Relocating to Argentina
Understand the country before you commit to the move.
33% verifiedArgentina is a federal presidential republic in South America, the continent's second-largest country by area, and a founding member of Mercosur.
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Life in Argentina
What will life actually be like?
Where should I live?
Living: Major Cities
What will daily life cost?
Cost of Living Overview
What is healthcare like?
Healthcare: Average Costs
What about schools?
Living: Education
How will I bank?
Banking: Best Banks
How will I get around?
Living: Transportation
Cities
Where should I live?
Buenos Aires is Argentina's capital and largest metro area by a wide margin -- the city proper had roughly 2.9 million residents and Greater Buenos Aires around 12.8 million as of the 2010 census, the most recent figures independently confirmed here. Córdoba (~1.3 million) and Rosario (~1.2 million) are the next-largest cities, followed by La Plata, Mar del Plata, San Miguel de Tucumán, Salta, and Mendoza (the city itself is comparatively small, though its metro area is larger). Each city has a distinct character: Buenos Aires is the primary expat/business hub; Córdoba is a major university and tech city; Mendoza is the center of Argentina's wine region; Rosario is an industrial/river-port city.
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Find your residency route
Your best route depends on how you plan to live, work and invest. These are the guides Atlas currently holds for Argentina.
How do you plan to support yourself in Argentina?
Residency: Citizenship
Argentina offers one of the world's shortest naturalization timelines: foreign nationals aged 18+ may apply for citizenship after just 2 years of continuous,…
Residency: Digital Nomad Visa
Argentina's digital nomad residence is a transitory residence for foreign nationals from countries that do not require a tourist visa and who work remotely f…
Residency: Permanent Residency
Permanent residency in Argentina is granted by the Dirección Nacional de Migraciones (DNM) to people who have held qualifying temporary residency continuousl…
Residency: Processing Times
Argentina's immigration authority does not publish a standard processing time for residence applications, so any figure for how long a decision takes is an e…
Residency: Required Documents
Exact document lists vary by residency category, but most Argentine residency applications share a common core: a valid passport, an apostilled and translate…
Residency: Retirement Visa
Argentina doesn't have one single 'retirement visa' -- retirees typically qualify under the Pensionado (pension income) or Rentista (passive/independent inco…
Residency: Visa Overview
Argentina's residency system is administered by the Dirección Nacional de Migraciones (DNM), now part of the Agencia Nacional de Migraciones, under Immigrati…
Residency: Work Visa
Argentina's work visa (residencia temporaria as trabajador migrante) is employer-sponsored: a company legally registered in Argentina must provide a formal j…
Property
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Taxes
Understand the cost of your move
Banking
Banking
Healthcare
Healthcare
Lifestyle
Lifestyle
Business
Business
Business: Accounting
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