Eligibility Quiz
Are you a national of a Mercosur Member or Associate State (Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, or Peru)?
Requirements
The primary qualifying factor for this residency is your citizenship. You do not need to provide a reason for your stay (such as a job offer or enrollment in a university); you simply need to prove who you are and that you have a clean legal history.
- Qualifying Nationalities: You must be a national of a Mercosur Member State (Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, or Bolivia) or an Associate State (Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, or Peru).
- Nationality Status: You must be a citizen by origin or a naturalized citizen. Note that some specific implementations may require naturalized citizens to have held their nationality for a minimum period (typically five years).
- Legal Entry: You must have entered Argentina legally. Most qualifying nationals enter as tourists without a visa, but you must ensure your entry was officially recorded by migration authorities.
- Criminal Record: You must have a clean criminal record. This applies to Argentina and any country where you have lived for more than one year during the last three years.
- Exclusions: Currently, citizens of Venezuela do not benefit from this specific agreement due to the country's suspension from Mercosur in 2016, though alternative humanitarian pathways often exist for them.
Conditions & Warnings
Venezuela is currently suspended from Mercosur and its nationals do not benefit from this streamlined agreement.
Naturalized citizens of Mercosur states may be required to have held their nationality for at least five years before applying.
The 'Residencia Precaria' issued during processing is legally valid for work, but some banks or employers may be unfamiliar with it and request a physical DNI.
Qualifications
No language requirement for the residency application, though documents must be translated into Spanish by a certified translator.
Fees
Includes standard migration fee (~118,800 ARS), DNI fee, and criminal record check. Fees are subject to frequent inflation-related adjustments.