Once they are going to give you the last one and then you get permanent residency after that you have to get a whole new set of fingerprints and photo. And you have to make an appointment for that. THEN they will make a new DNI but many times people don't know that and think it will be like before.

This is correct. Not sure why they do it like this but like everything in Argentina no rational. I asked my immigration attorney that I used and he said that the 5X minimum wage probably will not change.

Yes indeed it's my third year of temporary residency so maybe this is why! Wow this explains a lot!

You can make an appointment to book your appointment here:

Consulta DNI vigente - Turnos para trámites DNI extranjeros

www.argentina.gob.ar

Just keep in mind that they are backed up. My friend is going through this and she couldn't get in until mid July. Just book online and bring your disposition, passport and expired DNI with you and explain that your DNI never showed up and they can help you.

 

[Rich One]

Congratulations @daveholman,

It's more rewarding when you do it all yourself. I did the same thing in Mexico when I got my permanent residency. I also did the retirement visa and it was crazy simple. I documented the process online here

Many countries it is very easy. Glad you did it so effortlessly.

Mexico Permanent Residency Process

Wow this is crazy detailed. Thanks for sharing. I always read your posts on the old forum and you were always generous with your time sharing information.

 

[Dick]

I have over 40 years of experience visiting and living in Buenos Aires, and even in English, I find it difficult to fully describe the complexity and unpredictability of Migraciones.

At one point, a contact within Migraciones advised me to make a single bank deposit equivalent to five times the minimum wage and submit proof of it. I followed the instruction, and no further financial documentation was requested. However, that was then—what they might require this time around is anyone’s guess. The process can be inconsistent, and often it seems that even the officials aren’t entirely sure.

While I used to handle the process myself, I no longer have the patience or mental energy to manage it directly. I’ve now opted to work with a reputable gestor (facilitator) to navigate Migraciones on my behalf. The main reason I applied for Argentine citizenship was to avoid having to deal with the ever-changing bureaucracy, and reading others’ experiences here only reaffirms that decision.


I wish everyone the best of luck with their process. It does get done in the end—but rarely without frustration. Argentina is another level of frustration. NOTHING works here!

 

[julia_en_ruta]

Another friend went for her third visit and she had some success.

She said it went surprisingly smoothly. They took a new photo, scanned her fingerprints again, and gave her a document confirming that her DNI is in trámite—basically something she can show to people who demand to see a DNI but have no idea what the disposición actually means. The employee told her the wait time is anywhere from two weeks to two months. From today. Of course.


She is going for the third renewal and the employee brought up again that this is her third renewal. Which apparently triggers some mystery glitch—or a separate system entirely—that suddenly makes everything fall apart. For some bizarre reason, the seamless, behind-the-scenes process that works just fine for the first and second renewals (where Migraciones takes your photo and fingerprints, sends them to Renaper, and a shiny new DNI shows up at your door) just stops working at the third renewal. Completely. Unless you personally step in and push things along, it might not happen at all.

It’s like they’ve booby-trapped the third renewal just to test your patience.