Private income/retiree visa
Where to apply for a visa
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Requirements for private income/retiree visa applicants
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Requirement
for dependants of a private income/retiree visa applicant
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Visa application form
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Affidavit
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Authentication and translation of application materials
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Processing
information
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Contact us
Where to apply for a visa
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You may apply at our offices if your place of habitual residence is
in the states of New York,
New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Vermont, New
Hampshire or Maine.
Other Argentine
Consulates in the United States.
Requirements for private income/retiree visa applicants
This visa is designed for
those wishing to spend their retirement in Argentina and has the
following requirements:
(1) Passport: must
be valid for 1 year from the intended date of entry and have at
least one
completely free page left
for the visa.
(2) A completed
application form: all questions must be answered.
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(3) 6 recent passport
style photographs
(4) Evidence of your
immigration status in the
U.S.:
(if not a U.S. national) i.e. Alien Registration
Card, Employment
Authorization Card, valid visa. Please provide original documents
plus copies.
(5) Evidence of income:
letter from the Social Security Administration, a pension’s fund or
a
bank indicating your
monthly income. A minimum of $ 2,500 pesos argentinos (or its
equivalent in
U.S. dollars) per visa
applicant (principal and dependants) per month is required. Ask the
Consulate for applicable
exchange rate. Letters must be written on official letterhead paper,
duly
signed by the person in
charge and notarized.
(6) Birth certificate:
must include your parents’ names (ask for “long form” when applying
for the
birth certificate). Only certificates issued by a
governmental authority are acceptable.
(7) Marriage
certificate: (if applicable) only certificates issued by a
governmental authority are
acceptable.
(8) Police records:
issued by the local police department certifying that you have no
arrests or
convictions. If you lived
in more than one town or city during the last five years, you must
present a police record
for each place of residence. Police records must be written on
official
letterhead paper and duly
signed by the police officer in charge. Unless otherwise stated,
police
records expire after 60
days of issuance. Police records that have already expired at the
date you
submit your application,
will not be accepted. Should an arrest or conviction appear on your
police records
certificate, the approval by the Argentine immigration authority
will be necessary to
issue the visa. An
additional detailed report may be also required. We will contact you
within 5
business days to inform you of the final decision.
(9)
No-national/international criminal records affidavit: may be
completed in advance; however,
it must be signed by you
in person at the Consulate before a visa agent.
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(10) Fees: US$ 100
processing fee. Additionally, visa applicants must pay a US$ 200
immigration
fee (200 pesos argentinos for MERCOSUR nationals. Ask the Consulate for applicable
exchange
rate). Processing and
immigration fees shall be paid with separate money orders (make them
payable to the “Consulate
General of Argentina in New York”). We do not accept cash or checks.
Authentication and translation of application materials
Processing information
Requirements for dependants of a private income/retiree visa
applicants
If the private
income/retiree visa applicant is moving to Argentina with his/her
spouse, he or she
must produce the
following materials, completed, signed, authenticated and translated
as necessary:
(1) Passport.
(2) Application form.
(3) 6 photographs.
(4) Evidence of
immigration status in the U.S.
(5) Birth certificate.
(7) Police records.
(8) Affidavit.
(9) Fees: US$ 100
processing fee plus US$ 200 immigration fee.
Authentication and translation of application materials
Evidence of
income letter/s,
birth and marriage certificates and police records
(belonging to the
principal and dependant when required) must be authenticated
by the “Apostille”.
Where can
I get the
Hague Legalization Convention “Apostille” certificate on a
document?
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Should the
country
where documents originate not follow the Hague Legalization
Convention, you will have to
send the documents to the Argentine consulate in that country
for authentication. We cannot give you
any assistance in obtaining the authentication other than
providing you with the address and
telephone number of the competent Argentine consulate abroad
upon request. The contact
information of all Argentine consulates in the world is available
(in Spanish) through the
Argentine
Foreign
Ministry’s Webpage (click
on “Representaciones argentinas”). All documents must
also be translated into
Spanish by a recognized translator or translation agency, and be
accompanied
by a “certification of
accuracy” (a signed statement by the translator that the attached
translation
into Spanish is
true and correct). No translation is necessary for documents written
in Portuguese
when the applicant holds
Brazilian or Chilean nationality and applies for a visa as such. No
authentication of
translations by a notary public or the “Apostille” is needed. All
documents
and translations must be original (no photocopies or faxes
will be accepted).
Processing information
All visa applicants
(principal and dependant) are required to come in person to our
offices for a
personal interview and in
order to sign additional forms and have your fingerprints taken.
Applications submitted by mail are not acceptable.
Applications
should be submitted no later than 1 month prior to the intended date
of entry into
Argentina to avoid
inconveniences.
Applications are
generally processed within 5 business days of receipt. However,
nationals of
some countries may
be subject to a waiting period of up to 3 weeks. Failure to provide
any
of the materials and
information requested may also delay the processing of your
application.
Although we make every
effort to meet your travel plans, you are strongly advised not to
make
travel arrangements
until you receive your passport with the stamped visa. In accordance
with
the relevant law of
the Argentine Republic and the international practice, the Consul is
entitled to
refuse the visa.
The Visas Department is
open Monday through Friday from 2:00pm to 5:00pm (for submission
and collection of
visa applications) and also from 9:00am to 1:00pm (for collection
only). The
Consulate is closed on
Argentine and U.S. holidays
Should you prefer your
passport with the stamped visa be returned by mail, you must provide
a
pre-paid
self-addressed return envelope. For the security of your documents
we strongly recommend
that you use express, registered or certified mail or courier services
(i.e. DHL, FedEX, UPS). You are
advised to keep a record of your special delivery services so you
can track your documents. The
consulate shall not be responsible for delays or loss of documents
incurred by the Post Office or the
carrier
once the documentation was delivered or sent by the Consulate.
Contact information
The Consulate is located
in Midtown Manhattan at 12 West 56th Street, between Fifth and
Sixth Avenues. Subway: E
(to Fifth Avenue station); F (to 57th Street station); N,
R, W (to Fifth
Avenue station).
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For private
income/retiree visas information call (212)603-0400 ext. 450 or
(212)603-0450,
Monday through Friday
from 9:00am to 1:00pm and from 2:00pm to 5:00pm. The Consulate is
closed on
Argentine and US holidays.
